By Laura Harding, PA Deputy Entertainment Editor – [STANDFIRST] The comedian’s filthy alter-ego talks drinking, superheroes and her love of TikTok with Laura Harding. Catherine Tate’s outrageous, flatulent, foul-mouthed character Nan is sitting in a London hotel room, cardigan on, hair askew,
Lord Falconer, who also served as solicitor general and was the first justice secretary, attempted to legalise euthanasia in 2013 by proposing an Assisted Dying Bill for people with less than six months to live. Speaking in favour of Lord Forsyth’s amendment,

By Nick Purewal, PA – Chelsea have been handed a big boost for their FA Cup quarter-final with the Government raising the Blues’ travel budget for the Middlesbrough trip, the PA news agency understands. The Stamford Bridge club have been hit with

The former prime minister told Channel 4 News: “If the argument is that somehow Russian investment in Britain, or very small numbers of Russians supporting the Conservative Party, somehow changed our policy, I would say that it’s complete nonsense.” He refused to

David Cameron called for a dedicated aid minister in the Cabinet as he said more could be done to support Ukraine with the humanitarian crisis.The former prime minister was asked on Channel 4 News whether he would rule out putting a no-fly

LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues to impact world oil prices, diesel costs in the UK have risen by an average of over 2p in a day. On Tuesday, the price of fuel hit a new high

BELFAST (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Northern Ireland Brexit protocol isn’t “simple or straightforward,” but it is legal, according to the Belfast Court of Appeal. It was concluded by Dame Siobhan Keegan, Northern Ireland’s lady chief justice, and two other judges in

LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Boris Johnson is set to visit Saudi Arabia the next week for oil talks as part of his effort to wean the UK off its reliance on Russian energy supply. Despite Downing Street’s insistence that the trip

LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Do you get up an hour earlier in the morning to go for a jog? Or are you going to do a few dozen laps in the pool after work? Exercising before or after work has its

LONDON (Parliament Politics Magazine) – According to the latest figures given by the Office for National Statistics, covid infections are on the rise in the UK, with one in every 25 persons affected (ONS). Coronavirus has infected 300,000 people in Scotland, or
