Ministers and Cabinet Secretary face grilling over Downing Street flat row

Ministers and the Cabinet Secretary face a grilling today over claims Boris Johnson tried to get Tory donors to fund a £60,000 Downing Street flat renovation. Cabinet Secretary Simon Case will appear before MPs following a string of explosive allegations made by Dominic Cummings.  Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove is also set to answer an … Read more

Alex Salmond faces brutal grilling by BBC’s Mishal Husain

Alex Salmond today faced a brutal grilling over his past conduct by the BBC‘s Mishal Husain as he said his ‘behaviour was tested as probably no behaviour has been tested before’. The former Scottish first minister and leader of the new Alba Party was asked by Ms Husain: ‘Do you think it is okay to … Read more

CTFs: Government faces another grilling over disabled children lock out

The Government faces yet another grilling in Parliament over attempts to help as many as 200,000 disabled children locked out of their own savings, amid widespread concern little progress is being made. Former Tory cabinet minister Lord Young on Thursday will again ask ministers what the Government is doing to help children gain access to … Read more

Bank chiefs face grilling from MPs over HBOS Reading fraud scandal

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio face grillings from MPs over HBOS scandal By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 4 January 2021 Andrew Bailey and Antonio Horta-Osorio face a grilling from MPs over the aftermath of the HBOS Reading … Read more

FA chairman Greg Clarke under pressure to resign after car crash DCMS grilling

FA chairman Greg Clarke is facing internal pressure to resign following a disastrous parliamentary appearance today in which he referred to ‘coloured footballers’ among a host of other offensive gaffes.  In giving evidence via video link to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, Clarke also voiced several other offensive stereotypes, claiming that … Read more

Candice Warner looks chic and confident following SAS Australia grilling

She was grilled about her party-girl past and her husband’s cricketing scandals during a tense interrogation on Monday night’s episode of SAS Australia. But Candice Warner didn’t let the drama get her down on Tuesday, as she oozed confidence while strutting out of Channel Seven’s Sydney headquarters after an interview on The Morning Show. The … Read more

Dido Harding is to face a grilling by MPs after overseeing the ‘chaotic disaster’

Testing tsar Dido Harding is facing a grilling from MPs today with the system teetering on the verge of collapse. The Tory peer is set to give evidence to politicians amid anger that coronavirus screening has turned into a ‘chaotic disaster’, with thousands of people struggling to get checked even though a rise in cases was … Read more

Foodies divided as recipe suggests grilling WHOLE sunflower head and eating it like corn on the cob

New foodie trend sees people grilling WHOLE sunflower heads and eating them like corn on the cob – with tasters saying the garden favourite has a ‘nutty flavour’  Foodies took to Facebook to share their thoughts on the divisive sunflower head  Recipe shared by Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company in Mansfield, Missouri  Some were intrigued … Read more

Head of UK’s Covid-19 test and trace scheme Baroness Dido Harding faces grilling by MPs

The chief of the NHS‘s coronavirus test and trace scheme came under fire from MPs today for refusing to give any data about how the system is working.  Dido Harding, the chair of NHS Improvement, was slammed by former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt when she couldn’t say how many Covid-19 tests are being completed within … Read more

Boris Johnson faces a grilling from senior MPs today with Covid questions squeezed into 20 mins

Boris Johnson will today face a 90-minute grilling from the Commons Liaison Committee over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and his top aide’s decision to travel during lockdown.  Questions on Dominic Cummings’ trip from London to Durham, along with three other coronavirus topics, will be crammed into a 20-minute slot after intervention from Committee … Read more