of monkeypox are rising in the uk on a daily basis but the illness is usually mild. and it s kick off for the last round of premier league games. manchester city play aston villa, liverpool play wolves. good afternoon. the education secretary nadhim zahawi says he doesn t believe boris johnson s meeting with the senior civil servant preparing to publish the partygate report this week will have had any influence on what s in it. there is still confusion as to who called the meeting between the prime minister and sue gray said to have taken place last month. she s given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row doe
That s brighter, but there could be a few sharp showers, as we could see, interspersed with sunny spells across northern ireland and northern england, a little bit more cloud across western parts of england wales. but the lion s share of sunshine is further south and east. but even here we could see some patchy cloud coming in through this evening and overnight we could see some rain moving up from the south and the east. the rain stays with us in the north. so for one reason or other, it s going to be mild overnight, nine to 13 degrees celsius for the most part. but it does look like it ll be a brighter day across the north of scotland tomorrow. the far north keeps the rain, but it ll be showery here. and for northern ireland there s the risk of this rain coming into southern and eastern parts of the uk and there s some uncertainty as to how far north and west it will come. but certainly a lot of showers around it. it will be cooler tomorrow and breezier too. hello, this is bbc news w
Team investigating how widely rules were broken on boris johnson s watch. some argue it all should be published to show the public inquiry has done itsjob. sue gray makes that decision, sue gray has complete control over this. i ve not seen the report. she will publish that report. but you would welcome it? absolutely. it s the right thing to do. labour are leading calls for all evidence to be put out in the open. sir keir starmer is under police investigation himself for possibly breaking lockdown laws, but his supporters say it cannot be compared to what went on in whitehall. the statement he made the other week showed real integrity and leadership. he is a former director of public prosecutions, he takes adherence to the law extremely seriously and if you contrast that to the culture that has been exposed both by what the met has uncovered and what we re likely to see in sue gray s report, you see the culture
This is bbc news, i m lukwesa burak. the headlines at a:00. deadline day for the report into lockdown breaches in downing street those named have one more hour to respond, ahead of its long awaited publication this week. energy company, e.0n, is warning that unless the government intervenes the number of its customers in fuel poverty could reach 40% by the autumn. it s a very, very significant impact and that s why we ve called upon the government to take more action. we do know nned more intervention in october and it has the ukrainian government says it won t agree to a ceasefire with russia, that involves giving up territory in an apparent hardening of its position. a government medical adviser tells the bbc that cases
She s given civil servants she wants to name in her report until 5pm today to respond if they object. our political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. borisjohnson, the prime minister whose political fate could rest on the findings of a report by the senior civil servant sue gray. weeks ago, the two held a meeting who called it, what was discussed depends on who you ask. one cabinet minister says the row does not matter sue gray has complete control over her inquiry and the prime minister would never interfere. i do not know why they had that meeting. all i can say is i do not believe it is material to the outcome of the investigation. let me tell you why. the prime minister always said sue gray can take the report whenever the evidence takes her. sue gray is doing this independently. more than 500 photos have been gathered as evidence by sue gray s