restrictions are eased. and the new highway code rules designed to make the roads safer for cyclists. and coming up on the bbc news channel. an emotional alize cornet has knocked simona halep out of the australian open. cornet is through to her first grand slam quarter final at the 63rd attempt. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. borisjohnson has ordered an inquiry into claims by the tory mp nusrat ghani that her muslim faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020. ms ghani said she was told that her muslimness was raised as an issue. the conservative chief whip mark spencer said this weekend that she was referring to him, and that the claims were completely false. the inquiry into the affair comes as the senior civil servant sue gray is expected today to interview dominic cummings, borisjohnson s former chief aide, for her investigation into lockdown downing street parties, and the senior tory mp william wragg is due to see the police a
at downing street during lockdown. covid restrictions in scotland ease. nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are dropped. police in the us state of georgia say they re following several leads over the shooting which killed briton 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. scorching heat, enormous night time waves, sleep deprivation, and being trailed by sharks a british all women crew including a woman with incurable cancer conquer all that and break the world record for rowing across the atlantic. my my body has just realised that it has been growing for 42 days and so i m feeling a little broken! hello and welcome if you re watching in
the world record for rowing across the atlantic. borisjohnson has ordered a cabinet office inquiry into claims made by a muslim mp who says her faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020. nusrat ghani welcomed the inquiry, saying all she wanted was for the matter to be taken seriously. the government s chief whip, mark spencer, said ms ghani s allegation referred to him, but he said the claims were completely false. the new cabinet office inquiry comes at the beginning of what is likely to be a difficult week for the prime minister, with the expected publication of a report into parties on government premises that took place when coronavirus restrictions were in place. from westminster, here s ione wells. as one inquiry into parties here is about to draw to a close, another one is about to open. this time into claims made by the tory mp nusrat ghani, who s said this weekend that she had been told by a party whip that her muslimness was a reason she was
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
a former metropolitan police counter terrorism detective has been jailed for three years for secretly filming models during fake photoshoots. neil corbel pleaded guilty to 19 counts of voyeurism, committed in hotel rooms and rented accommodation across the uk. he used cameras in tissue boxes, phone chargers and in glasses to film women, as anna adams reports. they thought they d been booked for a modelling assignment but instead, dozens of women were secretly filmed by an off duty police officer while they were undressing. he called himself harrison and said he was a pilot but in fact, he was detective inspector neil corbel from the met. he covertly recorded 31 women between 2017 2020, and stored the images on his police laptop. corbel, who has now resigned from the met, admitted to 19 counts of voyeurism. he was sentenced to three years in jail. the judge said his actions had seriously undermined public trust in the police . he was tracked down by fellow officers after an