Watch Sam Fender smash a Boris Johnson piñata with his new BRIT Award

A group of the UK’s senior Conservative Party politicians has written to the Prime Minister, expressing grave concerns about the prospect of selling off public broadcaster Channel 4 and writing, “Channel 4 isn’t broke, and doesn’t need fixing.”

Boris Johnson warns that Russian president Vladimir Putin is planning the biggest conflict in Europe since the Second World War, a defence source says Russia’s devastating “Father of All Bombs” will be used in an initial blitz to shock Ukrainians into submission.The source told the Mirror that the massive thermobaric weapon would be used in a first strike to break the Ukrainians' spirit.“The impact will be devastating,” they predicted.

Boris Johnson has told western world leaders that Russia's invasion of Ukraine appeared to be “in motion” but it may still be possible to avoid war.

London this weekend, after previously calling the county’s leader an ‘over-promoted rubber bath toy’.The Notting Hill actor has been a passionate anti-Brexiteer and vocal critic of Prime Minister Mr Johnson, and it seems he’s still on the cause, sharing a message promoting a march taking place on Saturday.Organised by the activist group Take Back Democracy, the group describes itself as ‘entirely fed up with the UK government of Boris Johnson and the Tory party’.Hugh shared a tweet by one of the group’s activists, which read: ‘Never have I seen more businesses going bust, more people in poverty, such a great divide between rich and poor, or such corruption in our government.‘It has to change and it starts Saturday.’Along with the tweet, Hugh shared his own apparent endorsement with a pointing finger and a fist emoji.ðð https://t.co/02aP9Oo4o0Amid the demonstration, set to take place in Parliament Square, a statement on the groups website read: ‘We felt compelled to do something in the wake of the ongoing corruption of the UK Government. We wanted to do something to stop the slide into fascism and to be a counterargument to the populist agenda.‘We believe in inclusion, equality, and a fair country for everyone.

Boris Johnson protest at the weekend.The actor has been an outspoken critic of the Prime Minister since he came into power, and now fans are split over his latest Twitter antics. Hugh, 61, has spent the past few years using his platform as a high-profile actor to criticise the Prime Minister. The Love Actually star has now taken a stand on Twitter, by retweeting news of organised protests against the Prime Minister.Boris, 57, has been under mounting scrutiny following the #partygate scandal and its fall-out. Investigations are still ongoing into whether the Prime Minister and various members of the government broke lockdown rules on the job by having a series of parties during the coronavirus pandemic.  Hugh has been very vocal about his political views in recent years, especially when it comes to holding the current government to account. Yesterday, the star took to Twitter where he shared a post promoting the activist group Take Back Democracy with his 715,000 followers. The grassroots activists are planning a march this Saturday to protest multiple failings made by the current government and calling for Boris to resign.Hugh shared a tweet by one of the group’s activists on Wednesday, which read: “Never have I seen more businesses going bust, more people in poverty, such a great divide between rich and poor, or such corruption in our government."It has to change and it starts Saturday."Along with the tweet, Hugh shared his own endorsement with a pointing finger and a fist emoji.Details about the planned demonstration can be found on the group's website, in a statement which reads: "We felt compelled to do something in the wake of the ongoing corruption of the UK Government."We wanted to do something to stop the slide

Premier League and pockets a larger annual salary than Prime Minister Boris Johnson. A study by Sportekz into the salaries of the Premier League officials during the 2020/21 season found that Dean was the highest earner.He and fellow officials Michael Oliver and Martin Atkinson had the highest total salary as well as being eligible for the largest possible match fee.Referees receive an additional £1,500 match per game, while assistant referees and video assistant referees are paid a £850 match fee on top of their basic annual salary of £30,000.The study found that Dean, who has been officiating in the top flight for over 20 years, has a reported annual salary of £200,000-per-year.This is the highest amount referees are able to earn as their basic salary, available to those selected to officiate Champions League, Europa League and international matches.Dean's salary is almost £50,000 more than that of the Prime Minister.According to the BBC, Johnson is entitled to a salary of £79,936 and is claiming £75,440 of it.

Scottish independence would be an "economic disaster", Boris Johnson claimed yesterday while on a flying visit to Fife.

Boris Johnson has been branded “a walking advert for independence” ahead of a visit Scotland on Monday.

Boris Johnson has tonight received a legally-binding questionnaire from police investigating allegations of lockdown-breaching parties inside No 10.

A man who hired a van to dump a fridge freezer in the middle of a Salford street told council officers 'sorry, I didn’t know it was illegal'.

Boris Johnson’s allies have been warned off seeking to put pressure on Scotland Yard to give the Prime Minister “special treatment” during its probe into the partygate scandal.

A huge mural showing the Prime Minister dressed as a policeman wearing a party hat has caught the eye of shoppers in Manchester.

Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, according to a Scots health expert.

DESSERT queen Nadiya Hussain has confessed she'd like to give the Prime Minister a very special cake. During her episode of Kate Garraway's Life Stories, Bake Off champ Nadiya, 37, also insisted she could run the country better than Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, said Professor Devi Sridhar who is a member of the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could face a £10,000 fine over the partygate scandal as police move to question those involved in the rule-breaking events.

Spotify streams of Little Simz‘ music have soared over 350 per cent following her appearance at this year’s BRIT Awards.The rapper, who released her last album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, back in September, won the award for Best New Artist at last night’s (February 8) ceremony at London’s The O2. She also performed a medley of her tracks ‘Introvert’ and ‘Woman’.Her massive night has since prompted a huge spike in Spotify streams in comparison to other BRITs winners including Adele, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Dave and Sam Fender.There was a 812 per cent increase in streams of ‘Introvert’ and a 594 per cent spike for ‘Woman’, equating to a 365 per cent jump overall.Elsewhere, Adele, who took home three BRITs last night (Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year), saw a 137 per cent increase in Spotify streams following the awards, while Dave’s streams went up by 217 per cent. Fender’s music saw a 79 per cent jump.“As ever, the BRITs showed the incredible breadth of talent being fostered here in the UK, across every genre of music,” Tom Connaughton, managing director of Spotify UK and Ireland, said in a statement (via Rolling Stone UK).

BRIT Awards 2022, Holly Humberstone caught up with NME to talk about celebrating female talent, debut album progress and working with Sam Fender. Watch our full interview with Humberstone above.The Grantham singer-songwriter was at the London ceremony to pick up this year’s Rising Star Award, after the success of 2021’s  ‘The Walls Are Way Too Thin’ EP.“Pretty surreal, it’s bizarre to even be here I watched the BRITs as a kid with my sisters,” she said of attending the ceremony.

Scotland Yard could now investigate a Christmas quiz held in Downing Street during the 2020 lockdown, after a new photograph of Boris Johnson attending the event emerged.

BRIT Awards 2022 attracted its lowest audience ever in overnight figures when it was broadcast on Tuesday (February 8).According to figures published by Broadcast, ITV pulled in 2.7 million viewers during the show, which spanned two-and-a-half-hours from 8pm.While this is the lowest in the show’s history, a drop from 2.9 million viewers for 2021’s event, this figure doesn’t count viewers around the world who streamed it digitally on YouTube or catch-up service ITV Hub.The show also went up against BBC drama This Is Going To Hurt starring Ben Whishaw,  which attracted a bigger audience of 3.2 million viewers in overnight ratings.This year’s BRIT Awards featured performances from Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz, Dave, Liam Gallagher and Sam Fender – along with a surprise appearance from Bring Me The Horizon.Adele was the big winner on the night, taking three awards including the coveted Album Of The Year for her fourth LP ‘30’.

Sam Fender has said he intends to turn his recently-received BRIT Award into a beer pump at his local pub.The singer-songwriter won Best Alternative/Rock Act at the ceremony yesterday (Tuesday 8), which he has now said he will donate it to the Low Lights Tavern in North Shields, where he worked and was discovered.It will join his BRITs critics’ choice rising star trophy, which he won in 2019, which is also now serving as a pump. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live after this year’s awards, Fender said: “I came here for the meat raffle, to be honest, and then I came away with a BRIT.