a very warm welcome to the programme. i m sally bundock. we start here in the uk. allies of the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, have condemned the cabinet office for releasing details about possible covid lockdown breaches to scotland yard and thames valley police. lawyers preparing the government s case ahead of the public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic have sent the police information about meetings held at downing street and the prime minister s country retreat, chequers. the allegations have come to light during preparations for the covid public investigation. mrjohnson has replied to the allegations in a statement. his team says. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, has more details. there is no investigation. what has happened here is that the lawyer through borisjohnson lawyer through boris johnson cosmic ministerial diary from the time of the pandemic in the process of preparing evidence for a forthcoming public enquiry which will examine th
i paid the fine and i took the points. and the chelsea flower show starts in london its 110th year. with in london its 110th year. king charles including c1 paying with king charles including camilla paying a visit in the next hour. welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking stories welcome to the programme. three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we start in portugal, where officers investigating the disappearance of a young british girl 16 years ago are to begin searching a remote portuguese reservoir visited by the suspect christian brueckner. madeleine mccann was three years old when she vanished from her parents holiday apartment in praia da luz on the algarve in may 2007. kate and gerry mccann, from leicestershire, continue to hope that she is still alive. police have begun closing off roads leading to the man made arade dam ahead of the official start of the search. twenty p
and congressional republicans met again on capitol hill. the two sides have untiljune 1st, just over a weeks time, to come to an agreement on raising the govenrment s borrowing limit, or risk the us not being able to pay its bills. some analysts have warned a default could lead to huge job losses here in the us, a plunge on the stock markets, and even a global recession. in fact, stocks on wall street finished sharply lower at the close of trading on tuesday. despite this, optimism among leaders remains. white house press secretary karinejean pierre says a deal both sides can be pleased with is possible. negotiations are very hard, very difficult, both sides have to understand they won t get everything they want. we are trying to get a budget that is reasonable and bipartisan. that democrats and republicans in the house and senate will be able to vote on and agree on. this is the process, that s why we are moving in this way, to make sure it is bipartisan, but also reasonabl
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and one of britain s most successful cyclists, mark cavendish, announces he s to retire. 0n bbc london: warnings over mobile phone fraud how criminals are getting smarter at targeting victims in the capital to gain access to banking apps. good evening. police investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann are to carry out searches in a reservoir in portugal, according to local media reports. a large site is believed to have been sealed off, around 30 miles from where the toddler went missing in 2007. the search is expected to begin tomorrow. it s not the first time the reservoir has been searched. three year old madeleine was on holiday with her family in praia da luz in the algarve when she went missing and there has been a uk police investigation into her disappearance ever since. ellie price reports on the latest developments. 16 years after madeleine mccann disappeared, a new hunt for answers. local media reported this area was sealed off ahead of the search, expec