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With the BBC receiving major plaudits for its Saturday night Party at the Palace to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, a peak of more than 13M viewers tuned in for the concert, which featured Diana Ross, Nile Rodgers and Queen.

Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the backbench 1922, has confirmed that he has received the 52 letters needed from Conservative MPs to trigger a vote of no-confidence.

Prince Charles and Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall, toasted to Queen Elizabeth II during a Big Jubilee Lunch celebration on Sunday afternoon before joining the queen on the final day of Platinum Jubilee events. The Prince of Wales and his wife were on hand at South London's Oval Cricket Ground where they reveled in delicious desserts and cakes dedicated to Elizabeth's remarkable milestone as she marks 70 years on the throne.

the Queen's Platinum Party At The Palace on Saturday. The music icon, 81, who has previously performed at both the 2002 Golden Jubilee and 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations, spoke of his sadness over not joining the glittering line-up which included Diana Ross, Queen and Elton John. Appearing on Sunday's Sky News, he was asked: 'And you did that in 2012, I remember that very well, at the Diamond Jubilee.

Sam Ryder, Sir Rod Stewart and legendary singer Diana Ross have taken part in the Platinum Jubilee celebrations to honour the Queen’s 70-year reign.Today, the festivities will come to an end, with Dame Joanna Lumley taking part in Sky News’ coverage as members of the public watch the Jubilee Pageant take place outside Buckingham Palace.For years, Dame Joanna has been referred to as a ‘close friend’ of Prince Charles in the media, making appearances with him on several occasions and receiving her Damehood in the 2022 New Years Honours for services to drama, entertainment and charity.However, while speaking to Metro.co.uk before the Jubilee proceedings officially began, the Absolutely Fabulous star cleared up their relationship, saying that she believes people would be ‘foolish’ to describe themselves as close friends of the royals.‘I’m not close friends,’ she clarified. ‘The thing is, it’s odd this thing about friendship.

Back on stage. Johnny Depp played a few songs with his friend Jeff Beck days after winning his defamation trial against Amber Heard.

Dominic Raab has insisted there won't be a vote by Conservative MPs on Boris Johnson's future next week.

Piers Morgan bragged about the ratings success of his TalkTV show, Piers Morgan Uncensored, on Twitter today.The presenter claimed to be “beating” Sky News in terms of ratings and thanked his viewers for their support. Piers, 57, gleefully shared the news with his 7.9 million Twitter followers today.“BREAKING: ⁦@PiersUncensored⁩ beat ⁦@SkyNews⁩ in the UK ratings last night for the 14th time in our 21 shows so far,” he wrote. “Given that Sky’s been going 33 years & we’ve been going 36 days, that’s not too shabby. “Thanks for watching!” He added with a thumbs up emoji.Piers’ ratings boast comes after reports of plummeting numbers in previous weeks, but it looks like things might be taking a turn.The journalist’s followers took to the comments section to share their thoughts on his new show.“Ah yes a single show beat the 1hr slot of a 24hr news channel, nice,” wrote Marzipas.While F.S.E defended him, penning: “Amazing! People have got to understand the most obvious and blatant thing here.  “Whether you love him or hate him, people will and do still watch him.That’s all he cares about also. “Perhaps controversial character but actually speaks a lot of harsh truths… That many shy away from.” (sic)“Congratulations on beating a rolling news channel,” Merfyn commented sarcastically.While Atmo1UK wrote: “You've had some good guests and good discussions.

David Harbour is speaking candidly about his personal struggles with mental illness, having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder when he was in his 20s.

Sky News presenter Kay Burley led a string of fans to question whether she'd injured her foot after she appeared on air in trainers.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said his new emergency cost-of-living package will have a “minimal” impact on inflation which will be “much less” than 1%.

EasyJet customers have been warned to prepare for disruption today due to an ongoing IT issue.

Zack Sharf Ted Cruz attended a vigil for the murder victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas and was confronted by Sky News reporter Mark Stone, who grilled the senator on why frequent mass shootings only happen in America. Cruz tried to spin the mass shooting in Uvalde as having nothing to do with gun laws and cut the interview short because of what he viewed as Stone’s “political agenda.” Twenty one people died at Robb Elementary after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire.

A Tory minister said he is "too busy" to speak on Good Morning Britain today - a day after Sue Gray's report into lockdown breaking parties was published.

Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has performed another partygate u-turn by claiming Boris Johnson will have to quit after the war is over in Ukraine.

Rob Reiner is responding to the news he’s banned from Russia by President Vladimir Putin.

“Boris Johnson suggested Sue Gray should drop her full report given police investigation during secret meeting earlier this month, TheTimes told."He is said to have asked her if there was much point in publishing it given that ‘it’s all out there’.”The Uncensored host slammed the Conservative leader after a photo was released showing Mr Johnson raising a glass at a leaving do in No 10 – an event for which others were fined but not the prime minister.In view of his 7.9 million followers, Piers responded to Steven's initial tweet, saying: “I knew it… corrupt as f***. Boris Johnson has to resign.”Some followers rushed to the comments to share their thoughts.@Steve5624 wrote: “How is having a drink in your house / office a sackable offence they were all there all day then had a drink it is not like they drove 250 miles to a miners club then all started drinking explain please .”@ScottElliott10 said: “It’s a matter of TRUST and I don’t trust Boris.”It comes after Chief Secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke spoke on Sky News on Monday.He suggested that the prime minister had privately spoken to Ms Gray, the Cabinet Office Second Permanent Secretary.It is at this meeting reports have claimed the government leader asked Ms Gray to drop the report.She is responsible for looking into and filing a report on the lockdown partygate scandal which involved certain government ministers' meeting up -  despite the strict regulations forbidding private gatherings at the time. Simon spoke with news presenter Kay Burley about who called the meeting.Kay asked: “Even if it was Mrs Gray that called the meeting, which she categorically says was not the case, and both sides saying it wasn’t them, why would [Mr Johnson] attend the meeting?“Why

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the Prime Minister after photos appearing to show him raising a glass at an alleged Downing Street party during the second coronavirus lockdown emerged.

Boris Johnson does not think he was attending a party in the image showing him raising a glass and surrounded by wine bottles at a leaving do, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said.

The total number of monkeypox cases in England has now reached 56, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed. Case numbers have more than doubled, increasing by 36 from the previous number of 20 cases recorded on Sunday.

The UK Culture Secretary has waded into a fresh battle with British broadcaster Channel 4, accusing producers of a reality TV show of filming actors instead of real people.