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.

Ms Grace spoke on Brisbane's Hit105 radio on Tuesday morning and said the annual party will be subject to the advice of experts closer to the date.

Callum Warren, 27, is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting the student while she worked as a parliamentary assistant to another Tory MP at Westminster, who cannot be named.

Mr Gove, who introduced his party leader at his victory rally today (pictured), is being tipped to be given a new trade role to promote Britain as it leaves the EU by January 31.

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.

The new Tory majority government will end the early release of dangerous terrorists and introduce minimum 14 year jail terms.

Conservative former MP Zac Goldsmith is to stay on as Environment Minister and will be made a life peer, Downing Street has announced today.

Measures to ensure that 'minimum service levels' are maintained during rail strikes are included in the Queen's Speech.

The Kingswood MP marked the end of his second term in the role by posting pictures on Twitter of himself with daughter Ottolie, who was born in November.

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.

A Cabinet minister is currently in self-isolation and awaiting the results of a coronavirus test as five other MPs quarantined themselves following Nadine Dorries' startling diagnosis.

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.

Questions had been raised over what Mrs May would do after relinquishing Downing Street. But during a muted Prime Minister's Questions today she confirmed that she intended to remain an MP.

Enam Ali, 58, was arrested after police raided a restaurant in Surrey whose A-list diners have included Johnny Depp and Pierce Brosnan. It is understood he has been released under investigation.

'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.

RICHARD KAY: The Queen has always strived to be above politics. At the time of the referendum, Buckingham Palace was at great pains to stress that it was a matter for the Scottish people

HARRY COLE: Gathering last weekend for the traditional Remembrance Day commemorations, I hear things were rather tense among the former premiers.

Dr Denzil Douglas was detained at the airport by UK Border Force three weeks ago but he could not explain why he was attempting to leave the country with the cash.

The presenter opted for a tasteful cream skirt and sheer shirt from popular womanswear brand & Other Stories ahead of her appearance on the ITV show.

HARRY COLE: Given the National Crime Agency, the UK's FBI, is probing where the cash is from, is such behaviour becoming of a member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council?

Alessandra Ambrosio got leggy in a black mini-dress at the unveiling of her wax statue at Madame Tussauds in New York City on Thursday.

Charlize Theron changed out of her Golden Globes gown to attend an afterparty held at the Sunset Towers hotel. 

EU Council president Donald Tusk claimed to have treated Mrs May 'with a much greater empathy and respect than some MPs' at the close of this week's EU summit in Brussels.

Protesting Greek school teachers have clashed with police in central Athens during a demonstration against government plans for hiring new teachers.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is the fifth highest paid world leader with a massive salary of around AUD$538,000 - seven times the average national wage in Australia.

The White House and State Department are pressuring governments in Europe to take back thousands of jihadis and their brides captured when ISIS collapsed - and having no success.

Horst Seehofer rebuffed the chancellor's outstretched hand at a summit in Berlin this morning - refusing to make an exception to a self-imposed handshake ban.

She rose to fame as a professional dancer. And Jenna Dewan put her statuesque dancer's legs on display in a black wrap mini-dress when she was glimpsed shopping in Los Angeles this Thursday.

Holidaymakers should avoid booking any international travel during the coronavirus crisis, warned Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham.

The Trump administration is expected to announce the removal of 4,000 troops from Afghanistan as early as next week. Between 8,000 and 9,000 troops are expected to remain overseas.

She's the two-time Oscar-winner widely regarded as one of the greatest stage and film actresses of her generation. 

Cate Blanchett currently stars as 1970s anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly on Foxtel's new mini-series, Mrs America.

Oscar winner Cate Blachett is about to star as 1970s anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly on Foxtel's new mini-series, Mrs America. 

PETER HITCHENS: I enjoy being banned, or demonstrated against, by intolerant students. In some ways, I wish it happened to me more often.

Footage shows the canine appearing to drive an open-top black-and-white vehicle as it slowly passes stalls in Chiang Mai, in the north of the country - much to the bemusement of shoppers.

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.

French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu looked to clarify the situation around the biggest race in cycling, which has already been rearranged to take place on August 29.

The Tour de France and French Open have come under doubt after ministers stated they would only be held if fans can attend. Events in France gathering 5,000 people have been banned until September

Jaguar's sexy new F-type sports car hit the road this week and from my exclusive first drive, I can tell you that the cat has got the cream, writes RAY MASSEY.

French car-maker Citroen has piled in with a practical five-seater cabriolet that allows the whole family to enjoy wind-in the-hair motoring, writes RAY MASSEY.