depths of making a documentary that there is been a sprinkling of news about. a leaked e mail from may 20 from the prime minister s private secretary inviting people to bring your own booze event in the back garden. tuesday, chaos, wednesday, unprecedented extraordinary apology from a very contrite looking boris johnson in parliament. quite amazing. and then chaos. everyone is waiting for a c to just do however report into what actually happened. he was waiting for her, conservative mps who don t like boris johnson and want to do in, conservative mps used to support borisjohnson and don t any more and tonight as we are recording this episode the metropolitan police have said they will not be investigating any claims until she has finished her investigation so everyone is waiting for sue gray. everyone is waiting for sue gra . , ., , everyone is waiting for sue gra. , gray. everyone is carrying round shield gray. everyone is carrying round shield that - gray. everyone is car
we had so manyjunior doctors go off because they were turning positive and hospital waiting lists are now at record levels. i am worried, i m worried now because, you know, if if it er, breaks i mean it s a day out with er, jesus two years into the pandemic for the nhs the fight goes on. the nhs vs covid: the fight goes on university hospital coventry?| ve been filming here since before christmas? it s one of the midlands largest hospitals hello, good morning, everyone. this is the accident and emergency department. erm, very challenging position this morning, er, longest waiting patient. waiting 114 hours. they re a covid i9 contact so they need a side room. the hospital s started to get omicron cases, though it hasn t really hit coventry yet. but staff here are already trying to work out how to tackle the shortage of beds. anything else needing to escalate? there s four beds, three side rooms and no obs beds, making it really challenging. 0k. thank you. we ve got one me
i m stephen sackur. women are still fighting for equality all over the world. even in long established democracies like the uk, plenty of evidence suggests that from the workplace to the law courts, there is an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter? baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve you know, reformed certain areas of law and we ve seen women in many more positions of authority and
hour as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. women are still fighting for equality all over the world. even in long established democracies like the uk, plenty of evidence suggests that from the workplace to the law courts, there is an awful long way to go. my guest today, baroness helena kennedy, has been trying to loosen the grip of the patriarchy in the british legal system for five decades. is she winning the battles that really matter? baroness helena kennedy, welcome to hardtalk. nice to be here. it s great to have you. you have had a pretty extraordinary legal career spanning some five decades. yes, i know. you used to talk about a system that smelled of the patriarchy, a man s world. do you still see britain s legal system like that today? oh, yes. i mean, i think that we haven t yet managed to remove that power imbalance. it s still there. and, of course, a lot of work has been done and we ve, you know, reformed certain
we will have the latest and the saga gripping the world of sports. the australian open starts on monday but know that novak djokovic can still be deported before he plays. and of record high temperatures in australia. the weather forecast is think he could get even hotter. is it due to climate change? hello and thanks for joining us: buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew is returning his royal and military titles to queen elizabeth. he will no longer be referred to as his royal highness in any official capacity. it comes just a day after prince andrew s lawyers failed to persuade a judge in america to dismiss a civil lawsuit, accusing him of sexually abusing a teenager two decades ago. the duke of york has consistently denied the allegations. buckingham palace says he will continue not to carry out any public duties, and will defend the civil court case as a private citizen. here s our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. it was a day to take stock. for andrew