Scottish Government confirms no new deaths and 5,887 cases in last 24 hours

Boris Johnson's wife Carrie believes the Prime Minister's enemies are targeting her in a "brutal briefing campaign".

Jack Garratt has criticised Boris Johnson and the UK government on a brand new charity single – hear ‘Eton Mess (A Gaslight Anthem)’ below.Described as “a song out of pure disappointment and frustration,” the new track is Garratt’s first since 2020 album ‘Love, Death & Dancing’, released via Island, and also his first track as a fully independent artist.The new song is available via Bandcamp, with a percentage of proceeds going to the Trussell Trust. Explaining the motives behind the song, he wrote: “The resilience and brilliance shown by the majority of the public over the last two years has been empowering.

Angela Rayner has hit out at the Prime Minister's new staffing appointments - describing the move as 'frantically rearranging deckchairs'.

Boris Johnson has announced new staffing appointments at Number 10 following a turbulent week for the under-fire Prime Minister.

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.

Liam Gallagher discussed his upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’ in an interview on The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X this morning.In the interview, Moyles described the singer’s new single ‘Everything’s Electric’ as “a great tune”, to which Gallagher replied: “It keeps the doors open to what’s next, know what I mean?”. ‘Everything’s Electric’ was co-written by Dave Grohl, who also plays drums on the track, and its producer Greg Kurstin.Commenting on the album, Gallagher added: “Some of it’s odd, man.

Janey Godley has been praised by fans after sharing a hilarious voiceover sketch as someone rips the 'party planner' out of Boris Johnson's hand.

Boris Johnson's spin doctor has resigned, the second major departure from Downing Street in one day.

James McAvoy has admitted Scottish Independence 'could be a fantastic thing' as he prepares for a return to the stage in Glasgow later this year.

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

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed "baseline" covid restrictions will remain in place across Scotland.

Lorraine Kelly has hit out at the "appalling" arrogance of government MPs who refuse to be held accountable by the public.

A pared-back version of Sue Gray's inquiry into rule-breaking parties at Downing Street has been published.

Removing Boris Johnson from Downing Street is, like “fixing the drains”, “an unpleasant but necessary job” Dominic Cummings has said.

Joe Lycett recently caused panic in Parliament after he leaked a parody report about the Downing Street lockdown parties. And now, the comedian's heart-breaking reason for doing so has been revealed. Joe, 33, lost his best friend at the start of lockdown and he had to hold a "tiny insufficient funeral" due to rules in place at the time.

A backbench Tory MP who has been critical of the Government’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal has become the first to announce he intends to stand for leader if Boris Johnson is voted out.

The Met Police says it has received new evidence from the Cabinet Office as part of its investigation into possible breaches of Covid regulations in Downing Street.

Twitter to post a fake report as the nation await's Sue Gray's findings about Downing Street's lockdown parties.The post subsequently went viral, leading Joe to issue a heartbreaking statement today, explaining his reasonings for his "anger" at the government that led him to post what he did.The comedian issued a statement this evening on his Twitter in view of his 994,200 followers, explaining his recent actions.He penned: "I catfished (sort of accidentally) Nadine Dorries and then supposedly catfished (sort of accidentally) the whole government."I wrote some jokes on Twitter, some dumb people (some in our government) found them plausible rather than funny and now I'm in most newspapers."The comedian then took to justify his actions in his statement as he felt "anger" towards the government.Joe continued: "I write comedy sometimes as a way of using anger. I write a daft letter about a parking fine or change my name to Hugo Boss or fake a Sue Gray report, all essentially because I'm angry."I'm angry right now probably for the same reason many other people are angry."In the early stages of lockdown in 2020 my best friend died from cancer."He was the person who had been with me through my journey in comedy the most closely; he had been to the smallest pub gigs all the way up to the Apollo and when I was first on Graham Norton."He had been ill for a number of years and towards the end, I had helped as a part-time carer."I watched him slip away, gradually, over months, and all that comes with it.

released a spoof version of Gray’s report investigating the numerous lockdown parties at Downing Street.After it went viral on social media, Lycett screenshotted an exchange he had with a government worker, who claimed the parody was “read as an actual serious leak” within government that left “MP staff literally running around panicking”.Since the incident caught headlines, Lycett has released a statement explaining the parody report was driven by anger after his friend died from cancer in 2020.“I write comedy sometimes as a way of anger,” Lycett wrote. “I write a daft letter about a parking fine or change my name to Hugo Boss or fake a Sue Gray report, all essentially because I’m angry.

Boris Johnson’s planned tax hike in national insurance will go ahead in April, “no ifs, no buts” Downing Street has confirmed.

Lorraine Kelly responded to comedian Joe Lycett's hilarious fake Sue Gray report he published on social media.