thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives won t want to look in the mirror today. this is video footage of a gathering inside conservative hq in december 2020 when government restrictions said that only members of the same household and their support bubbles were allowed to socialise indoors. one of those in the video got an obe in borisjohnson s resignation honours list.
person not in your household outdoors, there was no such thing as support bubbles. this was being enforced by the police and the police to eating remember you are only allowed to meet up with one other person and ministers at conferences reminding us of that and while that was going on, people making sacrifices, not seeing people who are sick, grandparents not seeing grandchildren for months, we know there was a culture of parties at downing street and i think that is why it is damaging. does at downing street and i think that is why it is damaging. at downing street and i think that is why it is damaging. does it feel different to is why it is damaging. does it feel different to other is why it is damaging. does it feel different to other allegations? - is why it is damaging. does it feel| different to other allegations? the events last year were framed as work events last year were framed as work events and this is explicitly social. i events and this is explicitly social. ~ .,
fast forward to november 2020 sources have told the bbc that downing street staff members attended a gathering with carriejohnson in the flat where she and the prime minister live. a spokesman for mrsjohnson denies the party took place. at the time the rules did not allow for household mixing indoors, apart from support bubbles. 0n the 25th november, news of unplanned office drinks at the treasury. and the daily mirror revealed a leaving do was held for number ten aide cleo watson on november the 27th. the pm reportedly made a speech. then we head into the festive period. on 10th of december the department for education had an office gathering. then came a party for shaun bailey ? the conservative candidate for london mayor at the time. he s since resigned from chairing a london assembly committee. next a quiz in downing street before christmas hosted by the prime minister. the following day, the department for transport held its christmas party.
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Support bubbles were recently reviewed by the Government after calls to tighten restrictions even further during the UK’s third lockdown. Health Secretary Matt Hancock has since ruled out removing childcare and support bubbles during a recent Downing Street press briefing. Mr Hancock said: “I can rule out removing the bubbles that we have in place, the childcare bubbles and the support bubbles are very important and we are going to keep them.”