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learning to read at the age of 51. it may be a little bit grey and damp for some this morning, but there is a good deal of sunshine on the way as we go into the second half of the afternoon. good morning. it s thursday, the 27th of january. prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who has accused him of sexual assaulting her when she was 17. the prince denies her claims, and his lawyers have lodged papers with the us court, which set out several reasons why they say the allegations are false. these include a denial that andrew was a close friend of ghislaine maxwell, at whose house some of the alleged abuse took place. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence, a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made by virginia giuffre, and an assertion in respect of others that andrew lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny what s been ....
the cabinet office inquiry into lockdown parties at downing street could be published as early as this afternoon, with several mps saying they will then decide whether to submit votes of no confidence in the prime minister s leadership. foreign office emails leaked by a whistle blower appear to show the prime minister did approve the evacuation of animals from afghanistan in august. mrjohnson denied this at the time. i ll be bringing you all the latest developments as they happen. and i m martine croxall with the rest of the day s stories. one of the uk s biggest covid studies reveals two thirds of people recently infected with omicron say they have had the virus before. pcr tests of about 100,000 volunteers in the react study also showed that one in 23 people had covid in the first three weeks of january. as russia maintains its huge military presence on its borders with ukraine, talks take place in paris to try to defuse tensions. i m ben brown live in downing street. ....
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 ....
most places dry stop frost and fog. goodbye for now. hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: some conservative mps say they re being inundated with complaints from angry constituents, as more details emerge about lockdown parties in downing street. the leader of the opposition says the prime minister has lost his moral authority, and has to go. we are witnessing every day the broken spectacle of a prime minister mired in deceit and deception and unable to lead. novak djokovic has been detained in australia for a second time, ahead of a court hearing to decide whether the unvaccinated tennis star can stay in the country for the australian open. tsunami waves have hit the island nation of tonga after a huge underwater volcanic eruption, which sent shockwaves across the south pacific. washington and kyiv accuse russia of preparing to carry out false sabotage operations to create a pretext for an invasion of ukraine. the kremlin denies the claims ....
welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. women are still fighting for equality all over the world. even in long established democracies like the uk, plenty of evidence suggests that from the workplace to the law courts, there is an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter? baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve, you know, reformed certain areas of law and we ve seen women in many mor ....