our political correspondentjonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the boris johnson, the prime borisjohnson, the prime minister his politicalfate could rest borisjohnson, the prime minister his political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago at the two held a meeting who called it and what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says it does not matter, sue gray has complete control over her inquiry and the prime minister would never interfere. i do inquiry and the prime minister would never interfere. never interfere. i do not know why the had never interfere. i do not know why they had that never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting all- never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting all i - never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting all i can - never interfere. i do not know whyl they had that mee
and it s half time for the last round of premier league games manchester city trail aston villa and liverpool equalise against wolves if it stays like that city will be champions. welcome to bbc news. in the last few minutes, a deadline has passed for civil servants who want to object to being named in sue gray s partygate report to respond a move which could delay publication. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondentjonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the prime m
territory, in an apparent hardening of its position. more than 300 scotrail services have been cancelled for the third sunday in a row it comes on the eve of major timetable cuts across the country. manchester city win the premier league title byjust one point. we will have all the latest in sportsday, coming up at 6:30pm. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the full report into gatherings in and around downing street while covid restrictions were in place is expected in the next few days with the senior civil servant sue gray set to publish herfindings. there was deadline earlier this afternoon for anyone due to be named in her report to lodge any objections and questions have been raised over the nature of a meeting she had with borisjohnson about the report a few weeks ago. ministers say she has full control over the details she releases. here s our political correspondentjonathan blake. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findin
and manchester city win the premier league title byjust one point. the deadline for downing street officials to object to being named in sue gray s report on lockdown parties has passed. the senior civil servant, who has led the investigation, is expected to publish her findings within days. this morning, the education secretary, nadhim zahawi, defended a meeting which took place last month between ms gray and borisjohnson insisting it would not have influenced the outcome of the inquiry. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry, and the prime minister would never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting. all i can say is, i do
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the polish president, andrzej duda, has been given a standing ovation in the ukrainian parliament after he delivered a passionate speech in support of ukraine. it s the first address in person by a foreign leader to the parliament in kyiv since the russian invasion began. president duda, who earlier met with ukraine s president zelenskiy, said that only ukraine has the right to decide its future. if ukraine is pushed to sacrifice even a centimetre of its territory, just to keep things calm, for economic reasons or political ambitions, it will be a huge blow, not only for the ukrainian nation, but for the entire western world, i have no doubt about that. at a press conference afterwards, president zelensky stressed again his request for ukraine tojoin the european union. the european commission will issue a report injune on whether to accept ukraine s application to become a candidate for membership. it is lik