what were you doing — or not doing — on the 20th of may 2020 during the first lockdown? and do you want the prime minister to make it clear immediately whether or not he was at a drinks party in downing street on that date? get in touch with me on twitter, @annitabbc, and use the hashtag #bbcyourquestions. people without covid symptoms in england no longer need a pcr test to confirm a positive lateral flow. and a man in the united states becomes the first person in the world to have a heart transplant from a pig. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is yet again under pressure after it emerged that as many as 100 people were invited to a "bring your own booze" drinks event in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. witnesses have told the bbc the pm and his wife were among about 30 people who attended the gathering on 20th may 2020. borisjohnson has declined to say whether he was among those who attended. the restrictions at the time of the party allowed you to only meet one other person from another household outdoors and larger gatherings were banned — a message reinforced by this tweet from the metropolitan police that day. the met says it's now in contact with the government over alleged breaches of covid rules. the labour deputy leader angela rayner, reacting to the latest allegations, said, "it's disgraceful and borisjohnson "should be ashamed." a civil servant, sue gray, is already investigating gatherings at downing street. our political correspondent helen catt reports. in may 2020, restrictions on social contact were still very tight. in england, you could meet one other person from a different household outdoors. in the downing street garden, it seems a bigger gathering was organised, by a very senior official, the prime minister's private secretary, martin reynolds. he sent an e—mail which itv news got hold of to as many as 100 staff inviting them to bring their own booze for socially distanced drinks. messages sent between staff and shown to the bbc showed that some had questioned the event at the time. 0ne wrote, "um, why is martin encouraging a mass gathering in the garden?" another said, "is this for real?" a downing street spokesman said there is an independent process going on to look at this led by sue gray, a senior official. and that they couldn't comment while that was taking place. it is understood around 30 people attended the gathering, including, according to two eyewitnesses, the prime minister and his wife. borisjohnson had been asked about it early in the day yesterday. all of that, as you know, is the subject of a proper investigation by sue gray. so have you already been interviewed by sue gray and, if not, would you object to her questioning you again about this? all that is subject to an interview, an investigation by sue gray. hannah brady lost her dad sean to covid four days before the e—mail invitation was sent. she was one of a small group who later met the prime minister in that same downing street garden. i think this pandemic for me is the story of two men. so one is my 55—year—old dad who is dead, having spent 42 nights on a ventilator fighting covid and no other illnesses. the other is a man who was 55 at the time of this party, borisjohnson, having survived covid himself, thought it was appropriate to host a party where you could bring your own booze, sit in the garden at downing street, where borisjohnson met me and four other bereaved families and told us to our faces, after listening to my dad's story, "i did everything i could to save him". labour's deputy leader angela rayner suggested borisjohnson should step down. i think he should go. i mean, there's no excuses and it will come as no surprise that i don't think borisjohnson is up to thejob but, more importantly, i think he's lost the confidence of the british public now with his lies, his deceit and his breaking of his own rules. some conservative mps say it is important to wait for the full report. we need to get to the bottom of this investigation, that's what sue gray is doing. and then if rules have been breached, people will have to suffer the consequences. meanwhile, the met police have said it's aware of the widespread reporting of alleged breaches at downing street on the 20th may and it's in contact with the cabinet office. helen catt, bbc news, westminster. let's talk to our chief political correspondent adam fleming, who's in downing street. hello, adam. the former leader of the conservatives in scotland, ruth davidson, said in a tweet this morning, "nobody needs an official to tell them if they were at a boozy shindig in their own garden. people are rightly furious." so why is the prime minister not making it clear whether he was at the drinks party? the line from the government is that it is a matter for civil servant sue gray to investigate, the fact it has been shunted into an independent process means that was not much scope for ministers or the prime minister himself to talk about it. it is interesting when you compare this with a couple of weeks ago when the picture emerged of a similar —looking gathering at downing street in the back garden, we saw the prime minister, dominic cummings, his private secretary martin reynolds and his then fiancee having a bottle of wine at a table and different groups of people, at that point the governmentjustified and explained government justified and explained the governmentjustified and explained the event as it being a series of work meetings thatjust carried on with some wine. they are not doing that this time. an interesting linguistic differences what labour says about this. they have gone from the territory of saying will make it should not be rule breakers into no questioning the personal integrity of the prime minister himself, and they have issued a list this morning of ii they have issued a list this morning of 11 times were labour safe prime minister misled the public or parliament. that was expanded on by the shadow climate change secretary ed miliband. we can't talk about those issues when we have somebody leading the country who is telling everyone else on the most serious issue we have faced as a nation for generations, a massive public health crisis, when he is saying to people one thing and doing another and then coming to the house of commons and saying, "no rules have been broken, i haven't been part "of any rule breaking." i'm afraid this is a rotten culture. you know, ifaced david cameron for five years. i didn't agree with a lot of the things that david cameron did, but i've got to say this is of a wholly different order of magnitude when it comes to the integrity of the person who is leading our country. labour have asked the prime minister to go to parliament and talk about their sunset the record straight as far as they see it. a government source told me the prime minister would not do that and they accuse the opposition are jumping to conclusions before the independent inquiry is completed. but that independent inquiry is all the government has got and it is all ministers can talk about when they are on the airwaves at the moment. the person who drew the short straw this morning was health and social care minister edward argar. i entirely understand the anger and upset _ i entirely understand the anger and upset it_ i entirely understand the anger and upset it is— i entirely understand the anger and upset. it is not a culture i am aware — upset. it is not a culture i am aware of. _ upset. it is not a culture i am aware of. i_ upset. it is not a culture i am aware of, i spent my time in public health_ aware of, i spent my time in public health looking down a zoom teams call most _ health looking down a zoom teams call most of the time on calls about hospital— call most of the time on calls about hospital capacity and building nightingale hospitals etc. i can understand why people who have lost loved ones _ understand why people who have lost loved ones or have just had their lives _ loved ones or have just had their lives disrupted are angry, that is why it _ lives disrupted are angry, that is why it is — lives disrupted are angry, that is why it is right ms gray is looking into this, — why it is right ms gray is looking into this, and i hope she will report— into this, and i hope she will report swiftly and depending on what she finds _ report swiftly and depending on what she finds in that investigation, if people _ she finds in that investigation, if people are found to have broken the rules, _ people are found to have broken the rules, it _ people are found to have broken the rules, it is _ people are found to have broken the rules, it is right that appropriate disciplinary action is taken. after the conservatives' _ disciplinary action is taken. after the conservatives' defeat - disciplinary action is taken. in the conservatives' defeat in the north shropshire by—election, following on from 0wen paterson breaking lobbying rules, one veteran conservative mp said one more strike and he is out about borisjohnson. so how much disquiet is there among backbenchers and the party generally over this latest incident? last month i was _ over this latest incident? last month i was a _ over this latest incident? last month i was a lot _ over this latest incident? last month i was a lot of - over this latest incident? last month i was a lot of it's - over this latest incident? last month i was a lot of it's because of all the things you just mentioned, whether it was the stuff about the parties, about parliamentary standards, whether it was the north shropshire by—election. you name it, people were furious about it. but then you saw the prime minister operating a little differently, consulting the cabinet much more over what to do with the 0micron rules, giving the backbenchers who were worried about future restrictions what they wanted and standing up to the scientists, not being too preachy to people about what to do over christmas and leaving it to scientists, you got into the new year, everybody had time to chill out a couple of weeks away from westminster, 0micron ended up away from westminster, 0micron ended up not being as bad as people feared under prime minister's campbell seem to have paid off. then michael gove, the levelling up secretary receptor policy yesterday on cutting and high—rise buildings, something which has been a running sore on the backbenches, so people were feeling more chipper —— reset the policy. people thought the government could get back on the front foot again, to use that horrible cliche. then comes this e—mail and we go right back to where we were a couple of weeks ago with the public being furious about parties, with the investigation rambling on and no sign of stopping. and new revelations keep coming. thank you very much, adam fleming in downing street. let's speak to dr saleyha ahsan of the covid—i9 bereaved families forjustice group — she's also a doctor who worked on an icu unit in bangor in north wales. thank you for your time today. what were you doing on the 20th of may 2020, if i can ask you to cast your mind back to the first lockdown particular date? i mind back to the first lockdown particular date?— mind back to the first lockdown particular date? i was working, i was working _ particular date? i was working, i was working in _ particular date? i was working, i was working in bangor, - particular date? i was working, i was working in bangor, i- particular date? i was working, i was working in bangor, i was - particular date? i was working, i - was working in bangor, i was working within the a&e department. we were still trying to work out what the correct ppe rules for our infection control were at the time. remember, that was when guidance on ppe was changing almost weekly based on supposed evidence that was never really presented to us. that is what i was doing. i had alsojust recovered myself from covid, myself and my brother who is also a doctor, who became extremely unwell with covid, i spent time looking after him and then i contracted it. i had headed back to working in may, having just recovered myself. you having 'ust recovered myself. you had having just recovered myself. you had 'ust having just recovered myself. you had just recovered, you were on the health care front line, you and all of your colleagues were trying to figure out the best way to protect yourselves with ppe and in addition to this your father, your 81—year—old father, very sadly died after contracting covid. tell us about him? mi; after contracting covid. tell us about him?— about him? my father died in december— about him? my father died in december 2020 _ about him? my father died in december 2020 in _ about him? my father died in december 2020 in the - about him? my father died in | december 2020 in the second about him? my father died in - december 2020 in the second wave, about him? my father died in _ december 2020 in the second wave, my father was a retired teacher. during may, we were too terrified to go anywhere near my father, from may until he died, basically, we hardly saw him. all his children are health care workers, working within the nhs, front line doctors. we stayed away from him because we were too concerned about bringing infection home. one way or another, it got in, because this is a deadly virus and at this point we are still to this day trying to work out how it actually works and affects us. we know more now than we did in may, but purchase means we have too realistic to the rules that will help limit infection, but it was a devastating time and we are only just getting over the first anniversary of his death, today would have been my parents�* 52nd wedding anniversary, so today holds a lot. and then to hear about this party is just like... a lot. and then to hear about this party isjust like... adding salt into a wound that is not healing. this e—mail emerged last night is not healing. this e-mail emerged last ninth ., is not healing. this e-mail emerged last nichi ., , , is not healing. this e-mail emerged lastnichi ., , , last night from the premise of's irivate last night from the premise of's private secretary, _ last night from the premise of's private secretary, then - last night from the premise of's private secretary, then two - last night from the premise of's - private secretary, then two sources saying that the prime minister attended the drinks party. —— from the prime minister's private secretary. he is not confirming that. what is your reaction? fiber that. what is your reaction? over 340 people _ that. what is your reaction? over 340 people died _ that. what is your reaction? over 340 people died that _ that. what is your reaction? over 340 people died that day - that. what is your reaction? or 340 people died that day from covid. during that time, that may, i had colleagues living in tents in their garden to prevent any form of the spread of the virus. at that point we were without a vaccine globally, we were without a vaccine globally, we were without a vaccine globally, we were still debating whether masks work or not. i remember quite distinctly interviews and comments from the then deputy chief medical officer from the then deputy chief medical 0fficerjenny harries suggesting we didn't really need to wear masks. messaging was confusing. i find this revelation actually not a surprise. i think there was more to come, we haven't even started the inquiry get but i think this is all leading to... for me, as a front line worker, we knew when we were working on the front line messaging and instructions and guidance on what we could and could not do was muddled, so if the if the root is rotten, everything that follows will not be good. and i suggest the root of how we tackled as a country the global pandemic was wrong from the call, we can see this. we have politicians, even the prime minister, thinking it is ok to attend a party. the even the prime minister, thinking it is ok to attend a party.— is ok to attend a party. the prime minister has _ is ok to attend a party. the prime minister has not _ is ok to attend a party. the prime minister has not confirmed - is ok to attend a party. the prime minister has not confirmed noted | minister has not confirmed noted knighthoods attendance and the minister doing the round of media interviews this morning was asked about this and he said there has to be space for the civil servant, sue gray, who is investigating this, to carry out the investigation. what you make specifically of that comment and what do you want the prime minister to do? i comment and what do you want the prime minister to do?— comment and what do you want the prime minister to do? i want him to be honest- — prime minister to do? i want him to be honest. this _ prime minister to do? i want him to be honest. this is _ prime minister to do? i want him to be honest. this is not _ prime minister to do? i want him to be honest. this is not leadership, i be honest. this is not leadership, it is not leadership, even if he didn't go, it was going on within his world, within his core area of government, these things were happening and it is wrong. what needs to happen as a police investigation, and this is why. i am looking at this as a doctor. the reason we had all those restrictions in place was to control infection and outbreaks. an investigation needs to happen because when you have gatherings of that size, up to 100 people together at a time when we didn't have the protective measures we have now, how much infection was attributed to that? how many people called covid? how many people passed it on to others inadvertently, not realising they were incubators, passing on a deadly virus. there are so many unanswered questions here. what we do know is that gatherings caused infections. what i also want to know, we were having quite regular briefings from number ten and politicians and chief medical officers. at that time you couldn't move without asking for advice about what you could judge could not do. did they seek advice from their chief medical officers, sage, the chief scientific officer speaking to us almost daily? were theyin speaking to us almost daily? were they in the know? i am not suggesting that they were, but it brings jimmy suggesting that they were, but it bringsjimmy questions that suggesting that they were, but it brings jimmy questions that they need answering is.— need answering is. many, many questions- _ need answering is. many, many questions- dr — need answering is. many, many questions. dr saleyha _ need answering is. many, many questions. dr saleyha ahsan . need answering is. many, many. questions. dr saleyha ahsan from need answering is. many, many- questions. dr saleyha ahsan from the covid—19 bereaved families for justice group, thank you very much. we appreciate your time. joining me now isjean adamson, a member of the group covid—19 bereaved families forjustice. thank you forjoining us on bbc news too. is it acceptable in your view for the prime minister, who was asking everyone to follow very specific rules during the first lockdown, not to say precisely what he was doing on may the 20th 2020? i he was doing on may the 20th 2020? i think here we have another example of the... i am going to quality smoke and mirrors around boris johnson and his government. —— i am going to call it smoke and mirrors. the reluctance to tell the truth and be clear and transparent. 0f the reluctance to tell the truth and be clear and transparent. of course it is unacceptable that he should be hiding behind the investigation and not speaking out and telling us the truth. ., not speaking out and telling us the truth. ~' ., , ., , , not speaking out and telling us the truth. ., ., , ., , , truth. like our previous guest, you lost our truth. like our previous guest, you lost your father _ truth. like our previous guest, you lost your father to _ truth. like our previous guest, you lost your father to covid _ truth. like our previous guest, you lost your father to covid in - truth. like our previous guest, you lost your father to covid in 2020. l lost your father to covid in 2020. tell us about him? he lost your father to covid in 2020. tell us about him?— lost your father to covid in 2020. tell us about him? he was from the windrush generation, _ tell us about him? he was from the windrush generation, came - windrush generation, came from barbados to england in the 1950s, hard—working man, worked hard all his life, family man. he contracted covid in a care home and subsequently died on a hospital covid award. we miss him dreadfully. —— hospital covid ward. it has been a very difficult time, it is coming up a very difficult time, it is coming up to two years now. he died on the 15th of april and the funeral was on the 15th of may, just a a few days before this party took place at downing street. it is very upsetting, i think, downing street. it is very upsetting, ithink, about downing street. it is very upsetting, i think, about the sacrifices that we had to make at that time, you know? the funeral arrangements, not being able to be with him when he died, you know? very, very difficult time, the circumstances under which we lost my father, and to think that downing street were planning a jolly and breaking their own rules at that time, itjust beggars belief, really. it is very, very upsetting. downing street is saying this is all being investigated by a senior civil servant, although the bbc has to sources who say basal borisjohnson attending this drinks gathering on the 20th of may. —— who say that they saw boris johnson. what would you like to hearfrom they saw boris johnson. what would you like to hear from the they saw boris johnson. what would you like to hearfrom the prime minister? i you like to hear from the prime minister? ., ~' you like to hear from the prime minister? ., ,, ., ., minister? i would like to hear the truth, we need _ minister? i would like to hear the truth, we need the _ minister? i would like to hear the truth, we need the truth - minister? i would like to hear the truth, we need the truth for - minister? i would like to hear the| truth, we need the truth for once. he has repeatedly lied about circumstances around it, surrounding parties and various other incidents in downing street were the rules that they made at the heart of government were broken by themselves. we have had one revelation after another, you know? it is just soul destroying. we need the prime minister to stand up and tell the truth. he needs to search his heart and find something, just a morsel of integrity if he can. to think that we have somebody like this meeting our nation who will not tell the truth —— leading our nation. who is the strongest, far from being honourable, dishonourable —— who is dishonest, farfrom being honourable. i don't know, it isjust heartbreaking, really. honourable. i don't know, it is 'ust heartbreaking, reallyi honourable. i don't know, it is 'ust heartbreaking, really. thank you so much for telling _ heartbreaking, really. thank you so much for telling us _ heartbreaking, really. thank you so much for telling us about _ heartbreaking, really. thank you so much for telling us about your - much for telling us about your father and talking to us this morning, jean adamson from the group covid—19 bereaved families for justice group. both those guests from the group calling for the prime minister to say exactly what he was doing on the 20th of may 2020 during the first lockdown. 0f doing on the 20th of may 2020 during the first lockdown. of course, the prime minister in relation to these investigations so far has denied any wrongdoing but has not in regards to the specific date confirmed nor denied whether he was actually in attendance, although two sources have told the bbc that he was in attendance at the drinks party on that date. then leslie on twitter, "what he really needs to do is apologise to everyone and give money spent on parties to the nhs because they need it more." christophe says, "sue gray is neither a church nor an officer of law, so this lied about being unable to comment on an ongoing station is rubbish on the government isjust ongoing station is rubbish on the government is just buying time and hoping the matter will subside." sue gray is the civil servant leaving the investigation —— leading. let me know what you were doing on the 20th of may during that first lockdown and whether you want to hear the prime minister state immediately whether or not he was at drinks party in the downing street garden. anyone who records a positive lateral flow test in england, but doesn't have symptoms, no longer needs to take a pcr from today. it's hoped the relaxation of testing rules will improve the speed of pcr tests for key workers, amid concerns about staff shortages. northern ireland, scotland and wales have already implemented the change. sor) well obviously, if you don't do a pcr test then you won't have the confirmatory test because we know the pcr test is more accurate. and that also, if there aren't pcr test from the people who are isolating, then there is less genomic sequencing will go on and so that may mean that it's more difficult to trace the variant in the population. however, this is a temporary change, and it's a change whilst the rates are so high. and coming up at 11:30 this morning, we'll be answering your questions on the new covid testing rules. if there's anything you want to know about what tests you now need to take for travel or if you suspect you have covid, get in touch with the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or you email [email protected] that is at 11:30am. novak djokovic has been seen inside the australian open venue, a day after winning his court battle to stay in the country. he's hoping to defend his title next week in melbourne. but he could still be thrown out of the country by the government. the controversy around djokovic's attendance at the tournament has divided fans in the city of melbourne. selfish, non—vaccinated, i think he strays from the truth and the sort of... ..understanding in respect of covid that all us victorians have lived through, and i think he should be sent back on the next plane. i think it is also strange that the government keeps changing their mind about things. i don't understand why there is such a big fuss about it. you just let him play. of course, keeping in mind that he must adhere to all the other regulations that we have. without knowing all the details, on the surface of it, it doesn't feel right. it doesn't seem to pass the sniff test. it looks like he's doing whatever he likes. we've had to go through vaccination protocols and lockdowns for such long time and he swans in and can pretty much do what he likes because he is the world's best tennis player. i think there is no harm, because too many people in this country already are not vaccinated. but they are just roaming around. and therefore this champion, i think there is a limit. i know he is not going to be, like, around in the crowd, he is going to do the competition and that is. i think there is no harm in it, you know? the premier of victoria — daniel andrews — has said the case was now in the hands of australia's federal government. the issue of who gets into the country and their vaccination status, though, is not a matter of the state government. i don't issue visas, the commonwealth government does that. this is a very active process, as you know, there was a court ruling last evening. whether that is appealed is a matter for the commonwealth government. whether the immigration minister uses his quite extraordinary powers, that is a matter for him. i really don't want to offer any further comment at that, because i don't think you could get a more active process. but of course i stand by my comments, and our record reflects that we have not sought, in fact, quite the opposite, we have not sought to convince the commonwealth government to allow anyone in. quite the opposite. let's get the latest from senior sports journalist with the i newspaper, james gray. morning, james. novak djokovic has been out training but no guarantee that he will be able to play in the tournament yet? what is the latest you are hearing about the thoughts of the immigration minister who has the power to cancel his visa? you are richt the power to cancel his visa? you are right to _ the power to cancel his visa? you are right to say — the power to cancel his visa? wi, are right to say there is no guarantee, if there is one thing we have learnt in the last couple of weeks there are no guarantees whatsoever. i think the reason this is going on so long and that alex hawke is notjust rudimentary cancelled the visa is that it is a very tricky issue and one that is in a balance. if he had an easy answer, he would have given one by now. the latest investigation into whether novak djokovic might have essentially made a mistake on his paperwork, another one, by declaring he hadn't been to another country within 14 days of arriving. he arrived in australia onjanuary four from spain, where he had been training, that he was also pictured in belgrade on christmas day. if you do the maths there is not a 14 day 93p- do the maths there is not a 14 day gap. i have seen the document he signed, i have not been out of the country or in another country in 14 days, so the australian border force is investigating that at the moment. 0rdinarily i think australian immigration authorities which is say do the form again, you can tick the right box and we will do it again, but it is not an ordinary case, we have been through one judicial review, we might go through another, i think even if djokovic's visits cancelled than his lawyers will apply for an injunction against deportation at least in the short—term, given how close we are to the australian open we might see djokovic play at the end under an injunction rather than having his visa cleared. the injunction rather than having his visa cleared.— injunction rather than having his visa cleared. the australian open authorities _ visa cleared. the australian open authorities have _ visa cleared. the australian open authorities have said _ visa cleared. the australian open authorities have said they - visa cleared. the australian open | authorities have said they already need to know whether or not he was playing. at the moment i guess they are operating on the basis that he is. looking at the wider implications for tenants is another player, renata voracova, who entered australia on the same exemption as novak djokovic, but was sent home. the impact on other tournaments with different rules in various countries, the french open, the us open etc, the rules might have an impact on djokovic and others? absolutely. the atp who had been conspicuously silent on all of this, who supposedly represent all male players, they released treatment last night which said they sympathised with the treatment of novak djokovic, he travelled in good faith to australia but they ended the statement by saying they encouraged all players to get vaccinated because as time goes on, they believe instructions will become worse for non—vaccinated players in countries where the tour visits. let's not forget tennis is potentially the most international sport in the world. yes, players will have to get vaccinated, 97% of the top 100 male players are vaccinated, we know who the three unvaccinated players are, it was a pretty direct message to them to get vaccinated. i wrote a story for the newspaper last week, having spoken to some people at wimbledon who said they would not do what the australian open have done, they would follow government guidelines. you must remember, the australian open has gone over and above what 0pen has gone over and above what the australian federal government have specified, or at least they have specified, or at least they have tried to come in an effort to avoid this situation, wimbledon at the moment at least do not plan to do anything like that, they will follow government regulations, what that means for djokovic in the summer if things do not change, as he would have to isolate for ten days which would mean finding a private house probably in wimbledon, with a good grass court in the back garden. there are lots of houses with tennis courts in wimbledon, not all of them have grass courts to the standard of the all england club so this will keep creating problems for notjust djokovic but all players all over the world, specifically the three top 100 players who are not vaccinated. three top 100 players who are not vaccinated-— vaccinated. james, interesting to s . eak to vaccinated. james, interesting to speak to you- — vaccinated. james, interesting to speak to you. thank _ vaccinated. james, interesting to speak to you. thank you. - now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. good morning. it has been a cold start to the day across scotland, northern england, northern ireland but we have some sunshine, coming across the north and west and also quite a keen breeze. gusty winds in the far north. further south we have a weather front slipping south with a weather front slipping south with a lot of cloud, some patchy rain and also some mist and fog. as that moves south, behind it it will brighten for northern england and wales, in the south, the highest temperatures today. this evening and overnight we say goodbye to that weather front, overnight we say goodbye to that weatherfront, still overnight we say goodbye to that weather front, still some cloud and spots of rain and still quite windy across the far north—west of scotland, some mist and fog forming as well as a widespread frost across parts of england and wales. tomorrow the fog are slow to lift but it will, leaving bright skies but still in the north, looking at cloudy conditions with the odd spot of rain, still breezy and temperatures, the highest tomorrow likely to be in the highest tomorrow likely to be in the north. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of number 10 at the height of the first lockdown. the prime minister faces fresh anger over claims he broke the rules. he is saying to people one thing and doing another, and then coming to the house of commons and saying "no rules have "been broken, i haven't been part of any rule breaking." i'm afraid this is a rotten culture. i can entirely understand why people who've lost loved ones, or people who have just had their lives hugely disrupted by these restrictions, are angry and upset by these allegations. that's why it is right that ms gray is looking into the facts. people without covid symptoms in england no longer need a pcr test to confirm a positive lateral flow. and a man in the united states becomes the first person in the world to have a heart transplant from a pig. sport and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. john watsonjoins us. john watson joins us. all the fallout from the djokovic saga plus all the rest of this board? good morning. novak djokovic's former coach boris becker says the events of the last six days have left his former player shell shocked, but accepts the world number one will face some tough questions in the coming days. he's been back out on court practising at the rod laver arena having won his appeal against the government's decsion to revoke his visa. immigration minister alex hawke could yet overturn that, no decision is expected today. becker urged djokovic to get vaccinated to avoid encountering similar issues at other tournaments. iam sure i am sure that the french open will watch the melbourne saga, wimbledon will watch it and i am sure they will watch it and i am sure they will have strict rules who can play and who cannot. again, it is anybody �*s choice whether they want to get vaccinated but life is more and more difficult for people who do not want to be vaccinated so firstly, i would advise him to get vaccinated, eventually, because life will be easier for him eventually, because life will be easierfor him but again, he is old enough stop it is his choice, his body, his life, and we must respect that. manchester united have completed the line up for the fourth round of the fa cup after beating aston villa at old trafford last night. made all the more exciting when you consider a liverpool legend was in the opposing dugout, in the shape of steven gerrard. and how different the night could have been for him if luck had been on his side. here's craig templeton. apparently, these have been slipping at manchester united. he had them as liverpool captain. the smile tells you the kind of old trafford welcome it earned him. lacking standards is not a criticism that could be aimed at scott mctominay. this cross was, though. commentator: really good ball, headed home by scott mctominay. now the smiles were united's. that goal did provoke a villa fight back. 0llie watkins just inches away from the equaliser. that wouldn't be the end of his frustration. because his villa side did find the net after the break, but var saw something wrong. after a trip to the screen, it was ruled out. if you look at the top of your screen, you will see why. then it was time for watkins to be inches away again. the goal for villa would never come. we need to learn and close the gap from being a performance that was nearly good enough. we dominated for large parts, we created enough. but we have not been ruthless and executed the good chances that we created. as for united, far from gold standard, but at least still in the hunt for fa cup silverware. craig templeton, bbc news. now we know a number of stars from the premier league are off playing in the africa cup of nations — lots of names you've heard of, some you probably haven't, such as the tiny comoros islands who've made their tournament debut against gabon in yaounde. the archipelago in the indian ocean is one of football's youngest nations — they onlyjoined fifa in 2005 — sadly not the start they'd hoped for, as they lost 1—0. aaron boupendza with gabon's goal — and a great celebration. comoros made a game of it — moussa djoumoi nearly equalising in the second half. a big miss for liverpool will be mo salah, who's been the best player in england so far this season. his egypt side get their campaign underway this afternoon against nigeria — the egyptians are the most successful team in the history of the competition with seven wins but they haven't lifted the trophy since 2010. this is the only thing i didn't win yet but i was lucky because we could have won the cup after 28 years, maybe 30 years now. but i always say i would love to win something for my country, i came here, every time i play for the national team and i am proud to wear the shirt, i give it my best to the team. hopefully, we can do something this time. and egypt's match against nigeria is live on the red button, as well as the bbc sport website and app — kick—off at 4 o'clock. salah's liverpool teammate sadio mane has already made an impact. he scored an injury time penalty for pre—tournament favourites senegal, as they beat zimbabwe 1—0 in their opening group match. that's all the sport for now. we will of course be keeping an eye on developments regarding novak djokovic and his participation at the australian open but one thing is for sure, the australian open but one thing is forsure, i don't the australian open but one thing is for sure, i don't think we have ever seen a build up to a tennis grand slam quite like this. studio: john, certainly not, many people around the world watching us so very closely. thank you. let's return to our main story — the prime minister is yet again under pressure after it emerged that as many as 100 people were invited to a �*bring your own booze' drinks event in the downing street garden during the first lockdown. joining me now is chris curtis who is head of political polling at 0pinium research. good morning to you. there have been a number of incidents now which have put pressure on the prime minister, caused backbenchers to become rather disgruntled. what can you say about the impact these incidents, these claims and allegations, are having on polling of the conservative party more generally? and on borisjohnson specifically as leader? i more generally? and on boris johnson specifically as leader?— specifically as leader? i think the first thinc specifically as leader? i think the first thing to _ specifically as leader? i think the first thing to note _ specifically as leader? i think the first thing to note is _ specifically as leader? i think the first thing to note is the - first thing to note is the government and prime ministers popularity have been declining ever since the vaccine roll—out boost endedin since the vaccine roll—out boost ended in summer last year. but the latest accusations to do with the parties do seem to have accelerated that trend and at least before christmas, their polling really was not very good at all. the prime minister �*s personal ratings were as bad as they have ever been, as a point of comparison his approval rating was roughly the same before christmas as theresa may when she was booted out of downing street backin was booted out of downing street back in 2019. the government which of course won a landslide victory two years ago was nearly ten points behind the labour party in the polls, the sort of numbers that would almost certainly mean sir keir starmer going into downing street so these accusations really have had an impact on the government popularity and ratings. ithink impact on the government popularity and ratings. i think one question we asked which really sums up how bad this is for the government was do you think borisjohnson is telling the truth about what's happening? just 12% of people said they thought he was telling the truth, fewer than the number of people who believe the moon landings were faked, there isn't very much trust in the prime minister when it comes to this issue among the british public at the moment. �* ., among the british public at the moment. �* . ., , . ., moment. but at the last election, he broucht moment. but at the last election, he brought back — moment. but at the last election, he brought back for _ moment. but at the last election, he brought back for the _ moment. but at the last election, he brought back for the conservatives i moment. but at the last election, he brought back for the conservatives a | brought back for the conservatives a huge majority in the general election. does he have a bounce back ability, if you like, lots of people have commented if this had been any other prime minister they possibly would have been gone by now from number ten. would have been gone by now from numberten. does would have been gone by now from number ten. does he have a bounce back ability that other prime ministers have not had? i think that's true- _ ministers have not had? i think that's true. one _ ministers have not had? i think that's true. one of _ ministers have not had? i think that's true. one of the - ministers have not had? i think that's true. one of the things l ministers have not had? i think l that's true. one of the things you always notice in the polling and it still true now although to a lesser extent is borisjohnson is a lot more likeable than other politicians. people say i do not necessarily trust and i think he is competent but i do quite like him and i think that is one of the reasons he is able to bounce back from crises a lot better than other politicians and there are multiple examples of this in the past. in 2019 the conservative party fell to its lowest ever poll rating just before boris johnson its lowest ever poll rating just before borisjohnson took over in 2019. less than a year later they got a landslide victory. this time last year the conservatives were in an incredibly difficult position, they had just sent kids back to school for a day before shutting schools months and that really hurt the government as well but the vaccine roll—out allowed him to rebuild his personal reputation and the government reputation which meant he was able to bounce back again. is he going to be able to do so this time? i think it's going to be a lot more difficult because on those occasions, there were different topics you could pivot to that worked to his strengths, brexit, the vaccine roll—out, even if he manages to move the topic on from the current party accusations, the main topic of conversation and politics at the moment is going to be the cost of living crisis and i think that is not the kind of issue for the prime minister is going to be able to bounce back easily, in fact i think even on its own terms, that will be a difficult issue for the prime minister to have to handle. , . ., the prime minister to have to handle. ~ . . ., , handle. michael fabricant conservative _ handle. michael fabricant conservative mp - handle. michael fabricant conservative mp tweeted handle. michael fabricant - conservative mp tweeted about all handle. michael fabricant _ conservative mp tweeted about all of this, was the party a flagrant breach of the rules as labour claims, he tweets. so great will decide and then he goes on to say but here are the facts, there are 80 heidi —— at— but here are the facts, there are 80 heidi -- at- 90 but here are the facts, there are 80 heidi —— at— 90 offices the complex, only certain workers were invited to relax in the open air and would not have increased the risk of contagion, no outside guests were invited at all and these people had worked incredibly hard on all our beehives on the vaccine programme etc. michael fabricant mounting a defence of this event on the 20th of may, 2020 but i suppose what that highlights ultimately as it is not the wider electorate perhaps it borisjohnson may have to convince. it is his own mps that he may have to convince if he wants to continue in the topjob. to convince if he wants to continue in the top job. {iii to convince if he wants to continue in the topjob— in the top “0b. of course. it boris johnson in the topjob. of course. it boris johnson is _ in the topjob. of course. it boris johnson is going _ in the topjob. of course. it boris johnson is going to _ in the topjob. of course. it boris johnson is going to stop - in the topjob. of course. it boris johnson is going to stop the - in the topjob. of course. it boris. johnson is going to stop the prime minister, what eventually has to happen is enough conservative mps have to hand a letter to the chair of the 1922 committee and when they have done so, there is a vote of no confidence and a majority of conservative mps have to vote him out. will that happen at this stage? it seems unlikely. we haven't necessarily got the views of all conservative mps but what we have seen from the party membership who i think lots of conservative mps listen to, the recent pulse of them have shown they still want boris johnson to remain in the job. have shown they still want boris johnson to remain in thejob. is this enough to be booted —— is this enough for him to be booted out? it's a difficult situation for the prime minister and when it comes to the wider public, it's very rare for a prime minister to come back from this deep level of popularity, boris johnson may do it but i think it is worth stressing how bad the situation is for him when it comes to public opinion.— situation is for him when it comes to public opinion. you have been sending me some messages. moira sent this photograph which he took on her back garden on the 20th of may, 2020, she says she was alone and looking up at a solitary plane flying overhead in a bright blue sky. she says seen the plane overhead at that time was a novelty. let me bring you this from sam. he says he needs to admit whether he was there, also needs to account for how a party was allowed to happen at number ten. helen says her husband �*s 50th, sun �*s 21st, we did not have 100 people for a socially distanced bring your own booze party, the claim is around 30 people in the end turned up. this one from adam. i was stuck at home having lost all of my work as a freelance musician. the government behaviour sickens me. the conversation on twitter reflecting on the 20th of may 2020, and michaela says it was my twins birthday, they miss their party for the sake of keeping others safe. thank you so much for sending all of those in. let's have one more from mark. working on the front line in the nhs. he says the country has only a backbone of the working classes. thank you so much for sending all of those in. if you would like to comment on what you are doing at that time and whether you would like the prime minister to say immediately whether or not he was at that drinks party, you can get in touch with me on twitter. a us man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically—modified pig. doctors have described it as a �*breakthrough' that could make the use of animal organs in human transplants routine. this report from our north america correspondent david willis, contains images of the surgery. inside the box was the heart of the pig- inside the box was the heart of the pig. with the transplant work? after toiling for nine hours, surgeons at the university of maryland medical centre removed the clamp restricting blood to the new organ and declared that it had. the pig heart was pumping away, keeping alive a patient for whom all other options had run out. on the operating table was 57—year—old dave bennett, pictured here with his sun and daughter. when doctors first proposed the pig heart transplant, they thought he was joking but four days on, he is said to be doing well and his doctors sound increasingly optimistic. trite and his doctors sound increasingly o itimistic. ~ ., and his doctors sound increasingly o-timistic. . . ., , optimistic. we have never done this in a human — optimistic. we have never done this in a human and _ optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i'd _ optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i'd like _ optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i'd like to _ optimistic. we have never done this in a human and i'd like to think- in a human and i'd like to think that we have given him a better option than what continuing his therapy would have been. but whether it's a day, week, month, year, i don't know. it's a day, week, month, year, i don't know— it's a day, week, month, year, i don't know. �* . . , don't know. advances in gene editing and cloninc don't know. advances in gene editing and cloning techniques _ don't know. advances in gene editing and cloning techniques have - don't know. advances in gene editing and cloning techniques have proved l don't know. advances in gene editing and cloning techniques have proved a game changer as far as this sort of surgery is concerned. and in a country in which more than 100,000 people are currently awaiting an organ transplant, dave �*s operation could help change the lives and ease the suffering of so many. pictured here with the man who led the operation, mr bennett is now breathing on his own without a ventilator having cold the operation a shot in the dark, the hospital says he is now looking forward to being released from their care and reunited with his dog, lucky! one of the biggest illegal dark net websites has gone offline, after two years of selling class a drugs, counterfeit cash and hacking tools. the administrators of �*torrez�* shut the site down over christmas. but, new ones are popping up all the time and bbc data shows just how resilient this online part of the drugs economy has become in recent years. 0ur cyber reporter, joe tidy, reports. this is a humanist burying ground. i come up and see how the tree is doing, give it a kick, tell him off. clare campbell's16—year—old son luke died after taking strong ecstasy tablets at a youth disco. so, this is luke. and his tree. what was luke like as a person? i'm very biased, i'm his mum. but he didn't have a bad bone in his body. he was naughty and cheeky, but he, there was nothing nasty about him. there was no maliciousness. he was full of life. luke's friends bought the pills from a marketplace on the dark net. luke! dark net markets are a small and often overlooked part of the drugs economy. these sites only accessible through special internet browsing software have been a thorn in the side of the police for a decade now. and over christmas, an interesting development. torrez, one of the largest marketplaces in the world, closed down after two years. a polite notice was posted to customers and sellers. torrez is the latest stock market to close down before police could take action. but even when the authorities do take down marketplaces, the effect on the drugs trade is often short lived, as bbc research highlights. we studied the activity of thousands of dark net dealers. at least 450 have survived multiple police take—downs. in fact, one dealer, perhaps the uk's most prolific, has now appeared on 21 different marketplaces over six years. we ordered some drugs from this criminal, next generation. it was complicated and time—consuming but it highlights the complex tactics these sellers use to protect themselves. interesting. so, if you did open this box, it would look like some sort of a herbal treatment. of course, we know that's not what's in this little silver packet. this is cocaine. we spoke to the seller over encrypted e—mail and they said they actually had sympathy for police. law enforcement are faced with an impossible task. generally getting caught is just down to simple user error. police don't wake up one day and crack our code and, poof, they bust people. it's a low risk mark. it deals with a vendor on the dark web. in october, 150 people were arrested in multiple countries including 24 in the uk. a major dark market was also closed down. the uk's nca says it's determined to turn the tide on dark net markets and has developed new cyber policing techniques to help protect the public. a few days after he died, some of the girls put that together. beautiful, absolutely beautiful. but in the years since luke died, claire's experience has given her a different view. people hearing your story and hearing you talk about it might be confused as to why the trauma that you've been through has led you down the path of... why are we not anti—drugs and angry and demanding prison sentences? yes. because, a, it won't bring luke back. but b, that's not the way forward. there's no point being angry with people because they're none the wiser than luke was. the people i'm angry with are law makers, not luke, not his friends, not the dark web. claire is now calling for the decriminalisation and regulation of all areas of the drugs trade, including the dark net. joe tidy, bbc news, in devon. and you can hearfrom a teenager who buys drugs from the dark net on bbc radio 4 tonight at 8pm and later on bbc sounds. species from around the world that "hitch a lift" on ships, are threatening antarctica's marine ecosystem. a study by the university of cambridge tracked vessels which regularly visit the isolated region, and found they bring species including mussels and crabs — which go on to disrupt the habitat and harm wildlife. 0ur science correspondent victoria gill has this report. a land of extremes and a haven for marine life. but visitors could be bringing some unwelcome creatures to this frozen place. by tracking global shipping, researchers discovered that antarctica is visited by vessels that come from 1,500 ports all over the world for research, tourism and fishing. those ships, scientists say, bring potentially destructive species into this unique ecosystem. ships that visit antarctica don't just have, you know, one home port that they visit and go back and forth. these ships travel all around the world so that was really surprising. and in terms of invasive species, that means that almost anywhere in the world could be a potential source for new species visiting antarctica. antarctica's wildlife has been isolated for millions of years. but marine species like mussels, barnacles and crabs clinging to ships' hulls could harm or completely displace that native wildlife. 0n the antarctic island of south georgia, invasive rats brought by whaling ships threatened colonies of seabirds by devouring their eggs, a rat eradication mission dropping tonnes of poisoned bait has been declared a success but it took nearly five years and cost £10 million. the burgeoning antarctic tourist industry is a key area of concern. got to wash our boots. we don't want to be taking anything onto the antarctic mainland that should not be there. when we explored its impact back in 2016, almost 40,000 people travelled to the antarctic. in the 2019 season, nearly 70,000 tourists visited. the british antarctic survey is calling for stricter security for ships that visit antarctic waters for any reason to be screened and cleaned more frequently. they're measures to protect what the scientists say is the last pristine coast on earth. victoria gill, bbc news. 0ne one of those images of the penguins. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. good morning. i'm glad to say it is not as cold here as it is there. it has been a cold start for some of us across northern ireland, northern scotland and northern england. for the rest of england and wales, we have cloud and drizzle, mist and fog clearing south courtesy of this with a friend. this is a cold front and behind it, colderairand as a friend. this is a cold front and behind it, colder air and as you see from the isobars, it is windy across the north and west, gusty winds blowing in showers to north and west scotland, one or two of those across northern ireland. this weatherfront sinks south, tightening up across northern england, the north midlands, northern and central wales but under all this cloud we had the highest temperatures between 9 degrees and 12, in the sunshine, roughly looking at 6 degrees up to 9 degrees. this evening and overnight the weather front clears leaving clear skies. still the weather front clears leaving clearskies. stilla the weather front clears leaving clear skies. still a fair bit of cloud, some spots of rain and gusty winds across the far north and west, we also see mist and fog forming especially across the midlands, east anglia, the southeast, southwest and the vale of york. where we have the blues, it will be cold with frost, but no such issues in the north because of the wind and cloud. as we head into tomorrow, high pressure firmly in charge. we see from the isobars it will be windy in the north but the direction is salient, coming from a long wave from the south, drifting around the top of the area of high pressures of the highest temperatures represented by the yellows will be across northern areas. we start with fog, slow to left, but it should clear and for many, a dry day, variable amounts of town, some sunshine, the thickest cloud always across the north and west, thick enough for some spots of light rain. temperatures tens and 11 is in the north, six, up to 9 degrees in the south, the exception is plymouth, we could reach 11 degrees. 0n is plymouth, we could reach 11 degrees. on thursday, we start with fog, slow to left, some of it make left into low cloud. if you are stuck under that that will suppress the temperature is, quite a bit of cloud around on thursday, across the north west, thick enough for some spots of rain, temperatures 6 degrees in london, 11 degrees in stornoway. heading into friday, the fog lingering longer, more cloud, some rain in the north, temperatures very similar to thursday. this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of the home of the british prime minister at the height of the first lockdown. boris johnson faces fresh anger over claims he broke the rules. of course it's unacceptable that he should be hiding behind the investigation and not speaking out and telling us the truth, because that is what we need. i can entirely understand why people who've lost loved ones, or people who have just had their lives hugely disrupted by these restrictions, are angry and upset by these allegations. that's why it is right that ms gray is looking into the facts. the metropolitan police say they are in contact with downing street over the alleged breaches of covid rules.