for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. cheering but as some tory mps rally around the prime minister tonight, we ll be trying to guage the level of threat to his premiereship. also tonight. england s plan b covid measures are being dropped completely. work from home ends today, face coverings are no longer required from the end of next week. inflation soars to its highest level in almost 30 years, driven by rising food prices and energy bills, and there are warnings of worse to come. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, after last night s drama, england prepare to face australia again in the final of netball s quad series at london s copperbox. good evening from downing street, on a dramatic day in westminster as the prime minister fights for his political life in the face of intense pressure over parties held here during lockdown. for the second week in a row, borisjohnson faced calls for his resignation at prime minister s questions, among them from
we have more people in employment land more employees on the payrolll now than there were before the pandemic began. - that is what my staff have been working on in downing street. i some mps are accusing borisjohnson of misleading parliament over lockdown parties in downing street. the leader of the scottish conservatives says the number of letters needed to oust the prime minister is near . 5a letters are needed to trigger a leadership vote. over the next half an hour, we ll look at how borisjohnson got to this point, his career so far and his future as prime minister. he s a successful politician. we ll look at what you need to do if he s to carry on. he needs to do. boris johnson s future tonight hangs in the hands of his own mps after days of public anger, over lockdown parties held in downing street. we heard another person calling for him to go. like many on these benches, i spent weeks and months defending the prime minister against often angry constituents. i r
in the name of god, go. cheering we ll have more on the day s events at westminster, and we ll be asking where they leave borisjohnson. also tonight. in england, working from home ends today and face coverings are no longer required from the end of next week. a sharp rise in the cost of living inflation soars to its highest level in almost 30 years. the uk sends anti tank missiles to ukraine, as moscow is urged to reflect on the risk of conflict as america warned russia it faces disaster if it invades. and a visit to bury in the north west of england to ask people what they think of their newly converted labour mp. and coming up in the sport, on the bbc news channel we ll have all the latest football news, including action from tonight s premier league games. good evening. we re live in downing street, where the prime minister borisjohnson is no doubt reflecting on a turbulent day. he s faced public calls from his own side for his resignation, and a defection from the
the world s most wanted cyber crime supects are living freely in russia. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. mps in the uk will today debate proposals to tighten the rules on second jobs for mps, as the row over sleaze continues. borisjohnson has set out plans to ban mps from working as paid consultants, while labour wants a ban on all second jobs. it follows weeks of mounting political pressure after the former tory mp owen paterson was found to have broken lobbying rules as a paid consultant. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. good morning, prime minister. the prime minister has a tough day of questioning ahead, as he tries to draw a line under the sleaze allegations which have dominated westminster for the last few weeks. yesterday, he announced he would support banning mps from working as paid political consultants, at the exact moment labour was holding a press conference calling for the same. labour is chalking the prime mi
in the wake of the first world war. the 1921 census is finally about to be published. hello. the weapon fired by actor alec baldwin on a film set in new mexico last week contained a live round that killed crew member halyna hutchins. the santa fe s county sheriff s office investigating the cinematographer s death said today they have recovered that bullet from the shoulder of directorjoel souza, who was also wounded. three weapons and 500 rounds of ammunition have also been recovered from the set, some of which the sheriff suspects are further live rounds. sophie long sent this report from santa fe. it is now nearly a week since 42 year old halyna hutchins was shot dead whilst she was doing herjob. this is believed to be the last photograph of her alive on the set of rust. she s in the blue coat and headphones. you can see alec baldwin beyond the camera. he was holding the gun that discharged the fatal shot and severely injured directorjoel souza. we believe that we have in o