The sum - about the same as the average UK salary - was for the painting of Sir Lindsay Hoyle by leading contemporary artist ...

It's an old political maxim that when you're stuck in a mess of your own making the best thing to do is create a diversion.

and former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow. The Independent has always had a global perspective. Built on a firm foundation of superb international reporting and analysis, The Independent ...

Rugby legend Joe Marler has been linked to appearing in the first series of Celebrity Traitors and is said to have joined up ...

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Stephen Fry appeared on This Morning as gave an "honest" response when the hosts asked him about whether he will be appearing on BBC's celebrity version of The Traitors.

FEIGNING reluctance, as is the centuries-old tradition, Sir Lindsay Hoyle had to be dragged to the chair as he became Speaker of the House of Commons. But it seems there is a seat you really would ...

He's one of soap's biggest names but this actor is now charging £60 for a personal recording to mark special occasions ...

The Mail reveals today that the Royal Air Force is so short of trained pilots that it is scrambling to recruit many more.

“Speaker scum,” more than one user wrote, suggesting a nickname to give the travelers. Another posted, “I’m all for the upcoming free wifi but dreading everyone with free wifi ...

With 7:20 left in the game, Brady intercepted a pass from St. John’s Ber’Nyah Mayo and ran it downcourt on the breakaway. Brady passed to an open Ashlynn Shade on the other side of the basket.

The Speaker, who is 67, has billed the taxpayer ... Such expenditure is entirely unprecedented: it took his predecessor John Bercow a decade to notch up an equivalent bill.