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UK weather: Brighter and drier conditions forecast by Met Office Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info According to the Met Office, things look to be settling down into the weekend as high pressure moves in from the southwest. Heading into next week, there’s still plenty of detail to be determined, as much depends on how the high-pressure system moves in the latter stages of the weekend. Related articles 'They want to destroy everything' Zelensky issues warning 'Is this what all fuss is about?' New Partygate photos mocked Although details are still somewhat uncertain, the most likely outlook for next week at present is a … [Read more...] about UK weather: Unsettled conditions for Brits as sunny spells threatened by wind and rain

The Met Police acted with "integrity" during its partygate investigation and officers made decisions "based on the facts and were proper", the force's acting commissioner has said. Sir Stephen House, giving evidence to the London Assembly's police and crime committee, defended the nearly four-month investigation into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. The investigation has come under criticism for only fining Boris Johnson once following the publication of the Sue Gray inquiry which revealed partying in Downing Street while COVID restrictions were in place. Challenged over why the prime minister did not receive a fine for attending a leaving party for his former communications director Lee Cain on 13 November 2020, Sir Stephen said he was "confident of the integrity of the decisions" taken. Photos of the gathering emerged two days before Ms Gray's full inquiry was published. Advertisement Sir Stephen said officers had "looked at … [Read more...] about Partygate: Met Police acted with ‘integrity’ over lockdown party inquiry and made decisions ‘based on facts’, says Met chief

The acting Metropolitan Police Commissioner has indicated that Boris Johnson escaped a fine for attending his former director of communications’ leaving party because police considered it a work event. Sir Stephen House said he had personally been involved in decisions over the partygate investigation and did not believe the Prime Minister breached the law numerous times. Appearing before the London Assembly police and crime committee, Sir Stephen insisted he was confident of the integrity of the investigation . Scotland Yard came under intense pressure to explain why Mr Johnson was not given a fixed penalty notice when photographs emerged showing him raising a toast at a gathering to mark the departure of Lee Cain, his former director of communications, on Nov 13 2020. The Metropolitan Police was also accused of lacking consistency over its decision to fine Mr Johnson for attending his surprise birthday party, but not for the five other gatherings he was at. At … [Read more...] about Met Police chief reveals why Boris Johnson avoided partygate fine for raising a toast in No 10

The Metropolitan Police acted with "integrity" during its partygate investigation and officers made decisions "based on the facts and were proper", the force's acting commissioner has said. Sir Stephen House, giving evidence to the London Assembly's police and crime committee, defended the nearly four-month investigation into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. The investigation has come under criticism for only fining Boris Johnson once , especially after the Sue Gray inquiry, published on Wednesday, revealed many instances of partying in Downing Street while COVID restrictions were in place. Challenged over why the prime minister did not receive a fine for attending a leaving party for his former communications director Lee Cain on 13 November 2020, during England's second national lockdown, Sir Stephen said he was "confident of the integrity of the decisions" taken. Photos of the gathering, with the PM toasting colleagues, emerged two days … [Read more...] about Partygate: Met Police acted with ‘integrity’ over lockdown party inquiry and made decisions ‘based on facts’, says head of force

Published 3 hours ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing There was "no clear evidence" that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had breached Covid-19 rules many times in Downing Street, the Metropolitan Police's acting chief has said. Sir Stephen House said the decisions made by officers investigating lockdown parties at No 10 were correct. The Met Police issued 126 fines to 83 people, including the prime minister. But the force has faced calls to explain why Mr Johnson did not receive fines for other events he attended. At one gathering on 13 November, 2020, Mr Johnson was pictured drinking with staff in Downing Street at a leaving do for the prime minister's former communications chief, Lee Cain. The Met Police has handed out fines for Covid breaches inside No 10 on this date but not to the prime minister. Mr Johnson, his wife Carrie, and Chancellor Rishi Sunak each … [Read more...] about No evidence Boris Johnson was serial Covid rule-breaker, Met Police chief says

Charles hails innovations to help tackle climate change Sign up for our news briefing, including a daily special Russia-Ukraine edition SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info While the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday still predicts some wet weather scattered across the country, Friday to Sunday will be mostly dry with some sunny spells. The Met Office has said only west Scotland will experience heavy showers today. Related articles Londoners panic as capital struck by huge lightning storm with HAIL UK storm warning: 150MPH jet stream to unleash 48 HOURS of rain They said: “Cloud and rain in the west moving eastwards, although becoming more showery by afternoon, with some eastern areas remaining … [Read more...] about UK weather: Relief for drenched Brits as thunderous showers to make way for weekend sun

Boris Johnson 'sleepwalking into the next disaster' says Walden Sign up for FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Will Walden, Boris Johnson's former communications chief, warned the Prime Minister that he will "sleepwalk into the next disaster" if he does not change his ways now. In what Sky News' Tamara Cohen summed up as an exercise in "character assassination", Mr Walden explained that the behaviour of Mr Johnson's staff would not have happened under previous Prime Ministers. The Partygate report, published by Sue Gray has exposed significant Government failings, the report exposed Tory MPs bad behaviour, some of which consisted of drinking, vomiting and abusing cleaners … [Read more...] about Boris’s ex aide erupts in ‘character assassination’ of PM as he warns ‘change’ needed now

Boris Johnson raises a glass of wine and toasts the departure of his director of communications. The glass of fizz (possibly champagne) is gripped in his right hand, a smile on the Prime Minister’s face as he and at least seven members of his Downing Street press team say their farewells to Lee Cain, his departing official spokesman who had fallen out with Mr Johnson’s young fiancee Carrie Symonds (now his wife). Yet eight days before this incriminating photograph was taken on November 13 2020, the Prime Minister had plunged England into a second national lockdown. Pubs were shut, travel banned and socialising indoors or even in back gardens prohibited. On the table in the photograph’s foreground appears prima facie evidence of what could only best be described as a party. There are two bottles of bubbly, four bottles of wine (two red and two white) and half a bottle of gin. Most of the booze has been drunk bar one bottle of unopened fizz, visible at the very edge of the picture. … [Read more...] about The incriminating new images of Boris Johnson that could put the fizz back into partygate

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Published 20 December 2021 comments Comments Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic Boris Johnson says a photo of him, his wife and 17 staff members in the Downing Street garden with bottles of wine and a cheeseboard shows "people at work". The Guardian, which published the image , said the gathering took place in May 2020, after a press conference held during the first lockdown. At the time, there were strict restrictions on mixing. No 10 said work meetings often took place outside during summer months. Asked about the image on Monday, Mr Johnson told reporters: "Those were people at work, talking about work." Pressed on whether it was acceptable for people to be drinking whilst working, he replied: "I have said what I have to say about that." Bereaved mum's anger at No 10 garden photo Which … [Read more...] about Downing Street garden photo shows people working, says Boris Johnson