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Downing Street party row exposes rift between Tories in Scotland and England
The fallout from the Downing Street party row is causing an ever-widening rift between Conservatives North and South of the border.


Inside the military-style training camp for anti-vaxxers
A new group, that appears to have been founded last month, has started organising military style training sessions around the country via a messaging app. 


‘Chemical cocktail’ in England’s polluted rivers putting public and wildlife at risk, say MPs
A chemical cocktail of sewage, agricultural waste, and plastic is polluting the rivers of England.


MI5 accuses ‘Chinese agent’ of trying to influence politicians
Today MI5 accused Chinese lawyer Christine Lee of attempting to covertly influence British politics to the benefit of the Chinese Communist Party. 


Covid: Inside NHS hospital under pressure
The government is reducing the time people in England will have to isolate if they get Covid from six to five full days, but only if they test negative from day five.


Boris Johnson ‘desperately sorry and upset’ over Partygate, says culture secretary
We spoke to Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary and a strong supporter of the prime minister. 


Partygate row: Pressure mounts on Boris Johnson, as PM self-isolates in Downing Street
Some of the cabinet took rather a while to voice their support after his grovelling apology in the Commons yesterday.


What next for Prince Andrew?
The Royal Family was in Windsor today, where Anja Popp joined us from.


Prince Andrew stripped of military roles and royal patronages
The Royal Family will do all it can to isolate itself from the failure of Prince Andrew's lawyers to halt the court case against him in the US.


Prince Andrew fails to stop US sexual abuse civil case brought by Virginia Giuffre
Prince Andrew has long denied accusations he sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre when she was 17, and had tried to use a settlement she reached years ago with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to stop a civil case before it started. 


Can Boris Johnson remain PM after Downing Street party apology?
We visited Bury St Edmunds to gauge the strength, or fragility, of that support.


Covid: Tens of thousands of fines issued for lockdown breaches
Boris Johnson has apologised for his attendance at a Downing Street garden party during the first lockdown.


Boris Johnson apology ‘meant absolutely nothing’, says daughter of keyworker who died from Covid
In Prime Minister's Questions, the leader of the opposition highlighted the case of Hannah Brady. Her father Shaun died after contracting Covid at the age of just 55. 


Government benefit rise will not ease cost of living crisis, says IFS
Amid the many warnings over the looming cost of living crunch, it's those on the lowest incomes who will be hardest hit. 


‘No prospect’ of Prince Andrew appearing in court, says royal commentator
Royal commentator Peter Hunt spoke to us from London.



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