Squirming Matt Hancock grilled on why he's 'afraid' of public enquiry into Covid

according to Microsoft. “You can have Naughty by Nature performing live in the metaverse,” Bucano said, “and they won’t be the traditional avatars, it’d be the actual group.”Carnevale said other metaverse experiences the museum hopes to include are Grandmaster Flash scratching records at block parties in the 1970s and Notorious B.I.G.

The Masked Singer draws to a close, fans of the show are frantically trying to figure out who could be behind Mushroom’s mask.So far viewers have waved goodbye to the likes of Heather Small, Gloria Hunniford, Will Young, Pat Cash, Tom Chaplin, Michael Owen, Jaime Winstone, Michelle Williams and Aled Jones.One of the final characters left is the ever elusive Mushroom. This Masked Singer has baffled judges and audiences alike since their first appearance when they sang It’s Oh So Quiet by Icelandic popstar Björk.

Livingston exited the Scottish Cup in agonising fashion as they went down on penalties following a spirited performance away to Hearts following a 0-0 draw.

A primary school in Lanarkshire is celebrating gaining a new reading accreditation.

Stevie Farrell felt his side could’ve been 6-1 up at half-time, as the Sons swept aside Clyde to move up to seventh in the League One table.

Little Mix songstress Perrie Edwards has teased that she is working on new solo music as she posed up a storm in the recording studio.The 28 year old, who sparked music rumours in January as she was filmed by fellow singer and songwriter Kamille excitedly arriving at a music studio with musician Fred Again, appeared to be in her element as she shared a collection of snaps to her 14.2million Instagram followers. Perrie, who became a mum to five month old baby Axel in 2021 with partner Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, dressed head-to-toe in her £110 disora neutral tracksuit as she donned headphones in a recording booth.

“There’s nothing wishy-washing about working with Phyllis Nagy,” Elizabeth Banks tells Deadline of working with the Call Jane director. “She’s very gentle with her direction but she’s also firm with what she expects or wants out of something, which I really appreciate.”

Express.co.uk about how they decided who they were going to catfish.He said: "So first and foremost we had a few suggestions of people we wanted to be before will.i.am and we ended up being him on the show."We wanted to be Big Nastie but we later found out that somebody else had already chosen them."Then we asked to be Craig David and there was a reason why we couldn’t be him."I think they suggested Lewis Hamilton, Anthony Joshua and will.i.am."Rickie continued: "So, we were like there is no way Lewis Hamilton would even do the Circle, that is completely unbelievable."Anthony Joshua was in a fight camp for a big fight that he had coming up."However, will.i.am does do The Voice Kids, and The Voice, so we thought he was more believable than the other lot."But when we were in there no one believed it was us but it was really fun to do."Rickie and Melvin know will.i.am so they rang him for tips on how to be him, however they were still not successful on the show.The presenter said: "Before we went into the show we actually called will.i.am up and had a chat."He said, ‘Anything that you say or anything that you do just make it extra extra big’."So if they said they go to the gym you say you went to the gym on Mars."Make everything intergalactic and make it completely wacky and you should get away with it and that’s what we did."Rickie is currently partnered with Birds Eye who are doing their part for Vegans.Speaking to Express.co.uk, Rickie said this was what appealed to him to work with Birds Eye.The presenter said: "When I heard about the Bird’s Eye campaign, the Green Cuisine range, I thought this is the perfect introduction to that kind of world and into that journey for me personally."So for normal people like me, you

EX Coronation Street star Sean Ward has sparked anger after telling fans not to have the Covid vaccine in a rambling foul-mouthed video. Sean, 32, made his nonsensical argument about the jab in a highly-charged Instagram Stories post.

KATE Garraway has said the response to her documentary has been "overwhelming". Speaking to her friend and colleague, Susanna Reid shared that the programme had been “inundated with love and support for you”.

Viewers were left in tears when Kate Garraway's heartbreaking documentary on husband Derek Draper aired on Tuesday night. The Good Morning Britain presenter, 53, captured Derek's battle with Covid-19 in the raw documentary, Finding Derek, after he was hospitalised in March 2020.

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Matt Hancock, 42, joined Chris Evans, 54, on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show this morning to discuss the current coronavirus restrictions and the vaccine roll-out.The pair began by discussing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 56, receiving his jab on the same day the DJ did last Friday.He went on to tell listeners that the Government is “focused” on “getting the country safely out of this”.Chris went on to acknowledge the record-breaking news that 844,000 people were vaccinated in one day last week.Following this news he asked if vaccinating a million people in a day was possible.“I’m sure that the NHS could deliver over a million in a day if they needed to,” Matt confidently replied.

SUSANNA Reid and Ben Shephard fought back tears as they read out tributes to loved ones lost to Covid.

Kate Garraway made an emotional appearance on Good Morning Britain today to talk about her new documentary which airs on ITV this evening. Talking to GMB Ben Shephard and Susanna Reid on Tuesday morning, Kate opened up about the heartbreaking past 12 months which have seen her desperately trying to balance work, her family life with two children with the fact her husband Derek Draper was fighting for his life in hosptial.Derek was taken by ambulance to hospital in March 2020 after contracting coronavirus.

holidays set to become illegal.New coronavirus rules will come into force on March 29 if approved by MPs on Thursday, March 25.Under the laws, non-essential foreign travel will be banned until June 30, unless they are amended before then.Those caught breaking the lockdown restrictions could be fined up to £5,000, The Sun originally reported.The current lockdown ends on March 31, and the new legislation was published by Health Secretary Matt Hancock.Part of the document, called Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Steps) (England) Regulations 2021, reads: "The Regulations also impose restrictions on leaving the United Kingdom without a reasonable excuse (regulation 8)."It states that no one can "leave England to travel to a

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Twitter users divided, after she hit out at the Government’s frequent usage of the Union Jack in their recent media coverage.The Location, Location, Location host showed her fans an example, as she retweeted a post by Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who has used the flag in celebration of over half of UK adults now being vaccinated.In the post shared by Mr Hancock he had typed: “HALF of all adults in the UK have been vaccinated.“Each jab brings us one step closer to normal, so when it's your turn, get the jab.”Under his commentary, Mr Hancock had shared a graphic containing the British flag with text overlaying it to reinforce the message.Kirstie appeared to disapprove of the flag being used in the tweet, as she responded: “OK you’re right,

Susanna Reid has joined a long list of celebrities who have shared their experiences of getting their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The Good Morning Britain star attended St Thomas' Hospital in London on Friday and posted a snap of herself being vaccinated on Instagram.MORE: GMB's Susanna Reid's gorgeous house with sons is so homely – see insideHowever, while she thanked her nurse Kamilah, she couldn't resist poking fun at her appearance in the photo, mainly her unruly hair.WATCH: Edwina Currie tells Susanna Reid she is not Piers MorganCaptioning the snap – which saw her sporting a face mask, a T-shirt with "Vintage 1970" emblazoned across the front and a pair of jeans – Susanna wrote: "JABBED! Thanks Kamilah & everyone at St Thomas’

Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid, 50, received her first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid jab today in the same place Boris Johnson, 56, had his done.The journalist shared a picture of herself with the jab in her arm at St Thomas’ Hospital, in view of her 565,000 followers.She wrote: "JABBED! Thanks Kamilah & everyone at St Thomas’ Hospital vaccination centre. Didn’t see Boris.