china has denied interfering in uk politics, after mi5 warned an agent of the country had infiltrated westminster. ukraine suffers a massive cyber—attack as more than a dozen government websites go down. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the australian government has cancelled novak djokovic�*s visa for the second time, in a row over his right to remain in the country unvaccinated. the country's immigration minister said the decision was made in the public interest citing �*health and good order�* grounds. the 34—year—old serbian, who was scheduled to play in the australian open on monday, can still launch another legal lawyers on both sides are taking part a hearing right now to discuss the next steps. let's take a look at what happened in the run up to today's decision. last wednesday, djokovic�*s visa was cancelled as he arrived in melbourne. border officials said he hadn't met the entry requirements for australia. a few days later, his lawyers revealed he'd been given a vaccine exemption to enter australia because he'd previously tested positive. however social media pictures showed him at public events in the days after that apparent diagnosis. on monday, his visa cancellation was overturned by a judge who criticised the australian government. the final say was in the hands of the immigration minister — who in the last few hours has cancelled his visa for the second time. in a statement, australian prime minister scott morrison said, "australians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected". here's australian sports journalist, shane mcinnes. i think public sentiment has certainly changed during the week. i think the fact that his statement recognised that the travel declaration that he submitted was in fact false, even though he blamed a support team member. the fact that when he was diagnosed with covid—19 he still went out in belgrade, attended events and, of course, did that media interview, where he was 100% certain he had covid but still went ahead with the interview. i think that's where, if you look at the statement from the immigration minister, there is the concern about novak djokovic and public health and thus why the decision was reached today. the feeling around novak djokovic — ever since he got that exemption late last week, there were some hesitancy from victorians about him being let in. now that hesitancy has gone up exponentially and i think there is a lot of relief in victoria that, as it stands right now, he's not playing in the australian open. ina in a moment we will speak to our correspondent in belgrade but first, let's speak to phil mercer who can tell us more about why the visa has been cancelled. we tell us more about why the visa has been cancelled.— been cancelled. we are still trying to read between _ been cancelled. we are still trying to read between the _ been cancelled. we are still trying to read between the lines - been cancelled. we are still trying to read between the lines of- been cancelled. we are still trying to read between the lines of the i to read between the lines of the statement from alex hawke, the australian immigration minister as saying the beta has been cancelled for a second time on public interest grounds and also health and good order. —— the veez cell. there is no clear indication as to what all of that means. but you would have to guess that being unvaccinated is part of australia �*s reasoning for deporting him, australia does not believe there are satisfactory grounds for that medical waiver to have been issued. so at the moment novak djokovic is facing expulsion from australia, this has wide ramifications here at the australian open. he is the defending champion. he has won the title here nine times and had he been allowed to play and triumphed here, he would have won 21 grand slam titles, the most out of any man ever so a significant sporting fallout from all of this and also lots of social and political consequences as well. we do know there has been an emergency court hearing due to have started in the last few minutes. that is essentially a procedural issue where a judge finds out and lays down what happens next and it's happening in the evening here in melbourne, victoria, because friday night and the tournament begins on monday. time for novak djokovic �*s lawyers is very much of the essence. phil mercer, thank _ is very much of the essence. phil mercer, thank you. _ is very much of the essence. phil mercer, thank you. our correspondent in belgrade, not such a long time ago, the family of novak djokovic were giving a press conference. what is the evidence —— atmosphere there? we have had nothing from the family so far. _ we have had nothing from the family so far. i_ we have had nothing from the family so far, i have managed to speak to a close _ so far, i have managed to speak to a close friend — so far, i have managed to speak to a close friend of novak djokovic, also the captain— close friend of novak djokovic, also the captain of the serbian davis cup tennis_ the captain of the serbian davis cup tennis team and he says he was as shocked _ tennis team and he says he was as shocked at— tennis team and he says he was as shocked at the decision and australia, he has been in touch with novak_ australia, he has been in touch with novak djokovic, i know he is tough mentally, — novak djokovic, i know he is tough mentally, trying to stay focused on temis— mentally, trying to stay focused on tennis but— mentally, trying to stay focused on tennis but it is tough for him. he has also — tennis but it is tough for him. he has also been critical of what has been _ has also been critical of what has been going on with the men's tennis organisation, the atp. he says it is one of— organisation, the atp. he says it is one of the — organisation, the atp. he says it is one of the biggest tournaments we have in— one of the biggest tournaments we have in tennis and it is really confusing _ have in tennis and it is really confusing for me that the atp has not been — confusing for me that the atp has not been standing up for the number one player— not been standing up for the number one player in the world. so there is criticism _ one player in the world. so there is criticism from the top of serbian tennis. — criticism from the top of serbian tennis. if— criticism from the top of serbian tennis, if you like, for the top of world _ tennis, if you like, for the top of world tennis, not enough support for the world _ world tennis, not enough support for the world number one, it would seem. guy, the world number one, it would seem. guy. thank— the world number one, it would seem. guy, thank you. back in the uk now. borisjohnson's former communications director, james slack, has apologised this morning for the "anger and hurt" caused by a leaving party that took place for him at downing street, the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral in april. the daily telegraph has reported that there was drinking and dancing at the event which would have been illegal under coronavirus rules in england at the time. the claims have not been denied by number ten. our political correspondent ione wells reports. a stark image of the queen — sat alone to mourn her husband, prince philip, at his funeral on 17th april last year. at the time, indoor mixing between different households was banned. but downing street staff have been accused of holding two leaving parties the evening before, one of which was for the director of communications at the time, james slack, now a deputy editor at the sun newspaper. today, the telegraph is reporting that around 30 people were present, drinking alcohol and dancing to music. a statement from downing street says... borisjohnson didn't attend either gathering, but the revelations have led to fresh criticism. labour's deputy leader angela rayner says... pressure is building too from the prime minister's own tory backbenchers. conservative mp andrew bridgen, who backed borisjohnson for leader, has become the latest tory mp to publicly say he submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister, calling his position untenable. he's the leader of our country and part of the key elements of leadership is that you don't ask people you're asking to follow you to make sacrifices and suffer privations that you're not willing to bear yourself. and clearly, that has not been the case. that then leaves the prime minister morally incapable of having the authority to lead the country. cabinet ministers, meanwhile, have been urging people to wait for the findings of civil servant sue gray's inquiry into multiple parties in government during coronavirus restrictions. the met police says it will also wait for the result of this before deciding whether to investigate if the inquiry unearths any potential criminal offences. ione wells, bbc news. there's been a cyber attack across government websites in ukraine. the pages of the ministry of foreign affairs, the ministry of education, and several others were taken down for a while. the ukranian government says most affected resources have already been restored an others will be available soon. ukraine says no personal data was leaked during cyber attack but the government has opened an investigation. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has more on this cyber attack from kyiv. it seems to have been pretty extensive, as you say, a number of government affected, including the foreign ministry and we understand some embassies. energy, education, sport, it seems to have happened across a really wide swathes of government over night. but you sense from the statement this morning, at least what we are being told publicly, that the situation was brought to control relatively quickly. when it appeared on several government websites, when you access them, you could see this message which warned ukrainians that their personal data had been hacked, that it had been stolen and it told them to be very afraid. but the government is saying that the various affected websites have either been restored or have been temporarily taken down while they are fixed. and they said no personal data has been accessed. it is early days, we do not know the full extent of it but at the moment, the government is giving the impression, at least, that it has this under control. there is no doubt everyone here is going to be assuming that this is the work of the russians, it comes at a time of heightened tension with russia and in the past, as recently as early this month, officials here were saying that they had thwarted as many as 50 or 60 attacks, emanating from russian sponsored hackers in the month of december. last year, the government said it had dealt with around a thousand attacks and again pointed the finger at hackers that are supported and sponsored by russia �*s fsb security service so there is a history of this. it will be the assumption particularly at this particular moment, but at the moment, they are not saying who they think did it. the foreign secretary, liz truss, has been speaking to reporters after talks with the european commission on the northern ireland protocol — she's also been talking about the parties in downing street. let's here what she's been saying.... you have been having talks with the eu counterparts on the northern ireland protocol, of course, crucial to all of that, you have promised constructive proposals, can you tell us what they are and are you willing to compromise? fiur us what they are and are you willing to compromise?— to compromise? our priority is makin: to compromise? our priority is making sure — to compromise? our priority is making sure we _ to compromise? our priority is making sure we protect - to compromise? our priority is making sure we protect the - to compromise? our priority is - making sure we protect the belfast good friday agreement and we deliver for the communities of northern ireland, making sure that there is trade, free—flowing, and making sure people are treated fairly in northern ireland as they are in the rest of the united kingdom. we have had constructive talks with the eu, we are now going to go into intensive negotiations to work towards a negotiated solution, to sort out these very real issues for the people of northern ireland. what the people of northern ireland. what about the threats _ the people of northern ireland. what about the threats over article 16? what i want is a negotiated solution. i think there is a deal to be done, we have had constructive talks over the last day. of course there is more work to do, that is why we are intensifying the discussions, i will be seeing the vice president again in a week and i do want to make progress. clearly if we do not make sufficient progress, we do not make sufficient progress, we will have to look at the alternatives but my absolute desire is to get a deal that works for the people of northern ireland. overnight, there's been confirmation of yet another party in downing street. the night before the queen had to sit alone at the funeral of her husband. the details are almost unbelievable, suitcases full of bottles of wine, dancing in the basement, the child swing in the garden broken. what did you think when you heard this story? imilieu garden broken. what did you think when you heard this story? when i heard about _ when you heard this story? when i heard about this _ when you heard this story? when i heard about this i _ when you heard this story? when i heard about this i was _ when you heard this story? when i heard about this i was of— when you heard this story? when i heard about this i was of course i heard about this i was of course very, very concerned and i understand that people across the country are angry about what has happened. earlierthis country are angry about what has happened. earlier this week, the prime minister did apologise for mistakes that have been made. we have the inquiry taking place by sue gray. and we are very clear that there were real mistakes made. isn’t there were real mistakes made. isn't there were real mistakes made. isn't the problem — there were real mistakes made. isn't the problem though that some of your colleagues are questioning the moral authority of borisjohnson? and the truth as he went to a party in the garden of number ten downing street and a year later, his staff partied, they were just following his lead, weren't they? the they were just following his lead, weren't they?— they were just following his lead, weren't they? the prime minister aolouised weren't they? the prime minister apologised on _ weren't they? the prime minister apologised on wednesday, - weren't they? the prime minister apologised on wednesday, he - weren't they? the prime minister| apologised on wednesday, he was weren't they? the prime minister - apologised on wednesday, he was very clear that mistakes have been made. but i do think we need to look at the overall position we are in as a country, the fact that he has delivered brexit, the fact that we are recovering from covid, we have one of the fastest—growing economies in the g7 and are delivering the booster programme and he has apologised. i think we now need to move on and talk about how we are going to sort out issues. i have spent the last 2a hours with the eu talking about sorting out the situation for the people of northern ireland and we now need to get on with that and of course cannot wait for the results of the sue gray inquiry. d0 for the results of the sue gray inuui . ,, for the results of the sue gray inuui . ~' for the results of the sue gray inuui . ,, �* , inquiry. do you think the british ublic are inquiry. do you think the british public are willing _ inquiry. do you think the british public are willing to _ inquiry. do you think the british public are willing to wait - inquiry. do you think the british public are willing to wait for - inquiry. do you think the british l public are willing to wait for that? they seem very angry. i completely understand people's anger and dismay about what has happened. the prime minister apologised to the house on wednesday. i100% support him to continue getting on with the job and what people want is they want to see us working to deliver for the people of the united kingdom. my priority is sorting out the northern ireland protocol. of course, we need to get on as well with the recovery from covid, building the economy and i think that is what people want to see us focus on.— see us focus on. thank you. the questions _ see us focus on. thank you. the questions being _ see us focus on. thank you. the questions being put _ see us focus on. thank you. the questions being put by - see us focus on. thank you. the questions being put by vicki - see us focus on. thank you. the . questions being put by vicki young. but let's talk to our political correspondent helen kat, what does this tell us about the overall culture at downing street? these are aaain culture at downing street? these are again another— culture at downing street? these are again another set _ culture at downing street? these are again another set of _ culture at downing street? these are again another set of pretty _ culture at downing street? these are again another set of pretty damaging | again another set of pretty damaging allegations. we have got more allegations. we have got more allegations of more parties and the timing of this is particularly damaging for downing street. these were leaving do is, apparently, that were leaving do is, apparently, that were held on april the 16th, the night before the funeral of the duke of edinburgh and there is that really defining image of the queen sitting alone at that funeral so i think the timing of this is particularly damaging. in fact, james slack, the former director of communications at the time, one of those for whom one of these leaving douce was held has said he apologises unreservedly for the anger and hurt caused by that and that it should not have happened at the time that it did. but yes, certainly, it is opening up wider questions about the culture in downing street and opposition figures, labour, for example, saying that culture has to have been fostered by the man at the top. helen, thank you. north korea has fired two ballistic missiles in its latest weapons test, according to south korea's military. japan's coastguard also detected the launches. coastguards are analysing where the missiles fell. pyongyang has ramped up its missile launches in recent weeks. this is the third time in just over a week that pyonyang has carried out missile tests. after the second test, which was personally supervised by north korean leader kimjong—un, the united states imposed sanctions on five people linked to the country's ballistic weapons programme. chad o'carroll is the founder of nk news which provides analysis he explained the significance of the high frequency of tests being carried out. it development plans that were revealed in january last year, it development plans that were revealed injanuary last year, these are very serious targets and kim jong—un is doing his best to make those targets be reached. and so, it means while there are food shortages and difficulties in north korea right now with covid—19, they are really prioritising that and the key significance for people in europe and in north america is one of the weapons types they are trying to develop, a solid fuel intercontinental ballistic missile. right now they only have liquid fuels and if and when they develop a solid fuel one, that will be another potential geopolitical flashpoint because those missiles can be launched a lot quicker than the liquid fuel one is that they have right now. china has denied interfering in uk politics, after m15 warned that an agent of the country had infiltrated parliament. the security service said christine ching kui lee had "established links" with mps on behalf of the chinese communist party. she then gave donations to politicians, including the labour mp barry gardiner, who received more than £400,000. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in beijing and has more now on these claims. the chinese government has just issued a very strong denial regarding these allegations from m15 that the communist party had been using london based solicitor christine ching kui lee as an intermediary to funnel covert funds into the pockets of uk parliamentarians generating political influence. it has come from the foreign ministry where a spokesman said someone in london is a little too obsessed with 007 movies. he said beijing was calling on officials in britain to stop hyping up this issue, as he put it. interestingly, iasked him if christine lee held either chinese citizenship or had ever done any work at all the chinese government and he refused to answer both of those questions but again, he reiterated that he thought these allegations were baseless and that they were based on hearsay. people should remember that she has not been arrested, she has not been deported and it could well be that there is nothing illegal in the making of these payments. in australia, for example, new legislation had to be introduced to stop overseas payments being made to politicians and it could be in the uk, a new lot like this is prodded in the future. —— a new law like this is brought in in the future. hong kong has banned transit flights from most countries because of fears about the omicron variant of the coronavirus. the suspension will be in place for a month. hong kong airport had been one of the major transit hubs of the world before the pandemic. dozens of cases of omicron have now been detected in the territory, traced back to cathay pacific airways crew. hong kong has aligned its coronavirus policy closer to the chinese mainland in recent months, aiming to reach zero cases as the rest of the world adapts to living with the disease. france has begun easing restrictions on british travellers — after rules were tightened last month. vaccinated travellers will no longer need a compelling reason to enter the country, but a negative covid test, taken 2a hours before leaving the uk, will still be required for all those arriving. let's speak to gareth marshall the director of the british travel company simply morzine. that is correct. what kind of holidays do you do? we that is correct. what kind of holidays do you do? that is correct. what kind of holida sdo ou do? . ., ., holidays do you do? we welcome a lot of cuests holidays do you do? we welcome a lot of guests from — holidays do you do? we welcome a lot of guests from the _ holidays do you do? we welcome a lot of guests from the uk _ holidays do you do? we welcome a lot of guests from the uk into _ holidays do you do? we welcome a lot of guests from the uk into a _ holidays do you do? we welcome a lot of guests from the uk into a ski - of guests from the uk into a ski resort in the french alps. and we look forward now to welcoming british guests back to the resort, we have been specialising in holidays for 25 years with predominantly british clientele. hagar predominantly british clientele. how difficult has it _ predominantly british clientele. how difficult has it been for you with various restrictions and with them regularly changing? it’s various restrictions and with them regularly changing?— various restrictions and with them regularly changing? it's been really tou~h on regularly changing? it's been really tough on the _ regularly changing? it's been really tough on the business _ regularly changing? it's been really tough on the business and - regularly changing? it's been really tough on the business and also - tough on the business and also physically and mentally for myself. we had the lockdown in march 2020 when no one really knew what was happening and there was suddenly a strict lockdown in france and then the following two summers we had various travel corridors and then quarantine was brought in and finally, we thought we could eventually get group for this coming and current winter season after a long period of preparing over the autumn. we essentially had been in lockdown, the ski industry in france, for 22 months and then this happened from the 18th of december. with the french government putting effectively a travel ban on tourists from britain. so it was devastating news but we are so pleased with the announcement yesterday that we can finally start welcoming british tourists again.— finally start welcoming british tourists aaain. ., ., , tourists again. you said it had been -h sicall tourists again. you said it had been physically and _ tourists again. you said it had been physically and mentally _ tourists again. you said it had been physically and mentally tough - tourists again. you said it had been physically and mentally tough on i physically and mentally tough on yourself, do you mind me asking what that means? i yourself, do you mind me asking what that means?— that means? i think it's been a war of attrition- — that means? i think it's been a war of attrition. it's _ that means? i think it's been a war of attrition. it's something - that means? i think it's been a war of attrition. it's something we - that means? i think it's been a war| of attrition. it's something we have never had to deal with before. i think the company has had to adapt, we have had to adapt, we've tried to do our best by our guests, by our staff, by our suppliers, do our best by our guests, by our staff, by oursuppliers, by do our best by our guests, by our staff, by our suppliers, by our landlords, as one of the main companies in morzine, which is a small village. we have felt some responsibility because we have seen the impact it had on the town and the impact it had on the town and the economy and personally, i guess, for me, being the head of the company, i have had to lead by example and lead the team and shoot the team that we can get through this, whatever is thrown at us, we will deal with it. we are in completely uncharted territory but there has been a lot of pressure and finally, the pressure has been lifted and our phone has been ringing nonstop for the last 2a hours. ringing nonstop for the last 24 hours. . �* , ringing nonstop for the last 24 hours. ., �*, ., ., . hours. that's good to hear. when you say pressure. — hours. that's good to hear. when you say pressure, that _ hours. that's good to hear. when you say pressure, that is _ hours. that's good to hear. when you say pressure, that is stress, - hours. that's good to hear. when you say pressure, that is stress, daily - say pressure, that is stress, daily stress, sleepless nights, is that the kind of thing you are talking about? it the kind of thing you are talking about? , ~ the kind of thing you are talking about? , ,, , ., about? it is. i think if you were interviewing — about? it is. i think if you were interviewing my _ about? it is. i think if you were interviewing my wife _ about? it is. i think if you were interviewing my wife she - about? it is. i think if you were| interviewing my wife she would about? it is. i think if you were - interviewing my wife she would say i have not been the easiest person to live with, yeah, it has been the stress of i think, just sleep, just constant anxiety, not knowing with the rules, constantly changing, and we fully understand the position of our guests. when you go on holiday you want the holiday, it's all about relaxing, it's not about biting your nails and thinking, can we go or can we not go? we understand the position of the guests, people want certainty but equally we have to balance that with the company and those who are dependent on us in terms of our staff and the resort so it has been a really challenging time but we want, we just want to do what we are good at, that is welcoming british skiers and allowing people to have some fabulous holidays with us. band allowing people to have some fabulous holidays with us. and it's testament to _ fabulous holidays with us. and it's testament to you, _ fabulous holidays with us. and it's testament to you, you _ fabulous holidays with us. and it's testament to you, you are - fabulous holidays with us. and it's testament to you, you are still - testament to you, you are still here, the business is still here! that says something. thank you. we have been running for 25 years and we have always ran with a philosophy of putting something away for a rainy day. i always thought that a rainy day. i always thought that a rainy day. i always thought that a rainy day would come, we did not have any idea it would be a pandemic and it would hit to such proportions and it would hit to such proportions and i think when the first lockdown hit in march 2020, i don't think any of us thought we would still be talking about it now but we are still here and we have got a loyal following of guests and people are just chomping at the bit to come back and ski. the snow is fantastic, the sun is out, the chalets are looking prim and proper. we are ready to welcome people and that's not just from our ready to welcome people and that's notjust from our perspective, i think i can speak for everyone across the french alps, all the local communities who depend so much on british tourists and all the hotels and chalet operators and other british companies like ourselves, wejust other british companies like ourselves, we just want to trade and do what we are good at and as i say, give people fantastic holidays in one of the most beautiful locations in the world. one of the most beautiful locations in the world-— in the world. good luck and thank ou so in the world. good luck and thank you so much _ in the world. good luck and thank you so much for— in the world. good luck and thank you so much for speaking - in the world. good luck and thank you so much for speaking to - in the world. good luck and thank you so much for speaking to us. | you so much for speaking to us. thank you for having me. google is spending a billion dollars buying and refurbishing its london headquarters and expanding its office space across the uk — in a sign that working from home's not about to become the norm any time soon. google's uk boss says when government guidance allows it, he'll be asking most staff to spend three days a week in the office. but he told the bbc�*s business editor simon jack that hybrid working will be experimental over the next two years, as companies and employees try and find the right balance. we want to reinvigorate the work environment, we are making this commitment, we are buying these buildings, going to invest in reinvigorating the office and refurbishing it and we are keen to see everybody come back in and see our viable workspace again. we are committed to three days a week on average but we are also introducing other forms of flexibility so introducing four weeks of work from anywhere so you can choose for weeks over the course of the year and go and work from a location, you do not have to come into the office and we are also going to introduce recharge days through the pandemic to make sure people are looking after their well—being. are you not worried you might be at a competitive disadvantage with companies who are actually requiring fewer days than that in the office? i think we will have about 20% of roles over time that are fully remote so there are definitely opportunities for people to come and work with us but on a fully remote basis but for the vast majority of roles, it will be three days and again, it comes back to it we have surveyed our employees, we have talked to them about what they value and they want and collaboration keeps coming back, the opportunity to be in a room with their colleagues and collaborate and work on problems. it's something they really value. it seems at the moment we are in an employees market, staff shortages in many places, warfor talent, do you think the employees are in a situation where they are calling the shots at the moment? where does the balance of power like? this is still an experiment, the next two years will be an experiment in equal measure, trying to find out what hybrid and flexible actually mean and i think it will differfrom company to company and role to role. i think it will be a lot of trial and error for the next two years. it is true that at any one time fewer employees will be in the office altogether. and that has quite bad consequences, serious consequences for the businesses that serve areas like this, coffee shops, gyms, hairdressers, dry cleaners. it's inevitable they are going to suffer? i think what will happen is there will be a revolution so i think there's definitely going to be more people, we talk about our workforce maybe as many as 20% of our roles will be removed. but that means there's 20% more people in local villages and local towns which will reinvigorate those. but 80% of our people are going to be coming into the office, we are going to be continuing to grow our footprint as we have talked about on the back of this investment. so i still think there will be lots of economic activity in the environments around our offices and it's something we are very focused on as well. the headlines on bbc news... novak djokovic is set to be deported from austrailia after having his visa cancelled again. british foreign secretary admits that mistakes were made, as parties were held in downing street last april — just hours before the queen sat alone at her husband's funeral because of covid restrictions. the woman who accsues prince andrew of sexually assualting her welcomes the court ruling that her civil case against him can go ahead. china has denied interfering in uk politics, after m15 warned an agent of the country had infiltrated westminster. ukraine suffers a massive cyber—attack, as more than a dozen government websites go down. let's get more now on our top story — and the news thatjust three days before he's due to play in the australian open, novak djokovic has been told his visa has been revoked for a second time. the government says it's on public health grounds. lawyers on both sides are taking part in a hearing right now to discuss the next steps. anthony galloway is the foreign affairs and national security correspondent for the age newsaper and sydney morning herald and has been following events — he joins us this morning from the australian capital, canberra. can you explain what is going on with the lawyers between both sides, what are they talking about? that with the lawyers between both sides, what are they talking about?- what are they talking about? that is a treat what are they talking about? that is a great question. _ what are they talking about? that is a great question. as _ what are they talking about? that is a great question. as you _ what are they talking about? that is a great question. as you say, - what are they talking about? that is a great question. as you say, it's i a great question. as you say, it's going on right at the moment. the matter has returned tojudge andrew kelly —— anthony kelly of the circuit court in melbourne. he suggested he is likely to kick it upstairs, so to speak, to the federal court, so to anotherjudge. he did suggest that he was probably going to allow some kind of injunction to ensure that novak djokovic is not deported before tomorrow afternoon and the federal court can actually hear the case. djokovic's lawyers weren't too happy with this. they wanted this judge to hear the matter and to decide the matter because they say time is running out for their client. so it really is getting to the 11th hour, with the australian open starting on monday and it is friday night here. who has the final say? is it the judiciary or the government with its executive powers?— judiciary or the government with its executive powers? great question. i mean, thejudiciary, _ executive powers? great question. i mean, thejudiciary, in _ executive powers? great question. i mean, the judiciary, in a _ executive powers? great question. i mean, the judiciary, in a sense, - mean, thejudiciary, in a sense, does have the final say if they can find that there was anything unlawful or improper about the immigration minister's decision tonight. but if they can't, then novak djokovic will likely be put back into immigration detention or put on a plane straightaway out of australia. so it's important to note that these powers are discretionary and they are extremely broad. the immigration minister alex hawke has done this on grounds of public health and brought up a court order for stuff you can see by the wording they are very broad powers you can cancel a visa for. we will wait to see what djokovic's lawyers actually argue that they haven't yet said how they will argue against the minister's decision.- they will argue against the minister's decision. shall we try and no minister's decision. shall we try and go through _ minister's decision. shall we try and go through what _ minister's decision. shall we try and go through what the - minister's decision. shall we try - and go through what the immigration minister might mean by health grounds and good order grounds. health grounds, what, because he is not vaccinated, he is a threat to the australian population? we know cases are rising and good order, is that about public order? is it about rioting in the streets or is it about fairness?— rioting in the streets or is it about fairness? you hit it on the nail head, _ about fairness? you hit it on the nail head. hit— about fairness? you hit it on the nail head, hit the _ about fairness? you hit it on the nail head, hit the nail— about fairness? you hit it on the nail head, hit the nail on - about fairness? you hit it on the nail head, hit the nail on the - about fairness? you hit it on the i nail head, hit the nail on the head there. i think it's about fairness, from what i can see. the government has been stating all week since they cancelled novak�*s visa the first time that prior infection of covid—19, even in the past six months, is not a valid exemption. they say they are the guidelines for foreign nationals entering australia and always has been, since vaccines and always has been, since vaccines and vaccine mandates were put in place. so it will be argued, i believe, on a basis of the world's best tennis player cannot be allowed in the country when any other foreign national wouldn't be allowed in the country on that basis. it's also important to point out that i understand two other players and at least one other official that were participating in the australia open have already left australia on the basis that their visas were cancelled and they were in a very similar situation to djokovic. rights, while we await with baited breath to find out what happens after these lawyers come out of their meeting. thank you for talking to us, anthony, thank you. prince andrew's military titles and royal patronages have been handed back to the queen, meaning he will face a civil case against him as a private citizen. virginia giuffre, the woman who accuses the duke of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, has said her goal was to show that the rich and powerful were "not above the law". prince andrew denies her accusations. our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, reports. he's determined to fight on — rebutting the charges made against him, according to friends. but andrew will do so as a private citizen, shorn of the last trappings of his life as a royal. so there will be no more appearances on the balcony of buckingham palace alongside his mother and the rest of his family. those days are over, as is his use of the styling as his royal highness, and his remaining military positions. he's no longer honorary colonel of the grenadier guards, entitled to pride of place by the queen at trooping the colour. he stepped down by mutual agreement, so we're told, from that position, and from roles in nearly a dozen other regiments, including the royal highland fusiliers and the yorkshire regiment, and the royal navy and the raf. there was relief in military circles. the mp tobias ellwood is a former army officer. the royal family has an intimate relationship with the regiments going back in history — many of them are honorary colonels and so forth — and it's important that the problems that prince andrew has incurred sort of aren't bled over into the regiments that he was representing. it's more than ten years now since this photograph appeared of andrew with the then 17—year—old virginia roberts, and this photograph of him with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. in his newsnight interview, andrew said he rued the day he continued his friendship with epstein. that's the bit that... ..as it were, i kick myself for on a daily basis. cos it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family, and we try and uphold the highest standards and practices, and i let the side down — simple as that. two years on from that interview, andrew, duke of york, continues to declare his innocence of any impropriety. he must now fight on alone. his family's priority is to protect the monarchy�*s reputation. nicholas witchell, bbc news. a former us paratrooper has been charged with conspiring to overthrow the us government over the deadly attack on congress on january the sixth last year. stewart rhodes is the leader of an extreme far right militia group and has been charged with 10 other members over the riot where donald trump supporters tried to overthrow joe biden's election victory. here's our washington correspondent, nomia iqbal. more than 725 people have been arrested and charged for the attack that shocked the world. but this is the most serious indictment yet — and the first for seditious conspiracy, which is defined as trying to overthrow the government. it's alleged the oath keepers planned an attack the moment president biden's victory had been made official. they are a loosely knit militia that believes the us government has been corrupted by elites. leading the charge was the yale—educated lawyer and army veteran, stewart rhodes, claim investigators. they say, in december — the month before the attack — he organised the violence using encrypted apps. speaking to one local oath keeper chapter, he said... he appears to confirm a plan in the run—up to january 6th on the infowars conspiracy site. what we're doing is we have men already stationed outside dc as a nuclear option — in case they attempt to remove the president illegally, we will step in and stop it. on that day, oath keeper members wearing full combat gear were seen marching through the crowd, up the east steps of the capitol in a military—style stack formation. prosecutors say rhodes, who wasn't inside the building, was directing them using a mobile phone and chat app. once inside, the indictment alleges the stack split in two, heading in different directions. prosecutors say rhodes had several armed quick—reaction forces on standby that could be called into escalate the attack. rhodes, who was arrested in texas along with others, has said in previous interviews with conservative groups that the members who entered the capitol had gone off—mission and were not acting on his orders. one of the reasons i think the indictment is so... ..is so specific and outlines so many specific communications is to try to dispel the notion that's out there amongst certain circles that this was simply a band of merry pranksters, you know, and they were a simple group of people who were just protesting without any kind of ulterior motives. most republicans have downplayed the seriousness of the capitol riots, arguing no—one had yet been charged with sedition or treason. but this now marks an escalation by the prosecution — who, for the first time, have alleged there was a plot against the government that day. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. staying in the us, the supreme court has blocked the white house from enforcing vaccine—or—test requirements for large private businesses. the mandate would have forced firms with 100 or more employees to either get vaccinated or submit a negative covid test weekly and wear a mask to enter the workplace. the biden administration had argued the rules were necessary to address the "grave danger" posed by the covid pandemic. the bbc�*s samira hussain reports from new york. in this decision, the supreme court was sympathetic to the efforts being taken by the white house to combat the virus. even citing the toll of the virus. even citing the toll of the pandemic has taken on the country. nevertheless, the court said it is not legalfor the government to force a vaccination mandate. although this comes as a blow to the biden administration, which really viewed these requirements is a key tool in its arsenal to fight the covid pandemic. the decision cannot really stop private companies from instituting their own vaccine mandates. this is basically saying that the white house cannot enforce those mandates. two of america's big investment firms citigroup and jpmorgan have already said to their employees they must be vaccinated to enter the workplace or face termination. other companies are likely to follow suit. the supreme court decision came on the same day as the white house announced it would make high quality masks available to all americans for free and it would secure an additional 500 million covid—19 tests. a lawyer for alec baldwin said the actor would hand over his cellphone as part of a probe into the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the movie set of western "rust". it's believed there may be evidence on the phone relevant to the incident in which a prop gun went off. no charges have been filed, and the authorities have previously said their investigation could take months. vigils will be held across the island of ireland in memory of a young woman murdered while outjogging. 23—year—old ashling murphy was killed on wednesday, along the banks of the grand canal in tullamore county offaly. a 40—year—old man arrested over the murder has been released by police and is no longer a suspect. let's talk to orla o'connor, director of the national women's council of ireland. thank you forjoining us. tell us more about the shock, the shock and the sadness, the response to ashling murphy's death. the sadness, the response to ashling murphy's death-— murphy's death. there is a nationwide _ murphy's death. there is a nationwide devastation, i murphy's death. there is a i nationwide devastation, grief murphy's death. there is a - nationwide devastation, grief and shock at this really horrendous killing of ashling murphy and today, all around ireland in every corner, there are vigils being organised to both remember ashling... serra; there are vigils being organised to both remember ashling. .. sorry about that, please — both remember ashling. .. sorry about that. please do _ both remember ashling. .. sorry about that, please do carry _ both remember ashling. .. sorry about that, please do carry on. _ both remember ashling. .. sorry about that, please do carry on. we _ both remember ashling. .. sorry about that, please do carry on. we were - that, please do carry on. we were showing pictures of one of the vigils and people play music and lighting candles. i apologise if it put you off. it lighting candles. i apologise if it put you off-— lighting candles. i apologise if it ut ouoff. , ., ., put you off. it is fine. today from about four _ put you off. it is fine. today from about four o'clock, _ put you off. it is fine. today from about four o'clock, people - put you off. it is fine. today from about four o'clock, people are i about four o'clock, people are coming together, individuals, and it's really to both remember ashling and show support to her family, the whole community who are absolutely grief stricken in tullamore and also to say we want an end to male violence against women. there is a lot of anger and frustration expressed over the last 48 hours. it's been quite incredible what has been expressed in social media and contacts to the national women's council. a lot of that is about this has really triggered past experiences of physical and sexual violence women have had and it is also really shown how much women are limiting their lives because of the fear and the threat of violence. i think that's one of the things that shocked people so much. that he was a young woman going for her run during the day, when everyone expects to be safe. and that is the type of thing that women are saying, because they are, we are limiting our lives, in terms of thinking about being safe all the time. band about being safe all the time. and how is it led _ about being safe all the time. and how is it led to... _ about being safe all the time. and how is it led to... similar in the way it led to women coming forward after the murder of sarah everard, has it led to people saying, i've experienced... you know, being threatened or being intimidated while i'm trying to go about my normal life?— while i'm trying to go about my normal life? yes, a lot of people are making _ normal life? yes, a lot of people are making connections - normal life? yes, a lot of people are making connections to i normal life? yes, a lot of people are making connections to the i are making connections to the outpouring of grief and the experiences that we saw after the death of sarah everard. that is exactly the type of thing that women are saying. because what we are seeing, and it's on a daily occurrence, how women are making decisions constantly, in terms of that threat of violence and making decisions in terms of will i be safe? i think one of the things that we very much want to say today and i think so do all of the public, from what we can see, is that we need to bring about an end to that. this is not ok. it is not ok that women have to limit their lives in this way. we are also seeing, and i think it is important, from men, recognising. i think this is a moment of recognising the privilege that men have. so men are talking about the fact that they don't think about theseissues fact that they don't think about these issues that women are thinking about constantly, in terms of going for a run in the evening, going out walking in dark at the evening and wondering who is behind you. who has just made a comment as they are walking by and how that really makes you feel threatened? these are not feelings, these are not things that men have to think about and we need to really change this because this is not ok. and this culture that that create is what leads to these horrendous murders of women. itruihat that create is what leads to these horrendous murders of women. what is it that politicians _ horrendous murders of women. what is it that politicians and _ horrendous murders of women. what is it that politicians and the _ it that politicians and the authorities are doing? well, right now... whilst — authorities are doing? well, right now... whilst there _ authorities are doing? well, right now... whilst there has _ authorities are doing? well, right now... whilst there has been i now... whilst there has been progress in tackling violence against women in ireland, this really shows how we need to change the culture. we need to have a very different conversation about male entitlement, about what's happening in our primary endow secondary schools, around changing the conversation around masculinity. we also need stronger policies and legislation, in terms of tackling violence against women in ireland and that has to start right at the top, in terms of the leadership. so at the moment in ireland, it's very unclear who is responsible for violence against women. it is spread over a number of government departments and ministers and it is simply not good enough because what happens when women come to report is they end up being dealt with by a number of agencies and in ireland we have a huge problem about reporting and about coming forward because we don't make it easy for people. we make it very difficult. so women then decide not to go forward and that really needs to change because that really needs to change because that impact on the culture and also holding perpetrators to account. thank you very much for talking to us, we appreciate your time, thank you. we have some breaking news about novak djokovic. it is from the afp news agency and it is reporting that australia, the australian government has agreed to delay mr djokovic's deportation. afp are saying australia has agreed to delay the deportation of novak djokovic. on reuters, another news agency, they are reporting that mr djokovic's lawyers have argued in this hearing thatis lawyers have argued in this hearing that is going on right now that australia cancelled mr djokovic's visa on the grounds his presence in the country might excite anti—vaccination sentiment and not because he was unvaccinated against covid—19. they argued that the immigration minister's decision to cancel his visa was patency irrational. so afp say the australian government has agreed to delay novak djokovicdeportation. public money should be withheld from cricket unless it can "clean up its act", according to a report by a parliamentary committee. it comes in response to the emotional testimony given last year by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq, who spoke about the racial abuse he had suffered at the club. laura scott reports. eradicating racism from cricket will be a long and difficult road. that is a conclusion from mps after they had powerful evidence from across the game, which convinced them that discrimination is endemic. despite acknowledging there are grounds for optimism, they issued the starkest of warnings to the england and wales cricket board, if this watershed moment does not bring significant improvements. i would like to see public money withheld from cricket if the measures the ecb come up with in terms of trying to ensure that racism, the scourge of racism, is removed from the game. if they fail to meet those targets, then there should be a stopping of public money to the game, very simple. the committee praised the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq for his courage in lifting the the lid on problems within cricket. his testimony led to his old club imploding, and a crisis engulfing the sport. rafiq commended what he called the sensible action of the committee, saying it shows just how seriously politicians are taking an issue that too many people ignored for so long. meanwhile, the new chairman of yorkshire says the clean—up job at the county has begun in earnest. we've literally taken the club and turned it upside down, given it a good shake, looking at our processes, our procedures, leadership, engaging with people, our pathways — no stone left unturned, actually. but the committee will continue to keep a close eye on cricket, with the ecb required to produce quarterly reports on their progress. another evidence session will be held in the early part of this year. in a statement, the ecb said it welcomed the recommendations in the report, and agreed that sharing regular public updates on our progress is important to rebuilding trust in our sport. as cricket continues to address its uncomfortable past, the scrutiny on it creating a more inclusive future has never been more intense. laura scott, bbc news. nurseries in england that are being forced to close or reduce their opening hours say they've been forgotten by the government. latest figures have shown a significantjump in positive covid cases leading to severe staff shortages. here's elaine dunkley. who needs some ice? the penguins. the penguins need some ice. it's the morning session at this nursery. what is your favourite thing about nursery? my car. i'm usually in the playground. i like painting. do you like my shoes? yeah! forjen and lottie, it's a busy morning getting to nursery and then work and it's all of the more stressful when covid could disrupt the whole day. in the morning, i could get up and bring herto nursery and i might get a phone call in the morning to say, "we've not got enough staff, "we're going to have to shut", you know, because they've got staff isolating. so it is a massive concern obviously for me ringing work and then it's notjust nursery, it's me being in work as well, that i can't then go into work. so, yeah, massive concern, definitely. jane deals with the day—to—day running of the nursery and it's becoming increasingly difficult when staff are off with covid. we've shut more rooms, the preschool room's been shut a couple of times and the room downstairs, the toddler room downstairs has also been shut a couple of times. at the moment, we're really in a bit of crisis, we may have to start looking at prioritising places for some of the children. we need to obviously be able to support our working parents and obviously our key workers as well, so that's really, really important. young children don't have to be tested or isolate if their parents have covid. no—one knows if they're bringing it into the nursery. so we've got families that we know that the parents had covid, they've tested positive. but these children are in the nurseries. it's very, very difficult to determine which of those children then may have covid, may not have covid. they may be asymptomatic because we're not that testing and of course that impacts on the staff. we've got 25% of our staff not in today... nina isjuggling staffing and finances. she started this business when she was 21 and now owns eight nurseries. i've grown my business over the last 20 years. two years ago, i was still living my dream, my passion, providing wonderful childcare for all of these local families. i think what's happened is my passion is still there but, mentally, i think it'sjust exhausting. when you have to make a phone call that the nursery�*s closing because of staffing issues, just what goes through your mind? initially, the feeling is dread because i think i'm going to let all those families down, the children, what are they going to do? then, obviously, the impact is then the staff worry, it's financial worry. i've still got to keep everything going. the parents obviously don't pay if we close, so then i've still got all my bills to pay and that is a massive, you know, concern. children like luna have only ever known life during a pandemic. what happens now is crucial to their development. she comes here and she's got a routine here at nursery. she's got a little group of friends, and when she's not been allowed to come, she's missed them. for her progress as a child, i think it's important for them to be around other children. so when you kind of take that away, it's emotionally disruptive. so you're saying that you can't take any more children? the government has relaxed the rules on how many children staff are allowed to look after. here, concern that bigger groups means more responsibility on staff who are already stretched. for many nurseries and childminders, there are too many obstacles to overcome. elaine dunkley, bbc news, in stockport. a department for education spokesperson said: "we have provided extensive guidance for the early years workforce on the measures to take to reduce the spread of covid—19, as well as significant financial support to protect providers from the impact of the pandemic." traditional reindeer herders in norway are demanding that wind turbines on their pastures be dismantled after the country's supreme court ruled that they were illegal. the court said that two farms on the fosen peninsula in western norway violate the rights of the sami people to practice their culture. 151 turbines will be affected. the herders say the wind farms disturb the lichen on which the reindeer feed, affecting their winter grazing grounds. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, the fairly quiet and largely dry weather conditions will continue for many as we go through the days ahead. it's all because of high pressure in charge. over the south of us at the moment, diverting rain bearing clouds to the north and west of us and that's been piling in across norway. but under the area of high pressure, the air becomes trapped, it stagnates and it's for that reason around london and the south—east, we'll have medium to high pollution levels expected through today. that's background levels — traffic levels in some areas will make things much, much higher. so mist and fog elsewhere across england and wales, clearing for most as we hit lunchtime but there will be one or two lingering patches. a lot of sunshine for many to day but the north—west england, west of scotland, northern ireland staying fairly cloudy. far north of scotland, the odd splash of rain and temperatures holding as they started the day, at around 10—11 degrees, compared to single figures for some in england and wales. as are we go into this evening and overnight, a frost will develop in parts of the country. maybe not quite as cold for some in england and wales tonight, with a bit more mist and low cloud developing and some fog but a chillier night for scotland and northern ireland. a greater chance of the odd pocket of frost here, with the odd cloud breaking up and a shift in wind direction. it's going to be a cold start to saturday morning whichever way you look at it. for some of you, it will stay a bit grey and misty through the day. some southern and eastern parts of england and wales especially. the cloud will be fairly variable across scotland and northern ireland, some sunny spells expected. but overall, more cloud generally tomorrow across the country compared with today. still feeling cold where the cloud lingers. 4—5 degrees for one or two in the east, maybe 10 or 11 in plymouth, cooler than today in scotland and northern ireland. it's through scotland and northern ireland where through saturday night the high—pressure pulls away temporarily, allows this weather front to work through. scotland and northern ireland seeing outbreaks of rain. through sunday morning, that's going to be affecting parts of northern england. the odd shower to the south of that but even though there will be splashes of rain around england and wales on sunday, most places will have a predominantly dry day, if not a completely dry day. compared with the cloudy start to the weekend, it should be a sunnier end to the weekend and a bit milder as well, 8—11 more generally across the country. and despite the fact we see that weather front pushed down through into sunday, it clears away through sunday night and into monday the high—pressure builds back in once again. so it's back to square one. lightest of the winds will be in the south. this is the greatest chance of some mist and fog and some overnight frost but for most places, it will stay dry next week with the odd glimmer of sunshine too. see you soon. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11. the foreign secretary admits mistakes were made over lockdown events at downing street — as a former top spin doctor apologises for partying just hours before the duke of edinburgh's funeral. the prime minister did apologise for mistakes that have been made. we have the enquiry taking place by sue gray. and, you know, we are very clear that there were real mistakes made. australia agrees to delay novak djokovic's deportation after cancelling the tennis star's visa again. the woman who accsues prince andrew of sexually assualting her welcomes the court ruling that her civil case against him can go ahead. china has denied interfering in uk politics, after m15 warned an agent of the country had infiltrated westminster. a report recommends starving cricket of taxpayers money until it tackles �*deep—seated' racism in the sport, following azeem rafiq's emotional testimony. and rain has stopped play on the final ashes test after a strong start for england's cricketers. good morning. welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary liz truss admits that mistakes were made following fresh relevations of two more parties in downing street. the latest parties in number 10 were held the night before prince philip's funeral — at a time when covid restrictions banned indoor mixing. the events, first reported by the telegraph, took place on 16 april 2021 and went on until the early hours. borisjohnson was not at either party, but the gatherings raise further questions about a culture of rule—breaking at number 10. the event on the 16th april was a leaving party for the prime ministers then director of communications for the prime minister's then director of communications james slack. yesterday, backbencher andrew bridgen became the fifth conservative mp to publicly say they had submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. it takes 54 mps to trigger a leadership contest. the prime minister has continued to urge mps to wait for the outcome of an investigation into lockdown parties at no 10 by senior civil servant sue gray, which is expected as early as next week. here is the foreign secretary liz truss speaking this morning. when i heard about this, i was of course very, very concerned, and i understand that people across the country are angry about what has happened. earlier this week, the prime minister did apologise for mistakes that have been made. we have the enquiry taking place by sue gray. and, you know, we are very clear that there were real mistakes made. isn't the problem, though, some of your colleagues are questioning the moral authority of borisjohnson? and the truth is, he went to a party in the garden of number 10. a year later, his staff parted. —— a year later, his staff partied. they were just following his lead, weren't they? the prime minister apologised on wednesday. he was very clear that mistakes have been made. but i do think we need to look at the overall position we are in as a country, the fact that he has delivered brexit, that we are recovering from covid, we have got one of the fastest economies now in the g7, and we are delivering of the fastest growing economies now in the g7, and we are delivering the booster programme. you know, he has apologised, i think we now need to move on and talk about how we are going to sort out issues. i have spent the last 24 hours with the eu talking about sorting out the situation for the people of northern ireland, and we now need to get on with that. and of course wait for the results of the sue gray enquiry. do you think the british public are willing to wait for that? they seem very angry. i completely understand people's anger and dismay about what has happened. the prime minister apologised to the house on wednesday. i100% support him to continue getting on with the job. and what people want is they want to see us working to deliverfor the people of the united kingdom. my priority is sorting out the northern ireland protocol. of course, we need to get on, as well, with the recovery from covid, building the economy, and i think that is what people want to see us focus on. the foreign secretary liz truss. let's speak to emily thornberry, labour's shadow attorney general. thank you very much forjoining us. what difference to the overall picture and problem do these latest revelations really make? i picture and problem do these latest revelations really make?— revelations really make? i have to sa that i revelations really make? i have to say that i suspect _ revelations really make? i have to say that i suspect many _ revelations really make? i have to say that i suspect many people i revelations really make? i have to l say that i suspect many people who heard what had happened last night or this morning felt the same reaction as i did. i was truly and profoundly disgusted at the idea, the contrast frankly, between her majesty and what happened at number ten. these rules are supposed to apply to all of us. her majesty showed real authority and real leadership. she stuck to the rules. in fact, the photograph of her alone with her husband's body in the chapel epitomised, in my mind, the collective, that we have all been through, the collective suffering that we as a nation have been through. and she has led us through that, in the same way that she did frankly during the second world war when she was working in the east end as an ambulance driver. throughout, she has shown dignity and she has shown leadership and she has done the right thing. then you compare that to what was happening just a few hours before a number ten, where the staff at number ten really felt that it was all right notjust a one party, to have two parties, have djs in the basement, grown men playing on swings, sending out for an entire suitcase full of beer and so on. as if that is all right. of course it is not all right. what does number ten say? number ten says it is fine, the premise was not there. it does not matter that the prime minister was not there, he is the one who sets the tone, he is the one who has the leadership. do not tell me that those members of staff would have had those parties if they thought that the prime minister wouldn't have approved or would not have allowed them. the fact is they have been having parties throughout because, in the end, they thought that the laws that they were putting together were not laws that apply to them. well, i have a message for them, the rule of law applies to everyone equally. it applies to her majesty and it applies to the prime minister. frankly, otherwise what is the point of having the rule of law? if borisjohnson had an ounce of humanity and common decency, what you would want to do now is when you next saw the queen, he would go before her, humbly ask for her forgiveness, and then resigned. people have expressed for many days now how heartily sick they are of hearing these stories about parties under these conditions. but will anybody really be surprised that there is another one? there may have been two more, as you say, in april. there may be more to come. how does that change the overall picture? we do now have a change of tone, won't you agree, that the prime minister went before the house and apologised?— went before the house and i apologised?_ let me apologised? no, really... let me 'ust apologised? no, really... let me just remind _ apologised? no, really... let me just remind everybody... - apologised? no, really... let me just remind everybody... thank l apologised? no, really... let me i just remind everybody... thank you. the foreign secretary has said that mistakes were made. james slack, for whom this leaving party was held, says he takes no responsibility. what difference is that going to make to the overall picture? the prime minister, _ make to the overall picture? tie: prime minister, who in the end takes ultimate responsibility, has not taken ultimate responsibility. the apology, so—called, that he made to parliament was one whereby he said mistakes had been made, for which he takes responsibility. you did not say that he had done anything wrong. indeed, he is not even prepared to accept that he went to party. remember, this investigation done by sue gray was set up by the prime minister when he appeared before parliament six weeks ago in which he said, i have been assured that no rules were broken and there was not a party. he continues to lie to us. he lies to us. at that stage, he was implying that there was only one party. we now know there were many, many parties held at number ten, which in the end is the headquarters of the government, it is his home, he is responsible for this, and he shows no true understanding ofjust how angry people feel and just how much people feel that the rules really should apply to him like they do to everyone else. and he still does not seem to get it. he was going round the tea rooms, we are told, saying, i'mjust going round the tea rooms, we are told, saying, i'm just carrying the can for the mistakes of others. no, you're not. you, in the end, the prime minister and you should take responsibility for what you are responsible for. you should resign. he should resign now. loath? responsible for. you should resign. he should resign now.— he should resign now. why are you not he should resign now. why are you rrot content — he should resign now. why are you not content to _ he should resign now. why are you not content to wait _ he should resign now. why are you not content to wait for _ he should resign now. why are you not content to wait for sue - he should resign now. why are you not content to wait for sue gray i he should resign now. why are you not content to wait for sue gray to | not content to wait for sue gray to come back with the findings of her enquiry? th come back with the findings of her ennui ? ., , �* enquiry? in the end, he doesn't need to hear from — enquiry? in the end, he doesn't need to hear from sue _ enquiry? in the end, he doesn't need to hear from sue gray _ enquiry? in the end, he doesn't need to hear from sue gray to _ enquiry? in the end, he doesn't need to hear from sue gray to know i enquiry? in the end, he doesn't need to hear from sue gray to know what i to hear from sue gray to know what happened. he knows what happened. he does not need her to tell him that he was at a party. that his wife may or may not have been drinking gin, that they may not or may have been sitting with friends, that there was no computer insight, there were no notebooks on site, they were simply having a party, or one of many parties, that they were not abiding by the rules. he does not need anyone to tell him that. what he needs, the reason he is asking for sue gray, as he wants to know how much you can get away with and how much you can get away with and how much evidence she can put together and how bad it is. in the end, he knows how bad it is because he was there. it is his number ten, he lives upstairs. brute there. it is his number ten, he lives upstairs.— there. it is his number ten, he lives upstairs. we know now there have been at _ lives upstairs. we know now there have been at least _ lives upstairs. we know now there have been at least one _ lives upstairs. we know now there have been at least one more i lives upstairs. we know now there| have been at least one more letter that has gone to the 1922 backbench committee, there need to be 54 for it to trigger a vote of no confidence about the prime minister's future. what is within the gift of the opposition parties, then, to table a motion of no confidence in yourselves, rather than having to wait for this enquiry which you seem to think, really, is rather unnecessary? the which you seem to think, really, is rather unnecessary?— rather unnecessary? the first is that today _ rather unnecessary? the first is that today the _ rather unnecessary? the first is that today the prime _ rather unnecessary? the first is that today the prime minister i rather unnecessary? the first is i that today the prime minister should consider his position and should consider his position and should consider going to see her majesty and resigning. that is what i think should happen now. if that does not happen, then we wait for the result of sue gray's enquiry, which we are presuming is going to happen by the end of the week. we will see just how much evidence she is able to get. we have heard that many conservative mps well at that point to consider whether or not they should be calling for the prime minister to resign. the prime minister to resign. the prime minister is accountable to parliament, as he is yes to his own conscience. if his conscience does not do it, then parliament has to hold them to account. obviously at the moment, we have... the tories have an 80 seat majority on us, so of the conservative party does not decide to get rid of him, then i am afraid he stays. so i would urge members of the public this weekend, if they have a conservative mp, to get in touch with that mp and tell that mp what you think. whether or not you think this prime minister should remain in place.— should remain in place. emily thornberry, _ should remain in place. emily thornberry, thank _ should remain in place. emily thornberry, thank you - should remain in place. emily thornberry, thank you very i should remain in place. emily i thornberry, thank you very much should remain in place. emily - thornberry, thank you very much for talking to us. in the last hour, the australian government has decided to delay tennis star novak djokovic's deportation, after cancelling his visa for the second time, in a row over his right to remain in the country unvaccinated. earlier, the country's immigration minister said the decision was made in the public interest citing "health and good order" grounds. it comes as lawyers on both sides are taking part in a hearing to discuss the next steps. let's take a look at what happened in the run up to today's events. last wednesday, djokovic's visa was cancelled as he with our correspondent phil mercer. remind us of how we have got to this particular point. tt remind us of how we have got to this particular point-— particular point. if you like your australian _ particular point. if you like your australian soap _ particular point. if you like your australian soap opera - particular point. if you like your australian soap opera drama i particular point. if you like your australian soap opera drama is| particular point. if you like your. australian soap opera drama is to particular point. if you like your- australian soap opera drama is to be full of intrigue and twists, this is very much for you. this all began over a week ago when novak djokovic landed at melbourne's international airport. he was stopped by border force officials, eventually they told him because he had not adhered told him because he had not adhered to immigration rules surrounding a medical waiverfor a covid vaccination. his visa was cancelled, he was placed in immigration detention on monday. that decision was overturned by a federal court judge you're in melbourne. the australian immigration minister said straightaway that he would therefore be reviewing the judge's decision because the immigration minister has these personal executive powers to again cancel a visa. that was on monday. today, of course, it is friday. now the immigration minister, after quite a long gap, has made the decision to again revoke novak djokovic's visa. it is not the end of the story. we understand that novak djokovic's lawyers are putting together a comprehensive argument against deportation. they say, for example, that he poses a negligible risk to public health, that he is not a genuine reason for that medical exemption and is of good standing. once again, we go from the tennis courts year at melbourne park into the legal courts of melbourne to decide the fate of the world number one tennis player.— one tennis player. there is a big roblem one tennis player. there is a big problem of _ one tennis player. there is a big problem of covid _ one tennis player. there is a big problem of covid numbers i one tennis player. there is a big problem of covid numbers in i problem of covid numbers in australia, fell, so on what basis is it right to deny novak djokovic entry, notwithstanding all the issues you have outlined? how much of this is down to fairness towards the australian public? t of this is down to fairness towards the australian public?— the australian public? i think fairness comes _ the australian public? i think fairness comes into - the australian public? i think fairness comes into it, i i the australian public? i think| fairness comes into it, i think politics and public opinion also play a significant part. you have to remember that novak djokovic, the storm surrounding his participation at the tournament and his entry under those various circumstances into the country, it comes at a time when australia is recording tens of thousands of coronavirus cases every day, about 90,000 new infections are being detected each and every day. australia has never been in this sort of territory. all the way through the pandemic, there is a great deal of fear, there is a great deal of uncertainty. more than 90% of the population year, the eligible population is fully vaccinated. many australians would feel that here we have a superstar, super wealthy tennis player who is not vaccinated, who is flouting the regulations, yet still wants to come to enjoy all that australia has to offer. novak djokovic, of course, would have a very different view. his supporters would say that he has tried his best to adhere to all the regulations. it is a very divisive issue and it is these divisions that will be played out in court. you would imagine tomorrow, saturday, would be the day. certainly time is of the essence because they are showing up and starts on monday. if novak djokovic wants to be in the clear to play in the first round on monday or tuesday, this legal battle with the australian government needs to happen quickly. i think it is safe to say novak djokovic is down but he is far from out at this stage. for the moment. — is far from out at this stage. for the moment, thank you very much. phil mercer in australia. let's talk to our correspondent in belgrade guy delauney. how devices is it in serbia? if how devices is it in serbia? if you look at the _ how devices is it in serbia? if you look at the media _ how devices is it in serbia? if you look at the media coverage, i look at the media coverage, everybody is full behind novak djokovic in terms of him wanting to play in australia. the news media is very hopeful that the latest court proceedings will go novak djokovic's way. they are pretty outraged that the minister has overturned the judge's verdict. that is seen as being rather unfair and unusual in the serbian media. of course, there are people you say why did you not get himself vaccinated? half of this country has not been vaccinated, to have that has, you talk to those people, they tend to say it is quite easy, just get a jab in your arm and you could have had done with all this trouble. all in all, support still very much by novak djokovic. people want to see him defend his australian open title and become the greatest tennis player, men's tennis player of all time. haifa greatest tennis player, men's tennis player of all time.— greatest tennis player, men's tennis player of all time. how much time is it takin: player of all time. how much time is it taking op — player of all time. how much time is it taking up in _ player of all time. how much time is it taking up in the _ player of all time. how much time is it taking up in the serbian _ player of all time. how much time is it taking up in the serbian media? i it taking up in the serbian media? we are certainly getting our money's worth out of this story here. it is worth out of this story here. it is very prominent _ worth out of this story here. it is very prominent in _ worth out of this story here. it 3 very prominent in the serbian media. in the past couple of days, slightly less so. i got the sense that people were somewhat losing hope that even though knock—back drug which was practically on the courts in melbourne, that he had been entered into the draw, there was a science that people knew this was going to come. —— even though novak djokovic was practising. the deportation was going to be ordered of novak djokovic. it is an enormous story. the prime minister of serbia said to me the other day, this is novak, he is the greatest ambassador for our country, you represent serbia around the world and represents it with great credit on almost all occasions. he is a very gracious sportsperson in defeat and victory and he is spectacularly successful and he is spectacularly successful and represent serbia very well. of course the government is behind him. they would rather like him to get vaccinated, though. gui; they would rather like him to get vaccinated, though. guy delauney in bel rade. let's bring you some breaking news regarding the case of harry dunn. he was the teenager who was killed on his motorbike. we are hearing from the crown prosecution service that next week's you ring will not go ahead because ants are clueless was due to appear by video link, charged with death by dangerous driving, is not going to be appearing. the crown prosecution service have said that it is being postponed, it appears, to enable ongoing discussions between the crown prosecution service and the legal representatives. they say she has a right to a fair trial and it is extremely important there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice proceedings. the spokesperson, though, for harry's family says they have full faith in the cps and will wait to hear for further developments will play in the near future. further developments will play in the nearfuture. they were further developments will play in the near future. they were looking forward to the hearing on tuesday and hope that they can be an agreement reached sooner rather than later. it is vitally important, they say, for their mental health that justice and closure is achieved. that video link hearing not now taking place next week. prince andrew's military titles and royal patronages have been handed back to the queen, meaning he will face a civil case against him as a private citizen. virginia giuffre, the woman who accuses the duke of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, has said her goal was to show that the rich and powerful were "not above the law". the duke denies the accusations. i'm joined now by our royal correspondent sarah campbell who's in windsor. there had been a lot of discussion, particularly in military circles, as to whether prince andrew could really carry on in that role given what he is facing.— really carry on in that role given what he is facing. good morning to ou. what he is facing. good morning to you- you're — what he is facing. good morning to you. you're absolutely _ what he is facing. good morning to you. you're absolutely right. i what he is facing. good morning to you. you're absolutely right. and i you. you're absolutely right. and thatis you. you're absolutely right. and that is why the buckingham palace issued the statement at five o'clock yesterday afternoon. essentially placing as much distance, i think, between the monarchy as an institution and prince andrew as he faces this civil case in the us. let's just go on to explain exactly what that statement actually meant. it means that the duke will no longer be able to style himself his royal highness, he will not undertake any public duties, and all of his military affiliations and his royal patronage is has been taken back and they will be distributed among other members of the royal family. the palace have made it known that this is a permanent change. there is no coming back for the duke to a public role. as he carries on, as i say, to fight to clear his name, he will be fighting it as a private citizen. this is the civil case in the united states, just to remind you that he is being accused by virginia giuffre, she has alleged that he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager. these are claims that the duke has always strenuously denied. early this morning, miss virginia giuffre made herfirst statement. she morning, miss virginia giuffre made her first statement. she tweeted that she was pleased with the judge's ruling that was issued on wednesday. the prince had applied for the case to be dismissed, and thejudge decided that for the case to be dismissed, and the judge decided that would not be the judge decided that would not be the case. she says she is glad she will have the chance to continue to expose the truth. she is deeply grateful to her legal team. and she says her goal has always been to show that the rich and powerful are not above the law and must be held accountable. as i say, prince andrew has already done i always vehemently denied her claims, and his team said in response to this that this is a case, it is a marathon, not a sprint. the duke will continue to defend himself against these claims. that civil case very much ongoing, but as i say, with the stripping of patronage is an military affiliations, you can no longer sell himself his royal highness, the palace distancing themselves as much as they can as this case continues. for the moment, thank you very much. sarah campbell in windsor. public money should be withheld from cricket unless it can "clean up its act", according to a report by a parliamentary committee. it comes in response to the emotional testimony given last year by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq, who spoke about the racial abuse he had suffered at the club. laura scott reports. eradicating racism from cricket will be a long and difficult road. that is a conclusion from mps after they had powerful evidence from across the game, which convinced them that discrimination is endemic. despite acknowledging there are grounds for optimism, they issued the starkest of warnings to the england and wales cricket board, if this watershed moment does not bring significant improvements. i would like to see public money withheld from cricket if the measures the ecb come up with in terms of trying to ensure that racism, the scourge of racism, is removed from the game. if they fail to meet those targets, then there should be a stopping of public money to the game, very simple. the committee praised the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq for his courage in lifting the the lid on problems within cricket. his testimony led to his old club imploding, and a crisis engulfing the sport. rafiq commended what he called the sensible action of the committee, saying it shows just how seriously politicians are taking an issue that too many people ignored for so long. the committee understands how important it is to clean up the game, he said. meanwhile, the new chairman of yorkshire says the clean—up job at the county has begun in earnest. we have had incredible change. i have literally taken the club and turned it upside down, given it a good shake, looking at processes, our procedures, leadership, engaging with people, our pathways, no stone left unturned, actually. but the committee will continue to keep a close eye on cricket, with the ecb required to produce quarterly reports on their progress. another evidence session will be held in the early part of this year. in a statement, the ecb said it welcomed the recommendations in the report, and agreed that sharing regular public updates on our progress is important to rebuilding trust in our sport. as cricket continues to address its uncomfortable past, the scrutiny on it creating a more inclusive future has never been more intense. laura scott, bbc news. joining me now is azeem rafiq. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. what are your thoughts on the report? hello, can you hear us question what i have got you now.— i have got you now. what are your thou . hts i have got you now. what are your thoughts about _ i have got you now. what are your thoughts about the _ i have got you now. what are your thoughts about the ideas - i have got you now. what are your thoughts about the ideas that i i have got you now. what are your thoughts about the ideas that are | thoughts about the ideas that are being put forward for making cricket a racism free place? t am being put forward for making cricket a racism free place? i am encouraged b the a racism free place? i am encouraged by the report — a racism free place? i am encouraged by the report this _ a racism free place? i am encouraged by the report this morning. _ a racism free place? i am encouraged by the report this morning. itjust i by the report this morning. itjust shows the politicians, the committee has taken the issue very seriously. two recommendations, the one where the ecb are going to be held to account on a quarterly basis, i think that is very encouraging. in the past, as far back as 1999, we have seen an action plan but nothing seems to happen. i think there is very important and positive. iloathed very important and positive. what ou think very important and positive. what you think of _ very important and positive. what you think of the _ very important and positive. what you think of the idea _ very important and positive. what you think of the idea of _ very important and positive. what you think of the idea of withholding public funds as a sort of stick to go with any potential carrot, if you like, to try to encourage clubs to clean their culture up? should it really comes down to money? tt really comes down to money? tt shouldn't, but clearly that is the only the time the game wants to listen. yorkshire only listen when the sponsors went away. they have been given one last chance to get it right. if it is the threat of losing money is what wakes the game up, then so be it. tt money is what wakes the game up, then so be it— then so be it. it is not for you to come op — then so be it. it is not for you to come up with — then so be it. it is not for you to come up with the _ then so be it. it is not for you to come up with the answers, i then so be it. it is not for you to come up with the answers, but| then so be it. it is not for you to i come up with the answers, but what are your ideas for how you can challenge racism and get rid of it from the sport? we challenge racism and get rid of it from the sport?— challenge racism and get rid of it from the sport? we have got to get to a space. — from the sport? we have got to get to a space. first _ from the sport? we have got to get to a space, first and _ from the sport? we have got to get to a space, first and foremost, i from the sport? we have got to get to a space, first and foremost, we | to a space, first and foremost, we have got to hear from people who have got to hear from people who have suffered this abuse for a very long time and try to listen to them and support them. moving forward, it is really important that we, right at the bottom, grassroots levels and age—group levels, that we at the b°tt°mi grassroots levels and age-group levels, that we start educating about each other�*s cultures, each other�*s religions and start to build that understanding for each other. hopefully over time that turns into respect for each other�*s culture wherever the backgrounds are. and i think it can only come through organic education, as opposed to trying to make kneejerk reactions are sitting in the classroom and training. hagar the classroom and training. how im ortant the classroom and training. how important is _ the classroom and training. how important is it — the classroom and training. how important is it for— the classroom and training. how important is it for those in management and leadership roles within the sport to come from more diverse backgrounds, for more people of colour, men and women, to be involved in governing the game? t involved in governing the game? i think it is very important involved in governing the game? t think it is very important because they will understand it a lot more. i think it is important to see role models throughout the game. it is notjust models throughout the game. it is not just from a models throughout the game. it is notjust from a playing point of view. at administration levels and leadership roles especially because diverse thinking will mean that there is a lot more conversation around these subjects and a lot more clear understanding between the groups. it is really important that we do see more men and women from different backgrounds at leadership roles. ~ . different backgrounds at leadership roles. . ., , different backgrounds at leadership roles. ., , ,, roles. what impact is less continuing _ roles. what impact is less continuing to _ roles. what impact is less continuing to have - roles. what impact is less continuing to have on i roles. what impact is less| continuing to have on you? roles. what impact is less i continuing to have on you? your testimony was very moving and you have been praised for your courage in speaking out. but i suppose every time this subject comes back up, you have to relive it. tt is time this subject comes back up, you have to relive it.— have to relive it. it is difficult. i am have to relive it. it is difficult. i am rrot _ have to relive it. it is difficult. i am rrot going _ have to relive it. it is difficult. i am not going to _ have to relive it. it is difficult. i am not going to lie, - have to relive it. it is difficult. i am not going to lie, it i have to relive it. it is difficult. i am not going to lie, it has i have to relive it. it is difficult. i i am not going to lie, it has been really difficult. there is one thing that i... my anti—semitic messages in 2011 surfaced, and i am really angry with myself and disappointed in myself for them. but i apologised and the jewish in myself for them. but i apologised and thejewish community have been really kind. i am trying to spend time with them to learn more about their community. but there's a lot of things that have happened behind the scenes which have been quite staggering, really. a lot of lies and a lot of attempts to make my life really difficult. u nfortu nately, life really difficult. unfortunately, that was done in an attempt to stop a lot of other people coming forward. and it seems to have deterred them. it continues to have deterred them. it continues to be difficult, but i am very passionate about this because. regardless of what is thrown at me, i will continue to fight it. —— passionate about this cause. brute i will continue to fight it. -- passionate about this cause. we have admitted to making _ passionate about this cause. we have admitted to making mistakes - passionate about this cause. we have admitted to making mistakes and i passionate about this cause. we have l admitted to making mistakes and have apologised for them. how can you use that to try to get other people to say that perhaps some of their views have no place in modern britain and modern cricket? t have no place in modern britain and modern cricket?— modern cricket? i think it is really important- _ modern cricket? i think it is really important- we — modern cricket? i think it is really important. we need _ modern cricket? i think it is really important. we need to _ modern cricket? i think it is really important. we need to get - modern cricket? i think it is really important. we need to get away l modern cricket? i think it is really i important. we need to get away from this denial mentality of pretending that these things do not happen. people do make mistakes. it is about accepting them, apologising properly. that is important. i think we sort of have these non—apologies, which are not really... that does not really move things forward. we really need to start accepting our mistakes and take ownership, and try to put things in place to make sure that not only you do not do it yourself but you educate others so that they do not make the same mistakes. we that they do not make the same mistakes. ~ ., ,, . ., ., ~ mistakes. we appreciate you talking to us. mistakes. we appreciate you talking to us- thank — mistakes. we appreciate you talking to us. thank you _ mistakes. we appreciate you talking to us. thank you very _ mistakes. we appreciate you talking to us. thank you very much. - an update on the latest downing street revelations — sue gray will add the gatherings on april 16th to her investigation. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. mist and fog will become an issue again for some of you tonight. but what we had this morning, by and large, gone by the time we start the afternoon. good sunny spells for much of england and wales. a bit more cloud in northwest england, western scotland, northern ireland, the odd brighter break possible. thicker cloud in the far north of scotland with some patchy rain and drizzle. sunshine for aberdeenshire, angus and fife. and light winds across the country once again, but a big contrast in temperatures. starting the day, 10—11 in the north of scotland, not be far off those levels as we finish the afternoon, with single figures in the south, but with the benefit, of course, with sunshine overhead. as we go into tonight, mist, fog, low cloud could become more dominant once again, particularly for england and wales. stopping the drop in temperature as much, but there will still be a bit of frost here and there. a colder night in scotland, northern ireland and start to tomorrow with a shift in wind direction. still some cloud around, but some sunny spells to the east of high ground. but england and wales, a lot more cloud and mist to begin with, breaking up to some sunny spells here and there. a cool day across eastern areas, trying to turn a little bit milder in the west. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: the foreign secretary admits mistakes were made over lockdown events at downing street — as a former top spin doctor apologises for partying just hours before the duke of edinburgh's funeral. australia agrees to delay novak djokovic�*s deportation after cancelling the tennis star's visa again. the woman who accsues prince andrew of sexually assualting her welcomes the court ruling that her civil case against him can go ahead. china has denied interfering in uk politics, after mi5 warned an agent of the country had infiltrated westminster. sport and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's olly. good morning. novak djokovic is weighing up his legal options his lawyer, says the basis of trying to deport him is for �*exciting anti—vax sentiment�* a judge had ruled earlier this week, that the world number one, who hasn't been vaccinated, could stay in the country, and he was released from a detention hotel, but he now faces deportation. and he was released from a detention the australian open starts on monday and he is the reigning champion, but over the past few days, it's emerged that there was an error in his original application to enter the country and he's also admitted to breaking covid rules in serbia before christmas. in the last few hours, the immigration minister alex hawke has cancelled djokovic�*s visa again �*on health and good order grounds on the basis that it was on the public interest to do so.�* djokovic is expected to meet with immigration officials tomorrow and could be detained again before being deported unless his legal team can successfully appeal, again. here's his former coach, boris becker. no tennis player is bigger than any tournament. if the defending champion is out that is bad. we have to concentrate as sports men and women know back in the action on the court, not what is happening in the court of justice. it isa it is a game he got involved and which is unfortunate. andy murray is in sydney, where's he's just reached his first atp tour final for three years. after his semifinal win over reilly opelka he had this to say about the latest twist in the djokovic saga. pretty much all of the top 100 tennis players, i don't what is on the women's side but i think we've got 90% or something of the top men's players have been vaccinated, which is positive. but ultimately people have to make their own choices but there is also consequences. sometimes for those decisions. my belief and what i've seen and read and look to the data and everything, especially recently in the uk, anyway, is that the lady who gave me my third jab works in a hospital in central london and tells me that every single person in icu and on ventilators is unvaccinated so it makes sense for me for people to go and have it done. the ashes may be lost but england's cricketers are looking to go out on a high in australiathey won the toss and are bowling first in hobart in the final test, that looked to be a good idea on a fairly green wicket and they had australia on the ropes early on. ollie robinson with the breakthrough. david warner out for a duck, caught by zack crawley. steve smith was also dismissed without scoring, falling to the same combination of robinson and crawley, the hosts were reeling on 12—3. marnus labushagne rallied with 44 but was bowled by stuart broad after slipping in his crease. it was a bizarre way to go, but that was a second wicket for broad. then came the fightback, and a fifth—wicket partnership of 121 between travis head and cameron green, head made 101 — but was out next ball after his reaching his century. green made 7a. rain had delayed the start of play and it forced the players off again and that's it for today, arsenal managed to hold on for a goaless draw despite playing most of the match with 10 men against liverpool in last nights league cup semi—final first leg at anfield. the first half went by without a shot on target and the gunners had granit xhaka dismissed for this lunge on diogojota. but liverpool failed to take advantage with the best chance of the match falling to takumi minamino. the second leg is next thursday with the winners facing chelsea in the final. we couldn't create enough, of course not, for the situation we were in with playing against ten men for i don't how long. so that's clear. but again this is a cup competition, it a two leg semifinal, it's half—time and it 0—0. even when probably arsenal had better position we don't think this tie�*s over for us, so we will give it another proper try next thursday. one final football line for you. burnley�*s match against leicester in the premier league tomorrow has been postponed. burnley don't have the required number of players available — 13 outfield players and one goalkeeper — due to covid—19 cases and injuries. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. china has denied interfering in uk politics, after m15 warned that an agent of the country had infiltrated parliament. the security service said christine ching kui lee had "established links" with mps on behalf of the chinese communist party. she then gave donations to politicians, including the labour mp barry gardiner, who received more than £400,000. pictured here with david cameron. christine lee is now the subject of a highly unusual warning from m15, one of the chinese embassy in london claims as a smear against the chinese community in the uk. the uk security service says christine lee has been working secretly on behalf of the chinese state, in order to covertly interfere in uk politics through establishing links with established and aspiring parliamentarians. our intelligence and security agencies have been working together to really spot and identify this type of activity, activity that could potentially do harm to our country and harm to our democracy. there was no sign of christine lee at her london office yesterday, but last night, a spokesperson for the chinese embassy in london issued a statement. it said... labour mp barry gardiner received more than £500,000 from christine lee over five years. he said he had been liaising with security services for a number of years, and that they had known about donation to fund researchers in his office. he added that steps were taken to ensure christine lee had no role in either the appointment or management of those researchers. all the donations were properly reported at the time. barry gardiner says he stopped receiving funding for researchers in 2020, although christine lee's son was working in his office until he resigned yesterday. this is really serious. if we do not play this down, i am not running scare stories, i am genuinely concerned and shocked that this has been allowed to happen, we need to understand why and to do something about it, but we also have to recognise that the chinese government poses a clear and present danger to us, and stop messing around. within british intelligence, there has been concern about growing chinese influence in recent years. it is now clear those fears go to the heart of westminster. tim muffett, bbc news. our correspondent stephen mcdonell is in beijing and has more now on these claims. the chinese government has just issued a very strong denial regarding these allegations from m15 that the communist party had been using london—based solicitor christine lee as an intermediary to funnel covert funds into the pockets of uk parliamentarians as a means of generating political influence. it has come from the foreign ministry where a spokesman said someone in london is a little too obsessed with 007 movies. he said beijing was calling on officials in britain to stop hyping up this issue, as he put it. interestingly, iasked him if christine lee held either chinese citizenship or had ever done any work at all for the chinese government. he refused to answer both of those questions but again, he reiterated that he thought these allegations were baseless and that they were based on hearsay. people should remember that she has not been arrested, she has not been deported and it could well be that there is nothing illegal in the making of these payments. in australia, for example, new legislation had to be introduced to stop overseas payments being made to politicians and it could be that in the uk a new law like this is brought in in the future. an update on the situation with novak djokovicc does not mean he will not be deported but it gives more time for his lawyers to challenge for that he will be forced to leave the story at all. —— australia. a former us paratrooper has been charged with conspiring to overthrow the us government over the deadly attack on congress on january the sixth last year. stewart rhodes is the leader of an extreme far right militia group and has been charged with 10 other members over the riot where donald trump supporters tried to overthrow here's our washington corr, nomia iqbal. more than 725 people have been charged but this is the most serious yet. there are militia who believes the us government has been corrupted by elites. leading the charge was stewart rhodes, claim investigators. they are saying before the exactly organised violence using encrypted apps and said we will have to do a bloody massive bloody revolution against them. he appears to confirm a plan up them. he appears to confirm a plan up to the 6th of january them. he appears to confirm a plan up to the 6th ofjanuary on them. he appears to confirm a plan up to the 6th of january on the info was conspiracy site. so might we already are positioned outside washington, dc as a nuclear option enclose that as an attempt to remove the president and we will stop it. they were seen marching through the crowd and the steps of the capitol. in a military formation. they say that rhodes was directing them using a mobile phone. they said he had several quick responses on standby that could be called in to coordinate the attack. rhodes, who was arrested in texas along with several others have said in interviews that those who stormed the building went off mission and were not involved in the tax himself. i were not involved in the tax himself. ~ f , were not involved in the tax himself. ~ j , ., himself. i think they're trying to disel the himself. i think they're trying to dispel the notion _ himself. i think they're trying to dispel the notion out _ himself. i think they're trying to dispel the notion out there - himself. i think they're trying to dispel the notion out there in i dispel the notion out there in certain— dispel the notion out there in certain circles that this was simply a simple _ certain circles that this was simply a simple band of merry pranksters under_ a simple band of merry pranksters under simple group of people protesting without any ulterior motive~ — protesting without any ulterior motive. ~ .,, protesting without any ulterior motive. , , , ., ., motive. most republicans have done -la ed the motive. most republicans have done played the seriousness _ motive. most republicans have done played the seriousness of _ motive. most republicans have done played the seriousness of the - motive. most republicans have done played the seriousness of the riot. played the seriousness of the riot saying no one has been charged with sedition. but this marks an escalation of the prosecution of that the first time there was a plot against the government that day. google is spending $1 billion buying and refurbishing its london headquarters— and expanding its office space across the uk — in a sign that working from home's not about to become the norm any time soon. google�*s uk boss says when ggvernment guidance allows it, he'll be asking most staff to spend three days a week in the office. but he told the bbc�*s business editor simon jack that hybrid working will be experimental over the next two years, as companies and employees try and find the right balance. we want to reinvigorate the work environment, we are making this commitment, we are buying these buildings, going to invest in reinvigorating the office and refurbishing it and we are keen to see everybody come back in and see a vibrant workspace again. we are committed to three days a week on average but we are also introducing other forms of flexibility so introducing four weeks of work from anywhere so you can choose for weeks over the course of the year and go and work from a location, you do not have to come into the office and we are also going to introduce recharge days through the pandemic to make sure people are looking after their well—being. are you not worried you might be at a competitive disadvantage with companies who are actually requiring fewer days than that in the office? i think we will have about 20% of roles over time that are fully remote so there are definitely opportunities for people to come and work with us but on a fully remote basis but for the vast majority of roles, it will be three days and again, it comes back to it we have surveyed our employees, we have talked to them about what they value and they want and collaboration keeps coming back, the opportunity to be in a room with their colleagues and collaborate and work on problems. it's something they really value. it seems at the moment we are in an employees market, staff shortages in many places, war for talent, do you think the employees are in a situation where they are calling the shots at the moment? where does the balance of power lie? this is still an experiment, the next two years will be an experiment of equal measure, trying to find out what hybrid and flexible actually mean and i think it will differ from company to company and role to role. i think it will be a lot of trial and error over the next two years. it is true that at any one time fewer employees will be in the office all together. and that has quite bad consequences, serious consequences for the businesses that serve areas like this, coffee shops, gyms, hairdressers, dry cleaners. it's inevitable they are going to suffer? i think what will happen is there will be an evolution so i think there's definitely going to be more people, we talk about our workforce and maybe as many as 20% of our roles will be remote. but that means there's 20% more people in local villages and local towns which will reinvigorate those. but 80% of our people are going to be coming into the office, we are going to be continuing to grow our footprint as we have talked about on the back of this investment. so i still think there will be lots of economic activity in the environments around our offices and it's something we are very focused on as well. nurseries in england that are being forced to close or reduce their opening hours say they've been forgotten by the government. latest figures have shown a significantjump in positive covid cases in pre—school settings leading to severe staff shortages. here's our education correspondent elaine dunkley. who needs some ice? the penguins. the penguins need some ice. it's the morning session at this nursery. what is your favourite thing about nursery? my car. i'm usually in the playground. ilike painting. do you like my shoes? yeah! forjen and lottie, it's a busy morning getting to nursery and then forjen and lottie, it's a busy morning getting to nursery and then work and it's all of the more stressful when covid could disrupt the whole day. in the morning i could get up and bring herto nursery and i might get a phone call in the morning to say, "we've not got enough staff, were going to have to shut", you know, because they've got staff isolating. so it is a massive concern obviously for me ringing work and then it's notjust nursery, it's me being in work as well, that i can't then go into work. so, yeah, massive concern, definitely. jane deals with the day—to—day running of the nursery and it's becoming increasingly difficult when staff are off with covid. we've shut more rooms, the preschool has been shut a couple of times and the room downstairs, the toddler room downstairs has also been shut a couple of times. at the moment, we're really in crisis, we may have to start in a bit of a crisis, we may have to start looking at prioritising places for some of the children. we need to obviously be able to support our working parents and obviously our key workers as well, so that's really, really important. young children don't have to be tested or isolate if their parents have covid. no—one knows if they're bringing it into the nursery. so we've got families that we know that the parents had covid, they've tested positive. but these children are in the nurseries. it's very, very difficult to determine which of those children then may have covid, may not have covid. they may be asymptomatic because we're not doing that testing and of course that impacts on the staff. we got 25% of our staff not in today... nina isjuggling staffing and finances. she started this business when she was 21 and now owns eight nurseries. i've grown my business over the last 20 years. two years ago, i was still living my dream, my passion, providing wonderful childcare for all of these local families. i think what's happened is my passion is still there but mentally, i think it'sjust exhausting. when you have to make a phone call that the nursery�*s closing because of staffing issues, just what goes through your mind? initially, the feeling is dread because i think i'm going to let all those families down, the children, what are they going to do? then obviously the impact is then the staff worry, it's financial worry. i've still got to keep everything going. the parents obviously don't pay if we close, so then i've still got all my bills to pay and that is a massive, you know, concern. to pay and that is a massive, children like luna have only ever known life during a pandemic. what happens now is crucial to their development. she comes here and she's got a routine here at nursery. she's got a little group of friends, and when she's not been allowed to come, she's missed them. for her progress as a child, i think it's important for them to be around other children. so when you kind of take that away, it's emotionally disruptive. so you're saying that you can't take any more children? the government has relaxed the rules on how many children staff are allowed to look after. here, concerned that bigger groups need more responsibility on staff who are already stretched. for many nurseries and childminders, there are too many obstacles to overcome. elaine dunkley, bbc news, in stockport. a department for education spokesperson said "we have provided extensive guidance for the early years workforce on the measures to take to reduce the spread of covid—19, as well as significant financial support to protect providers from the impact of the pandemic." we understand that a court has ordered novak djokovic to be detained from eight o'clock tomorrow morning. this is after the second withdrawal of his visa which would have allowed him to stay in the country and take part in the australian open. in 2014, a devastating storm struck the south devon coast, destroying a stretch of railway and cutting cornwall and most of devon off from the rest of the country for several weeks. you might remember these astonishing pictures of the tracks in dawlish, dangling in mid—air after the sea wall was hit by 80 mph winds and washed away. in 2019, work started on construction of a new sea wall to protect the railway and the local community, as john maguire reports. a hairline crack appeared, and then throughout the day, itjust kept opening up and just kept opening up and the cracks just got — kept getting bigger and bigger. you were standing onjust, like, moving [and when we were trying to move the fences because the fences were there and the crack was appearing and we were open at the time. didn't quite know what to do. and people were coming in. we couldn't afford to close, so we were just ferociously trying to fence it off as it was moving, so that it was not a danger to anyone. for the past 18 years, cara strom has woken up every morning wondering whether her home and her business, the blue anchor pub, would still be standing. at high tide, you could feel the waves inside, so you could feel not... the building wouldn't shake, but you would definitely be able to feel when it was hitting. recently installed, huge boulders, rock armour, as it's known, recently installed huge boulders, rock armour, as it's known, should reduce the wave power and prevent the cliffs on this stretch of the west somerset coastline from collapsing. i've said they'll fish me out of the bristol channel if they have to. i'm not giving up, and i'm really glad that i didn't give up. i never thought of giving up. not once. obviously, there are days, aren't there, when you think i'm just not getting anywhere, nothing's ever going to be done. i'm going to fall in the sea. i'm going to have nothing. but i've neverthought, "oh, you know, it's not worth... it's not worth carrying on." luckily. winter's the most anxious time for those at risk from coastal erosion. here at sandy bay in east devon, a huge section of [and fell away last week, with holiday caravans just metres away. but landslips can occur all year round. last spring, what was said to be the biggest in 60 years saw a major collapse on dorset�*s jurassic coastline. our foreshores are constantly changing. to understand what forces are at play in reshaping them, researchers from the university of plymouth study the cliffs, dunes and sands at perranporth on the north cornwall coast. this is ourfavourite beach. we've come here already for 15 years and we survey the whole beach every month. the beach here is 3.5 kilometres long, and a severe winter storm can shift up to one million cubic metres of sand out to sea before summer tides bring it back again. the beach isn'tjust popular with visitors, but it's essential to protect the town. the amount of sand that's on the beach determines how easily the town gets flooded. so if you have an extreme winter with lots of sand being taken away from the beach, so you're lowering the beach surface, if you then get a storm, the town is more likely to flood because people don't really realise that beaches and dunes are naturalforms of coastal defence. and the wider the beaches and the higher the beaches, the better protection the beach provides against flooding. and built on these shifting sands is the watering hole pub. the owners here are channelling king canute and holding back natural forces. the way this has been built and the raft it's on is pretty full on. it's how much money do you want to spend on it and how much is it worth to us to do that? and i think for us, yeah, it's a very valuable, valuable thing as it's our livelihoods and it's with the, you know, it's a 42—year—old family business. so it's... so, yeah, it means quite a lot for us to to maintain it and keep it here. decisions about what, if anything, to do are a balance between risk to people or property and cost. man vs sea is an expensive business and often, despite design, engineering and deep pockets, it's the sea that wins the power struggle. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. mist and fog will become an issue again for some of you tonight. but what we had this morning, by and large, gone by the time we start the afternoon. good sunny spells for much of england and wales. a bit more cloud in northwest england, western scotland, northern ireland, the odd brighter break possible. thicker cloud in the far north of scotland with some patchy rain and drizzle. sunshine for aberdeenshire, angus and fife. and light winds across the country once again, but a big contrast in temperatures. starting the day, 10—11 in the north of scotland, not be far off those levels as we finish the afternoon, with single figures in the south, but with the benefit, of course, with sunshine overhead. as we go into tonight, mist, fog, low cloud could become more dominant once again, particularly for england and wales. stopping the drop in temperature as much, but there will still be a bit of frost here and there. a colder night in scotland, northern ireland and start to tomorrow with a shift in wind direction. still some cloud around, but some sunny spells to the east of high ground. but england and wales, a lot more cloud and mist to begin with, breaking up to some sunny spells here and there. a cool day across eastern areas, trying to turn a little bit milder in the west. this is bbc news. the headlines at midday: the foreign secretary admits mistakes were made over lockdown events at downing street — as a former top spin doctor apologises for partying just hours before the duke of edinburgh's funeral. the prime minister did apologise for mistakes that have been made. we have the enquiry taking place by sue gray. and, you know, we are very clear that there were real mistakes made. a court in australia orders novak djokovic to be detained from tomorrow morning after the government cancelled his visa once again. the woman who accuses prince andrew of sexually assaulting her welcomes the court ruling that her civil case against him can go ahead. covid restrictions in wales will be eased over the next two weeks after a drop in cases. we'll hear from first minister mark drakeford live. after azeem rafiq's emotional testimony, a report by mps recommends starving cricket of taxpayers' money until it tackles �*deep—seated' racism in the sport. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary liz truss has admitted that mistakes were made, following fresh relevations of two more parties in downing street. the latest parties in number 10 were held the night before prince philip's funeral — at a time when covid restrictions banned indoor mixing. the events, first reported by the telegraph, took place on 16 april 2021 and went on until the early hours. borisjohnson was not at either party, but the gatherings raise further questions about a culture of rule—breaking at number 10. the event on the 16th april was a leaving party for the prime minister's then director of communications james slack. yesterday, backbencher andrew bridgen became the fifth conservative mp to publicly say they had submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister. it takes 5a mps to trigger a leadership contest. the prime minister has continued to urge mps to wait for the outcome of an investigation into lockdown parties at number 10 by senior civil servant sue gray, which is expected as early as next week. it will now include these two latest incidents. here is the foreign secretary liz truss speaking this morning. when i heard about this, i was of course very, very concerned, and i understand that people across the country are angry about what has happened. earlier this week, the prime minister did apologise for mistakes that have been made. we have the enquiry taking place by sue gray. and, you know, we are very clear that there were real mistakes made. isn't the problem, though, some of your colleagues are questioning the moral authority of borisjohnson? and the truth is, he went to a party in the garden of number 10. a year later, his staff partied. they were just following his lead, weren't they? the prime minister apologised on wednesday. he was very clear that mistakes have been made. but i do think we need to look at the overall position we are in as a country, the fact that he has delivered brexit, that we are recovering from covid, we have got one of the fastest growing economies now in the g7, and we are delivering the booster programme. you know, he has apologised, i think we now need to move on and talk about how we are going to sort out issues. i have spent the last 2a hours with the eu talking about sorting out the situation for the people of northern ireland, and we now need to get on with that. and of course wait for the results of the sue gray enquiry. do you think the british public are willing to wait for that? they seem very angry. i completely understand people's anger and dismay about what has happened. the prime minister apologised to the house on wednesday. i100% support him to continue getting on with the job. and what people want is they want to see us working to deliverfor the people of the united kingdom. my priority is sorting out the northern ireland protocol. of course, we need to get on, as well, with the recovery from covid, building the economy, and i think that is what people want to see us focus on. labour's emily thornberry said borisjohnson was not exempt from the rule of law. i was truly and profoundly disgusted at the idea, the contrast frankly, between her majesty and what happened at number 10. these rules are supposed to apply to all of us. her majesty showed real authority and real leadership. she stuck to the rules. in fact, the photograph of her alone with her husband's body in the chapel epitomised, in my mind, the collective, in the chapel epitomised, in my mind, the collective trauma that we have all been through, the collective suffering that we as a nation have been through. and she has led us through that, in the same way that she did frankly during the second world war when she was working in the east end as an ambulance driver. throughout, she has shown dignity and she has shown leadership and she has done the right thing. then you compare that to what was happening just a few hours before at number ten, where the staff at number ten really felt that it was all right notjust a one party, to have two parties, have djs in the basement, grown men playing on swings, sending out for an entire suitcase full of beer and so on. as if that is all right. of course it is not all right. what does number 10 say? number 10 says it is fine, the prime minister was not there. it does not matter that the prime minister was not there, he is the one who sets the tone, he is the one who has the leadership. do not tell me that those members of staff would have had those parties if they thought that the prime minister wouldn't have approved or would not have allowed them. the fact is they have been having parties throughout because, in the end, they thought that the laws that they were putting together were not laws that apply to them. well, i have a message for them, the rule of law applies to everyone equally. it applies to her majesty and it applies to the prime minister. frankly, otherwise what is the point of having the rule of law? if borisjohnson had an ounce of humanity and common decency, what he would want to do now is when you next saw the queen, he would go before her, humbly ask for her forgiveness, and then resign. emily thornberry speaking to us earlier. immigration officials in australia will detain novak djokovic tomorrow morning after the government cancelled the tennis star's visa once again. the tennis player's lawyers have asked a court for an injunction to stop the star being deported. in the last half hour, thejudge has ordered that the proceedings should now be transferred to the federal court of australia. let's take a look at what happened in the run up to today's events. last wednesday, djokovic's visa was cancelled as he arrived in melbourne. border officials said he hadn't met the entry requirements for australia. a few days later, his lawyers revealed he'd been given a vaccine exemption to enter australia because he'd previously tested positive. however, social media pictures showed him at public events in the days after that apparent diagnosis. on monday, his visa cancellation was overturned by a judge who criticised the australian government. the final say was in the hands of the immigration minister — who in the last few hours has cancelled his visa for the second time. in a statement, australian prime minister scott morrison said, "australians have made many sacrifices during this pandemic, and they rightly expect the result of those sacrifices to be protected". maria jockel is the global and national immigration leader at the australian law firm bdo. she's been following the hearing and she joins us now from melbourne. thank you very much forjoining us. just shed some light on what has happened today. we understand that he is to be detained tomorrow morning. figs he is to be detained tomorrow morninu. �* , ,, he is to be detained tomorrow morninu. ~ , i. ., he is to be detained tomorrow morninu. a ., ., ., morning. as you have said, following the cancellation _ morning. as you have said, following the cancellation of— morning. as you have said, following the cancellation of his _ morning. as you have said, following the cancellation of his visa _ morning. as you have said, following the cancellation of his visa by - morning. as you have said, following the cancellation of his visa by the - the cancellation of his visa by the minister exercising his personal power under the act. mr djokovic, by law, must be detained. now, his place of detention is not known. his lawyers issued urgent proceedings this evening, and as you touched upon, judge kelly, the samejudge who dealt with his case last monday, on very low narrow grounds, namely that he should have been given another 45 minutes to put his case to the department before his visa was cancelled, he was again presiding tonight and he decided that he would transfer the proceedings to the federal court because he is in the federal circuit court. at the moment, i understand the matter has been stood down for a few minutes whilst the parties discuss some mutually acceptable arrangements in regards to mr djokovic's detention because it has been agreed that he should be able to attend his lawyer's office tomorrow, so that you can be part of that to give instructions. there will be some discussion about him going back into detention, and then if the federal court accepts the transfer of the proceedings to it and if there is a judge available to hear the proceedings on sunday, and thatis hear the proceedings on sunday, and that is not known at this stage, then mr djokovic will 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can get out _ longer able to be challenged? let me just say if i can get out of _ longer able to be challenged? let me just say if i can get out of this - just say if i can get out of this particular proceeding so that i can... the court is being adjourned, we will not have the noise any more. i should be back on camera hopefully will stop in any event, in answer to your question, mr djokovic's lawyers have indicated that the will be arguing that the minister's decision is illogical and irrational, and there is no basis upon which it can be made. because it is the minister's personal exercise of power, the naturaljustice principles do not apply, but the common law rules do apply, which means that it is a much more narrow ground upon which he must succeed if this visa cancellation is to be quashed. in essence, as it appears that mr djokovic's lawyers will be arguing that the minister is wrong in determining that there are basically public health interests to justify the cancellation of his visa. the minister... mr djokovic's lawyers said that the concern was that his case would excite anti—vaccination sentiment. and as you know, we are in victoria, that is where the australian open is taking place, melbourne was the longest locked down a city in the world, 262 days, and while over 90% of the australian eligible public has been vaccinated, are... we have still got concerns about children being vaccinated and of course the state of western australia are still closed. it has not reopened its borders because their premier is currently concerned that not enough of that public has been vaccinated. thank you so much for talking to us through some of the legal ramifications of it. we really appreciate it. much more on that story throughout the day here on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. we have been reporting this morning about these two further parties that were held in downing street, won the night before prince philip's funeral. we remember the picture of the queen sitting socially distanced in the chapel at that service. downing street has now apologised to buckingham palace following revelations about those parties that were held on that night, according to a spokesman for borisjohnson. the spokesman has added it was deeply regrettable that this took place at a time of national mourning. we have already heard the prime minister apologising for his attendance at what he believed was a work event at downing street in may 2020. just for clarity, borisjohnson was not at either of these two parties in april last year, which were held because of his then head of communication's was weaving. it was to see him out. it was a celebration by his staff to say goodbye to him. quite a remarkable thing for downing street to have apologised in this way. we have heard a lot more criticism today from the labour party about boris johnson's today from the labour party about borisjohnson's position. their view boris johnson's position. their view is borisjohnson's position. their view is that you very much sets the tone, evenif is that you very much sets the tone, even if he was not at either of these parties in april last year. an apology from downing street to buckingham palace. prince andrew's military titles and royal patronages have been handed back to the queen, meaning he will face a civil case against him as a private citizen. virginia giuffre, the woman who accuses the duke of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager, has said her goal was to show that the rich and powerful were "not above the law". the duke denies the accusations. he's determined to fight on — rebutting the charges made against him, according to friends. but andrew will do so as a private citizen, shorn of the last trappings of his life as a royal. so there will be no more appearances on the balcony of buckingham palace alongside his mother and the rest of his family. those days are over, as is his use of the styling as his royal highness, and his remaining military positions. he's no longer honorary colonel of the grenadier guards, entitled to pride of place by the queen at trooping the colour. he stepped down by mutual agreement, so we're told, from that position, and from roles in nearly a dozen other regiments, including the royal highland fusiliers and the yorkshire regiment, and the royal navy and the raf. there was relief in military circles. the mp tobias ellwood is a former army officer. the royal family has an intimate relationship with the regiments going back in history — many of them are honorary colonels and so forth — and it's important that the problems that prince andrew has incurred sort of aren't bled over into the regiments that he was representing. it's more than ten years now since this photograph appeared of andrew with the then 17—year—old virginia roberts, and this photograph of him with the convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein. we are going to leave that report and go to wales where the first minister mark drakeford is making a statement about the change to covid restrictions. . ., , ., restrictions. over the course of this week. _ restrictions. over the course of this week. we _ restrictions. over the course of this week, we have _ restrictions. over the course of this week, we have seen - restrictions. over the course of this week, we have seen some | restrictions. over the course of- this week, we have seen some early positive signs of improvement. they suggest that the measures we have taken our working and they give us hope that we may be turning a corner. today, i wanted to set out our plan to return to alert level zero, provided this week's positive trend continues. now, we will continue to review the data regularly and carefully because this remains a very fast—moving situation. and, as we have seen over the last six weeks, things can change very quickly. you can see that in the two slides that i am about to show you. here on the slide, you can see that as soon as that omicron wave struck, cases rose very quickly right across wales. last week, i showed you the modelling evidence that we have from swansea university. it suggested that the omicron wave would rise very quickly, but then would fall back quickly, too. and what you can see on the slide is exactly that happening as the model predicted. we got to the top of that very steep rising wave and over the last week orso rising wave and over the last week or so those numbers have been coming down rapidly, as well. the numbers have been falling back from their record high levels. i do need to just strike one note of caution with these figures because the case rates you see there are based on the number of people who have had a positive pcr test. we changed the testing rules one week ago so that most people no longer need to have a follow—up pcr test if they have had a positive lateral flow test, and that inevitably reduces the number of people taking a pcr test and the number of positive tests that are recorded. but the fall in cases that you saw on that slight began to happen if you days before the change to those rules. and the positivity rate, which is not so affected by changing numbers, has been falling as well. to be sure that the pattern we were seeing is real, we have also looked at a wider range of indicators that help us to see how the omicron wave is behaving. the waste water study is that we have carried out throughout the pandemic also suggest that the extremely high levels of infections in the community could now be starting to slow down and to come down. and we can look, as well, at the ons infection survey, and that two shows a similar pattern. the results from the latest ons survey are shown on this slide. just as with the data i showed you earlier on the first slide, you can see that very sharp rise in infections as the omicron wave hit us in december and into january. but the increase in wales shown in that red line has been smaller than the rise in england, represented by the green line. in fact, infection levels in wales, scotland and northern ireland, where protective measures were put in place, have been lower than england right across the rest of the united kingdom. and the welsh line, the red line, is the only one to show that the growth in infections is slowing down. now, the actions that we have taken were designed to protect the welsh nhs and everything that we ask it to do for us. the number of people in hospital with covid is now over 1100 people. but here, too, there are those early positive signs. the total number of patients with covid in hospital has started to fall this week, and the rate of admissions has been gradually falling for more than one week now. and that gives us confidence that now is the right time to plan ahead. and the other reason for doing so, and for doing so positively, has been the success of our vaccination programme over the omicron period. in wales we now delivered more than 1.8 million booster and third doses of the vaccine. since the start of december, we have had the fastest rule out of the booster programme in the whole of the uk. our fantastic vaccination teams have given those boosters and third doses to more than 32% of people aged over 12 in wales in that very short period. and that enormous effort has given us all that extra protection against omicron. i repeat the message i give every time i come to this lectin — it is never too late to be vaccinated in wales. anyone who has not yet been vaccinated, whether thatis not yet been vaccinated, whether that is a first, second or a booster dose, please come forward, it is the best way to protect yourself and then to protect others. faced with what we were seeing and what we knew about the omicron wave, we introduced alert level two measures on boxing day to help protect people, to keep as many businesses as possible open, and to prevent the nhs in wales from being overwhelmed. those measures, combined with a christmas and new year bank holidays, have acted as a many firebreak and have helped us to flatten the curve of infections and give us more time to get more people vaccinated. because of the crisis, we moved inside the welsh government to a weekly review of those measures, so that we could make sure that they were always proportionate to the public health risk. now, in this week's review, the cabinet has agreed to a plan to take us back, step—by—step, to alert level zero, provided — and that word if it is a big merger always— if we continue to see the public health situation improve, continue to improve over the next few weeks. we will do it in that careful phrased way, as we have throughout the pandemic. this will allow us to make sure that the early signs of improvement from this week continue as we look to make those further changes. as ever, we will be monitoring the data very closely, looking at cases in the community, their impact on staff absences, particularly their impact on schools, where we will go on doing whatever we can to support face—to—face learning for children and students in schools. i am making one immediate change. as from tomorrow, the number of people who can be present at outdoor events will rise from 50 to 500. if the public health situation continues to improve, we will make further changes shown on the slide you are about to see. so, from tomorrow, the 15th of january, the about to see. so, from tomorrow, the 15th ofjanuary, the move about to see. so, from tomorrow, the 15th of january, the move from 50 to 500 people at outdoor events. from the 21st of january, friday of next week, all outdoor activities will move to alert level zero. there will be no limits on the number of people who can take part in outdoor activities, crouch will return to outdoor sporting events, indoor hospitality... i beg your pardon, outdoor hospitality will be able to operate without additional measures, and the covid pass will continue to be recap... required for entry to larger outdoor events. on the 28th of january, larger outdoor events. on the 28th ofjanuary, we larger outdoor events. on the 28th of january, we will move to larger outdoor events. on the 28th ofjanuary, we will move to alert level 04 all indoor activities and premises. —— alert level zero. working from home is strongly advised but no longer a legal requirement, and the covid pass to be required to enter larger indoor events. then, when as we hope we have returned to alert level zero, we will return to a three weekly review cycle. by the 10th of february, we will be back from a weekly review to a three week review of the regulations. as ever, we will continue to review all the protections in place. today, we are in the optimistic place of being able to take those first steps back to alert level zero. we are able to do it only because of the amazing hard work and effort of everyone in wales who has once again followed all the rules and taken all the steps to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe. it is thanks to to the enormous efforts of all those working in a row vaccination centres, in our nhs, in our public services, in shops and on businesses, who have done so much to protect us from this latest wave of that awful virus. thank you. thank you to everyone who has done so much to help to keep us all safe. this doesn't mean that the pandemic is over. omicron is still to your in wales. the levels of coronavirus, though falling, are still too high in our communities. there could be some difficult days and weeks still ahead as we continue to respond to the coronavirus crisis. but today's evidence is that we are able to move further and faster into those brighter days that we hope by ahead for us all. as ever... brighter days that we hope by ahead for us all. as ever. . .— for us all. as ever... optimism bein: for us all. as ever... optimism being expressed _ for us all. as ever... optimism being expressed by _ for us all. as ever... optimism being expressed by the - for us all. as ever... optimism being expressed by the first i being expressed by the first minister of wales mark drakeford, saying the following number of cases means they are now able to ease the rules a little bit. he was saying that from january 28, hospitality can return to normal, with a covid pass, and nightclubs will reopen as well. he hopes an early mid february that the reviews can go back to not just weekly but every three weeks. much more on that statement continues on bbc one wales. more on the news that downing street has apologised to buckingham palace after it emerged parties were held in number 10 the day before the duke of edinburgh's funeral last year. our deputy political editor vicki young is at westminster. it was originally dominic cummings who talked about the party in the 20th of may 2020 and the prime minister apologised for attending it himself. there are allegations which are hugely damaging and downing street does not know what the prime minister was not at this party staying the night a downing street of that particular time but it gives the image of being out of control and the details are pretty limited in this party came before the night the queen incredible photograph of people took off her having to sit on her own at her husbands funeral because of covid restrictions and you juxtapose that with what was going on in downing street where they were dancing in the basement and going to the supermarket and coming back with a suitcase full of wine bottles. i think in the end all downing street can do at this stage is to apologise and keep apologising. it is unusual and keep apologising. it is unusual and we understand it would be an apology through the usual channels with officials from number ten speaking to officials in the palace and apologising for all this because i think they knowjust how bad this looks and they know that people are very angry about it and there will certainly be lots of conservative associations around the country particularly angry and will feel this causes an awful lot of offence. disgust is a word forget she is quite a lot to describe how people feel when we hear about more and more of these incidents that have happened. it seems that the government is constantly hiding behind the enquiry by sue gray which covers an increasing of incidents. i understand at the lobbying number ten was asked what kind of suitcase was used and the answer was that we cannot pre—empt the outcome of the investigation by sue gray. they are constantly hiding behind that enquiry. yes, they are, and to be honest that is why governments quite often and owes enquiries because they know whatever else comes and whatever questions they are asked they can but it's is away and say that as an enquiry. but this is different because there are new stories emerging all the time so it is slightly harder and don't forget in the end of the prime minister was not able to do that. he had to come to the house of commons on wednesday and apologise for what he did which was to go to drinks in the garden of number ten during lockdown and he had to acknowledge she could have done things better and should have stopped people gathering there. so in some ways he has not waited for the enquiry to that point and i think they know as well that a lot of the damage is being done and is being done no and there are certainly ministers to honestly say thatjust certainly ministers to honestly say that just wants to stop certainly ministers to honestly say thatjust wants to stop because it is pushing out lots of other things, which there are many people in government feel that a good thing is happening. talking about covid, they really feel boris johnson had happening. talking about covid, they really feel borisjohnson had the right approach in england by lifting restrictions earlier and they think the economy is bouncing back and thatis the economy is bouncing back and that is a good news story and the jobs market they think are successful so they think they're are good things going on and of course all of this isjust good things going on and of course all of this is just dominating, so their problem is how do they get out of this? and at the moment it looks very difficult and you talk about making light of this, i think this is part of the issue here. it is the mockery. people are laughing about it and we have got friends who are sending all sorts of things, means and the rest of it taking the mickey out of the situation because they find it unbelievable part of the time and this adds to it. i think every prime minister and government was to be taken seriously and the danger here is that authority is being undermined. eradicating racism from cricket will be a long and difficult road. that is a conclusion from mps after they had powerful evidence from across the game, which convinced them that discrimination is endemic. public money should be withheld from cricket unless it can "clean up its act", according to a report by a parliamentary committee. it comes in response to the emotional testimony given last year by the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq, who spoke about the racial abuse he had suffered at the club. eradicating racism from cricket will be a long and difficult road. that is a conclusion from mps after they had powerful evidence from across the game, which convinced them that discrimination is endemic. despite acknowledging there are grounds for optimism, they issued the starkest of warnings to the england and wales cricket board, if this watershed moment does not bring significant improvements. i would like to see public money withheld from cricket if the measures the ecb come up with in terms of trying to ensure that racism, the scourge of racism, is removed from the game. if they fail to meet those targets, then there should be a stopping of public money to the game, very simple. the committee praised the former yorkshire player azeem rafiq for his courage in lifting the the lid on problems within cricket. his testimony led to his old club imploding, and a crisis engulfing the sport. rafiq commended what he called the sensible action of the committee, saying it shows just how seriously politicians are taking an issue that too many people ignored for so long. the committee understands how important it is to clean up the game, he said. meanwhile, the new chairman of yorkshire says the clean—up job at the county has begun in earnest. we've had incredible change. i have literally taken the club and turned it upside down, given it a good shake, looking at processes, our procedures, leadership, engaging with people, our pathways, no stone left unturned, actually. but the committee will continue to keep a close eye on cricket, with the ecb required to produce quarterly reports on their progress. another evidence session will be held in the early part of this year. in a statement, the ecb said it welcomed the recommendations in the report, and agreed that sharing regular public updates on our progress is important to rebuilding trust in our sport. as cricket continues to address its uncomfortable past, the scrutiny on it creating a more inclusive future has never been more intense. laura scott, bbc news. joining me now is dr samara afzal who is an independent director with the welsh cricket board and former warwickshire player. to what extent do you believe that starving _ to what extent do you believe that starving cricket of public funds is the right — starving cricket of public funds is the right way to go here?- starving cricket of public funds is the right way to go here? that's a very strong _ the right way to go here? that's a very strong statement _ the right way to go here? that's a very strong statement from i the right way to go here? that's a very strong statement from the i very strong statement from the committee to staff but it actually shows how big a problem racism is in cricket and they have realised that action needs to be taken. it's not just about words, things have been further last few years and has been the salvation action plan and other commitments to try to get more of a diverse representation but thatjust hasn't happened, and stories like that of azeem rafiq have highlighted how big a problem racism is and i don't think it will be the last we hear so in order to create change i think strong words have bemused and strong actions will be taken up the ecb now have to report to the committee on a regular basis. i think change will happen and the new yorkshire chairman has done a lot of work and there is no hotline to report racism. that is a big step. i think more and more players will... unfortunately for the sport they will come forward and report things but this is much needed change. but mike watt has been your experience of racism within the sport? i have never overtly encountered racism. i think there have been times when england have been slightly culturally ignorant when i have had to do tests on things when i have been fasting and when you have been asked to change the different timing you have been told to get on with it. ithink you have been told to get on with it. i think we have to be more culturally aware and responding to different religions. we know that is a big social culture of drinking again which puts a lot of muslims offjoining cricket clubs so i think these things need to change and i'm glad to see that a lot of work is being undertaken. we at cricket wales have been doing this for a long time, even before the azeem rafiq case we have been looking at how to make the sport inclusive for everybody, regardless of your colour, if you have a disability, your gender or sexual orientation. no every county across england will have to do the same.— no every county across england will have to do the same. sanctions over mone is have to do the same. sanctions over money is one _ have to do the same. sanctions over money is one thing _ have to do the same. sanctions over money is one thing but _ have to do the same. sanctions over money is one thing but how - have to do the same. sanctions over money is one thing but how do i have to do the same. sanctions over money is one thing but how do you | money is one thing but how do you address the fundamental beliefs of people which might be prejudicial and this commentary? that people which might be pre'udicial and this commentary?i and this commentary? that is difficult because _ and this commentary? that is difficult because everyone i and this commentary? that is l difficult because everyone isn't different life experience and embark on our top —— everyone has said different life experience and brought up differently. but at the top there is a zero tolerance policy top there is a zero tolerance policy to racism and to homophobia, sexism, and that is how it should have been all along. and that is how it should have been allalong. some and that is how it should have been all along. some of the things we take for granted and there are not some of things we think are common—sense, a lot is out of ignorance and people do not know what the right thing to say is on the right terms to use and i think that has to be extensive education programme in the sport. i think cricket is the only sport, i do not think cricket is the only sport that suffers from racism. we have had this case that highlights the problems and will bring that much needed change to english cricket and make it much more inclusive.- make it much more inclusive. azeem rafi . make it much more inclusive. azeem rafi was make it much more inclusive. azeem rafiq was talking _ make it much more inclusive. azeem rafiq was talking to _ make it much more inclusive. azeem rafiq was talking to us _ make it much more inclusive. azeem rafiq was talking to us earlier - make it much more inclusive. azeem rafiq was talking to us earlier and i rafiq was talking to us earlier and said that he regretted some comments he made ten or 11 years that were anti—semitic and he is apologise from that and wants to move on and learn and be forgiven for mistakes. how important is it to not vilify people endlessly if they are prepared to own the mistakes and try to change? prepared to own the mistakes and try to chance? . , prepared to own the mistakes and try to chance? ., , ., , prepared to own the mistakes and try to chanue? ., , ., , ., to change? that is really important. none of us — to change? that is really important. none of us are _ to change? that is really important. none of us are perfect _ to change? that is really important. none of us are perfect and - to change? that is really important. none of us are perfect and we i to change? that is really important. none of us are perfect and we have | none of us are perfect and we have all made mistakes years ago which we might regret our have said things that are not appropriate. i think if someone comes along to whistle—blower we should scrutinise them and that is a problem in the whistle—blowing culture. everybody makes mistakes and the important thing is to make acknowledgement of those mistakes and some people involved in his case have come forward and apologise and that is what we need. as long as people are being educated and understand what they have said ron white was taken as offence, that is the thing we have to look at and we have to look at the bigger picture that people are learning from their mistakes. i think making sure yorkshire does not have international cricket would do them a lot of harm and i don't want public funding to be cut from cricket which is a game absolute love. it will be harder the more funding is taken away to get people to come and play. it is important to get the ecb to make sure everything is coming into order. i think because there are older positive steps coming forward. —— all the positive steps the labour leader has responded to the allegations of parties at number ten. he responded to the allegations of parties at number ten.- responded to the allegations of parties at number ten. he says an a oloa is parties at number ten. he says an apology is not _ parties at number ten. he says an apology is not the _ parties at number ten. he says an apology is not the only _ parties at number ten. he says an apology is not the only thing i parties at number ten. he says an apology is not the only thing the l apology is not the only thing the prime minister should offer buckingham palace today, the prime minister should do the decent thing and resign. google is spending $1 billion buying and refurbishing its london headquarters— and expanding its office space across the uk — in a sign that working from home's not about to become the norm any time soon. google's uk boss says when government guidance allows it, he'll be asking most staff to spend three days a week in the office. but he told the bbc�*s business editor simon jack that hybrid working will be experimental over the next two years, as companies and employees try and find the right balance. we want to reinvigorate the work environment, we are making this commitment, we are buying these buildings, we're going to invest in reinvigorating the office and refurbishing it and we are keen to see everybody come back in and see a vibrant workspace again. we are committed to three days a week on average but we are also introducing other forms of flexibility so we're introducing four weeks of work from anywhere so you can choose four weeks over the course of the year and go and work from a location, you do not have to come into the office and we are also going to introduce recharge days through the pandemic to make sure people are looking after their well—being. are you not worried you might be at a competitive disadvantage with companies who are actually requiring fewer days than that in the office? i think we will have about 20% of roles over time that are fully remote so there are definitely opportunities for people to come and work with us but on a fully remote basis but for the vast majority of roles, it will be three days and again, it comes back to it we have surveyed our employees, we have talked to them about what they value and they want and collaboration keeps coming back, the opportunity to be in a room with their colleagues and collaborate and work on problems. it's something they really value. it seems at the moment we are in an employees' market, staff shortages in many places, fierce war for talent, do you think the employees are in a situation where they are calling the shots at the moment? where does the balance of power lie? this is still an experiment, the next two years will be an experiment of equal measure, trying to find out what hybrid and flexible actually mean and i think it will differ from company to company and role to role. i think it will be a lot of trial and error over the next two years. it is true that at any one time fewer employees will be in the office all together. yes. and that has quite bad consequences, serious consequences for the businesses that serve areas like this, coffee shops, gyms, hairdressers, dry cleaners. it's inevitable they are going to suffer? i think what will happen is there will be an evolution so i think there's definitely going to be more people, we talk about our workforce and maybe as many as 20% of our roles will be remote. but that means there's 20% more people in local villages and local towns which will reinvigorate those. but 80% of our people are going to be coming into the office, we are going to be continuing to grow our footprint as we have talked about on the back of this investment. so i still think there will be lots of economic activity in the environments around our offices and it's something we are very focused on as well. the foreign secretary admits mistakes were made over lockdown events at downing street — as a former top spin doctor apologises for partying just hours before the duke of edinburgh's funeral. a court in australia orders novak djokovic to be detained from tomorrow morning after the government cancelled his visa once again. after azeem rafiq's emotional testimony, a report by mps recommends starving cricket of taxpayers' money until it tackles 'deep—seated' racism in the sport. nurseries in england that are being forced to close or reduce their opening hours say they've been forgotten by the government. latest figures have shown a significantjump in positive covid cases in pre—school settings leading to severe staff shortages. here's our education correspondent elaine dunkley. who needs some ice? the penguins. the penguins need some ice. it's the morning session at this nursery. what is your favourite thing about nursery? my car. i'm usually in the playground. ilike painting. do you like my shoes? yeah! forjen and lottie, it's a busy morning getting to nursery and then work and it's all of the more stressful when covid could disrupt the whole day. in the morning i could get up and bring herto nursery and i might get a phone call in the morning to say, "we've not got enough staff, we're going to have to shut", you know, because they've got staff isolating. so it is a massive concern obviously for me ringing work and then it's notjust nursery, it's me being in work as well, that i can't then go into work. so, yeah, a massive concern, definitely. jane deals with the day—to—day running of the nursery and it's becoming increasingly difficult when staff are off with covid. we've shut more rooms, the preschool has been shut a couple of times and the room downstairs, the toddler room downstairs has also been shut a couple of times. at the moment, we're really in a bit of a crisis, we may have to start looking at prioritising places for some of the children. we need to obviously be able to support our working parents and obviously our key workers as well, so that's really, really important. young children don't have to be tested or isolate if their parents have covid. no—one knows if they're bringing it into the nursery. so we've got families that we know that the parents have covid, they've tested positive. but these children are in the nurseries. it's very, very difficult to determine which of those children then may have covid, may not have covid. they may be asymptomatic because we're not doing that testing and of course that impacts on the staff. we got 25% of our staff not in today... nina isjuggling staffing and finances. she started this business when she was 21 and now owns eight nurseries. i've grown my business over the last 20 years. two years ago, i was still living my dream, my passion, providing wonderful childcare for all of these local families. i think what's happened is my passion is still there but mentally, i think it'sjust exhausting. when you have to make a phone call that the nursery�*s closing because of staffing issues, just tell me what goes through your mind. initially, the feeling is dread because i think i'm going to let all those families down, the children, what are they going to do? then obviously the impact is then the staff worry, it's financial worry. i've still got to keep everything going. the parents obviously don't pay if we close, so then i've still got all my bills to pay and that is a massive, you know, concern. children like luna have only ever known life during a pandemic. what happens now is crucial to their development. she comes here and she's got a routine here at nursery. she's got a little group of friends, and when she's not been allowed to come, she's missed them. for her progress as a child, i think it's important for them to be around other children. so when you kind of take that away, it's emotionally disruptive. so you're saying that you can't take any more children? the government has relaxed the rules on how many children staff are allowed to look after. here, concerned that bigger groups means more responsibility on staff who are already stretched. for many nurseries and childminders, there are too many obstacles to overcome. elaine dunkley, bbc news, in stockport. a department for education spokesperson said "we have provided extensive guidance for the early years workforce on the measures to take to reduce the spread of covid—19, as well as significant financial support to protect providers from the impact of the pandemic." in 2014, a devastating storm struck the south devon coast, destroying a stretch of railway and cutting cornwall and most of devon off from the rest of the country for several weeks. you might remember these astonishing pictures of the tracks in dawlish, dangling in mid air after the sea wall was hit by 80mph winds and washed away. in 2019, work started on construction of a new sea wall to protect the railway and the local community, as john maguire reports. a hairline crack appeared, and then throughout the day, itjust kept opening up and just kept opening up and the cracks just got — kept getting bigger and bigger. you were standing onjust, like, moving [and when we were trying to move the fences because the fences were there and the crack was appearing and we were open at the time. didn't quite know what to do. and people were coming in. we couldn't afford to close, so we were just ferociously trying to fence it off as it was moving, so that it was not a danger to anyone. for the past 18 years, cara strom has woken up every morning wondering whether her home and her business, the blue anchor pub, would still be standing. at high tide, you could feel the waves inside, so you could feel not... the building wouldn't shake, but you would definitely be able to feel when it was hitting. recently installed huge boulders, rock armour, as it's known, should reduce the wave power and prevent the cliffs on this stretch of the west somerset coastline from collapsing. i've said they'll fish me out of the bristol channel if they have to. i'm not giving up, and i'm really glad that i didn't give up. i never thought of giving up. not once. obviously, there are days, aren't there, when you think i'm just not getting anywhere, nothing's ever going to be done. i'm going to fall in the sea. i'm going to have nothing. but i've neverthought, "oh, you know, it's not worth... it's not worth carrying on." luckily. winter's the most anxious time for those at risk from coastal erosion. here at sandy bay in east devon, a huge section of [and fell away last week, with holiday caravans just metres away. but landslips can occur all year round. last spring, what was said to be the biggest in 60 years saw a major collapse on dorset�*s jurassic coastline. our foreshores are constantly changing. to understand what forces are at play in reshaping them, researchers from the university of plymouth study the cliffs, dunes and sands at perranporth on the north cornwall coast. this is ourfavourite beach. we've come here already for 15 years and we survey the whole beach every month. the beach here is 3.5 kilometres long, and a severe winter storm can shift up to one million cubic metres of sand out to sea before summer tides bring it back again. the beach isn'tjust popular with visitors, but it's essential to protect the town. the amount of sand that's on the beach determines how easily the town gets flooded. so if you have an extreme winter with lots of sand being taken away from the beach, so you're lowering the beach surface, if you then get a storm, the town is more likely to flood because people don't really realise that beaches and dunes are naturalforms of coastal defence. and the wider the beaches and the higher the beaches, the better protection the beach provides against flooding. and built on these shifting sands is the watering hole pub. the owners here are channelling king canute and holding back natural forces. the way this has been built and the raft it's on is pretty full on. it's how much money do you want to spend on it and how much is it worth to us to do that? and i think for us, yeah, it's a very valuable, valuable thing as it's our livelihoods and it's with the, you know, it's a 42—year—old family business. so it's... so, yeah, it means quite a lot for us to to maintain it and keep it here. decisions about what, if anything, to do are a balance between risk to people or property and cost. man vs sea is an expensive business and often, despite design, engineering and deep pockets, it's the sea that wins the power struggle. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith lucas. hello. we have got a reasonably dry, settled spell of weather with us at the moment. that is going to be sticking around for the next few days. certainly some problems with mist and fog, which in a few places are lingering, but also some blue sky breaking through. really, for the rest of today, things are looking mainly dry, and we will see plenty of sunshine, particularly further south across england and wales where high pressure is well and truly in charge of our weather. with light winds, too, we are also seeing a few problems with air quality. some high levels of pollution, particularly around the london area at the moment. we have had several days of that high pressure trapping those pollutants with very light winds to disperse them, too. but that will tend to improve as we head through tomorrow. so, a bit of brightness as we end the day. once the sun sets, though, temperatures are going to drop quite quickly. so by six o'clock this evening, down to around about two degrees for much of england and wales. a little bit milder for scotland and northern ireland where we have got more cloud, more of a breeze. some spots of light, drizzly rain across the far north of scotland, but most places dry through this evening and tonight. once again, we will see some mist and fog patches reforming, particularly across parts of england and wales. temperatures will get down below freezing, so another cold, frosty night for some of us. some pockets of fairly sharp frost across parts of northern england, for instance, under those clearer skies. now, for some places, that mist and fog, particularly towards the east, will be quite slow to clear through the day tomorrow. but for most places we are looking at another dry day, some sunshine around for parts of northern england, wales, scotland, as well, and later in the day that mist and low cloud will tend to break up further south. so temperatures close to the east only about 5 degrees or so tomorrow, but turning a little bit milder, just about pushing into double figures from the west. now, as we head through saturday night and on into sunday, a little bit of a change as we see quite a weak weather front, a cold front pushing its way down from the north. that will bring initially a bit of rain to scotland and northern ireland overnight. during sunday, that willjust push its way across central parts of england and wales, but tending to peter out as it does so. one or two showers to the south of that, as well, but by the afternoon most places in the clearer skies. there will be some sunshine returning from the north and temperatures between about 7—11 on sunday. once that cold front gets out of the way, fizzles out as we move on into monday, high pressure once again is building its way in from the west. so lots of dry, settled weather, really, through much of the week ahead. perhaps a few showers around here and there in the north and west on tuesday, and temperatures fairly typical for this time of year. bye— bye. after two parties were held at number ten the night before the duke of edinburgh's funeral. a spokesman for the prime minister said it was deeply regrettable that parties were held at a time of national mourning. the foreign secretary gave her reaction. when i heard about this i was of course very, very concerned, and i understand that people across the country are angry about what has happened. we'll have all the latest developments from westminster. also this lunchtime... novak djokovic's australian visa is cancelled for a second time, three days before the start of the australian tennis open. andy murray says the row is bad for the sport. this just seems like it's dragged on for quite a long time now,