Matt Lucas spoofs Boris Johnson’s coronavirus briefings during Bake Off debut

Boris Johnson with a plea to “save cinemas to avert job losses and a cultural blackout”.Last week, it was confirmed that the cinema chain would temporarily suspend its operations in the US and UK amid the COVID-19 pandemic, putting thousands of jobs – including 5,500 in Britain – at risk.Cineworld’s CEO Mooky Greidinger has written to Johnson urging him to reinstate the furlough scheme that benefitted the company’s employees during the previous closure earlier this year.The UK government is

Boris Johnson has pledged to help more young people in the UK to get on the property ladder for the first time.At present, many youngsters struggle to buy their own home - as a result of high deposits and high interest rates on mortgages.But now the PM has said he wants to see an end to this, and has pledged to turn “generation rent into generation buy” with long-term, fixed-rate mortgages of up to 95% of the value of a home for first-time buyers.The Prime Minister said the policy could lead to

Covid-19 hotspots travelling into Wales. Addressing the Commons, Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville-Roberts said that 2.3 million people living in Wales wouldn't be able to leave the country under lockdown rules.

Channel 4 favourite finally returned to screens after filming was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. And there were a few fans who were left disgruntled after the show was pushed back by 15 minutes as Boris Johnson made an addresses to the nation.But that isn't the only thing that appears to have upset viewers with the debut episode of the series already receiving a number of complaints.

Boris Johnson in a hilarious spoof of one of the Prime Minister's Downing Street coronairus daily brieifings. The Little Britain comedian nailed the Prime Minister's floppy blond hair and stuttering delivery in a special prelude to tonight's Great British Bake Off series opener - Lucas' first as presenter.

Covid-19 as he ordered a new round of harsh restrictions.The Prime Minister's grave warning comes after talks with health experts and the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.Johnson said pub curfews and tougher fines are being brought in across England to get the rate of infection down - but said failure could lead to a return to measures last ordered in March.In the Commons, Johnson said: "We always knew that while we might have driven the virus into retreat, the prospect of a

#BorisJohnson, he decides to do a #CovidBriefing at the same time as the new series of #GBBO starts.