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Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Liz Truss has held her first meeting with her newly-appointed Cabinet - where the energy crisis will have undoubtedly been a key topic of conversation. Credit: Getty Images

The Liz Truss Cabinet: who has been given what by the new PM?

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Former Leicestershire Chief Constable found dead at his home in Kibworth - just ...

Queen Elizabeth II named as one of the most inspirational women (photo: Victoria Jones - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

International Women’s Day celebration of our phenomenal females

UK terror threat level increased to severe - meaning an attack is ‘highly likely...

Sajid Javid calls anti-vax protesters ‘idiots’ following protests which saw children injured (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

Sajid Javid calls anti-vax protesters ‘idiots’ following protests which saw chil...

Downing Street and Mrs Johnson’s spokeswoman have denied lockdown rules were broken (Photo: Getty Images)

PM and Carrie Johnson ‘broke Christmas lockdown rules’ to have friend over

Home Secretary Priti Patel (left) will unveil plans to tackle disruptive protesters including those from Insulate Britain (right) (Pictures: Getty Images and Insulate Britain)

These are the new powers set to be handed to police to tackle disruptive protest...

Priti Patel: Police must not treat flashing and harassment of women as ‘low level’ (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

Priti Patel: Police must not treat flashing and harassment of women as ‘low leve...

The Home Secretary has reportedly sanctioned new tactics to redirect migrant boats in the Channel back to France (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Priti Patel to send boats carrying migrants to the UK back to France

Plymouth shooting: Six dead in Keyham incident including suspect and a child

Tyrone Mings of England looks on following defeat in the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Final between Italy and England at Wembley Stadium on July 11, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by John Sibley - Pool/Getty Images)

Tyrone Mings opens up on mental health struggles at Euro 2020

Police officers patrol the area around a house in Liverpool, north west England (PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Enhanced stop and search powers and 24-hour tags among new measures in crime pla...

Football banning order will be extended to stop racist trolls attending games for up to 10 years (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Football banning order will be extended to stop racist trolls attending games fo...

Tyrone Mings hit out at the Home Secretary for labelling the team's anti-racism message as 'gesture politics' (Photo: Getty Images)

Priti Patel under fire from England player after labelling anti-racism stand as ...

WhatsApp has launched a new ad campaign in the UK and Germany, which it says has been designed to reiterate its “commitment to privacy” (Photo: Shutterstock)

WhatsApp launches global ad campaign after backlash over privacy policy

Ms Everard died from a compression of the neck after she went missing on 3 March

Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, pleads guilty to kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard

Priti Patel has refused to rule out prosecutions after Diana interview report - ...

Priti Patel: Facebook and other tech companies must ‘live up to moral duty’ and keep children safe (Photo by Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Priti Patel urges tech companies to ‘live up to moral duty’ and keep children sa...

Priti Patel announced that GHB will be reclassified as a class B drug (Getty Images)

GHB has been reclassified as a class B drug - these are its effects

The Isle of Man is one of the locations suggested under new plans (Photo: Shutterstock)

Plans to process asylum seekers on UK islands including Scottish isles and Gibra...

MPs debated the controversial proposed policing bill for hours yesterday - here’s what happened (Photo by MATT DUNHAM/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

MPs debated the controversial proposed policing bill for hours yesterday - here’...

The register would act as an 'early warning system' (Photo: Shutterstock)

A national register to monitor men who harass or are violent towards women is be...

Labour has announced it will vote against the Government’s key crime legislation, which includes plans to impose controls on protests (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Labour is opposing legislation plans to impose controls on protests - but will i...

The Government made limited use of quarantine hotels early in the pandemic, such as this Holiday Inn hotel,close to Heathrow Airport which was block-booked by the Department of Health to use as a quarantine zone in March 2020 (Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Anyone returning from these 'red list' countries to the UK will soon have to qua...

Boris Johnson will address the press later today (Getty Images)

This is when Boris Johnson is addressing the nation later today

Tougher travel restrictions are being considered by the government (Photo: Getty Images)

Full closure of UK borders is being ‘considered’ - what we know so far

Icreasing the rollout to 600,000 jabs per day could allow restrictions to lift sooner (Photo: Getty Images)

Daily Covid vaccination rate must double to lift lockdown by May - is it feasibl...

150,000 police records were wiped due to an ‘error’ - including fingerprints and...

England could enter into a country-wide lockdown in the New Year

Boris Johnson downplayed the number of lorry drivers stranded in Dover - accordi...

Boris Johnson is being sued - here's why and what could happen

England’s first and second lockdown rules compared as new restrictions come into...

Police told to brace for Covid disorder and possible terrorism as UK’s terror th...

The UK’s terror level is now at 'severe' - here’s why

Those who break face mask rules in England and repeatedly refuse to wear them will receive increased fines of up to £3,200, it has been announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

Fines for not wearing a face mask in England have been increased up to £3,200

Nearly 4,000 migrants have crossed the Channel so far this year (Photo: Getty Images)

Here’s why migrants risk their lives to come to the UK

Wiley posted a series of tweets targeting the Jewish community (Getty Images)

People are boycotting Twitter for 48 hours - here's why

The rapper's comments have garnered huge backlash as well as a temporary ban from his social media accounts (Photo: Tabatha Fireman/Getty Images)

Musician Wiley has been banned from Twitter for an antisemitic rant - here's wha...

People will require 70 points to be eligible for a visa from 2021 (Photo: Shutterstock)

A new points-based immigration system will be introduced in the UK next year - h...

Lockdown could extend to a postcode, town or a whole city, if considered necessary (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how a local lockdown would work if coronavirus cases spike - and what’s h...

Priti Patel revealed that immunity passports were being looked into as a replacemnt for current travel quarantine measures (Getty Images)

Everything you need to know about immunity passports - and how they could work

Portugal is planning an 'air bridge' with the UK - here's what that means, and w...

This is the latest France travel advice as ‘Phase II’ of easing lockdown with ca...

International travellers, including residents returning from abroad, could face police spot checks and fines if they fail to self-isolate on arrival in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s how much you could be fined if you flout quarantine rules after travellin...

Revealed - Parliament’s pin-ups! Do you agree?

Police can now arrest people for breaching the lockdown guidance (Photo: Shutterstock)

Police have been given new powers of arrest if coronavirus lockdown rules are ig...

Nobody is sure if the post-Brexit passports are blue or black - what do you thin...

All the highlights from the Brit Awards 2020 - from Lewis Capaldi's Buckfast to ...