matthew wilson his sister has paid tribute to him. the outpouring of love that has come from everyone who knew him around the world has been a real sign of what a wonderful person he was but he truly was a joy to be around. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four year old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming up this hour. the first british woman to swim the channel. mercedes gleitze set a series of records for endurance swimming in the 1920 and 30s we ll speak to the director of a new film about her exploits. there is growing pressure on the prime minister this week after a series of damaging allegations about the conservative party and his leadership. this morning, number ten has announced that there will be a cabinet office inquiry into claims from conservative mp nus ghani she was sacked as a minister partly because of her muslim faith. in the last hour, ms ghani has tweeted saying all she wants is for this to be taken seriously ,
support for the government programme on covid because it looks quite normal but no one knows the answer to the big question, how long will it go on for? a moment of british skiing history. from the dry slopes of lancashire to the mountains of austria, dave ryding wins britain s first ever alpine skiing world cup gold medal. good morning. a quiet one out there. high pressure still with us and that means a lot of dry weather. a lot of cloud making it feeljust a little bit colder with the winds strengthening into the far north west of scotland later on. all the details coming up shortly. it s sunday the 23rd of january. our main story: the foreign office says it s uncovered a plot by moscow to install a pro russian leader in ukraine, amid increasing tension over a possible invasion. the kremlin has sent tens of thousands of troops to the ukrainian border in recent months. moscow has accused the uk of spreading disinformation . our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. am
good afternoon. a conservative backbencher who has accused government whips of trying to blackmail some mps seeking to oust borisjohnson is to meet the police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he d be speaking to a scotland yard detective in the commons early next week. the prime minister has said he s seen no evidence to support the claims but mr wragg said he wanted any inquiry to be carried out by experts . our political correspondent helen catt reports. some of the methods used to persuade mps to follow their party line have always been a bit murky. these extraordinarily public allegations levelled at the government and its whips are serious. that some conservative mps suspected of wanting borisjohnson out have been on the end of attempts to intimidate them with embarrassing stories in the press and threats to take away public money from their constituencies. the intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. moreover, the reports of which i a
now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. saturday may have been a dry day for most of us but there was a lot of cloud to contend with. we will keep large amounts of cloud in the sky as we go through tonight. where there are some breaks in that cloud, they could fill in with some mist and fog patches down towards the south where the winds are light. this is also where we ll see the lowest temperatures. in the cities, plymouth, cardiff down to freezing, some places in the countryside, if you have clear spells, could be down to 3 or a. milder further north where we have the brisk south westerly wind. that continues into tomorrow. 0dd spot of drizzle for high ground in north west scotland. a lot of cloud generally, lots of dry weather, some sunny spells, maybe wales in the south west. light winds in the south, brisk winds in the north. temperatures in a range between 5 9, maybe up to 10 in sheltered spots in northern scotland. as we look further ahead, we will see