Michelle Donelan appointed as UK’s new culture secretary

King Charles III as the new monarch.A ceremony was held at St James Palace today (September 10, 2022), to formally confirm King Charles III's succession from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8, at the age of 96.The service was overseen by the Accession Council, issuing eight orders which are traditionally ensured before King Charles made his declaration.READ NEXT: King Charles teary-eyed in first public speech with emotional tribute to QueenAfter being appointed Commons Leader and Lord President of the Privy Council by Prime Minister Liz Truss earlier this week, politician Penny also led the proclamation ceremony.However, members of the public took to social media following the ceremony, to comment that the politician was also the first reality TV star to proclaim a new monarch too, following her appearance on ITV programme The Splash.Penny appeared on the programme in 2014, which saw her and fellow celebrities train to complete professional dives, with the competition presented by Vernon Kaye and Gabby Logan.Remembering her appearance on The Splash, one Twitter user said: "Penny Mordaunt is the first contestant from ITV’s SPLASH! to proclaim a new monarch. Another win for ITV’s SPLASH! this week.""BREAKING: Penny Mordaunt becomes the first Splash! contestant to preside over the accession of a monarch," commented a second.A third added: "Absolutely peak UK that a contestant on Splash is now in charge officiating our new King."Speaking about the ceremony, a fourth said: "That was quite something to watch.

Ofgem has said it will continue to announce the cap on household energy prices, despite the UK Government saying it would guarantee lower bills for customers. The energy regulator said that it plans to still make the announcements every three months, as it continues to regulate how much suppliers can charge for their services.

Campaigners and politicians in Greater Manchester have reacted with anger after Liz Truss announced she was to allow fracking  to return to the UK. The PM has scrapped a 2019 ban on the fossil fuel extraction process as part of a wider energy bills strategy.

Martin Lewis recently shared a handy list of need-to-knows for all households following the announcement from new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, that energy bills for the average user will be frozen at no more than £2,500 for the next two years.

Royal family members of the House of Windsor have received new titles after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96. After Britain's longest-reigning monarch died at Balmoral Castle on Thursday, Prince Charles immediately succeeded his mother and became the King of the United Kingdom. In addition to Charles, Prince William, Kate Middleton and Charles’ wife, Camilla Parker-Bowles assumed new titles, with potential new titles for Prince Edward and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's children Archie and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.

Queen Elizabeth II made history on Tuesday, when she both accepted the resignation of former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and appointed new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Truss is England's third female prime minister and the 15th prime minister to serve during the queen's 70-year reign. Breaking tradition, the 96-year-old reigning monarch chose to relocate the symbolic events due to her ongoing health and mobility issues.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has delivered a statement following the announcement from Buckingham Palace that the Queen died.

Boris Johnson to Liz Truss.And she talked about this in her speech.She said: "Earlier this week at 96, she remained determined to carry out her duties as she appointed me as her 15th Prime Minister.“Throughout her life she’s visited more than 100 countries and she’s touched the lives of millions around the world.“In the difficult days ahead we will come together with our friends across the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and the world to celebrate her extraordinary lifetime of service.“It is a day of great loss but Queen Elizabeth II leaves a great legacy.”The Prime Minister ended her speech by paying tribute to the new King, and confirmed the name that Charles will now be using.She said: "Today the Crown passes, as it has done for more than a thousand years, to our new monarch, our new head of state, his majesty King Charles III.”" This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated.

The Queen's four children are all now at Balmoral as Her Majesty remains under medical supervision. Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were summoned to Her Majesty's bedside on Thursday before a Palace statement was released stating that doctors were "concerned".

George Clooney, 61, attended the London premiere of his new film, Ticket to Paradise, last night alongside his wife Amal Clooney, 44.

The start of September has seen newly capped bus fares introduced in Greater Manchester as part of a plan to revolutionise public transport across the city.

Michelle Keegan and her partner Mark Wright have finally unveiled their dream home after purchasing it back in 2019. The pair have been pouring their heart and soul into the property for three years and have now set up a dedicated Instagram page to show off the fruits of their labour.The five-bedroom home is said to have three dressing rooms, a personal gym, an outdoor pool and an accompanying pool house.

Donelan was announced as the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss unveiled her cabinet.In response, the MVT has shared a lengthy post on social media, setting out the issues the sector is facing and what the government needs to do to help. After welcoming Donelan to the role, the organisation gave a detailed list of points, including the current energy crisis’ impact on grassroots music venues and the need to restructure high taxes and low subsidies, and extended an invitation to a Parliamentary event.“We need urgent government action on the energy crisis which threatens to permanently close hundreds of grassroots music venues,” the post reads.

K.J. Yossman Late Tuesday evening local time, Michelle Donelan was appointed the U.K.’s latest secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport (DCMS) by incoming Prime Minister Liz Truss (herself only elected on Monday.) As Donelan steps into her new role – becoming the tenth culture secretary in as many years – she’ll have to hit the ground running. The DCMS is a vast department that covers everything from the U.K.’s film and television industries to theater, music, tourism, internet safety and sports, including the oversight of major events as disparate as the Eurovision Song Contest, the soccer UEFA Champions League and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Liz Truss has appointed her new Cabinet after taking over from Boris Johnson as Prime Minister - and her pals have secured all the top jobs.

BBC Breakfast host Jon Kay was shut down by new Health Secretary Therese Coffey during tense grilling as she ended interview early.During Wednesday’s instalment of the popular BBC morning show, the 52-year-old broadcaster returned to Number 10 Downing Street as he shared live coverage ahead of Liz Truss’ first cabinet meeting.While Sally Nugent held down the fort on the red sofa at the Salford studios, the TV presenter interviewed the first female deputy prime minister as he grilled her on the backlash she has faced on social media.READ MORE:BBC Breakfast thrown into major format shake-up as Sally Nugent presents soloBut it appeared as though the politician was unimpressed with his line of questioning as she swiftly shut down his comments, arguing that she had to “move on” to another broadcaster.When she appeared on the BBC show, the 50-year-old MP discussed her ABCD police which aims to improve ambulances, medical backlog, care, doctors and dentists in the NHS.She told viewers at home: “As I say my focus is on ABCD and that will be my focus for the time that I'm in health and social care.“Forgive me to my friends at the BBC I need to move on to another broadcaster.”Determined to get answers following the backlash she received about her religion and opinions on health, Jon pushed for an answer on air.He said: “Okay well we’ll see you down here in Downing Street very shortly but I was just going to ask you before you go.“You know that there’s scrutiny about your personal views and your faith right now.“You'll also have seen stuff on social media last night talking about you being a smoker, how do you welcome all of this talk?”Therese fired back with: "I didn’t look at social media last night, I'm too busy trying to get

Michelle Donelan, a former WWE marketing manager who was Boris Johnson’s Education Secretary for just 48 hours, is to replace Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary in UK Prime Minister Liz Truss’ first cabinet.

K.J. Yossman New U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss has appointed Michelle Donelan as the new secretary of state for culture. Donelan replaces Nadine Dorries, who resigned from the post on Tuesday morning. Dorries, a former actor and romance novelist who was appointed by former premier Boris Johnson, said Truss had asked her to stay on as culture secretary but declined the offer. She had been in the post less than a year. Donelan, who has previously served as minister for higher education and secretary for education, will now be responsible for the department of digital, culture, media and sports. Among the top items for consideration will be whether to go ahead with privatizing Channel 4, which both Johnson and Dorries had committed to despite industry-wide criticism of the move, as well as reviewing the BBC’s license fee. As well as freezing the license fee, which is a mandatory levy for anyone who watches live television on any network or device, Dorries had indicated she hoped to eventually do away with it altogether.

New Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced her new Cabinet this evening (September 6) after she was appointed as Prime Minister by the Queen at Balmoral earlier on Tuesday. It follows on from her first speech to the nation, in which she said that her government would "transform Britain into an aspiration nation" and that "together we can ride out the storm".