for all the good you have done. in the name of god, go. cheering but as some tory mps rally around the prime minister tonight, we ll be trying to guage the level of threat to his premiereship. also tonight. england s plan b covid measures are being dropped completely. work from home ends today, face coverings are no longer required from the end of next week. inflation soars to its highest level in almost 30 years, driven by rising food prices and energy bills, and there are warnings of worse to come. coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, after last night s drama, england prepare to face australia again in the final of netball s quad series at london s copperbox. good evening from downing street, on a dramatic day in westminster as the prime minister fights for his political life in the face of intense pressure over parties held here during lockdown. for the second week in a row, borisjohnson faced calls for his resignation at prime minister s questions, among them from
the prime minister meets retailers and farmers to work out how to boost production and lower prices. we are live in the newly crowned world surfing reserve of north devon, but elements of surfing are not as wild and natural as you might think. we have been investigating. is it the end of the line for leicester? after defeat to liverpool the former premier league champions look destined for the championship with just two games remaining to save their season. and good morning, quite a cool, fresh start to the day to day but plenty of sunshine in the forecast. still a few showers in scotland, northern ireland, northern and eastern england. all of the details here. it s tuesday the 15th may. a british businessman, whose foreign companies were at the centre of an international money laundering investigation, has been revealed as a major donor to the conservative party, by the bbc. javad marandi has donated more than £750,000 pounds to the party. he isn t subject to criminal actio
you are watching the context. now it s time for europe votes 202a. elections in the uk, elections in the european union. two weeks today, 400 million people across europe will vote to elect their representatives to the european parliament. they will choose 720 politicians from 27 countries in what many people consider the most pivotal vote the european union has staged since members were first elected in 1979. and by the end ofjuly, there will be new parliaments in both the eu and uk, with implications for both sides, for those negotiations post brexit, and in a whole range of areas. most notably security, migration and trade. now, for those who don t follow politics in brussels, you should know there are the institutions involved in the legislative process. there is the european commission, that shapes policy, the parliament, directly elected, that debates and vote on those bills, and the council of european leaders, that have an equal say in what is adopted. and at the to