the week in parliament hello and welcome to the week in parliament. the week dominic cummings said sorry over the covid crisis. tens of thousands of people died who didn t need to die. he d warned a hard rain was going to fall the prime minister got a soaking. the only problem was, fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for the job. and borisjohnson wasn t the only one. i think that the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things. mps drew their own conclusions. if true, this is one of the biggest scandals and tragedies of the pandemic. but matt hancock hit back. these unsubstantiated allegations around - honesty are not true. also in this programme, the long wait for dental appointments and should we all have lessons in pavement courtesy? but first, covid has killed almost 128,000 people in the uk. tens of thousands of them needlessly. many in care homes. that s according to the prime minister s closest adviser during the early months of
what was your reaction to the accusations made by dominic cummings? let me know on twitter, it s @annita mcveigh, or #bbcyourquestions. president biden orders an intelligence report into the origins of the covid 19 virus, after recent us media reports it could have emerged from a chinese laboratory. victoria heads into a snap week long lockdown. more than five million people in australia s second biggest city, melbourne, will now face restrictions. ten years after the winterbourne view scandal, campaigners fear people with learning disabilities and autism are still facing abuse in long stay hospitals. the cast of friends! also coming up. friends reunited they re back, 17 years after the prgramme ended its run. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk health secretary, matt hancock, will in half an hour s time respond in detail to a series of explosive claims by the former downing street adviser dominic cummings, including that tens o
now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. the week dominic cummings said sorry over the covid crisis. tens of thousands of people died who didn t need to die. he d warned a hard rain was going to fall the prime minister got a soaking. the only problem was, fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for the job. and borisjohnson wasn t the only one. i think that the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things. mps drew their own conclusions. if true, this is one of the biggest scandals and tragedies of the pandemic. but matt hancock hit back. these unsubstantiated allegations around - honesty are not true. also in this programme, the long wait for dental appointments, and should we all have lessons in pavement courtesy? but first, covid has killed almost 128,000 people in the uk. tens of thousands of them needlessly. many in care homes. that s according to the prime minister s closest adviser during
now on bbc news, it s time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament. the week dominic cummings said sorry over the covid crisis. tens of thousands of people died who didn t need to die. he d warned a hard rain was going to fall the prime minister got a soaking. the only problem was, fundamentally, i regarded him as unfit for the job. and borisjohnson wasn t the only one. i think that the secretary of state for health should have been fired for at least 15, 20 things. mps drew their own conclusions. if true, this is one of the biggest scandals and tragedies of the pandemic. but matt hancock hit back. these unsubstantiated allegations around - honesty are not true. also in this programme, the long wait for dental appointments and should we all have lessons in pavement courtesy? but first, covid has killed almost 128,000 people in the uk. tens of thousands of them needlessly. many in care homes. that s according to the prime minist