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Durham police investigating, Dominic Cummings moving His Family to Durham in lockdown. They found that, to check if he drove then to Barnard Castle , his eyes light, "it would have been a small violation" of The Law .

Mr. Cummings has, he claims acted reasonably and legally in the whole episode.

1. Why has Dominic Cummings drive His Family 25 miles to Barnard Castle ?

Mr. Cummings went with His Family to Durham, to stay with the farm on the evening of the 27 of his father. In March, after his wife suspected ill, and that he might soon be sick. The Next day, he developed a coronavirus symptoms and was self-isolating.

12. April, Mr Cummings was cleared to return to work and The Trip wanted to go Back To London. He decided to go for a drive, to see if he can drive safely.

"My Wife was very worried, especially since my eyes seemed to have light, were affected by the disease. You didn't want to risk, an almost 300-mile journey with the child of their own given how sick I had been. "

He explained that after the Parking lot on The Outskirts of Barnard Castle in the city, he felt sick and The Family went "about 10-15m" and sat on the Bank of The River for about 15 Minutes .

Barnard Castle sits on a high rock above the River Tees

Durham police have now investigated and said that if an officer had ceased, Mr. Cummings, on The Way to or from the city, he would have said, returning to his father's property. If he had agreed, no further action had been taken.

The Police are of the view that there is a small violation of the rules could, because Mr. Cummings in maintaining social distancing, More Than 2m away from everyone.

According to Adam King , a senior criminal barrister at the MILLENNIUM Hollis Whiteman, "the use of The Word 'perhaps' makes it clear that it is not The Police the ultimate decision to determine whether or not to have, a reasonable excuse for the courts. "

"However, if The Police was of the view that there is a reasonable excuse, you would expect them to, as they do in relation to the journey to Durham," he Says .

Many people have asked if it was dangerous to test his ability with woman and child in The Car and said it was a violation of the traffic rules and driving laws. Others have pointed out, that he found his wife's birthday.

Minister Michael Gove earlier in The Trip , defended with the words, it was "in accordance with the guidelines". He also referred to a reason that Mr. Cummings does not in his Press Conference .

"It is the guide that you could go to was part of the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), the time, the exercise said as well," Mr Gove.

But the NPCC guidelines referred to by Mr Gove - that was not publicly said in mid-April - "travel for a longer period of time with only short exercise" was likely to be reasonable.

2. The first move to Durham was a violation of the policy, if not The Law ? to stay

If Mr Cummings and His Family took originally to Durham in a cottage on the Family Farm , The Police were of the view that The Law is broken.

"Durham Constabulary does not consider, that by the arrangement even in the case of his father the space, Mr. Cummings is a criminal offence committed, contrary to rule 6 of the protection of health (Coronavirus, restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020. "

The block has been reinforced by both The Law and various sets of government policies. The Police only deal with The Law .

The Says : "During The Emergency , no person can leave The Place where you live, without a reasonable excuse. "The act gives examples of reasonable excuses, such as provision of the needs, movement, medical necessity and trips to work. But The List is not complete, which means that it is reasonable not may be, excuses that are on it.

There is not lockdown "rules" that are in the guidelines but in The Law .

If Mr. Cummings went with His Family to Durham, he suspected, his wife had to isolate the coronavirus, and the whole family and himself, according to the guidelines.

But He Said he was afraid of him and his wife unable to work and unable to look after their four-year-old. He cited a section in the guidance, Says : "We Are aware that not all of these measures will be possible if you live with children, but you can follow this guide to The Best of your ability. "

3. Should have driven Mr. Cummings, to get to a hospital, his wife and his child, while he was sick, with Covid-19 symptoms?

At the 2. April, Mr Cummings' son was in The Hospital in an ambulance after he "threw and had a bad fever".

The Next day, his son "recovered had and seemed to be Back To normal" and Mr. Cummings said he drove to get to The Hospital , of His Family , "there were no taxis".

The Night before Mr Cummings was so sick, he "could barely stand up yet," He Said , and his wife, The Spectator 's piece described how he had a High Fever and muscle cramps in the legs for 10 days.

he had the coronavirus symptoms such as fever, Mr Cummings was the isolate. On this car trip, Mr Cummings said he did not Get Out or have contact with any stranger.

But there were other forms of transportation available?

There were taxi companies that are taking the patient home from The Hospital in Durham at this point. However, the government told itself-the Isolation of people: "do not use Public Transport or taxis. "

But in March and April, The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) policy to provide transportation for patients leaving The Hospital with a suspected Covid-19 but without confirmed results.

Mr. Cummings confirmed that his son was tested, after leaving The Hospital , but received a negative result only "a few days later". So an ambulance would have taken it home with you.

A spokesman for Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, which runs nine hospitals and two accident and emergency units in the Region, told The Bbc , "I can arrange ambulance North East Ambulance Service" at the beginning of April.

4. Dominic Cummings return to work on April 27. March, when there is a suspicion that his wife could have coronavirus?

Mr. Cummings to see running out of 10 Downing Street on April 27. His wife, Mary Wakefield , in an article for The Spectator magazine with The Virus , wrote: "My husband wanted to take care of rush home to me. "

In his Press Conference in the Downing Street Rose Garden , Mr Cummings said his wife was feeling a little better after a couple of hours. "There were a lot of important things at work, and she urged me back in the afternoon, and I did. "

Public Health England (PHE) guidelines, released on 12 March, explained that, together with the infected Person "all the other members of the household must remain to stay home and not leave The House for 14 days".

Mr. Cummings returned Home Again in the evening and spoke with his wife.

"she was sick. You might not have, Covid, although you have a cough or a fever. "

5. Why has Dominic Cummings to say that he had written, about The Threat of corona virus in the Last Year ?

In his prepared statement at the Press Conference , Mr Cummings said: "for years I have warned of the dangers of pandemics. Last Year I wrote about the possible threat of the corona virus and the urgent need for planning. "

journalists quickly found a blog by the Advisor from Last Year mentioned that SARS only once. But it was soon found, by a little, that the blog contain have been processed by the coronavirus reference this year, The Day , Mr. Cummings Back To work, from Durham. When originally published, contained only a link to another article.

Mr. Cummings has not revealed this to you, why he he did of The Edit if it is.

Additional reporting by Oliver Barnes , Chris Morris and Tom Edgington

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Source of news: bbc.com