Daniel Bird
Daniel Bird
Deputy Editor, NationalWorld
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Sue Gray is facing a government probe over whether she held talks with the Labour Party while investigating lockdown-breaking parties under Boris Johnson’s government. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Sue Gray probe paused after she ‘chose not to’ cooperate with inquiry

Either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss will become the next Prime Minister after both making the Tory leadership run-off vote. (Credit: Kim Mogg/NationalWorld)

Live Tory leader candidates Sunak and Truss appear at Birmingham hustings

Passengers stand on the concourse viewing the departures board at Waterloo station, London, as union members take part in a fresh strike over jobs, pay and conditions.

Live Live: rail passengers set for day of disruption as workers strike

Cars queue at the check-in at the Port of Dover in Kent as many families embark on getaways following the start of summer holidays for many schools in England and Wales. (PA)

Live More queues at Port of Dover amid summer disruption warning

Fire crews are continuing to tackle blazes across the UK after temperatures topped 40C (PA)

Live Live: firefighters faced busiest day since WW2 as temperatures hit 40C

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe interacts with supporters (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe dies after being shot at campaign event

If Boris Johnson does step down then there is no shortage of people in the running for the top job (NationalWorld / Mark Hall)

Favourites to replace Boris Johnson as Tory leader and prime minister

Labour maintains lead over Conservatives in most recent polling

(left to right) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Union Council President Charles Michel, and President of France Emmanuel Macron listen to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a video link (PA)

Live PM insists cost of Ukraine support is price worth paying - updates

The family of Archie Battersbee - a 12-year-old boy at the centre of a life-support treatment dispute - will launch an appeal today (20 June) after a High Court judge ruled that the youngster is dead (PA)

Live Archie Battersbee’s family win right to appeal against court ruling

Passengers are facing a summer of travel chaos as flights continue to be cancelled at UK airports and the rail system is set to come to a grinding halt due to a series of strikes (NationalWorld / Mark Hall)

Passengers facing travel disruption across the UK

The Bank of England has predicted that inflation will top 11% in the autumn (PA)

Inflation needs to be tamed before tax cuts, ministers suggest

The Bank of England has raised interest rates from 1% to 1.25% (Photo: PA)

Interest rates rise to highest level since 2009

Demonstrators join the “March for Our Lives” rally in Los Angeles, California, on June 11, 2022. (Photo by RINGO CHIU / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)

Cross-party group of senators reach deal on gun safety measures

Hollywood actor Johnny Depp has won a multimillion-dollar US defamation lawsuit against his former wife Amber Heard (Getty Images)

Johnny Depp wins multimillion-dollar libel case against Amber Heard

Boris Johnson’s own ethics adviser said there was a “legitimate question” over whether the Prime Minister had breached the Ministerial Code (Getty Images and PA)

PM ‘may have broken ministerial code over partygate fine’

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo by Aaron Chown - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Boris Johnson ‘to bring back imperial measurements’ to mark jubilee

The energy price cap could increase by more than £800 to “in the region of £2,800” in October, Ofgem’s boss has warned.(Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Energy price cap could rise to £2,800 in October - an increase of £800

Daniel John Twigg was taken to hospital after an ambulance was called to a property in Milnrow, Rochdale (PA)

‘He was kind and caring’: tribute to boy, 3, killed in dog attack

Boris Johnson said the Conservative Party endured a “tough night” as Labour made historic gains in London and the Liberal Democrats enjoyed a strong performance (Composite: Kim Mogg / National World)

Live Local elections live: PM admits ‘tough night’ as Tories lose seats

A mother, stepfather and teenage boy have all been found guilty of murdering a five-year-old whose battered body was found dumped in a river (South Wales Police)

Boy, 5, murdered by mum and stepdad and dumped in river

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, stabbed the Tory MP Sir David Amess more than 20 times at a constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea (Met Police / PA)

Terrorist showed ‘no remorse or shame’ for murder of MP

A fuel pump is pictured as it refuels a car with unleaded petrol at a petrol station in north London on November 18, 2020. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

UK inflation hits 30-year high of 7% as cost of living soars

Rishi Sunak has announced that the threshold for paying National Insurance will increase and fuel duty will be cut by 5p during his Spring Statement.

Spring Statement: the key measures announced by Rishi Sunak

Britain’s rate of inflation has soared to 6.2% in February from 5.5% the month before - and now stands at its highest level in 30 years. (PA)

UK inflation hits 30-year high of 6.2% as cost of living soars

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard Ratcliffe during a press conference hosted by their local MP Tulip Siddiq (right) - PA

Twitter trolls insulting Nazanin have lost all sense of perspective

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves the stage after speaking at the Conservative Party Spring Forum at Winter Gardens, Blackpool (PA)

Anger over Boris Johnson’s ‘distasteful’ Ukraine and Brexit comparison

Undated handout file photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, who murdered Sarah Everard

Sarah Everard’s murderer charged with 4 counts of indecent exposure

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a life or death ultimatum to Russian soldiers.

Ukraine’s Zelensky issues life or death ultimatum to Russian soldiers

People in the crowd turning on their phone torches in Clapham Common, London, for a vigil for Sarah Everard (PA)

Met Police breached rights of organisers of Sarah Everard vigil

Amazon has stopped selling clothing emblazoned with the Russian military ‘Z’ symbol after it was criticised on social media (NationalWorld)

Amazon removes ‘disgusting’ Russian ‘Z’ symbol t-shirts from site

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich says he is ”giving trustees of Chelsea’s charitable Foundation the stewardship and care” of the club, in a statement.

Roman Abramovich hands stewardship of Chelsea over to trustees

An airplane at Heathrow Airport in 2020 (Credit: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

British Airways cancels all short-haul flights from Heathrow

The UK’s favourite supermarket has been revealed with Marks & Spencer taking top spot despite a strong showing from discount store Aldi (Getty Images)

Best supermarket in UK announced - with Aldi coming in second place

Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an address to the nation after Russia invaded Ukraine

PM says ‘our worst fears have come true’ after Ukraine invasion

Boris Johnson has been urged to impose tougher sanctions on Russia as the crisis in Ukraine continues to escalate. (Getty Images)

Boris Johnson urged to impose tougher sanctions on Russia

A Cabinet minister said it is “a very dark day in Europe” after claiming that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has already begun (Getty Images)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has begun, Cabinet minister warns

A special notice at Charing Cross station informs passengers that all Southeastern train services have been suspended due to the severe weather conditions on February 18, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Passengers told to ‘avoid travel if possible’ due to Storm Franklin

Novak Djokovic playing at a tournament in Vienna, Austria (Photo by Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images)

Djokovic says he would rather miss Wimbledon than get jabbed

Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, in the Kharkiv region (AFP via Getty Images)

Missiles could hit Ukraine within ‘minutes’ of Putin invasion order

Commuters wear protective facemasks as they arrive at Paddington station on November 30, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK economy delivered record growth in 2021 amid Covid rebound

Members of Estonian army during military training together with United Kingdom soldiers at Central Training Area on February 8, 2022 in Lasna, Estonia. (Getty Images)

1,000 British troops on standby in case of Ukraine refugee crisis

A new picture has emerged of Boris Johnson with an open bottle of what appears to be champagne during a Number 10 “virtual” Christmas quiz (Getty Images)

Police review decision to not investigate Downing St party

A major Tory donor who has given the party more than £3m has said that Boris Johnson’s premiership had “passed the point of no return” (Getty Images)

Major Tory donor says PM has ‘passed the point of no return’

Boris Johnson lied when he claimed that Sir Keir Starmer had “failed to prosecute” Jimmy Savile (Getty Images)

This isn’t ‘Trumpian’ politics - it’s ‘Johnsonian’

Carrie Johnson’s role in her husband’s premiership had been put in the spotlight when a biography of the 33-year-old, by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft, was serialised in the Daily Mail (Getty Images)

Carrie Johnson says she is being targeted in ‘brutal campaign’