She’s rocked numerous shaggy hairstyles in recent months. But Willow Smith was ready for a change while filming a concert film released over the weekend on Facebook. The 20-year-old musician shocked her fans at the end of the 48-minute concert film and documentary hybrid by getting her hair buzzed off on stage after a performance … Read more
Gavin Williamson ‘is pleading with Boris to make him chief whip’ in reshuffle as Tory MPs brand him a ‘failure’ who should be ‘forgotten’ MPs convinced Gavin Williamson is pushing to become chief whip in reshuffle Mark Spencer is believed to want Defra when Boris Johnson overhauls his team Aides insisted that Mr Williamson is … Read more
Christians around the world today celebrated Good Friday in the countries where it is still legal to congregate for worship. Jerusalem’s holy sites, where tens of thousands of pilgrims were barred from attending last Easter, were reopened, although remaining travel restrictions meant numbers were limited. In Australia, which has had very few coronavirus cases, worshippers … Read more
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today admitted that she was aware of ‘a concern’ about SNP chief whip Patrick Grady before a formal sexual harassment complaint was made about him. The Glasgow North MP, 41, stood aside as chief whip in Westminster last week following claims he groped two male researchers at an SNP Christmas … Read more
The Queen is to extend a personal olive branch to Harry and Meghan as she takes charge of the fallout from their bombshell television interview. With senior royals still ‘reeling’ following a series of explosive allegations by the couple, she has issued a ‘three-line whip’ to prevent staff discussing the situation publicly. It is understood … Read more
Patrick Grady stepped down as the SNP’s chief whip last night as the nationalists launched an investigation into claims he groped two men at a Christmas party. The party is also facing allegations that it ‘protected’ the Glasgow North MP after allegations about his conduct at a number of events in London in 2016. Letters … Read more
Boris Johnson and the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen have agreed that a ‘firm decision’ about the future of Brexit negotiations should be made by Sunday. As the clock ticks towards the deadline for agreement on a trade deal, here is a look at the key moments in the saga: January 23, 2013 … Read more
Diane Abbott is spotted without a face mask and not socially distancing at event calling for Labour Party to restore the whip to Jeremy Corbyn Hackney North MP on Sunday attended a demonstration with Corbyn supporters Ms Abbott can be seen standing proudly in the front row without a mask The veteran left-winger has been … Read more
President Donald Trump said Monday that he is fighting his increasingly desperate effort to remain in office by finding a way to overturn the vote in battleground states on behalf of his supporters – not for his own benefit. Trump has maintained a drumbeat of unsupported claims of large-scale fraud through the Thanksgiving weekend and … Read more
Labour’s chief whip has demanded that Jeremy Corbyn ‘unequivocally’ apologise for claiming that the scale of anti-Semitism in the party was ‘dramatically overstated for political reasons’. MP Nick Brown said the former Labour leader caused ‘distress and pain’ to the Jewish community with his response to a damning Equality and Human Rights Commission report into antisemitism … Read more