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correspondent and deputy news editor at the la times. polly toynbee is a veteran columnist on the left of centre guardian newspaper. and simonjack, the bbc s business editor, is here in the studio. good to see you, simon, and good to have you bothjoining us from parts around the uk while we maintain all our social distancing forjust that little bit longer, as a result of what s happening at the moment. let s begin in downing street, who have been having a week they d rather forget. three things may explain why. a newspaper published a photo of a christmas party last year held in the basement of borisjohson s party headquarters, at a time when all such activities were against the law. the uk s leading civil servant, the cabinet secretary, was investigating gatherings inside downing street, one of them in the prime minister s own flat at least he was. it turns out his office organised what it called a christmas party, too. on tuesday, the imposition of covid vaccine c ....
the first deaf contestant to win strictly. wickets for england as they look to stay in with a chance against australia. steve smith goes early for the aussies in the second ashes test, but england are still well behind in adelaide. good morning. it is a cold start to the day out there and we ve got some mist and some dense fog patches around as well. some places will see around as well. some places will see a bit of sunshine later on. i ll have all the details here on bbc breakfast. it is sunday 19 december. our main story: the brexit minister, lord frost, has resigned because of his concerns about the current direction of the government, including its approach to tax and to covid restrictions. it is another setback for borisjohnson after by election defeat in north shropshire and a conservative rebellion over plan b covid measues. here is our political correspondent damian grammaticas. lord frost s resignation is without doubt another blow to boris johnson, delivered r ....
it is time to be cautious about social interactions and refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions before christmas, in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. there are no guarantees in this pandemic. i think at this point we have to keep everything under review. labour has called on the government to set out a clear plan for covid restrictions over christmas and into the new year. germany bans british travellers, and the netherlands goes into full lockdown, as europe ramps up its fight against the spread of omicron. the uk s brexit minister lord frost resigns citing concerns about what he called the government s direction of travel . the cold weather and the increasing spread of coronavirus means that homeless people across the uk, and those helping them, are facing a challenging winter. in scotland, a new law could be introduced requiring public organisations to identify those at risk of becoming homeless and refer them for support. emma snow has be ....
their case as the british socialite says she will not testify in the sex trafficking case. she denies all wrongdoing. the united nations again warns that all sides in ethiopia s civil war are committing severe human rights violations more than a year after the conflict began. here in britain a crushing by election defeat has dealt another blow to the authority of the prime minister, borisjohnson. his conservative party lost a seat it had held for almost two hundred years. the result comes in the middle of a turbulent period for mrjohnson, whose party and government have been plagued with allegations of corruption and breaking covid rules by holding christmas parties during lockdown. on friday night the country s top civil servant, the cabinet secretary simon case, stepped aside from leading the inquiry into those parties, after it emerged an event had been held in his own office. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, reports. two, one. cheering. they might not do ....
and hotels and restaurants are reporting cancellations at what is normally one of the busiest times of the year. danny savage reports from leeds. merry christmas! the other area is credited with merry christmas! the other area is credited with saving merry christmas! the other area is credited with saving this - is credited with saving this business from covid. they say they affirm about cancellations. ~ , ., cancellations. we sent an e-mail on cancellations. we sent an e-mail on tuesday - cancellations. we sent an e-mail on tuesday to - cancellations. we sent an - e-mail on tuesday to everyone e mail on tuesday to everyone who had booked in december and told them you will be charged if you don t let us know, let us know limit of the circumstances and we had 150 councils but we had 6000 bookings so 150 is not that bad. , . ., , bookings so 150 is not that bad. , ., ., , bad. pub landlords call this mad friday bad. pub landlords call this mad friday such bad. p ....