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last night after legal action. and our shrinking coastline a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. also coming up before nine o clock. as new government research reveals that young people are particularly at risk of chronic loneliness, we take a closer look at something affecting up to half of adults in england and ask how we can better cope together. boris johnson s ethics adviser has resigned after saying there was a legitimate question over whether the pm had broken ministerial rules over pa rtygate. lord geidt did not give a reason for his departure, but in a statement he said it was the right thing to do. let s speak to our political correspondent, jonathan blake. what do we know about why he decided to go? this what do we know about why he decided to o? , . ., what do we know about why he decided to no? , what do we know about why he decided too? , ., ., to go? this came as something of a surrise t ....
Ten somewhat this evening. this is they have not responded officially yet, but we are told by a senior at number ten source that does has come as a total surprise and is a mystery to the prime minister. they claim that lord geidt requested to stay on and the role for another six months earlier this week, and say that in hours of questioning in parliament, yesterday, there was no hint that he had even considered resignation come on the country. that is a reference to a session of questioning that lord geidt a face from mps on the commons public accounts select committee, which was a pretty torturous affair. he didn t give too much away, but he didn t deny that he had considered resigning, and he said that it would have been reasonable to assume that the prime minister had broken the ministerial code, which he of course is in charge of overseeing come as a result of getting a fixed penalty notice for his attendance at one of the gatherings at downing street that broke lockdown laws. clea ....