Boris Johnson accepts he misled parliament over 'partygate' - but says statements made in 'good faith'

A UK defence minister has failed to guarantee that a multi-billion pound programme to build Type 32 frigates in Scotland will go ahead.

Nigel Lawson has sadly died at the age of 91.Tributes have started to pour in for the Conservative former chancellor, who was also the father of celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, 63. Following a report in the Telegraph, former prime minister Boris Johnson, Tory chairman Greg hands and ex-chancellor Sajid Javid were among those marking his death. “Nigel Lawson was a fearless and original flame of free market Conservatism," Johnson said.

Former Conservative Party MP, Chancellor and journalist Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91.

Professor Green has released new single ‘POPSHXT’ – featuring UK rap star K Koke. Check it out below.The single is Green’s first release since last year’s ‘Dance Like A Tory’, aimed at Boris Johnson, and the titular track of Green’s next EP.Produced by Greatness Jones (Giggs, Avelino), the two London rappers riff off one another back-to-back with typical rap braggadocio.In the minute-long snippet he posted to TikTok, Green starts off the song: “This is my ignorant, nonchalant shit / Came up off that street shit, made it off that pop shit”.Talking about his EP and being in the studio, Green said: “I did what I always do and go with whatever felt right in that moment.”“[The new] music bangs, really bangs,” he explained.

The BBC’s appointment of Chair Richard Sharp “should not stand” and the process was “fatally flawed,” according to former Director General John Birt, who threw his weight behind the corporation over the Gary Lineker scandal.

Piers Morgan has praised a black cabbie who drove across London to return his lost phone at 2am. Former ITV Good Morning Britain star Piers has spoken out after losing his mobile. "Many thanks to @Gett_UK for tracking down the taxi containing my phone last night, and to Yasin the driver who brought it back from the other side of London at 2am," he wrote.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent U.S.-Lebanese actor Tony Shalhoub, who played the “defective detective” on “Monk,” is set to star as former auto mogul-turned-fugitive Carlos Ghosn in a high-profile TV series directed by Michael Winterbottom. Ghosn is the French-Lebanese-Brazilian former CEO of automakers Nissan and Renault who in 2020 jumped bail and absconded to Beirut hidden in a music case on a private jet while on trial in Japan for alleged financial misconduct. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan. The six-part series titled “Fall of the God of Cars” is written by Winterbottom, the prolific British director of “Welcome to Sarajevo,” whose TV work comprises hit sitcom series “The Trip” and, more recently, “This is England” starring Kenneth Branagh as Boris Johnson.

A dramatization of the life of Carlos Ghosn, the former Nissan/Renault CEO who escaped from arrest hidden in a music case, is in the works from Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarón and This England’s Michael Winterbottom.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC raised concerns about the way the government was going about appointing its new Chairman before the controversial hire of Richard Sharp.

Police discovered huge knives on six youths arrested at a tram stop tonight (March 22).

Janey Godley has gone on a scathing rant aimed at people who are defending Boris Johnson over 'party-gate'.

Cult football programme Soccer AM is being cancelled by Sky after almost 30 years on air. The broadcaster has made the decision due to failing ratings.

BBC series This Is Going to Hurt and The Responder lead the nominations at the Bafta television and craft awards with six each.The broadcaster was the clear leader ahead of the ceremony in April with a total of 81 nominations across both TV and craft categories, while Channel 4 was second with 33, Netflix has 24 and ITV 19.This year’s categories also included first-time nominations for acting heavyweights Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Daniel Radcliffe and Taron Egerton. Dark medical comedy This Is Going To Hurt, based on the best-selling book of the same name by Adam Kay, has among its nominations Ben Whishaw for leading actor and a nod for best mini-series.

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces another make-or-break moment in his political career when he appears in Parliament on Wednesday to face questions about whether he intentionally misled MPs over the so-called partygate scandal.

Sarah Snook has confirmed that she and her husband Dave Lawson are expecting their first child together. While walking the red carpet at the season four premiere of Succession in New York on Monday (20 March), the Australian actress debuted her baby bump and confirmed her pregnancy to Entertainment Tonight.

Question Time. Fiona has since stated that she was legally obliged to "contextualise a question" about Boris Johnson's father, and that her words were "absolutely not" an expression of her own opinions. Not all Twitter users were convinced, with one suggesting: "Her situation was akin to being both a Lung Cancer Charity spokesperson and Tobacco company spokesperson at the same time.

BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce has announced she will be stepping back from her role as an ambassador for the UK's leading charity on domestic violence Refuge.

The BBC’s Question Time host has stepped down from her role with a leading domestic violence charity after being criticized for defending Boris Johnson’s father from accusations that he is a “wife beater.”

Worried housing association tenants living with mould and damp made more than 15,000 complaints about disrepair in less than three years.

The starting gun was fired last February. For the first time since Boris Johnson led the Conservatives to a decisive victory at the polls, the government set out how it plans to deliver its 'defining mission' – Levelling Up the United Kingdom.