braverman who just a few weeks ago broke ministerial conduct. and there are questions now about, for example, whether he deferred his interests to parliament. so he needs to get a clean break. but really there is not a clean break to be had. but he doesn t. if he doesn t do what he can to show on this occasion that he is different to borisjohnson, who the viewers will remember, borisjohnson reviewed the report of priti patel s conduct and he ignored it, with great repercussions this is his test to show he is not like borisjohnson. and it will be very interesting to see how he does. and it will be very interesting to see how he does. thank you very much. see how he does. thank you very much- it s see how he does. thank you very much- it s very see how he does. thank you very much. it s very useful see how he does. thank you very much. it s very useful to - see how he does. thank you very much. it s very useful to get - see how he does. thank you very much. it s very usef
forecast. it is subject to change but scotland will see a good deal sunshine. not quite as warm, nine to 13 degrees in the far north, 12 to 14 13 degrees in the far north, 12 to 1a and that cooler trend is set to continue for sunday. and that s bbc news at ten on thursday the 20th here on bbc one are all of our news teams in the nations and regions, standing by with the news where you are. happily they are in the studios so what is the fate of dominic raab? the prime minister is deciding whether to back him or sack him. he s had the report into bullying claims against his deputy all day. so what s going on? tonight westminster waits for news amidst a wall of silence from downing street. nick and sima will have the latest. we ll speak to the head of the civil servants union and a number 10 speechwriter under liz truss. also tonight. a new abortion controversy in the united states. tomorrow the us supreme court s due to decide if a texas judge was right to ban the drug used in
to share details of his tax affairs that are normally shrouded in confidentiality, because that s the way it works in the uk. that is why apparently the prime minister didn t know anything about this. ..with the ethics adviser to the prime minister, who is crawling all over some elements of this to work out if nadhim zahawi, as the conservative party chairman and minister without portfolio, has broken the rule book, the ministerial code. so, mr zahawi clearly thinks that this detail from the tax man will help corroborate his argument that says, look, yeah, there is a conversation with hmrc and i did get clobbered for a massive tax bill, and the penalty for being careless but not deliberate in how he handled his tax affairs. the prime minister is still saying, let s wait ethics adviser to do his work, some in government saying hope he gets a move on, because meanwhile you ve basically got a party chairman who is kind of padlocked in his office, because he can t really s
for many rail commuters, like these in marston in west yorkshire, getting around has become an ordeal and notjust on strike days. trains are always cancelled, you can t rely on them. i go to work to manchester, i only go one day a week but it s still a nightmare. i would probably go in a bit more to work if i could get the trains, it s absolutely shocking at the moment. i don t feel like it s train service at all. it s just incredibly dire and stressful for commuters. train cancellations in britain have reached record levels. the industry blames covid delaying the training of drivers, staff sickness, and factors like winter weather, plus the knock on impact of strikes. transpennine express, which runs services around the north of england and into scotland, has been making dozens of cancellations each day for months. the northern powerhouse partnership, campaigning business group, claims today that the operator s problems are costing the economy in west yorkshire £2 million a