An attempt by Matt Hancock to defuse a row over a sick child who was forced to lie on a hospital floor while waiting for treatment descended into farce today

Jeremy Corbyn has desperately tried to downplay damaging remarks made about him by shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth.

The activist was 'shocked' by the attack outside High Barnet tube station just before 3pm and was treated at the scene before further tests were carried out in hospital.

The Derbyshire constituency has been Labour since its inception in the 1950s, but the Conservatives last night trounced Mr Skinner to return a 5,299 majority.

Boris Johnson is facing potential embarrassment caused by his private life, including probes from the IOPC and the GLA over public money granted to his alleged former lover Jennifer Arcuri.

Boris Johnson was hailed as he took his seat on the frontbench, as MPs awaited the first sitting since the Tories secured an historic 80-strong majority.

A new Australian-style points-based immigration system will be rolled out in the UK in 2021 as freedom of movement from the EU is brought to an end by Boris Johnson's new Tory government.

Mr Corbyn endured the short trip from the Commons to the Lords this morning alongside the happy Prime Minister in stony silence, less than a week after his party was humiliated at the polls.

Conservative former MP Zac Goldsmith is to stay on as Environment Minister and will be made a life peer, Downing Street has announced today.

Jeremy Corbyn was cheered to the rafters by the newly-enlarged ranks of Tory MPs as he took to his feet in the debate on the government's legislative programme.

Boris Johnson was under pressure on foreign aid last night after cash help for China and India soared. The total foreign aid budget grew £493million from 2017 to hit £14.6billion last year.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had announced a desire to speed up the current plan for a prohibition which would favour electric replacements by 2040.

Mr Javid broke cover after sending shockwaves through Westminster by falling on his sword over Mr Cummings' plot for a 'bonfire' of all special advisers who will not meekly fall into line.

Owen Paterson, the former Cabinet minister, said the government's attitude to the Chinese tech giant was 'incomprehensible' given White House opposition to using the firm.

Allies of Priti Patel today leapt to her defence after she was accused of bullying staff at the Home Office.

US concerns about the UK's decision to grant Huawei a role in building Britain's 5G network will be raised during Brexit trade talks between the two sides, it has been claimed.

Nadine Dorries attended a string of public events around Westminster, coming close to hundreds of people in the toxic two-week period where she may have been carrying coronavirus.

Boris Johnson declared that the UK's tactics have shifted from 'containing' the killer disease to merely 'delaying' its inevitable spread after chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee.

Ms Symonds said: 'I've spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of Coronavirus. I haven't needed to be tested and, after seven days of rest, I feel stronger and I'm on the mend.'

Carrie Symonds, 31, worked for the Tory party from 2009 and eventually became communications chief, before hitting the headlines when her affair with Mr Johnson came to light.

The adverts, which include deliberate errors, are designed to be mocked online so that people share them and spread the 'stay at home' message.

Yan Liu, 37, walked into the department store at Westfield in Bondi Junction, Sydney, last March intending to steal a lavender Zimmermann sweater (pictured), a court has heard.

The 36-year-old reality star cried after his wedding invite was rescinded and Ariana Madix, 34, sobbed during a 'very rare' depression low on Tuesday's episode of Vanderpump Rules.

Ashley Carter, 19, from Somerset, who was born with rare Treacher Collins Syndrome, was exposed to bullying every day whilst he was at school, and still finds the memories painful.

DR MAX PEMBERTON: Around 13 million British women are menopausal - but, according to a survey of 1,500, one in four have to visit their GP at least three times before getting appropriate treatment.

Fury is on top of the world after his seventh round victory over heavyweight rival Wilder on Saturday in Las Vegas, and United are looking to him to provide insight into how to battle back from the brink.

Ashleigh, 26, from Lancashire, was filmed giving birth to her second son, Hughey, for tonight's The Maternity Ward on 5Star, which follows expectant mothers at the Royal Preston Hospital.

Kate Middleton's brother James, 32,has insisted that his pet dogs have 'saved his life' following his mental health battle and thinks they go 'further than humans' in terms of rehabilitation.

King's College London researchers found the psychological effects can last months and even years after the event. Pictured: Brits are whisked into quarantine after being flown home from Japan.

Passers-by on a UK high street were asked to guess two women's ages for the Channel 5 show, and they thought mother-of-two Julie, 51, was 60, and former police officer Amanda, 41, was 46.

Walter Duranty, a veteran First World War reporter, was widely recognised as an authority on the Soviet Union in the early 1930s. He was also the best-known newspaperman in the world.

When Norah Wood, four, saw widower Dan Peterson, 82, alone in a store in Georgia she said 'Hi old person!' Since then the two have developed a life-changing friendship until he died in February .

Paulina, 54, took to Instagram on Monday to share a photo of herself modeling a brown, orange, and cream cardigan that she had knit.

Dr. Mehmet Oz, 59, is encouraging couples to have sex while quarantined during the coronavirus pandemic, saying it's 'the best solution' for depression.

Australia's share market lost another $107billion after Prime Minister Scott Morrison banned indoor gatherings of 100 or more people. A top economic professor fears a recession rivalling 1930s.

Pele, widely considered one of the best footballers to ever play the game, has insisted those close to him 'invented that I was depressed' and that, in reality, he is 'fine'.

RABBI LORD JONATHAN SACKS: When this bleak time is over, when schools and pubs and theatres reopen, when we no longer need fear the warmth of a handshake or the closeness of friends...

The Little Mix star, 28, has revealed she's 'still working on herself' but is now 'mentally stronger' than ever before in an exclusive interview with MailOnline.

Hedge fund manager Dan Niles, who warned clients of the oncoming impact of the coronavirus on global markets, projects up to another potential 30% drop from March's end point is coming.

Bestselling author Harry Dent, who predicted the US real estate bubble before the GFC, said Australian house prices would halve as coronavirus caused a depression.

A letter signed by global leaders past and present has urged G20 to prevent a 'global recession becoming a global depression'. Tony Blair and Gordon, among other signatures, support the creation of an $193bn fund.

Almost a third or 27.4 per cent of Australians are either unemployed or searching for more work as coronavirus shuts down the economy, market researcher Roy Morgan has found.

Mind Medicine Australia (MMA) has urged the Government to create a mental health taskforce for COVID-19.

The former Disney star admitted being in the spotlight in her teens affected her mental health and her 'fragile' nature left her experiencing a lot of 'ups and downs'.

PETE JENSON: Andres Iniesta opens up on his 24 years in football in a new film 'The Unexpected Hero'. It covers his amazing career on the pitch and the battles he has endured off of it.

An iconic character gets a new look with the first trailer for HBO's reboot of Perry Mason, starring Matthew Rhys (The Americans).

Mr Turnbull revealed he fell into a depression after his first ousting as the Liberal Party leader in 2009.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: Even optimists admit that some businesses will not be replaced. Not every neighbourhood restaurant will reopen. Not every furloughed worker will stroll back into a job.

Declan Primmer, 19, was killed after his car slammed into a tree on West Mount Road at Sheldon, south of Brisbane, about 12.30am on Tuesday.

Em J Carter, 25, from Wavertree, Liverpool, went from a size 16, weighing 17 stone, to a size 6 and 9 stone in a year after kicking an addiction to sugar that would see her drink 5 Lucozades a day,