In the ongoing absence through illness of Boris Johnson he joined leaders including US president Donald Trump to discuss how to reduce the economic impact of the pandemic.

DOMINIC LAWSON: In the same spirit (or lack of it), Mr Farage at the weekend abandoned a scheduled return appearance on the Sophy Ridge On Sunday show.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told a Channel 4 documentary he believed Dominic Cummings was behind persuading Prime Minister Boris Johnson not to form a Leave alliance.

The actress, 33, joked that locking lips with West was like 'kissing a Walrus', blaming the complexities of his costume, that included a fat suit, and 'horrific facial hair' for ruining the moment.  

LeBron James is extending his kindness to a teenager in the Dominican Republic who caught his attention after a video of the 13-year-old boy hitting a tough shot went viral this week.

The Daily Mail's Stephen Glover gives his honest appraisal of the job that lies ahead for Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, chosen by Boris Johnson to lead the country while he is in intensive care.

Boris Johnson has been desperately trying to ease tensions in the wake of the dramatic US strike that killed general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad on Friday.

PAUL NEWMAN IN COLOMBO: Dom Sibley begins the latest leg of his journey towards becoming an established Test opener confident he can adapt to the very different conditions in Sri Lanka.

JAMIE REDKNAPP: With Carlo Ancelotti as a manager and Duncan Ferguson as a mentor, Dominic Calvert-Lewin is getting the best of both worlds. He can become a true No 9.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has conveyed his concerns about the treatment of the 19-year-old woman and how her case is being handled in Cyprus.

Boris Johnson entered Number 10 today as he was watched by controversial Vote Leave architect Dominic Cummings who he has appointed as a top adviser to help get Brexit done.

Jo Swinson today launched an audacious Liberal Democrat bid to oust Dominic Raab at the general election as she took her battle bus to the senior Tory's Surrey stronghold.

SIMON WALTERS: Brainbox Cummings holds Whitehall's army of Sir Humphrey-style mandarins in total contempt. He wants to replace them with a team of 'weirdos, misfits, true wild cards and artists.'

They may be poles apart sartorially but Ms Watson, 31, has developed a strong working relationship with Boris's adviser since they worked together on Vote Leave before the 2016 EU referendum.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: For Rex Hunt, Thursday, April 1, 1982 began like any other day. It was a lovely, bright morning, but in his sprawling Victorian house in the little town of Stanley, Falkland Islands.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: A few years earlier, many professions had been virtually all-male. In the City, women were not allowed on the floor of the Stock Exchange until March 1973.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: 'To some extent,' wrote Boris Johnson in his book about his hero Winston Churchill, 'all politicians are gamblers with events.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We are only a few days into the election campaign and the conspiracy theories have already begun.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The real threat to free speech comes not from a totalitarian government. It comes from UK university campuses that are supposed to be hotbeds of debate and disagreement.

Like Johnson, Churchill refined his image, endlessly practising his supposedly spontaneous quips. He, too, had conspicuous flaws, drank too much, told tall tales and played to the gallery.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: In my lifetime, Labour have published more than a dozen manifestos, some saner than others.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Exactly 100 days since Jeremy Corbyn became Prime Minister, his Momentum fan club have sent red roses to mark the occasion.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: To future generations, the names of toppled Labour strongholds will tell the story of Boris Johnson's tidal wave.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The 2010s has been a decade of increasingly strident and intolerant political correctness, with institutions such as the Church of England taking more extreme positions.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: So how will we remember the 2010s? It was a decade of austerity, great patriotic spectacles, royal weddings and the triumphant London Olympics.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Britain's departure shows the EU is not the end of history and it is perfectly possible to get off the train, however clumsy our departure may have looked.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We've packed our bags and bought our tickets, and on Friday evening we are off. Whatever you think of the decision, there is no doubt this is a landmark in our modern history.

DOMINIC SANDBROOKE: This week, as Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan launches a 'consultation' to discuss the licence fee, the BBC's future genuinely seems more uncertain than ever before.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The new slimmed down Royal Family is a good thing, though I don't for a moment underestimate the strain it has placed upon our 93-year-old Queen.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We pride ourselves on our supremacy over the natural world and our mastery of science. But as the last week has shown, our modernity has made us weaker than ever.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Boris Johnson's reference to 'society' in Sunday night's video was a rebuke to Margaret Thatcher's controversial remarks, made in an interview in the late Eighties.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Even optimists admit that some businesses will not be replaced. Not every neighbourhood restaurant will reopen. Not every furloughed worker will stroll back into a job.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Have you ever wondered what a perfect storm looks like? Just take a look at Britain's universities. Crippled by corruption and greed they stand on the brink of disaster.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: To future generations, the names of toppled Labour strongholds will tell the story of Boris Johnson's tidal wave.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has clung on to his Esher and Walton seat in Surrey, gaining a majority of 2,746 despite a heavy Remainer backlash.

Today's ultimatum to Mr Javid to sack his closest team and accept aides answering to Mr Cummings is the culmination of a naked power grab by the maverick strategy chief.

Government figures reportedly believe the current way in which Number 10 is operating is 'unsustainable' and 'untenable' with Mr Cummings' role a key concern.

Carrie Symonds is backing ministers who say Dominic Cummings' aggressive approach is damaging, sources say. Insiders fear Mr Johnson is in danger of being caught in a damaging power struggle.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Even optimists admit that some businesses will not be replaced. Not every neighbourhood restaurant will reopen. Not every furloughed worker will stroll back into a job.

'Look at me, I'm different,' special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson Cummings appears to be saying with his body language, writes Dan Hodges.

The former prime minister singled out Boris Johnson's new chief of staff, the then Ukip leader Mr Farage and Mr Banks, the Leave.EU chief and controversial businessman.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Cameron's attempt to mix support for EU membership with the rhetoric of untrammelled national self-determination was fundamentally dishonest.

Much of David Cameron's book is overshadowed by the inevitability of Britain's EU exit, which gives the whole thing a defensive, even melancholy air, says DOMINIC SANDBROOK.

ANDREW PIERCE - Trust rust is key when talking about ambitious ministers who might one day fancy a permanent shot at the top job. He may be wooden, but Dominic Raab has Boris Johnson's backing.

The brunette bombshell is also very skilled when it comes to catering to her 4.3M Instagram followers as she proved once again this week when she shared a topless photo.

The youngest of the famous reality show siblings, 32, could be seen exchanging flirty posts with Dominican singer Natti Natasha on Twitter recently.

The actor splashed the cash to a tune of $300K to celebrate his milestone year at the celeb-favorite, ultra lavish beachside Ani Private Resort in the Dominican Republic.

Heads-of-states, financial entrepreneurs, Hollywood stars and top entertainers have all stayed at Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic. MailOnline's Katy Winter checked in to see what the fuss is about.

Mr Cummings' name was on a leaked list of members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) as far back as February. 

The former Brexit secretary David Davis said that Cummings's presence could alter the advice offered in meetings. It was last night revealed the PM's chief aide had attended Sage meetings.