A glum-looking Defence Secretary Grant Shapps suffered a ‘Portillo Moment’ as he was defeated by Labour in Welwyn Hatfield by around 3,000 votes.

Although the Prime Minister is expected to hold his own seat, a number of his Cabinet members are staring down the barrel of defeat.

Alan Lorenz died in 2021 aged 78, leaving his £6.4million fortune to his partner Sheila Caruana, 58, with whom he had entered a civil partnership weeks earlier, the High Court in London was told.

The Reform UK leader told an ITV general election debate that ‘we should encourage people to have children’, while he also backed greater tax relief for married couples.

The Leader of the House of Commons pushed Conservative claims that voting for Reform UK on 4 July would make it easier for Sir Keir Starmer to become PM.

How old do you need to be to have a near-death experience? Old enough, you may imagine, to be able to construct a narrative in your mind. Or to describe it in language.

MAILONLINE RECAP: Get a full recap as the Conservatives, Labour, SNP, Liberal Democrats, Greens, Reform and Plaid Cymru faced off in seven-way debate live on BBC

The former model, 53, stunned in a chic floral dress alongside her rarely seen brother Oliver at the opening night on Wednesday.

Last week, my three children and I returned from an incredible ten-week trip to Asia, where we travelled to Bali in Indonesia, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Phuket and Krabi in Thailand.

Marine veteran Daniel Penny returned to court in Manhattan on Wednesday over the chokehold death of Jordan Neely .