"Mr Cummings said a witness who told the Sunday Mirror they saw Mr Cummings on April 19 in County Durham was mistaken, and that he did not return to work after returning to No10 on April 14.Of the "inaccurate" claims, he claimed the media were “told they were wrong and reported them anyway”, despite No10 not responding before publication.Mr Cummings admitted: “People like me who helped make the rules should be accountable for their actions”But he denied breaking the rules, saying: "I did what I thought was the right thing to do." "We walked about 10-15 metres from the car to the river bank nearby. Ourexplains more about how we use your data, and your rights. The country has been in uproar since Friday evening over revelations that Downing Street senior aide Dominic Cummings and his wife drove 260 miles to his parents’ home in … The unprecedented statement in Downing Street's Rose Garden came as the top aide offered no apology for his 260-mile drive to Durham - and revealed he went back into No10 hours after contact with his sick wifeGet our daily coronavirus email newsletter with all the news you need to know direct to your inbox Dominic Cummings today admitted he went for a 30-mile drive on his wife's 45th birthday while recovering from suspected Boris Johnson's top aide made the comment in a bombshell 14-minute explanation of his actions during a press conference in the No10 rose garden.Mr Cummings offered no apology for driving 260 miles to his family's farm in Durham when his wife Mary's symptoms began on March 27.Instead he said he believed "I have behaved reasonably" - because he feared his child could not be cared for if they both fell ill.“No, I have not offered to resign," he declared. I wasn’t walking around," he insisted. "The visit - exposed on Friday night by the Mirror and the Guardian - took place days after Boris Johnson imposed a UK-wide lockdown on March 23.The PM announced people could only able to leave home for basic shopping, one exercise a day, a medical need or for work where necessary.He said: "That’s all - these are the only reasons you should leave your home. We thought 'let's whizz down the road and see how we feel'.
If Michael Gove, a former Secretary of State for Justice, is to be believed he and Cummings are both guilty of this offense. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove admitted that, in the past, he had committed similar driving offenses. “I have not considered it.”Mr Cummings revealed he went home to check on his wife when she fell ill on March 27 - Hours later, they and their young son drove 260 miles to Durham. He soon left in frustration at the introduction of what he saw as half-measures, labelling Duncan Smith "incompetent". "I wasn’t sightseeing. 10 Downing Street in central London on May 25, 2020, following allegations he and his family travelled from London to Durham, while the nation was under full-lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. A witness who saw him on April 12 in Barnard Castle, 30 miles away, The government had still not denied Mr Cummings made the Barnard Castle trip by 1pm today.Another witness claimed to have seen him in nearby Houghall Woods on April 19 - five days after he returned to Downing Street.Two Cabinet ministers, Grant Shapps and Gavin Williamson, claimed that trip did not happen.Education Secretary Mr Williamson told Sky News: "If he’s made it clear to the PM that he didn’t break the law, I absolutely believe that assurance.