HENRY DEEDES watches ‘Captain Cautious’ Chris Whitty deliver more Christmas gloom 

If it were left to Captain Cautious we’d eat turkey with Swarfega: HENRY DEEDES watches Chris Whitty deliver more Christmas gloom By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:54 GMT, 16 December 2020 | Updated: 00:08 GMT, 17 December 2020 Boris Johnson looked as though he had been forced to swallow a three-day-old sardine. … Read more

A croak, a cough, then hot tears of joy… HENRY DEEDES watches the Health Secretary weep on live TV

Gwyneth at the 1999 Oscars. Gazza at Italia 90. To that list of lip- wobbling blubberers, we can now add the name of Matthew Hancock. With the arrival of the coronavirus vaccine, the Health Secretary was on Good Morning Britain yesterday to witness the first inoculations take place live on air. Of course he was! … Read more

‘Hurry home!’ Vernon Kay pines for his wife Tess Daly as he watches her host Strictly

Vernon Kay was pining for his wife Tess Daly as he watched her host Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday evening. The TV presenter, 46, is clearly thrilled to be back in the comfort of his own home after his gruelling stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! The All Star Family Fortunes … Read more

Candice Warner watches husband David play cricket in Sydney after four months part 

Candice Warner dons a designer frock and looks absolutely delighted as she watches husband David play cricket in Sydney after four months part By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:08 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 07:08 GMT, 29 November 2020 David and Candice Warner reunited this week after spending months apart.   The … Read more

As the prefects guffawed, MPs stared daggers: HENRY DEEDES watches Matt Hancock announce Covid tiers

And so came the tiers. There was no actual blubbing in the chamber when Matt Hancock announced his post-lockdown restrictions yesterday. Some Tory MPs looked jolly close to turning on the waterworks though. Blimey, were they cross! The Health Secretary had just announced that all of them – barring members for Cornwall, the Isles of … Read more

‘Moped mugger, 24, researched gold watches online hours before stabbing man to death, court hears 

A moped mugger accused of murdering a man for his £7,000 Rolex researched gold watches online hours before the attack, a court heard. Danny Pearce, 31, was stabbed and shot at on King William Walk on July 15, 2017 after refusing to hand over his watch by two men on a moped. He was killed while … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Prime Minister unveil his defence spending plans

Cap’n Boris was in Nelson mode, but Keir Starmer couldn’t tell a blunderbuss from a bayonet: HENRY DEEDES watches Prime Minister unveil his defence spending plans By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:29 GMT, 19 November 2020 | Updated: 01:34 GMT, 20 November 2020 Parp the horns, Cap’n. Bandmaster, a soaring rendition of … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the Prime Minister hosting the first PMQs by videolink in history

Bang on midday there was a clink-clink of the cathode tubes, and a familiar figure suddenly flickered across TV screens in the Commons. He was uncharacteristically silent for a while, adopting one of those nervy ‘can you see me?’ smiles that Russian cosmonauts flash when checking in with the Motherland after several months alone in … Read more

Alan Carr dresses up as Margaret Thatcher as he watches Gillian Anderson in The Crown

‘Can’t help but think the producers missed a trick’: Alan Carr dresses up as Margaret Thatcher as he watches Gillian Anderson play the former PM in The Crown By Rebecca Davison for MailOnline Published: 14:25 GMT, 17 November 2020 | Updated: 15:38 GMT, 17 November 2020 Comedian Alan Carr shared a couple of pictures of … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Health Secretary Matt Hancock on a broadcasting blitzkrieg

Another day, another deluge of Matthew Hancock. Oh goody. Just what a weary nation needed on a dreary Monday. It was one of those mornings when you couldn’t get away from the Health Secretary. Sky News, LBC, Radio 4.  Everywhere you flicked, there was that self-satisfied voice, trotting out the usual government lines with customary … Read more