#Coronavirus As far as I can make it out, there were three separate breaches of the guidance which Cummings himself helped develop:

(1) Cummings' wife reports herself ill, Cummings rushes back from work to his London home, before returning (!) to Downing Street
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(2a) Cummings feared both him and his wife becoming incapacitated - and allegedly had no access to closer childcare in London. He was also worried about media attention so decided to drive with wife and child to his parents' farm in Durham.

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(2b) In Durham, there are three separate properties inc one housing his 17yo niece who had agreed to care for Cummings' child, if required*

*Note: Cummings did not actually receive any childcare in Durham. His child spent one night at Durham hopt

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(3) Cummings drove 30 miles along mainly windy country roads to Barnard Castle with his wife and child. This was allegedly to test his eye sight and general health ahead of the long drive back to London.

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NB: It is still not clear to me just how much, until today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson knew any of the above - and, whatever he did know, at which point he knew it.

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NB: If I *have* got anything wrong in this thread, it is because the various statements and Q&A responses from Mr Cummings and Mr Johnson, over the last 48 hours, have been as clear as mud.

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