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The Brit Awards 2022 – Follow live as Britain’s brightest stars battle it out for the biggest prizes – And Adele is back on home soil!

Read Sue Gray’s conclusion – the report into the No 10 parties has not yet been published but instead a 15-page conslusion.

The initial findings of Sue Gray’s report into parties at Downing Street has just dropped, saying there were “failures of leadership and judgment” in No 10 and the Cabinet Office.

After weeks of anticipation, a report outlining the initial findings of Sue Gray’s inquiry into lockdown parties in Downing Street has been published.

BBC News says In his final question, Starmer says we have the “shameful” spectacle of the prime minister of the UK being subject to a police investigation.

The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer says the partygate saga is “all happening when petrol prices, the weekly shop and energy bills are going through the roof”

Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson “went into hiding for five days because of these allegations (of lockdown parties)”.

Starmer says we have the spectacle of a PM under police investigation. And as the cabinet refuse to speak out, they become more complicit.

BBC News says Sir Keir Starmer says that on 1 December the PM told the House all policies were followed in No 10 and points to another comment in the Commons.

BBC says In his first question to PM, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer points to the ministerial code, which says ministers must resign if they knowingly mislead Parliament.

Wednesday’s PMQs – Partygate, Sue Gray and the PM

Expectations are building that France may imminently announce it is lifting the blanket ban on British travellers.

Boris Johnson has admitted he attended a drinks party at No 10 during the first lockdown, saying he was there for 25 minutes.

A major incident has been declared in Salisbury after two trains collided and left many injured but no deaths.

Conservative MP stabbed in Essex – Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed by a man at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said…

Beirut – undeclared truce  A relative calm had been restored. “The guns have fallen silent and it seems there is an undeclared truce after four…

UN’s Joanna Wroneca calls for ‘restraint’ UN special coordinator for Lebanon, Joanna Wronecka calls for maximum restraint.  “At this juncture, it is critical to show…

Beirut ‘war zone’ – ‘Most serious and intense battle in years’  Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr, reporting from Beirut, says the city’s streets look like a…

Statement on Beirut – ‘shots in the head with live ammunition’ Following a meeting with heads of security agencies, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has said…

VIDEO – Lebanon – Gunfire in Beirut near protest, at least 6 dead – many injured

Lebanon children trapped due to clashes – AlJazeera

Attempts to evacuate residents caught in crossfire – reports The civil defence forces are trying to help evacuate residents caught in the crossfire according to…

Developing Story – Lebanon live — Gunfire in Beirut, at least 6 dead

The Daily Express says the clockwise M25 is down to one lane between J5 and J4.