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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 ....
as we sort those technical problems out, let s turn to that case in new york. prince andrew has demanded a jury trial as he seeks to defend the civil sex case that has been brought by virginia giuffre, according to legal documents filed by his lawyer in new york. it was reported he might have to pay more than $5 million to his accuser to persuade her to settle, although mr giuffre has signalled before that she wanted to a proceed to a court trial. the duke has strenuously denied the allegations she is making. our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york. this is a formal response by prince andrew s legal team to virginia giuffre s complaint, and so in it, he goes through every allegation in the complaint line by line and either denies or admits to the assertions in the complaint. so, for example, he denies all allegations of sexual abuse with virginia giuffre on the three occasions that she alleges when she was 17 in the us virgin islands, and london and new york. he al ....
from bbc news. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. joining me, thejournalist and times radio presenter jenny kleeman and political commentator and former conservative party press chief, giles kenningham. more from them in a moment. just to update you on the front pages we have had quite a few more in the last 45 minutes or so. we begin with the telegraph. they are reporting that plan b coronavirus restrictions are set to be scrapped as the pm faces a plot to call a vote of no confidence from rebels in his party. the metro has a picture of the prime minister looking glum as he s questioned over whether downing street parties broke covid rules, under the headline nobody told me . on the front page of the guardian is a report on the clamour to oust the prime minister they also report plan b restrictions will be eased on the 26th of january. and note claims that lateral flow tests may be charged for any summer, a claim t ....
also this lunchtime. the number of people on hospital waiting lists in england, hits six million for the first time. england s isolation period for coronavirus is reduced yet again, if there are two negative results. the scale of our river pollution a damning verdict in a parliamentary report. and novak djokovic is in the draw for the australian open, but could he still be deported before start of play? and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel they re battling injuries, but mark wood says ben stokes and jonny bairstow are desperate to play for england in the final ashes test, which starts tomorrow. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson s future as prime minister remains in the balance, despite his apology for attending a drinks party during the first coronavirus lockdown in 2020. some senior conservatives are calling for him to resign. but members of the cabinet have rallied to his defence, after he said yesterday, he understood the ....
clout around as you can see on the recent satellite picture. plenty of winter sunshine around. and that continues for the rest of the afternoon. always more clout in the north of england and scotland. we do have some spots of light rain. single figures further south. tonight across england and wales are widespread frost and dense fog developing. further north it is going to be less cold as you can see. a widespread frost across the south. high pressure still with us into thursday. england and wales with very little wind and more of a westerly breeze for scotland and northern ireland. so again mainly dry. but further south we start cold and frosty with some fog patches that could be stubborn to clear through the day. when you get any sunshine and there will be quite a bit of it around tomorrow, six, 8 degrees. double figure values across northern scotland. the high keeping that very cold at bay. and we have high pressure bringing light went once again. so a repeat performance ....