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The Mirror's Paul Routledge writes about his memories of Derek Draper: 'It is the conviviality that survives. I can hear Dolly now, voice raised, hair swept back, head tilted, grinning'

Marcia Williams made herself indispensable as the personal and political ­secretary of Labour’s first Prime Minister since Clement Attlee, but it ended in scandal, poverty and disgrace

By contrast, Keir Starmer set out a con­­vincing plan for rebuilding the country. The Labour leader pledged to reinvigorate the economy, cut household bills, nurse the NHS back to health, transform England’s schools and put more police on the streets

Source says there is 'no way back' for the disgraced Duke of York as he was named in legal files concerning his former friend Jeffrey Epstein and his lover, sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell

Our columnist believes there are some things we can be sure about: wars, weather calamities, new Tory and royal scandals, fresh misery for England on the football pitch, and mixed fortunes in the Olympics

Health campaigners are urging the PM to resist pressure from Tory critics like former PMs Liz Truss and Boris Johnson who oppose plans to create a smoke free generation

Rishi Sunak said his 'working assumption' was to hold a general election in the 'second half of the year' in an attempt to squash speculation he could call a vote early

The Labour leader Keir Starmer faced repeated questions at a New Year's speech on taxation - but insisted he would not announced 'uncosted' tax plans like failed ex-PM Liz Truss

Luke Humphries claimed World Darts Championship glory at Ally Pally but has been criticised by fans after engaging with Rishi Sunak's congratulatory message on Twitter

It's now emerged that hundreds of former post office workers had been mistakenly accused of stealing, with dozens convicted in court and others jailed

The ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has led to an avalanche of new signatures on a petition on 38 Degrees to strip ex-Post Office chief of her 2019 CBE award

The Institute for Government warns time is running out for Labour to discuss its plans for government with the civil service if Rishi Sunak calls a general election in May

Big bosses like pharmaceuticals chief Pascal Soriot and weapons manufacturer Charles Woodburn earn over a hundred times more per hour than what an average worker can make in a whole year

Tory minister Kevin Hollinrake has conceded that hundreds of payouts in the wake of the Post Office scandal are still yet to be finalised amid fears many of its victims might pass away before being compensated

Labour leader Keir Starmer warned voters couldn't afford another year of Tory misery - and said cowardly Rishi Sunak was scared of putting his record to the voters

Ros Wynne-Jones bids farewell to Camila Batmanghelidjh, who died on New Year's Day, whose charity Kids Company used pioneering psychotherapeutic methods that still inform youth violence work today.

Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision

The Tory peer Shaun Bailey questioned former Countdown host Carol Vorderman status as a 'serious political commentator' as he appeared on GB News last week

US President Joe Biden appeared "unsteady and confused" as he boarded Air Force One at the end of his vacation on the US Virgin Islands, a body language expert has claimed

Despite his best efforts, Rishi Sunak has started to develop an unfortunate reputation for being thin-skinned and tetchy when grilled over Government failings

The number of asylum seekers arriving by small boat to the UK last year may have fallen - but it's still the second highest on record. Do you think the Tories have delivered on their pledge to stop the boats?

Labour's analysis says by 2024-2025 a family with two adults working full time on the National Living Wage will pay £1,320 more a year due to Tory stealth taxes

The ministerial 'merry-go-round' triggered by the chaotic collapse of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss's Governments led to bumper payouts in the Department for Education

Lovers Scott McSpadden and Tanya Momot have convictions for more than 60 thefts between them, with their latest ruse seeing four bottles of Irish Country Cream Liqueur pinched from Aldi

A Chinese-made clock counting down to May's local elections appeared in the background of a video by Tory chairman Richard Holden - who has urged Brits to buy local