A man has been rushed to hospital with head injuries after a ‘targeted’ machete attack on a street in Lanark.
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Another damming new Partygate scandal photograph has emerged of a No 10 leaving do with a table inside shown to be littered with bottles of booze.
Downing Street is facing yet more questions after the new picture appeared to show yet another boozy lockdown session to mark the last press briefing held by senior aide James Slack on November 17, 2020.
The Daily Mirror has obtained an image which shows bottles of fizz, wine and donuts on a table - at a time when social gatherings indoors were banned between people from different households as Covid cases were again soaring.
According to sources, the event was attended by 30 to 40 staff. However, it's not believed the leaving do has been investigated by Sue Gray in her Partygate probe or by the Metropolitan Police.
Downing Street staff held the event after the last virtual lobby briefing conducted by Boris Johnson's official spokesman James Slack.
The top aide had been promoted by the Prime Minister days earlier to take over from Lee Cain, whose own leaving bash attracted fines, as his director of communications.
Mr Slack became embroiled in the Partygate scandal earlier this year after it emerged that dozens of Downing Street staff partied into the early hours at his leaving do on the eve of Prince Phillip's funeral in April 2021.
The new photograph shows a No 10 official setting out bottles of prosecco, champagne and wine on a table with Krispy Kreme donuts and other sweet snacks.
It was sent round Downing Street aides at on a WhatsApp group in response to a message from a senior aide who wrote at 6.45pm: "Time to open the Covid secure bar".
Minutes later the picture was posted on the group with the message: "The bar is open".
Earlier in the afternoon, No 10 officials exchanged
A man has been rushed to hospital with head injuries after a ‘targeted’ machete attack on a street in Lanark.
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the Prime Minister after photos appearing to show him raising a glass at an alleged Downing Street party during the second coronavirus lockdown emerged.
Douglas Ross has called on Boris Johnson to “explain himself” for pictures showing him drinking at an illegal lockdown party in Downing Street.
A picture of Prime Minister Boris Johnson has emerged showing him raising a glass at a Downing Street party during the second coronavirus lockdown.