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Mandelson scandal is biggest crisis for diplomatic service in decades, says ex-Foreign Office chief

Sir Simon McDonald says Olly Robbins was ‘thrown under a bus’ by the prime minister and the decision feels ‘wrong’The Peter Mandelson security vetting scandal is the biggest crisis for the diplomatic service in decades, a former Foreign Office chief has said.Sir Simon...

A dubious career move: how The Claudia Winkleman Show ended the presenter’s winning streak

It seems that even the Traitors host can’t save the ailing chatshow format. As her series ends, it’s hard not to feel that she never quite got out of Graham Norton’s shadowSix weeks ago, before Claudia Winkleman launched her BBC One Friday night chatshow, media...

Pressure grows on Starmer over Mandelson vetting despite ousting of Foreign Office official – UK politics live

PM said he was ‘staggered’ not to have been told that Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting before becoming ambassador to the USHello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of UK politics on Saturday 18 April.Keir Starmer is facing “judgment day”...

TFI Friday Unplugged review – Chris Evans struggles to recapture the spirit of his 90s chatshow juggernaut

Transplanted from YouTube, this nostalgic, low-budget revival offers some welcome musical performances – but the chat is superficialThe biggest chatshow news of 2026 so far has been Claudia Winkleman’s foray into celebrity chin-wagging, not least because there was...