Matt Hancock

Television: The British MP is the first of the three finalists to be voted off the TV show as the England football star Jill Scott is crowned queen of the jungle

From the I’m a Celebrity final and a day in the life of the Dart to Hugh Wallace’s Bungalow Bliss and the TV bloopers of It’ll be Alright on the Night

Reality TV provides escapism in dark times. It also explores the fundamentals of human behaviour

The Diary of a Secret Tory MP author seeks to prove that Britain’s ruling party is not beyond parody

Television: The former British health secretary’s arrival caused uproar last week. But opinion appears to have turned

Feelgood goes out of fashion with I’m a Celebrity’s nauseous contestant choice set to segue into Fifa’s Qatar disgrace

Television: ‘I can’t help thinking he should be at work,’ Chris Moyles says of the UK’s former health secretary. Boy George looks as if he might quit in disgust

Donald Clarke: Matt Hancock’s unveiling by I’m a Celebrity could hardly have gone worse

Chief whip Simon Hart said the situation was so serious he should have the right to sit as a Conservative suspended

From the storming of the Capitol and the Suez Canal to Olympic success and Storm Barra, the news never stopped

British prime minister reportedly present for 15 minutes following Covid press briefing

Squid Game, Bernie Sanders’s mittens and how to wear skinny jeans dominate global trends

Bereaved families call for public inquiry to be brought forward after cross-party report

The UK is being led by a cabal of ageing frat boys whose decisions are making its people sick

Whitehall whistleblower says people were classed as close contacts for five days, not two

Tensions between prime minister and chancellor rise over spending policy

British health secretary’s ‘poor choice of word’ causes outcry amongst bereaved families

PM urges public to ‘please, please, be cautious’ as restrictions begin to lift in England

England’s Covid-19 crisis could return quickly, chief medical officer says

George Galloway’s supporters face allegations of bringing toxic element to campaign

Net Results: Hancock’s Gmail use shocking as it exposed affairs of state to great risk

There are straws in the wind to suggest that Boris Johnson’s vaccine bounce may be faltering

There were 22,868 new cases across the UK, the highest daily figure since January

Johnson was reluctant to sack a minister over a personal indiscretion, but it became clear Conservative MPs were unwilling to back Hancock

UK health secretary resigned in wake of video showing him kissing aide in his office

Boris Johnson refuses to sack health secretary after picture emerges of him kissing an aide

Former aide claims PM plans to leave office after next election ‘to make money and have fun’

End of Covid social-distancing rules to be delayed for four weeks until July 19th

UK health secretary tells inquiry it is ‘telling’ Dominic Cummings did not provide evidence of allegations

Matt Hancock says Delta variant of virus appears to be 40% more transmissible

June 21st unlocking may be scaled down as UK records highest Covid cases since March

June 21st on cards for final unlocking but ministers ready for delay if data worsens

Government’s former chief scientific adviser says Britain is in ‘a perilous moment’

British government aims to have all over-50s fully inoculated by June 21st, date set for England’s full exit from lockdown

London Letter: Even if voters don’t care, the explosive allegations could damage the PM

UK health secretary avoids answering question on testing of patients before their discharge

Reported number of B.1.617.2 variant cases more than doubles in one week

Ex-chief adviser condemns British PM in blistering appearance before committee

Boris Johnson was ‘like a shopping trolley, just smashing around from one side to the other’

Former adviser to Boris Johnson tells inquiry that prime minister is unfit for office