The Prime Minister was transferred to the ICU at St Thomas' Hospital in south London last night as his symptoms worsened after he was admitted to hospital on Sunday.

Councillor Sheila Oakes, who is currently mayor of Heanor in Derbyshire, said the Prime Minister 'completely deserves' his intensive care battle with coronavirus.

The talented percussionist died age 43 in the company of his wife Yaritza Blackwell, who announced the sad news

The US President sacked his hawkish foreign policy adviser last week, revealing deep divisions on major foreign policy issues including nuclear talks with Pyongyang.

A new book claims that the leader of North Korea sees himself as John F. Kennedy and his wife Ri Sol Ju as the parallel of Jackie Kennedy.

JACK DOYLE: IN a burst of optimism characteristic of his leadership campaign, Boris Johnson insists he would break the Brexit deadlock and honour the result of the referendum.

The senior minister told the Daily Mail the Prime Minister would fight in court to try to find a way around the law forcing him to extend the October 31 Brexit deadline.

Throughout the campaign, Tory staff out on the road with Mr Johnson were always more optimistic than those based in London, because they saw at first hand the reception he got from the public.

The photo of the Queen at Windsor Castle on the phone to Boris Johnson does not just assuage fears for the health of our 93-year-old monarch, it resolutely declares it is business as usual.

RICHARD KAY: Boris Johnson remained stoically upright as he joined in the mass applause for the NHS and if the usual ebullience was missing there was at least a flicker of determination.

RICHARD KAY: The hardest part must be accepting the sympathy while having to acknowledge that the exterior he has always presented has been breached.

Boris Johnson keen to rebuild relations with Donald Trump and secure an agreement that could boost the UK economy post-Brexit.

JAN MOIR: We are supposed to be sophisticated people, living in a time of enlightenment. Look at us. We paint pictures, play the piano and ice our cakes with star-shaped nozzles.

The 93-year-old monarch, whose son Prince Charles also has the infection, is said to be 'following all the appropriate advice with regards to her welfare' amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Buckingham Palace on Wednesday released a photo of the Queen on the phone to the Prime Minister in a move to calm fears for her health after it emerged Prince Charles had coronavirus.

St Johnstone have announced that long-serving manager Tommy Wright has 'parted company' with the club after seven years in the hotseat.

Tony Abbott joined the NSW Rural Fire Service in 2000 while he was a minister and skipped cabinet meetings to help his Sydney brigade fight fires or clear storm damage, his captain said.

EXCLUSIVE BY JONATHAN McEVOY: As Lewis Hamilton whisked friends and family away to celebrate his sixth world championship the great and good were working on another important trip.

Cardinal John Henry Newman is to be canonised at the Vatican in Rome tomorrow. Prince Charles will make speech and woman claiming miracle after praying to Cardinal will be there.

The Vatican invested $4.5 million on films in 2019, one of which was the Elton John biopic Rocketman (bottom right) which features scenes of gay sex and drug abuse, a report has revealed.

JOHN R. BRADLEY: He may have been the world's most wanted terrorist and the supremo of global jihad, but Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was all but a mythical figure to those hunting him.

John Wilson's hobby is creating orchestras. He began at college with a small jazz ensemble, which became the John Wilson Orchestra, specialising in music from Hollywood musicals.

The Queen, 93, welcomed the new Prime Minister to Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon, shortly after accepting Theresa May's resignation. But it was her bag that drew attention.

Boris Johnson today opted for the nuclear option of suspending Parliament in a bid to stop MPs trying to block the UK leaving the EU on October 31 as he declared war on the 'Remain Alliance'.

The Queen has agreed to Boris Johnson's plan to suspend Parliament as the Prime Minister tries to stop MPs blocking the UK leaving the EU on October 31.

Explaining yesterday's dramatic events on a conference call with his Cabinet Boris Johnson said negotiations with the EU would be helped if Parliament could not 'frustrate' Brexit.

MPs gathered at Parliament to hear the Queen herald the government's package, which will include tougher sentences for foreign criminals and child abusers.

Sam Taylor-Johnson, 51, and husband of six years Aaron, 28, looked as happy as ever as they sat front row at the Givenchy Paris Fashion Week spring/summer '19 presentation on Sunday.

Belgian terrorist Najim Laachraoui, 24, was a key member of the ISIS gang which imprisoned British and American hostages before handing them over to executioner Jihadi John.

The animal lover said he is not against the sport but has changed his perspective on the historic race because of the number of horses which have died in the race.

The shortest sentence in this autobiography is also the truest. 'Brevity,' writes John Bercow, 'is not my strong suit.' You can say that again!

Boris Johnson's plan to scrap a minimum earnings threshold for migrants who want to move to the UK after Brexit has sparked a backlash among Tory MPs.

The Prime Minister will vow to 'mobilise the full breadth of our new freedoms' on Brexit night - as his Bill paving the way for Britain to leave the EU was finally passed by Parliament yesterday.

Boris Johnson lashed out after the SNP leader said immigration from the EU must continue north of the border because the economy needs workers.

The new Chancellor was beaming as he sat next to the Prime Minister despite the fact that yesterday he saw his boss Sajid Javid purged from the government.

Priti Patel blasted rapper Dave's incendiary claims that Boris Johnson is a 'real racist' this morning on Sky News and BBC Breakfast, calling them 'utter nonsense' and 'highly inappropriate'.

A leading Tory MP has accused Boris Johnson of making 'really ill-judged' comments in the past and told him to 'think very carefully' about the impact his words have on women and ethnic minorities.

Boris Johnson's new-look Cabinet today agreed to the Prime Minister's plans to introduce an Australian-style points-based immigration system at the start of 2021.

The Chelsea legend will join other stars including former team-mates Didier Drogba, Joe Cole and Michael Essien as well as Sir Mo Farah at the charity football match on Sunday June 16.

Susanna Johnston has collated a charming and witty selection of vignettes and diaries from her well-connected life. From bring her dementia-ridden father home from Cape Town, to losing at ping-pong.

Rachel Johnson reveals the challenges of life in the public eye and behind the scenes of the 'Westminster bubble' in her book, Rake's Progress, My Political Midlife Crisis.

The son of David and Victoria Beckham, 17, channelled his famous godfather Elton John, 73, by sporting a pair of very glitzy sunglasses.

John Arthur Elliott, 38, from Perth, spent the last year walking across Australia but at midday on Sunday, his camel slipped off a bush track near Jamieson around 190km north-east of Melbourne.

She's set to marry Matty 'J' Johnson later this year. And on Friday, The Bachelor's Laura Byrne shared a tribute to her fiancé to celebrate Valentine's Day.

The Bachelor's Laura Byrne has spoken candidly about having a miscarriage with fiancé Matthew 'Matty J' Johnson before welcoming daughter Marlie Mae last June.

Many weddings have been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Former reality star Matty 'J' Johnson has issued a chilling warning to young people who are selling raunchy content on the subscription-based website OnlyFans.

She often shares adorable photos and videos of her two children Luna and Miles - as well as husband John Legend. And on Thursday, Chrissy Teigen did just that on her Instagram stories.

JOHN GRAY: The Conservatives are expanding their support among working-class people, while Labour's support among them is plummeting.

JOHN SIMPSON: Libyan terrorists planted a bomb on an American PanAm airliner which blew up over Lockerbie. Colonel Gaddafi's Libya got the blame and was thought to have given instructions.