what did you do for colleagues who were leaving when the country was in lockdown? @vicderbyshire on tiktok, twitter and instagram. the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan was a disaster and a betrayal , according to an inquiry conducted by mps. images china doesn t want you to see hacked data passed to the bbc shows the detention and indoctrination of uyghur muslims. all police officers in england and wales are to be given anti racism training as part of plans to tackle discrimination. and spanning over 100 kilometres from reading to essex, the elizabeth crossrail line finally opens more than three years later than scheduled. the met police are facing fresh questions after photos emerged of the prime minister drinking at a gathering in downing street during lockdown. but this is an event that borisjohnson was not fined for attending. it happened in november 2020 at a time when indoor social mixing was banned in england. a report into such gatherings by the senior civil
minister. he wasn t there saying this shouldn t be happening, he| this shouldn t be happening, he wasn t saying can everyone break up and go home because my cable and socially distance? and everyone put masks on? no, he wasn t telling anybody that. he was grabbing a glass for himself. pressure coming on the uk government from a number of fronts more detail has emerged about the lockdown parties in number 10. there s confirmation energy prices will rise sharply later year as the cost of living crisis deepens. and an inquiry by mps has concluded that that the uk s withdrawal from afghanistan last year was a disaster . we re going to look at all three across this first half an hour. let s begin with the parties because, for the first time, insiders who were at some of the events have talked in detail about what they saw. they ve been talking to the bbc s laura kuennsberg and in this clip a staffer described the culture in noio during at the time. they were every week. the event
hello and welcome to the programme. a series of leaked photos have emerged of the prime minister drinking at a gathering in downing street during lockdown in november 2020. the pictures published by itv news were taken at a number 10 leaving do for mrjohnson s former director of communications lee cain on 13th november 2020. they show the prime minister raising a glass, having put down his red box. the bbc understand that at least one person at this event was fined by the police. the prime minister was not.downing street says boris johnson will address parliament on the publication of civil servant sue grey s report. the problem for the prime minister is he has already addressed parliament about this gathering..0n the 8th of december last year. will the prime minister tell the house whether there was a party in downing street on the 13th of november? downing street on the 13th of november? ~ , ~ november? prime minister. mr seaker, november? prime minister. mr speaker. no.