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matthew wilson his sister has paid tribute to him. the outpouring of love that has come from everyone who knew him around the world has been a real sign of what a wonderful person he was but he truly was a joy to be around. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four year old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming up this hour. the first british woman to swim the channel. mercedes gleitze set a series of records for endurance swimming in the 1920 and 30s we ll speak to the director of a new film about her exploits. there is growing pressure on the prime minister this week after a series of damaging allegations about the conservative party and his leadership. this morning, number ten has announced that there will be a cabinet office inquiry into claims from conservative mp nus ghani she was sacked as a minister partly because of her muslim faith. in the last hour, ms ghani has tweeted saying all she wants is for this to be taken serio ....
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 ....
at downing street during lockdown. covid restrictions in scotland ease. nightclubs can reopen, and limits on indoor socialising are dropped. police in the us state of georgia say they re following several leads over the shooting which killed briton matthew wilson. his sister has paid tribute to him. the outpouring of love that has come from everyone who knew him around the world has been a real sign of what a wonderful person he was but he truly was a joy to be around. an australian man pleads guilty to abducting four year old cleo smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. also coming up this hour. scorching heat, enormous night time waves, sleep deprivation, and being trailed by sharks a british all women crew including a woman with incurable cancer conquer all that and break the world record for rowing across the atlantic. my my body has just realised that it has been growing for 42 days and so i m feeling a little broken! hello and welcome if you re watchi ....
able to see her grandchildren again. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it s very good to have your company today. we begin this half hour with the situation in ukraine. the us has delivered its first shipment of military aid to ukraine made up of what it says are ninety tonnes of lethal aid two words which seldom go together. it comes after high level talks between the us and russia on friday, over the tensions in ukraine with tens of thousands of russian troops currently camped near the ukrainian borders. washington has warned of unspecified consequences if moscow invades something the russians say they have no intention of doing. with the latest here s mark lobel. the threat of conflict persists. as president putin continues his apparent drive for a new post cold war settlement. ukraine is proving the biggest foreign policy test for president biden since us troops left afghanistan. he s left the white house for camp david ....
to blackmail some mps seeking to oust borisjohnson is to meet the police to discuss his allegations. william wragg said he d be speaking to a scotland yard detective in the commons early next week. the prime minister has said he s seen no evidence to support the claims but mr wragg said he wanted any inquiry to be carried out by experts . our political correspondent helen catt reports. some of the methods used to persuade mps to follow their party line have always been a bit murky. these extraordinarily public allegations levelled at the government and its whips are serious. that some conservative mps suspected of wanting borisjohnson out have been on the end of attempts to intimidate them, with embarrassing stories in them, with embarrassing stories in the press and threats to take away public money from their constituencies.- public money from their constituencies. ., ., ., constituencies. the intimidation of a member of constituencies. the intimidation of a memb ....