hello and welcome. we start here in london where another difficult day lies ahead for borisjohnson as speculation grows about a plot to remove him by members of his own party. it could be a decisive day. a group of the most recently elected conservative mps are believed to be preparing to submit letters of no confidence in the prime minister having met to discuss the issue on tuesday. one conservative mp told the bbc he believed the threshold needed to trigger a confidence vote would be reached. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. late night talks in a private members club. a small group of conservative mps met here last night with talk of removing borisjohnson from office on the agenda. after a day of intense speculation, theirs was confidence among some backbenchers that enough to submit a letter of no confidence on the prime minister could be achieved. the prime minister again denied that a drinks party at the downing street party was against lockdown restric
an announcement today. veterans who were forced out of the military because of their sexuality have welcomed a review into their treatment. and coming up this hour, labour mp dawn butler is taking on the trolls after a man was convicted of threatening to shoot her. the cost of good and services we buy is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years. the december figure for inflation showed that prices have gone up by 5.4% compared to the year before. that s up from 5.1% in november and is more than double the bank of england s target for inflation. energy costs and the price of food and drink drove the rise, which was higher than economists had been forecasting. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith is in scarborough. this is a lot of windows. a lot of windows, yes. and a huge, huge ceiling. yeah. the things that give this hotel its charm and character are the very things now causing the nightmares. put, like, a secondary glazing on this side, it spoils the view and wh
an announcement today. us secretary of state antony blinken arrives in ukraine for urgent talks, after warnings that russia could carry out an attack at any point . the united nations says it s intensifying its response to the volcanic eruption and tsunami in tonga. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the cost of goods and services in the uk is rising at its fastest rate for 30 years. the december figure for inflation showed that prices have gone up by 5.4% compared to the year before. energy costs and the price of food and drink drove the rise, which was higher than economists had been forecasting. in america, the scourge of rising prices now ranks among us business leaders top concerns, according to a survey out today. our business presenter ben boulos has been gauging reaction in skipton in the north of england. good morning, yes, here at skipton market, traders and customers are already grappling with that rise in average prices. dom runs
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s already three days since the major eruption of an underwater volcano in tonga and still there is a very worrying lack of information about the scale of the damage done across the many tongan islands, or the whereabouts and well being of many of the islanders. these very limited pictures have just been sent to us. they are from one of the surveillance flights sent by australia and new zealand to assess the damage. the eruption itself appears to have taken out the one main underwater communications cable and there are suggestions that could take weeks to restore. a lot of ash on the ground. tonga has a population of around 100,000. the red cross estimates that about 80% of them may have been affected. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has the latest. these pictures of the hunga tonga hunga ha apai volcano erupting are from last friday. this is just a foretaste of what was to come a day later an eruptio