Jo Swinson joins the likes of Nigel Farage, Theresa May, Zac Goldsmith and Ed Miliband who have been caught awkwardly tucking into food on the campaign trail.

DOMINIC LAWSON: In the same spirit (or lack of it), Mr Farage at the weekend abandoned a scheduled return appearance on the Sophy Ridge On Sunday show.

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage has said he will have candidates in more than 600 constituencies unless Boris Johnson agrees to go for a No Deal Brexit.

He announced the party will fight for seats held by Labour and other Remainer MPs. But while helping secure the Tory base vote, it may hamper them where they finished a close second in 2017.

PROFESSOR PHILIP COWLEY: Putting technicalities to one side for a moment, perhaps the most significant effect of yesterday's announcement is on what electoral strategists call 'optics'.

Angela Rayner taunted Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage today as she said Labour had nothing to fear from the Tories or the Brexit Party in its northern heartlands seats like hers.

Nigel Farage, who paid a visit to boxing club in Ilford, London - admitted he had suffered 'very heavy blows' in recent days. While, Jo Swinson made efforts to help the Lib Dems punch above their weight.

Under the proposal, the Tories would have put up 'paper candidates' in dozens of Labour strongholds and done little campaigning in an attempt to give the Brexit Party a free run.

Today's Mail on Sunday Deltapoll gives Boris Johnson a 13-point lead, with the Tories on 43 per cent and Labour on 30 per cent, at the end of a week in which Jeremy Corbyn set out manifesto policies.

The Conservative Party's election manifesto flatly ruled out delaying the formal end of the implementation phase.

The Conservatives filed an official complaint to watchdog Ofcom after the decision to substitute the Prime Minister and fellow absentee Nigel Farage with dripping frozen water installations.

Nigel Farage (pictured today), who intends to spoil his own ballot paper, savaged Boris Johnson's 'oven-ready' Brexit deal and claimed it will give the UK 'many long years of indigestion' and 'agony'.

Andrew Bridgen, the Conservative MP for North West Leicestershire, 55, wrote to the Prime Minister saying that the country needs to 'go through a healing process'.

The Brexit Party leader braced his Eurosceptic supporters for an agreement which will likely impinge on their ideal Brexit wish-list.

DAN HODGES: Conservative MP Steve Baker is issuing mature pleas for reconciliation, while Remainer Alastair Campbell rages against politically incorrect coinage.

Leonardo DiCaprio was out looking to add to his art collection on Sunday. He went for a stroll along a street art show in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood while dressed casually.

The 44-year-old actor was seen all by his lonesome on a solo outing in Los Angeles on Monday. He kept things casual by wearing a backwards baseball cap and sunglasses.

Tarantino will make no changes to the film for China after that country abruptly blocked its release scheduled for October 25, a source close to the situation told the Hollywood Reporter .

Bachelorette star Jackson Garlick admitted to Photoshopping himself into a picture with Leonardo DiCaprio.

He was widely mocked on Instagram for Photoshopping himself next to actor Leonardo DiCaprio, even though the pair had never met.

The group all appeared in high spirits as they departed the venue with Leo trying to keep a low profile by wearing his hood up as he walked towards his car.

The 22-year-old actress looked absolutely angelic in white as she hit the Oscars Red Carpet without her 45-year-old boyfriend on Sunday evening.

The high-octane event was watched on by several celebrities, including Leonardo DiCaprio and Tyson's brother Tommy Fury and his girlfriend Molly-Mae Hague.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who is worth $3.3billion, will donate $1billion to coronavirus relief, the largest contribution from a single individual.

The actress broke out opposite Jared Leto on the 90s MTV series My So-Called Life and later starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1996 motion picture Romeo + Juliet.

No matter how old children get, they can still be embarrassed by their parents. Such was the case for mom-to-be Katherine Schwarzenegger on Monday.

Spain's star-studded squad, including Chelsea left back Alonso, trained at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano on Tuesday morning ahead of their clash with Argentina later in the day.

Premier League stars David De Gea, David Silva and Nacho Monreal are all included in Julen Lopetegui's final 23-man squad along with Barcelona's outgoing midfielder Andres Iniesta.

he controversial striker looked to have finally met his as he was given a telling off by captain Sergio Ramos as Fernando Hierro's men geared up for their clash with Morocco on Monday night.

Atletico Madrid have edged past Catalan minnows Sant Andreu in the first leg of their Copa del Rey clash on Tuesday evening courtesy of a first-half strike from Gelson Martins. 

Sergio Ramos attracts both controversy and admiration for his attitude and ability - yet one thing rarely acknowledged is his ability as a goal scorer. He has scored 16 times in all competitions this season.

Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani 'has agreed a move from Paris Saint-Germain to Atletico Madrid'. He is Atletico's No 1 summer target if Diego Costa departs for the Chinese Super League.

Atletico Madrid have prioritised a move for PSG striker Edinson Cavani this summer. Diego Simeone has selected the experienced Uruguayan as an option.

Manchester United decided to let Romelu Lukaku leave in the summer without bringing in a replacement, although they are expected to snap a striker up in the January transfer window.

PETE JENSON IN SPAIN: Atletico are eight points off the lead in La Liga, on Thursday night they were dumped out of the Copa del Rey by a third division side and Liverpool loom on the horizon in Europe.

OLIVER HOLT - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: For the first time in 30 years, Liverpool are the champions. We knew that already and it looks now as though the coronavirus has confirmed it.

Former federal MP Michael Johnson, who has visited North Korea three times, fears Australian exchange student Alek Sigley has been physically abused in detention.

Carlson watched the notoriously heavy smoker speaking to Trump as Kim welcomed the US president into North Korea - the first ever to ever set foot in the secretive state.

Two Bradley Fighting vehicles were seen being driven past the Nationals' baseball stadium on Tuesday. Two M1 Abrams tanks and an armored M88 recovery unit will be at the 'Salute to America' event.

Australian exchange student Alek Sigley's release from North Korea occurred just four days after Donald Trump set foot in the secretive communist nation to meet with Kim Jong-un.

Alek Sigley, 29, last made contact with his family on June 25, sparking concerns he had been detained in the secretive nation's capital, Pyongyang.

Choe In-guk - the son of former South Korean foreign minister Choe Dok-shin who defected in 1986 - was filmed arriving in Pyongyang on Saturday where he pledged allegiance to Kim Jong-un.

Kim Jong-un personally oversaw the test of a 'new-type tactical guided weapon' on Tuesday, North Korean state media said, which was meant as 'a warning' to the US and South Korea.

Donald Trump said South Korea has agreed to pay the U.S. 'a lot more money' for protection after North Korea's Kim Jong-Un conducted a series of missile tests over the past two weeks.

The Russian-American businessman, 53, was an invaluable FBI source who helped the US government 'combat terrorists', a letter filed by prosecutors in 2009 and unsealed on Friday reveals.

North Korea has been left begging for extra cash from Chinese backers after its missile test sight turned beach resort has been delayed again. The site was originally meant to be finished this April.

The Mount Kumgang resort was opened in 1998 to encourage cross-border tourism but the arrangement ended in acrimony when a South Korean tourist was shot dead by a soldier in 2008.

NBA legend Dennis Rodman thinks he's the key to helping the NBA mend fences with China after a week of fighting over its influence on American companies with which it does business.

The historic encounter at the Kim II-Sung Stadium in Pyongyang saw South Korean spectators and journalists banned from attending the game, while there was also no live broadcast of the match.

Ri Sol-ju was seen alongside husband Kim Jong-un during his visit to the Mount Kumgang resort this week, marking the first time she has been seen in public in more than four months.