Police reconsider whether to probe Downing St Christmas quiz after new photo emerges

Downing Street insists the event was a “virtual quiz” and police had decided not to investigate it alongside 12 other events after being passed evidence from the Sue Gray inquiry into alleged lockdown breaches

Police will review the Christmas quiz (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Police are reviewing whether a Christmas quiz at 10 Downing Street may have breached coronavirus restrictions after a picture emerged showing Boris Johnson and colleagues near an open bottle of sparkling wine.

Scotland Yard said on Wednesday that officers were reconsidering their previous assessment that the event on December 15 2020 did not meet the threshold for criminal investigation after the new evidence emerged.