Hello. Welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is facing further criticism for disregarding an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. Number 10 has rejected claims made by a whitehall source that borisjohnson had asked for the inquiry findings to be toned down. It has insisted that the conclusions made by sir alex allan who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards were entirely his own. Our Political Correspondent helen catt has more. The findings of sir alex allans report into priti patel were stark. One of the governments most senior ministers had shouted and sworn at staff, and some of her behaviour had amounted to bullying. Yesterday, she apologised. Well, im here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. That was completely unintentional. But she stays in herjob, and thats put the focus back on her boss. Borisjohnsons decision to back her
A fair share of the cash. And in tennis Austrias Dominic Thiem beats Novak Djokovic to reach the atp final. Well have more on that and a round up of the rest of the sports news in sportsday at half past six. And coming up later this hour mark kermode gives his unique take on the latest releases, including the volcanic Action Thriller skyfire in the film review. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The annual 620 summit has opened with a call for coronavirus vaccines to be made available to everyone. Saudi arabia is hosting the annual summit which is being held virtually online because of the pandemic. Borisjohnson is expected to call on them to be more ambitious in their efforts to tackle the pandemic. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports. A thoroughly modern moment. Many families have to meet like this these days. Even the powerful 620 family. The 84 year old saudi king presiding. Everyone at their own table this year. Every country struggling with the impact of
And coming up, barack obama discusses his long awaited memoir a Promised Land with historian david olusoga. The Prime Minister is facing further criticism for disregarding an independent report which said home secretary priti patel broke the ministerial code by bullying staff. Number 10 has rejected claims, made by a whitehall source, that borisjohnson had asked for the inquiry findings to be toned down. It has insisted that the conclusions made by sir alex allan who has now resigned as independent advisor on ministerial standards were entirely his own. Our Political Correspondent helen catt has more. The findings of sir alex allans report into priti patel were stark. One of the governments most senior ministers had shouted and sworn at staff, and some of her behaviour had amounted to bullying. Yesterday she apologised. Well, im here to give an unreserved apology today, and i am sorry if i have upset people in any way whatsoever. That was completely unintentional. But she stays in herj
Into the growth of private baby scanning companies with some questioning the quality of the service. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The annual 620 summit has opened with a call for coronavirus vaccines to be made available to everyone around the world. Saudi arabia is hosting the annual summit which is being held virtually online because of the pandemic. Borisjohnson is expected to call on countries to be more ambitious in their efforts to tackle coronavirus. Our chief International Correspondent lyse doucet reports. A thoroughly modern moment. Many families have to meet like this these days. Even the powerful 620 family. The 84 year old saudi king presiding. Everyone at their own table this year. Every country struggling with the impact of the deadly pandemic. Its this summits top issue. Shall i take the mask off . The worlds wealthiest under pressure to help the poorest. At the beginning there was a big race between the Different Countries to secure ppe, equipment, medication
Good morning. Cool air good morning. Coolair is good morning. Cool air is arriving further north of the uk today, with rain followed by blustery showers and some sunshine. In the south it stays mild, but pretty cloudy, but that cooler areas moving across all of the uk by the time we to tomorrow. Cooler air is. I will have a full forecast coming up a bit later on. Its saturday 21st november. Our top story. The nhs has started setting up coronavirus Vaccination Centres across the uk, with the hope of getting all adults vaccinated by the spring. With infection rates dropping and levelling off in all four nations, the government has asked the medical regulator to asses the Pfizer Biontech vaccine for uk use. Anna oneill reports. This is the ray of light as described by the Health Secretary. Millions of doses of this pfizer ion tech vaccine against covid i9 could be heading to britain as early as next month, and the nhs is getting ready for a mass Vaccination Programme. ready for a mass Vac