Huw Edwards fires back at criticism amid calls for BBC to be 'defunded'

I thought, ‘I’m onto something here’. From then, we just focused on weddings and the business grew and grew and grew.The business is now financially secure due to the wedding income - I have over 50 staff and we hold over 100 weddings a year. We’ve got bookings right up to 2024. Obviously we were affected by Covid.

Strictly Come Dancing's former professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff has explained her comments on President Vladimir Putin during the ongoing Ukraine invasion after receiving a huge backlash. The ballroom star, 44, had shared a series of tweets that some of her fans and followers had labelled "insensitive" following the crisis.

Jimmy Carr broke cover this week as the storm of controversy surrounding his Holocaust joke continues to mount. The 8 Out Of 10 Cats comedian was spotted emerging from his London home alone on Tuesday evening. Appearing ready for business, Carr looked smart in a light blue blazer with a dark shirt and trousers. The TV star then hopped into a waiting car where he seemed to be more relaxed and removed his jacket. It’s the first time the 49-year-old has been seen pictured outrage erupted over a joke in his Netflix special His Dark Material, which was released in December. In the stand-up show, Carr says people ‘never mention the thousands of Gypsies that were killed by the Nazis’ in the Holocaust, because ‘no one ever wants to talk about the positives’. He has since faced severe backlash from Traveller and Roma charities, anti-fascist organisations and even several MPs including Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Earlier this week, it was revealed that a petition urging Netflix to remove the joke from the special had been signed over 14,000 times. The charity The Traveller Movement, which started the petition, described the gag as ‘nothing short of a celebration of genocide’.It goes on: ‘Hundreds of thousands of Gypsies, Roma, and Traveller people were killed in the Holocaust.

A billionaire Tory donor has declared Boris Johnson has “passed the point of no return” and suspend his support of the party.

coronavirus dominated the past two years of our lives, many hoped that 2022 would bring more positivity, a fresh start, and the beginning of a new era as we adjust to life living with the illness that took the lives of so many. Instead, the past month has been marred with Government scandals and among those who have just about had enough of it, is Jeremy Clarkson.The 61-year-old has never been one to hold his tongue when it comes to issues of public interest, and why would he start now?In his latest column for The Sun, the Clarkson's Farm star branded our country's leaders "pathetic"."Every single day it’s the same thing," he sighed."You’re a liar. You smell.

Boris Johnson didn't lie about the percentage of national crime figures that had been tackled by the Tories.It comes after the official Twitter account for BBC Politics shared a clip from the interview, showing the "selective" response to the question regarding crime rates.The tweet read: "Why did PM Boris Johnson tell Parliament that Government is cutting crime by 14 per cent when that’s not true?"Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng: 'All I know is that certainly on the doorstep people are saying that there is progress being made.'"Clearly a little confused by Kwarteng's reply, Victoria snapped: "Errrr crime is down if you take out certain crimes??!!"Time to stop insulting voters’ intelligence?"In the interview, the Business Secretary told Raworth he "didn't know why" she said the statistics were "untrue".He said: "I don't know what the evidence is for it not being true."All I know is that certainly on the doorstep, people are saying that there is progress being made."Raworth replied: "It isn't true because he hadn't included in that figure, and this is the Chair of the Statistics Authority who said that he had not included in that figure, fraud and computer misuse."The UK Chair of the Statistics Authority said that if fraud and computer misuse had counted in total crime, as they should be, total crime in fact increased NOT decreased by 14 percent."She added: "It's reasonable for people to expect the Prime Minister is accurate in what he says about an issue as important as crime in The Commons?"Kwarteng was quick to respond: "So when people talk about crime..." he began, before stressing how important he thinks fraud is."People are talking particularly about burglaries and personal injury and physical crimes."I think in

The Queen has declared that Camilla will become Queen when Prince Charles takes the throne.

Nadine, The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, put on the spot in scenes some described as "eye wateringly embarrassing". In the chat, Nadine took a defensive stance with journalist Charlie Stayt on air, while insisting that photo footage of Boris Johnson appearing to enjoy a beer at a "lockdown birthday party" was part of a plot by pro-EU supporters exercising anti-Brexit sentiments.Gary Lineker's response to the drama was clear, after he took to Twitter to chortle to his 8.3 million followers: "Love these comedy sketches.

BBC Breakfast made for uncomfortable viewing on Saturday morning after presenter Charlie Stayt asked MP Nadine Dorries if she had spoken to Boris Johnson in the last 24 hours. The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport appeared on the show via video link but refused to answer Charlie's questions on communication with the Prime Minister which became akward to watch.Journalist Charlie asked the MP: "Have you spoken to the Prime Minister recently in the last 24 hours?"Looking uncomfortable, Nadine replied: "Why, why are you asking me that question?"Charlie replied sternly: "I'd like to know."Nadine responded: "We've communicated."But Charlie pressed for a more precise answer and said: "I'm really confused is that a difficult question, I'm just asking if you've spoken to the Prime Minister in the last 24 hours?"However Nadine refused to expand on her previous comment and again told the broadcaster that she has "communicated" with the PM.Not letting the matter go, Charlie questioned: "What has he communicated with you?"Again, Nadine refused to back down to the presenter's probing and told him she won't go into what they previously conversed on.Seeing the awkward exchange unfold, BBC Breakfast viewers couldn't wait to express their thoughts regarding the pair's conversation on Twitter.One viewer penned: "This is EXCRUCIATING.

A photograph of Boris Johnson holding a can of beer at his birthday bash in June 2020 has been handed over to police.

Boris Johnson says he wants to see plans for Greater Manchester's Clean Air Zone put on hold to avoid 'stuffing up businesses'.

The mayor of Greater Manchester has vowed that Clean Air Zone charging will come to an end as soon as air quality reaches the required level.

Greater Manchester's Mayor is urging the government to 'take the politics out' of the Clean Air Zone and finally get the issue resolved.

Boris Johnson today said that Greater Manchester's Clean Air Zone plan is 'completely unworkable'.

Dan Walker, 44, revealed he was "ambushed with cake" at his favourite Indian restaurant during a reunion with some of his Strictly Come Dancing co-stars.The BBC Breakfast star and his pro partner on the show Nadiya Bychkova, were gifted with a cake while they dined at the Prithiraj restaurant in Sheffield.Taking to Instagram, Dan shared a group picture alongside his co-stars Rhys Stephenson, Tilly Ramsay, Nikita Kuzmin, Janette Manrara, Kai Widdrington, and judge Craig Revel Horwood.He captioned the post: "What a lovely treat to take some of the #Strictly family out for a curry with my family."We had a great night at @prithiraj_restaurant - where we took @nadiyabychkova during the series.A post shared by Dan Walker (@mrdanwalker)"Thanks to Sobuj and his team for being so kind and making the most amazing food for everyone."He added: "Also Janette taught our son some ballroom."Look forward to seeing you at the arena on Wednesday."The star also took a moment to thank the curry house personally, after they brought out a surprise cake for both him and Nadiya."Oh... I forgot to say...

BBC journalist Emily Maitlis had to apologise on Twitter today after retweeting an attack on a Conservative minister that risked compromising the impartiality that she is asked to maintain as part of her job.The tweet in question was critical both of the Conservative party and of Nadine Dorries during a recent interview with Channel 4.However, some of Emily’s followers have questioned the sincerity of her apology, given that she retweeted the original post whilst saying sorry for her first retweet.Emily, 51, first retweeted former Tory minister and outspoken critic of Boris Johnson, Rory Stewart.Rory, 49, himself had retweeted another user called Jay J, who shared a clip of Channel 4's interview with Nadine, 64.In the first tweet, Jay had written: “Another Nadine Dorries interview to file under the car crash genre.”Sharing the video via Jay’s account, Rory added a caption reading: “The sheer tawdry Trumpian shabbiness of the whole thing - it is difficult to see how much more of this the party or our political system can survive.”Retweeting this post once more after deleting her previous retweet earlier this afternoon, Emily apologised to her 446,500 followers.“I have deleted my earlier retweet of the below and would like to apologise for the hurt I have caused,” she stated.In a follow-up tweet, she clarified: “For the avoidance of doubt I accept I should have added extra context - it was retweeted in haste - and was wrong to do.” Underneath the tweet, Twitter users seemed largely amused by Emily’s apology.Steven Battelle pointed out: “Fantastic skills in apologising while still retweeting, no apology was needed in the first place.”Raindrop wrote: “The brilliant @maitlis draws even more readers to her heartfelt opinion

Ruth Davidson fought back tears on live TV tonight as she accused Boris Johnson of 'degrading' politics.

The report by Whitehall official Sue Gray into claims of parties at Downing Street during lockdown could be handed to Number 10 today - and published soon after - according to reports.

READ MORE: BBC EastEnders star Patsy Palmer shares mental health struggle and emotional fans praise her 'beautiful' message In November 2020, Adam Woodyatt announced he would be taking a break from Albert Square due to pursuing another opportunity. However, he hasn't returned since and in 2021 his break extended as he became a contestant in I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here. Speaking to his campmates, the 53-year-old said: "I just had another opportunity, there was this play came up and I just fancied doing something different.

ALL hell broke loose on Good Morning Britain today when guest Leo Kearse claimed women in burkas "do look like letterboxes". The comedian also said white men with rosy cheeks looked like gammon during a fiery debate about cancel culture - insisting both remarks were "off hand jokes". But the segment quickly descended into chaos after Leo sensationally repeated Boris Johnson's most controversial comments during a debate with lawyer Dr.

The public have been left furious after a Greater Manchester Police tweet resurfaced last night telling of a homeowner being fined for holding a child's birthday party in their garden.