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a woman who was kidnapped as a toddler, finally meets one of the men who saved her life. plus, the grey will clear to more sunshine this morning. the flip side is strong winds and heavy rain spreading to scotland and northern ireland later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 26th of january. the official inquiry into gatherings at downing street and in whitehall during lockdown is believed to be complete and could be submitted to number 10 within hours. it s understood the senior civil servant, sue gray, has evidence, including photographs and whatsapp messages, and is keen for the report to be published in full. here s our political correspondent, ione wells. can the prime minister bounce back from this? reporters shout questions. for many tory mps, their answer depends on what s in sue gray s reports into parties that took place behind these doors, and across whitehall, during coronavirus restrictions. yesterday, confirmation some evidence she has found was enough to warra ....
to be prime minister. borisjohnson is due to face mps in the commons this lunchtime, as backbenchers wait to decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in the prime minister s leadership. and i m annita mcveigh with the rest of the day s stories advisors from russia, ukraine, germany and france are meeting in paris this morning, as tensions continue to rise over fears of a russian invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, russia has reacted angrily to warnings of personal sanctions against mr putin saying the us and nato has flooded ukraine with weapons and western advisors. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that1 in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. and in northern ireland, proof of covid 19 status to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas will be scrapped later today as restrictions begin to ease. and also coming up this hour.. the siblings who have been separated while in the care system calls for a new law to k ....
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 als ....
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 ....
pressure mounts on the government to step in and help struggling households. with energy bills expected to rise by as much as £700 next month what are the options to help cover the costs? i ll take a look. cover the costs? england dig in as they fight to stay in the 4th ashes test, after another woeful start earlier, which saw wickets tumble including captainjoe root out for a duck. and it is a snow and ice to start your friday morning across parts of the country but into the weekend it is rain that will dominate at least four saturday morning. i will have all your forecast details on breakfast. it s friday the 7th of january. our main story. more than 200 members of the armed forces are being deployed across london and the thames valley today to help plug the staff shortage caused by a surge in covid infections. both hospitals and ambulance services will be supported by troops. it comes as 17 hospital trusts in england are still in critical incident mode. here s m ....