to be prime minister. borisjohnson is due to face mps in the commons this lunchtime, as backbenchers wait to decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in the prime minister s leadership. and i m annita mcveigh with the rest of the day s stories advisors from russia, ukraine, germany and france are meeting in paris this morning, as tensions continue to rise over fears of a russian invasion of ukraine. meanwhile, russia has reacted angrily to warnings of personal sanctions against mr putin saying the us and nato has flooded ukraine with weapons and western advisors. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that1 in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. and in northern ireland, proof of covid 19 status to enter bars, restaurants and cinemas will be scrapped later today as restrictions begin to ease. and also coming up this hour.. the siblings who have been separated while in the care system calls for a new law to keep th
in a stampede at the africa cup of nations in cameroon. no more covid tests for fully vaccinated people arriving in england and scotland they ll be scrapped next month. and climate change is threatening to destroy treasures buried in the uk. archaeologists warn britain s history is at risk. good morning and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson is facing renewed anger following another revelation about gatherings in downing street during lockdown. number 10 has admitted that, injune 2020, staff met in the cabinet room, where they were served cake to celebrate the prime minister s birthday. itv news reported that up to 30 people attended thejune 2020 event, sang happy birthday and were served cake. rules at the time 19june 2020 banned most indoor gatherings involving more than two people. the bbc has learned that sue gray, the senior civil servant compiling a report into gatherings on government premises during covid restrictions, already knew about the 19 june event. her fin
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
phil, we ll be talking a lot in the programme about the revolving door between journalism and politics. times radio havejust snapped up ruth davidson, the former scottish conservative leader. why are ex politicians so popular with you radio executives? any room for one more on boom radio? well, i think we. i actually started back in lbc when i was chief exec there in 200a. we invited tony blair to do a phone in and literally sit there and push the faders and take the calls. so i m probably to blame for all of this. now they re all at it, aren t they? i think we took the view and certainly the people that now run lbc have taken this to a fantastic level that actually it s great to have an unmediated opportunity for listeners to speak directly to politicians. it s great whatjournalists do, and journalists have got knowledge and detail to bring to the party, but it s great also to be able to have real people, unmediated, talking directly and getting the views of politicians.