it took more than 300 people to rescue him we hear from the man trapped in a welsh cave for sa hours. kind of feeling that, you know, one second i was caving, the next minute the world went mad, and then it all went black. heating bills for thousands of families in rural areas are soaring because they rely on oil, which isn t covered by the energy price cap. and coming up on the bbc news channel: watford look set to appoint 74 year old former crystal palace boss roy hodgson after the club sacked claudio ranieri yesterday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the metropolitan police is investigating multiple events at downing street and across government, to see if breaches of covid restrictions took place. up until now the met has taken no action, and has been criticised by some because of that. the commisioner of britain s biggest force, cressida dick, confirmed this morning that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking as a result of informa
inquiry and his own mps. also on the programme tonight. a plane carrying military equipment arrives in ukraine to help bolster defences as tensions with russia continue to rise. the impact of the pandemic on front line nhs staff the nurse who s moved to the other side of the world after suffering what she calls complete emotional burn out. and the man who was trapped for more than 50 hours underground in the breacon becons after a caving accident returns the scene coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel, we ll head live to cameroon following the death of eight people in a stadium crush at the africa cup of nations. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the metropolitan police has launced an investigation into allegations of multiple parties at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown to establish whether coronavirus rules were broken. the prime minister has welcomed the decision saying he s willing to speak to detectives and hopes
sooner rather than later. i m vic d hello the other main news this evening. bradford council will no longer run its own children s services. it comes after the murder of 16 month old star hobson, who died after months of neglect, cruelty and injury despite family and friends contacting them on several occasions foreign secretary liz truss says she will be visiting ukraine next week as tension with russia grows there she warns an invasion from russia would be a massive strategic mistake. eight people are killed and many more are injured in a stampede at the africa cup of nations in cameroon. the metropolitan police are investigating the metropolitan police is investigating gatherings at number 10 and across government, to see if breaches of covid restrictions took place. the commisioner of britain s biggest force, cressida dick, confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking, as a result of information provided by civil servants, who are also
police investigate so what do tory mps do next? we ll be getting analysis and reaction throughout the afternoon. i m martine croxall the other main news. foreign secretary liz truss says she will be visiting ukraine as tensions with russia grow there. she warns an invasion from russia would be a massive strategic mistake. the president of cameroon orders an inquiry into a deadly crush at a stadium hosting the africa cup of nations at least eight people have been killed. and it took upto 300 people to rescue him we ll hear from the man trapped in a welsh cave for sa hours. hello and welcome to bbc news live from downing street. the metropolitan police is investigating gatherings at number ten and across government, to see if breaches of covid restrictions took place. the commisioner of britain s biggest force, cressida dick, confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking, as a result of information provided by civil servants, who are also comp
token. it is a non fungible token and we will explain what that means. london s metropolitan police have launched an investigation into parties held in number ten during the pandemic. borisjohnson has welcomed this. he says he s willing to speak to detectives and hopes it will draw in december, boris johnson in december, borisjohnson addressed the christmas party in number ten. then a week later the prime minister said this. i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there were no parties and that no covid i9 rules were broken and that is what i have been repeatedly assured. that same day 8 december the metropolitan police put out a statement. it read: based on the absence of evidence and in line with our policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of such regulations, the met will not commence an investigation at this time. that was then this is now. ican i can confirm that the met is investigating a number of events that happened in whi