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The CCTV camera that recorded the footage from Matt Hancock’s office that ended his career as health secretary may have been tampered with to stitch him up, Joe Murphy reports in the Evening Standard. Murphy says:

The camera was originally installed to point towards a glass door and balcony with sweeping views outside his ministerial office, which was considered a security weak point. But somebody turned it around so that it pointed instead to the internal doorway where Mr Hancock was caught kissing and fondling his aide Gina Coladangelo.

An internal investigation is seeking to discover if the camera was moved accidentally during renovations or whether it was repositioned by the leaker to spy on the couple. Insiders are convinced that it was done deliberately.

Weekly registrations of deaths involving Covid-19 in Wales have dropped to zero for the first time since the pandemic began, PA Media reports. PA says:

None of the 573 deaths registered in Wales in the week ending 18 June mentioned Covid-19 on the death certificate, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The last time this happened was in the week ending 13 March 2020.

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