Wayne Rooney ‘can’t wait’ for I’m A Celebrity viewers to see real Coleen The ITV reality show is infamous for its eating contests and terrifying trials. Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2024
Coleen Rooney in race to be leader of I’m A Celebrity camp in launch episode Rooney was dubbed Wagatha Christie when she accused Rebekah Vardy of leaking her private information to the press. Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2024
I’m a Celeb has made a huge casting mistake. The show won’t be the same COMMENT: ITV previously seemed very happy to oblige politicians in urgent need of money, rehabilitation or just missing the attention, writes Sean O’Grady. But this year’s roster is different The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2024
I’m A Celebrity: James Haskell and Mike Tindall ‘hid in dunny to avoid conflict’ The former rugby union players appeared on the ITV show in 2019 and 2022 respectively. Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024
From Northern trains to Dolly Parton, the institutions that can’t quit the fax Rail bosses admitted earlier this week they still use the surprisingly persistent technology The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2024
Phillip Schofield’s TV Castaway comeback was doomed from the start – but should we be surprised? This is public self-flagellation writ large, with dubious results Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2024
The week in TV: Ludwig; Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins; Apples Never Fall; Surviving October 7; Small Town, Big Riot – review David Mitchell turns sleuth in an amiable comedy thriller; Rachel Johnson gets the boot camp treatment; Annette Bening leads a stodgy mystery; and searing documentaries tackle Hamas atrocities and Kirkby disorder The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2024
‘I’ve never been so driven’: Led By Donkeys on mocking Liz Truss, duping Matt Hancock and renaming Michelle Mone’s yacht The group has campaigned on everything from the PPE scandal to the deaths of children in Gaza with their headline-grabbing guerrilla actions. And they’re only just getting started The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2024
Covid inquiry: Johnson and Hancock accused of making ‘false’ NHS claims Inquiry told how NHS entered pandemic with high nursing vacancies and low number of critical care beds The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2024
The week in audio: Suella Braverman on LBC; Dangerous Memories; World of Secrets: The Apartheid Killer – review Now a stand-in LBC presenter, the ex-home secretary accepts no opinion but her own; an investigation into a lifestyle guru is horrifying and riveting; and the harrowing story of a South African mass murderer is well told The Guardian - UK · Jul 27, 2024
Hunt to Hancock: six politicians in the frame in Covid inquiry report While many of the failings are seen as institutional, the report names some politicians for their role in the crisis The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024
‘Fatal strategic flaws’: first report of UK Covid inquiry pinpoints serious errors of state Health secretaries failed to amend contingency planning before Covid killed more than 230,000 in UK, report says The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024
UK Covid-19 inquiry: report ‘does not go far enough’ say bereaved families – as it happened Group says it is ‘relieved’ at many of report’s recommendations but calls for more measures to tackle inequality and improve capacity of public services The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024
Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response David Cameron, George Osborne and Matt Hancock to face criticism about priorities in years running up to pandemic The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024
The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2024 UK Covid inquiry to finally lay bare failures of government and politicians during pandemic Academics have said it is a question of ‘when not if’ another pandemic will hit
The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2024 From Nigel Farage to Boris Johnson: The politicians who have been duped by pranksters Foreign Secretary joins a string of politicians, including Suella Braverman and Boris Johnson, to be hoaxed by impersonators and pranksters
Woman & Home · Jun 9, 2024 32 of the most controversial moments in British TV We revisit the most complained about and controversial moments from the small-screen
Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024 Will Michael Gove do Strictly? All the rumoured next jobs for Tory MPs They ran the country, but now they’re moving on. What’s next for Matt Hancock, Sajid Javid, Nadhim Zahawi, Dominic Raab, and the rest?
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2024 National reckonings and public inquiries: what scandals come next? After the Post Office, infected blood, Grenfell Tower, Windrush and more, what could fall on the next prime minister’s watch?
The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2024 Covid, chemtrails and climate: the wild ideas spread by Reform UK candidates Some prospective parliamentary candidates have been found to hold fringe views that even the populist party says are ‘eccentric’
The Guardian - UK · Apr 18, 2024 Losing the whip: who are the 18 UK MPs sitting as independents? There are now more independents suspended by their parties than Lib Dems in the House of Commons
The Guardian - UK · Apr 13, 2024 Comedian Munya Chawawa: ‘I want to be the Swiss army knife of TV shows – I’m up for all of it’ The comedian on his rise from lockdown sensation to double Bafta nominee, approval from Stormzy and splitting apples with his bare hands
The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024 Andrew Bridgen must pay Matt Hancock legal fees of £40,000 in libel claim High court strikes out part but not all of Bridgen’s case and orders him to pay Tory MP’s costs
The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2024 Covid quiz: listen-alongs and lockdown parties – how well do you recall the pandemic? How much can you remember about something so recent that dominated everybody’s lives, and yet can feel like a distant past?
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024 Boris Johnson ‘largely absent’ early in Covid crisis, Welsh leader tells inquiry Mark Drakeford criticises UK ministers and says there is ‘plausible case’ that Welsh government should have acted sooner