Ex-Tory minister Andrea Leadsom among Brexiteers receiving honours from the Queen 

Ex-Tory minister Andrea Leadsom, Vote Leave veteran Oliver Lewis and a £500,00 Tory-donating tycoon are among Brexiteers receiving honours from the Queen Former Tory minister Andrea Leadsom became a dame in Birthday Honours List Oliver Lewis, a veteran of the Vote Leave campaign, is made a CBE Will Adderley who was a donor to Leave … Read more

Inquiry into No10 flat funding could become biggest investigation since ‘Cash for Honours’ scandal 

The inquiry by the Electoral Commission into the funding of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street makeover has the potential to become the biggest investigation directly affecting No 10 since the New Labour ‘Cash for Honours’ scandal. While the MPs’ expenses scandal involved senior ministers, No 10 was not directly implicated, and only a handful of backbench MPs … Read more

Inquiry into No10 flat funding could become biggest investigation since ‘Cash for Honours’ scandal 

The inquiry by the Electoral Commission into the funding of Boris Johnson’s Downing Street makeover has the potential to become the biggest investigation directly affecting No 10 since the New Labour ‘Cash for Honours’ scandal. While the MPs’ expenses scandal involved senior ministers, No 10 was not directly implicated, and only a handful of backbench MPs … Read more

Proud’ Prince Harry honours ‘conservation champion’

Prince Harry today paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh’s conservation work as he narrated a video for his wildlife charity to bang the drum for environmentalism. To celebrate Earth Day, the Duke of Sussex recorded the voice-over for the African Parks charity he has been President of since 2017.  In a statement to accompany the … Read more

Proud’ Prince Harry honours ‘conservation champion’

Prince Harry today paid tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh’s conservation work as he narrated a video for his wildlife charity to bang the drum for environmentalism. The Duke of Sussex recorded the voice-over for the African Parks charity he has been President of since 2017.  In a statement to accompany the video he said: ‘As … Read more

Vinnie Jones honours late wife Tanya with sweet tribute two years after her death

Vinnie Jones shared a series of touching photos of his late wife Tanya on Wednesday and wished her a ‘happy birthday,’ two years after her passing.  The footballer turned actor, 56, tied the knot with Tanya in 1994, but she tragically passed away in July 2019 following a six year battle with cancer.   Vinnie, who … Read more

Love Island’s Malin Andersson honours her late mum and daughter Consy in Mother’s Day post

Malin Andersson paid tribute to her late mum and daughter in an emotional Mother’s Day post on Sunday. Alongside an image of her first child in an incubator, the Love Island star, 28, admitted she ‘misses them more than anything’ in the heart-breaking tribute. The mental health campaigner lost her mother, Consy-Gloria, to stomach cancer … Read more

Queen leads Britain in grief as she personally honours Captain Sir Tom Moore

The Queen is leading tributes tonight to NHS hero Captain Sir Tom Moore, as the Archbishop of Canterbury said: ‘Where he walked, a nation followed.’ Queen Elizabeth sent a private message of condolence to the veteran’s family after news of death broke today. In a statement, Buckingham Palace tweeted: ‘A Buckingham Palace spokesman: ‘Her Majesty … Read more

Bernardine Evaristo warns minorities who refuse honours risk making them prizes ‘for white people’

Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo OBE warns ethnic minorities who refuse honours for their links to Empire risk making them prizes ‘for white people’ Writer Bernadine Evaristo awarded an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020 The 61-year-old was first black woman to win Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel Evaristo has said it … Read more

Bernardine Evaristo warns minorities who refuse honours risk making them prizes ‘for white people’

Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo OBE warns ethnic minorities who refuse honours for their links to Empire risk making them prizes ‘for white people’ Writer Bernadine Evaristo awarded an OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2020 The 61-year-old was first black woman to win Booker Prize in 2019 for her novel Evaristo has said it … Read more