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Phillip Schofield has said he feels “utterly broken and ashamed” following a scandal over an affair with a younger male colleague – but insisted he did not groom him. His interview with The Sun comes after ITV announced it had launched an external review to establish the facts around the relationship between presenter Schofield and

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann “seized a number of items” during last week’s search operation in a Portuguese reservoir. The latest searches in Portugal were carried out after requests from German investigators. In June 2020, German police said that they believed Madeleine was dead and that suspect Christian B was likely responsible. In

ITV has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts following Phillip Schofield’s statement and departure from This Morning, chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall has said. In a letter seen by the PA news agency, ITV’s Dame McCall said: “You will have seen the significant media coverage concerning Phillip Schofield. “As

A federal judge will hear an appeal from a conservative think tank to unseal Prince Harry’s US immigration records following revelations in his book that he took drugs. Nile Gardner, of the Heritage Foundation, tweeted on Tuesday a hearing on his organisation’s suit will be heard on 6 June. He wrote that the “Prince Harry

Phillip Schofield has been dropped as an ambassador for The Prince’s Trust after his admission of an affair with a younger male colleague. The charity, founded by the King, said it was “no longer appropriate” for it to work with the presenter. Schofield left ITV’s This Morning last week after two decades as host. A

Eamonn Holmes has claimed there was a “total cover-up” over Phillip Schofield’s affair with a younger male colleague on This Morning while he was married. Holmes, 63, who also presented on the show, has accused Schofield of “toxicity” amid the furore over the culture on the ITV daytime programme. Host Schofield, 61, admitted last Friday

Sunday was officially the hottest day of 2023 so far – but temperatures are predicted to fall this week. Plymouth hit 24.4C (75.9F) yesterday, beating Saturday’s high of 24.3C (75.7F) in Bramham, West Yorkshire, by just a tenth of a degree. Previously the hottest temperature of the year was 23.4C (74.1F) – recorded in Cardiff

Phillip Schofield has hit back at critics in his first statement after admitting having an affair with a much younger colleague on This Morning. Less than half an hour before the programme was due to air on Monday, he posted a statement on Instagram. It read: “Now I no longer work on @thismorning I am

Former This Morning star Dr Ranj Singh has spoken out in the wake of the Phillip Schofield controversy and hit out at the “toxic culture” at the ITV daytime show. He claimed he was “managed out” after taking his concerns to Emma Gormley, the head of ITV Daytime. ‘I was on the show for 10

ITV has said there are no plans to axe its flagship This Morning show following reports it could be taken off air in the wake of the Phillip Schofield controversy. The veteran TV presenter, 61, quit the broadcaster on Friday and was dropped by his talent agency after admitting he lied about an “unwise, but

Holly Willoughby has said Phillip Schofield lied to her about his affair with a much younger male colleague. Speaking for the first time since Schofield admitted having an “unwise, but not illegal” affair, his former This Morning co-presenter wrote on Instagram: “When reports of this relationship first surfaced, I asked Phil directly if this was

Phillip Schofield has admitted having an affair with a “much younger” male ITV employee while he was still married and revealed he is stepping down from his role at the British Soap Awards. His admission came in a statement published in the Daily Mail. The This Morning star, 61, was dropped from presenting the day

Boris Johnson has insisted the fresh claims he broke lockdown rules are “total nonsense” and that elements of his ministerial diary were “cherry picked and handed to police”. The former prime minister was confronted by Sky News about the allegations as he made his way through the Dulles International Airport in Washington following a brief

Jeremy Hunt has told Sky News he is comfortable with Britain being plunged into recession if that’s what it takes to bring down inflation. The chancellor said that he would fully support the Bank of England raising interest rates higher, potentially towards 5.5%, as it battled higher-than-expected prices. Asked by Sky News whether he was

One person has been arrested after a car hit the main gates of Downing Street. Police said there were no injuries. Pictures broadcast on television showed cordons in place along Whitehall. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 1:08 Car that crashed into Downing Street gates “At around 4.20hrs a car collided

The energy price cap on household bills has fallen to an annual average of £2,074 between July and September, removing some of the financial pain inflicted by the unprecedented surge in gas and electricity costs. Industry regulator Ofgem made the announcement against a backdrop of good news for the cost of living crisis – with