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hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are broadcaster and psychotherapist lucy beresford and joe twyman, director of the polling organisation deltapoll. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the guardian says borisjohnson is facing the most perilous 48 hours of his premiership, with sue gray s report into downing street lockdown parties due to be published. the same story makes the front page of the telegraph, which reports that borisjohnson is facing mounting pressure to publish sue gray s report in full. the pm is in peril so says the i newspaper, which leads with the news that the police are to investigate the lockdown parties in number 10. the metro also leads with that investigation launched by the metropolitan police. it comes after the inquiry led by sue gray passed information to the force. according to the times, the pm now faces being interviewed by police either under caution or as a witness. the fi ....
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. h ....
of staff and the us special envoy to northern ireland. hello, and welcome. joe biden says he will talk to vladimir putin on friday, to try and persuade him to step back from conflict in ukraine. the united states is preparing to send 8,500 troops to eastern europe to bolster nato defences. on top of that, the administration has signalled it will retaliate by cutting energy exports to europe, should russia invade, and they will consider imposing santions on president putin himself. there will be enormous consequences if he were to go in and invade, as he could, the entire country. or a lot less than that, as well. for russia, not only in terms of economic consequences and clinical consequences, but enormous consequences, but enormous consequences worldwide if he were to move in with others forces, it would be the largest invasion since world war ii. it would change the world. move in with those forces. let me bring you up to speed with some the other development. in ....
you ve never heard of the remarkable achievements of mercedes gleitz will be celebrated today. she was a pioneer of open water swimming. good morning. a win for england in the cricket at long last in their second t20, as they hang on to beat west indies in barbados. other than some rain in the north and west of scotland, another dry and west of scotland, another dry and rather cloudy day for most. will there be any changes in the week ahead? details here on breakfast. good morning. it s monday, the 24th january. our main story. it s a pivotal week for the prime minister, as the government awaits the publication of a report into downing street parties. it comes as borisjohnson faces significant pressure amid claims of blackmail and islamophobia within his government. our political correspondent, damian grammaticus, reports. this is a decisive week for borisjohnson. the biggestjeopardy he faces is when the inquiry into downing street parties is published. reports of a staff c ....
and the lord has resigned over the handling of the scandal. over the and a special report into the accusations made against the boss of brewdog. he denies all the allegations. hello and welcome to bbc news. we begin tonight with further allegations made against boris johnson about social events in downing street during the first covid lockdown back in 2020, this time an event to celebrate his birthday. itv news reported this evening that on the 19th ofjune in 2020, 30 people, including staff members at downing street, gathered together in the cabinet room at number 10 to mark the premise to s birthday in a surprise event organised by his wife, carrie. downing street issued a statement saying another of staff who had been working that day gathered briefly after a meeting and the prime minister stayed for less than ten minutes. there is also talk of a second gathering, this time with family and friends in the evening in the prime minister s flat. those allegations have be ....