BORIS JOHNSON apologised today for his and his government’s ignorance over new local coronavirus measures for north-east England.
The Prime Minister claimed he “misspoke” when he was asked to explain the new rules announced on Monday night, which came into force today.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner criticised Mr Johnson as “grossly incompetent” for not understanding his government’s ban on separate households mixing in private and in public.
Durham Miners’ Association general secretary ALAN MARDGHUM speaks to Ben Chacko ahead of Gala Day 2025
MOLLIE BROWN reports on this year’s festival in honour of the ‘seven men of Jarrow’ deported to Australia for union activity 193 years ago
JAMES NALTON discusses how Fifa claims to be apolitical, but as Infantino and Juventus players stood behind Trump discussing war, gender, and global politics, the line between sport and statecraft vanished


