as the take up rate drops to its lowest level, in a decade. officers at the met police exchanged highly offensive racist, sexist and homophobic messages, claiming it was just banter according to a highly critical report from the police watchdog. and, a southern koala, born not in australia, but england, as part of a major conservation drive. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the deputy prime minister, dominic raab, says conservative mps still overwhelmingly support borisjohnson, following the release of the initial findings, of the report into lockdown parties in downing st. sue gray s inquiry, concluded there d been a failure of leadership. but the tory mp andrew mitchell warned the crisis risked breaking the conservative party. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has accused borisjohnson, of trying to save his own skin, and taking the public for fools , in his defence of his own actions, in relation to alleged breaches of covid rules. with the latest, her