that i don t care about the cake, it s a symptom of the culture in downing street, it wasn tjust one occasion, this birthday party is a birthday party, that s what it is. there was party after party, after party. christmas parties, the parties before prince philip s funeral what s important about this is the culture. this is a government, particularly a prime minister who holds the british public in contempt. it’s minister who holds the british public in contempt. minister who holds the british public in contempt. it s good to talk to you public in contempt. it s good to talk to you and public in contempt. it s good to talk to you and i public in contempt. it s good to talk to you and i really - public in contempt. it s good to talk to you and i really do - public in contempt. it s good to | talk to you and i really do thank you for coming on and talking to us this evening- this evening. thank you for having me. ed costelloe is chair of the group, grassroots conservatives
into northern ireland. but through the afternoon, it turns much wetter across northern and western scotland. the northern isles, the western isles, north west of the mainland seeing the heavy, persistent rain and gales setting in here, though temperatures are back into double figures. behind the weather front as it begins to move south on a wednesday night, severe gales for a time in the northern isles. the rain, what s left of it, clears southwards on thursday. more rain heading into western scotland on friday. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the metropolitan police launch an investigation into multiple allegations of parties at downing street during lockdown. i can confirm that street during lockdown. i can confirm that the street during lockdown. i can confirm that the met - street during lockdown. i can confirm that the met is - street during lockdown. i can confirm that the met is now i confirm that the met is now investigating a number of events that took place at down