the claims made against him. prince andrew has denied. uk covid infections the numbers are falling just under 3 million people had covid in the uk last week, but infections among schoolchildren are on the rise. russia carries out military exercises close to the ukrainian border as the us says it fears president putin could use force against ukraine within weeks. the ons will change the way it counts statistics for property after intervention by the food campaigner jack munroe and we will speak to jack munroe and we will speak to jackin jack munroe and we will speak to jack in the next hour so do stay with us for that. and the story of the little girl who vanished for days in australia more than half a century ago. finally answers about what happened to her. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has vowed to fight on amid more calls for him to resign as westminster waits for the publication of sue gray s highly anticipated report into parties in downin
sooner rather than later. i m vic d hello the other main news this evening. bradford council will no longer run its own children s services. it comes after the murder of 16 month old star hobson, who died after months of neglect, cruelty and injury despite family and friends contacting them on several occasions foreign secretary liz truss says she will be visiting ukraine next week as tension with russia grows there she warns an invasion from russia would be a massive strategic mistake. eight people are killed and many more are injured in a stampede at the africa cup of nations in cameroon. the metropolitan police are investigating the metropolitan police is investigating gatherings at number 10 and across government, to see if breaches of covid restrictions took place. the commisioner of britain s biggest force, cressida dick, confirmed that her officers are now looking into potential rule breaking, as a result of information provided by civil servants, who are also
token. it is a non fungible token and we will explain what that means. london s metropolitan police have launched an investigation into parties held in number ten during the pandemic. borisjohnson has welcomed this. he says he s willing to speak to detectives and hopes it will draw in december, boris johnson in december, borisjohnson addressed the christmas party in number ten. then a week later the prime minister said this. i have been repeatedly assured since these allegations emerged that there were no parties and that no covid i9 rules were broken and that is what i have been repeatedly assured. that same day 8 december the metropolitan police put out a statement. it read: based on the absence of evidence and in line with our policy not to investigate retrospective breaches of such regulations, the met will not commence an investigation at this time. that was then this is now. ican i can confirm that the met is investigating a number of events that happened in whi
am dizzy- 900th time this year. except i am dizzy- i 900th time this year. except i am dizzy. i really 900th time this year. except i am dizzy. i really am. - well, except i m dizzy, actually, i really am. i mean, presenting earlier on today, and it all took off, and all that hoo ha in the end about votes and motions and amendments and things, and in the end. i know, it s been another one of those days where it s felt quite significant butjust quite bamboozling. so i just wonder if we just sort of go through a timeline, just so we ve got it all straight in our own minds. so, on wednesday night, labour published their motion saying, here are four times we think borisjohnson misled parliament over partygate. let s refer him to this committee on privileges, which can investigate if he s held parliament in contempt as a result. but we won t do that until after the met police have finished issuing all theirfines and doing their investigation. then on wednesday night, w