Brit Awards host Mo Gilligan tickles viewers with cheeky Boris Johnson dig

ANTIQUES Roadshow viewers were all left saying the same thing after a guest learned the staggering value of a roll of wallpaper. On Sunday's instalment of the BBC show, a guest became flabbergasted after learning that one roll of wallpaper he'd had in his loft for 40 years was worth four figures.

Scottish independence would be an "economic disaster", Boris Johnson claimed yesterday while on a flying visit to Fife.

MAYA Jama has given fans rare insight into her engagement to basketball player Ben Simmons - by posting a cryptic Valentine's message about 'obsessive love.' The TV presenter, 27, jetted off to New York to be with her basketball star fiance last weekend. Maya, who has been famously coy over her engagement, even swerving Mo Gilligan's questions about her massive engagement ring at the Brits, made a rare comment on her romance on her Instastories.

Boris Johnson has been branded “a walking advert for independence” ahead of a visit Scotland on Monday.

Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift look set to claim this week’s highest new entry at Number 2 with The Joker and the Queen; following Ed’s show-stopping BRIT Awards performance of the track. The single could out-peak the pair’s last collaboration Everything Has Changed, which managed Number 7 in 2012.

Boris Johnson has tonight received a legally-binding questionnaire from police investigating allegations of lockdown-breaching parties inside No 10.

A man who hired a van to dump a fridge freezer in the middle of a Salford street told council officers 'sorry, I didn’t know it was illegal'.

Olivia Rodrigo makes it 16 weeks at Number 1 on the Official Irish Albums Chart with SOUR.

Boris Johnson’s allies have been warned off seeking to put pressure on Scotland Yard to give the Prime Minister “special treatment” during its probe into the partygate scandal.

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A huge mural showing the Prime Minister dressed as a policeman wearing a party hat has caught the eye of shoppers in Manchester.

Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, according to a Scots health expert.

DESSERT queen Nadiya Hussain has confessed she'd like to give the Prime Minister a very special cake. During her episode of Kate Garraway's Life Stories, Bake Off champ Nadiya, 37, also insisted she could run the country better than Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson ending Covid isolation rules is a "distraction" from the PM's lockdown party scandal, said Professor Devi Sridhar who is a member of the Scottish Government Covid-19 Advisory Group.

ADELE slipped into a pair of fluffy slippers as she left the Brits after winning three awards. The superstar was spotted in the back of a chauffeur driven car with a packet of cigarrettes in reaching distance.

Sam Fender returned to North Shields after picking up the award for Best Alternative/Rock Act at the BRITs 2022 and swiftly put it to good use.Before handing it over to his local pub, the Low Lights Tavern, Fender used the trophy to destroy a piñata made to look like Boris Johnson that he’d brought with him, while family and fans cheered him on. Watch footage below.In another clip, Fender is heard telling the crowd “let’s get fucking pissed” before admitting that he hadn’t slept since the awards, which took place on Tuesday evening (February 8).

Prime Minister Boris Johnson could face a £10,000 fine over the partygate scandal as police move to question those involved in the rule-breaking events.

Jacqueline Jossa has denied having a heated row at The Brit Awards 2022 and instead insisted she and husband Dan Osborne had a grand time.The 29 year old, who recently launched an exclusive In The Style edit at George at Asda, looked tense while queuing up to get into the O2 Arena on Tuesday 8 February in pictures obtained by The Sun. The former EastEnders star cut a stylish figure on the red carpet as she donned a sequinned white jumpsuit with a sheer cloak that featured feathers on the shoulders, while Dan, 30, donned a black suit with a matching turtleneck for the occasion.

Bring Me The Horizon have been announced to deliver the closing performance at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The wildest night in music will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe. Tickets to the event are on sale now and available here.In a week that saw the Sheffield metal pioneers deliver a surprise appearance alongside Ed Sheeran at the BRITs, we can now confirm that BMTH will be taking to the stage for a multi-song closing set at our London ceremony next month – following on from their raucous appearance at the NME Awards in 2016 when they smashed through Coldplay’s table during their performance.“To be honest we’re surprised we’ve even been asked back at all!” said frontman Oli Sykes.

Ed Sheeran has revealed that he has teamed up with Taylor Swift on a new song. Speaking at Tuesday night's BRIT Awards, the hit-maker, 30, even shared that his and 32-year-old Taylor's track will be released on Friday. He told LADbible on the ceremony's red carpet: 'It comes out Friday and it's with Taylor Swift!'Close friends Ed and Taylor have previously collaborated on tracks Everything Has Changed, End Game and Run.

Lambeth, Mo Gilligan’s parents split when he was just five years old but both parents raised him while he was living in Camberwell. Mo’s flare for comedy developed when he attended a performing arts school in Pimlico and soon he was filming laugh out loud performances. The Arsenal fan began his career filming different impressions of London characters on YouTube.

The 2022 BRIT Awards took place at London’s O2 Arena on Tuesday night with Little Simz, Dave, and Adele all taking home awards. For the first time the awards removed gender categories and instead focused on genre, with Dave winning Best Hip-Hop/Rap/Grime Act and Little Simz collecting the Best New Artist prize, despite releasing her debut mixtape over a decade ago.

Spotify streams of Little Simz‘ music have soared over 350 per cent following her appearance at this year’s BRIT Awards.The rapper, who released her last album, ‘Sometimes I Might Be Introvert’, back in September, won the award for Best New Artist at last night’s (February 8) ceremony at London’s The O2. She also performed a medley of her tracks ‘Introvert’ and ‘Woman’.Her massive night has since prompted a huge spike in Spotify streams in comparison to other BRITs winners including Adele, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Dave and Sam Fender.There was a 812 per cent increase in streams of ‘Introvert’ and a 594 per cent spike for ‘Woman’, equating to a 365 per cent jump overall.Elsewhere, Adele, who took home three BRITs last night (Artist Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year), saw a 137 per cent increase in Spotify streams following the awards, while Dave’s streams went up by 217 per cent. Fender’s music saw a 79 per cent jump.“As ever, the BRITs showed the incredible breadth of talent being fostered here in the UK, across every genre of music,” Tom Connaughton, managing director of Spotify UK and Ireland, said in a statement (via Rolling Stone UK).

Scotland Yard could now investigate a Christmas quiz held in Downing Street during the 2020 lockdown, after a new photograph of Boris Johnson attending the event emerged.

BRIT Awards 2022 attracted its lowest audience ever in overnight figures when it was broadcast on Tuesday (February 8).According to figures published by Broadcast, ITV pulled in 2.7 million viewers during the show, which spanned two-and-a-half-hours from 8pm.While this is the lowest in the show’s history, a drop from 2.9 million viewers for 2021’s event, this figure doesn’t count viewers around the world who streamed it digitally on YouTube or catch-up service ITV Hub.The show also went up against BBC drama This Is Going To Hurt starring Ben Whishaw,  which attracted a bigger audience of 3.2 million viewers in overnight ratings.This year’s BRIT Awards featured performances from Adele, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz, Dave, Liam Gallagher and Sam Fender – along with a surprise appearance from Bring Me The Horizon.Adele was the big winner on the night, taking three awards including the coveted Album Of The Year for her fourth LP ‘30’.

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Grammys were being pushed back from January until April was met by a deafening chorus of indifference. Last year, the Grammy’s TV audience more than halved, dropping from 18. 7 million in 2020 to just 8.

The BRIT Awards made a triumphant return on Tuesday 8 February, with some of today's biggest stars gracing the red carpet at the annual awards ceremony. Famous faces including Adele, Ed Sheeran, Idris Elba, and Courtney Cox were all in attendance, with comedian Mo Gilligan taking on hosting duties. Also on the star-studded guest list was singer Raye, who was nominated for two awards at this year's BRITS, including Best Dance Act.

Boris Johnson has announced a shock plan to end all covid self-isolation laws in England in just two weeks time.

The BRIT Awards happened. That’s a thing that there’s no denying. But how did it happen? And why? Those are questions that may or may not be answered here.It was, of course, a night of big changes for the UK record industry’s big annual prize giving.