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Boris Johnson's sister Rachel says Dominic Cummings should apologise and admit he 'messed up' and made 'bad decisions' over his lockdown trip to Durham

27/05/20 09:40

Rachel Johnson said Brits are 'unutterably furious' over Dominic Cummings' trip to Durham in March, along with his drive to Barnard Castle to test his eyesight in April. Speaking to Good Morning Britain the journalist and younger sister of Boris Johnson said Mr Cummings should apologise, but stopped short of calling for his resignation. It comes after at least 40 Tory MPs called for Mr Cummings to step down....read

Paddy McGuinness sparks calls to release his Dominic Cummings dig as a SINGLE to raise funds for NHS... after PM adviser's notorious Durham drive
27/05/20 09:32
The presenter posted a hilarious video covering the Tony Christie hit (Is This the Way to) Amarillo in reference to Cummings' claims he drove to Barnard Castle during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Durham Police's Dominic Cummings probe is being treated as a 'critical incident' and being overseen by its most senior officers in bid to prevent reputational damage to the force
27/05/20 09:22
Durham Police has said that it is investigating Dominic Cummings' trip to the county during lockdown at the 'highest levels'.
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'I came to test my eyesight and it was well worth the 260 mile trip': TripAdvisor SUSPENDS reviews for Barnard Castle after page is flooded with spoof Dominic Cummings posts as internet pokes fun at lockdown visit
27/05/20 09:06
Dominic Cummings' 30-mile test drive to Barnard Castle continues to be the butt of online jokers after TripAdvisor was forced to remove reviews of the Durham village mocking the top aide.
Parents with childcare issues should 'do as Dominic Cummings did', says Cabinet minister Robert Jenrick as he shrugs off party's poll plunge telling 40 Tory MPs calling for aide to be sacked to 'move on'
27/05/20 08:21
In a tetchy round of interviews, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said people were entitled to exercise 'personal judgement' over the tough lockdown rules.
Substitute host Katie Razzall stands in for Emily Maitlis on tonight's Newsnight after BBC admits she DID breach impartiality rules with amazing diatribe on Dominic Cummings and PM - as viewers demand full Ofcom probe
27/05/20 08:02
Reporter Katie Razzall stood in for Emily Maitlis on tonight's Newsnight after the BBC admitted the host breached impartiality rules in an opening monologue about the Dominic Cummings row.
Robert Jenrick says the Government will NOT review lockdown fines issued to people travelling for childcare reasons less than 24 hours after Matt Hancock said he would consider it in wake of Dominic Cummings row
27/05/20 07:32
Robert Jenrick today confirmed the Government will not review lockdown fines issued to parents travelling for childcare reasons.
Boris Johnson faces a grilling from senior MPs today - but questions on Dominic Cummings will be squeezed into a 20-minute slot with other Covid topics as 40 Tories call for No10 aide's head over lockdown scandal
27/05/20 05:48
Downing Street is facing anger from various sections of the Tory Party over its handling of the row with many MPs telling the Prime Minister that Cummings has to go.
Dominic Cummings added mention of coronavirus into a year-old blog post about ebola in April - before saying he warned about pandemics 'last year'
27/05/20 00:54
The PM's special adviser said on Monday at a Downing Street press conference that he had written about the 'urgent need for planning' for a coronavirus pandemic in 2019.
Six Cabinet members 'privately believe Dominic Cummings should resign' while 40 Tory MPs call for Boris Johnson to sack him over 'lockdown breach' controversy
27/05/20 00:36
Six Cabinet members are believed to have privately told colleagues that Dominic Cummings should quit, while at least 40 Tory MPs have demanded his resignation.
55% of Tory voters say Dominic Cummings should resign over his 'lockdown breach' journeys - as Boris Johnson's own approval rating plummets from 19% to minus 1% in days
26/05/20 21:58
Dominic Cummings is under intense pressure to quit his role as Boris Johnson's top aide after driving 260 miles from London to Durham with his family at the height of coronavirus lockdown.
Police launch probe after 'stabbing' at illegal 300-person rave that breached lockdown laws in Peterborough
26/05/20 19:34
More than a dozen officers rushed to the lockdown-defying party in Paston, Peterborough, last night, where they found hundreds 'intoxicated' party-goers gathered in the street.
Matt Hancock gives Robert Peston VERY short shrift with an eight-second reply to the ITV man's press conference question before cutting him off
26/05/20 19:01
Matt Hancock brutally shut down ITV's Robert Peston's question on Dominic Cummings at today's daily Downing Street coronavirus press conference.
Downing Street back-pedals on Matt Hancock's off-the-cuff pledge to look again at all fines for childcare-related lockdown breaches - as officials insist NO official review will take place
26/05/20 17:15
The Health Secretary suggested punitive penalties could be reviewed by the Treasury after Boris Johnson's chief aide made a 260-mile dash from London to Durham.
Experts say there is 'very little evidence' to link Covid-19 to eyesight problems and more data is needed to establish a link
26/05/20 16:51
The Royal College of Ophthalmologists and Moorfields Eye Hospital in London said today there is little evidence of a link between coronavirus and vision problems.
Dutch PM was unable to visit his dying mother because he obeyed coronavirus rules banning care home visits
26/05/20 16:04
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced today that he was unable to visit his dying mother in her final weeks as he obeyed the Dutch coronavirus restrictions on visiting care homes.
Up to 200 revellers hug each other and inhale 'hippy crack' during 12-hour illegal rave at nature reserve before it is broken up by police for breaching lockdown rules
26/05/20 12:46
The party-goers - most in their late teens and early 20s - trampled over nests and destroyed wildlife on Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve, in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
Six out of 10 voters believe Dominic Cummings should QUIT for breaking lockdown rules in a new headache for Boris Johnson as the row over his chief aide sees his own approval rating plummet from 19% to minus 1% - its lowest since the pandemic began
26/05/20 11:20
Some 71 per cent of people polled by YouGov believe Mr Cummings broke coronavirus rules by driving from London to Durham, including 56 per cent of Tories and 63 per cent of Brexiteers.
Dominic Cummings 'broke Highway Code' by testing eyesight with drive to Barnard Castle, hints ex-police chief who says he would have been 'turned back' if officers had caught him during 260-mile London to Durham journey
26/05/20 10:37
Ex-Greater Manchester Police chief constable Sir Peter Fahy said the PM's adviser (pictured) would have been turned back if officers had pulled him over.
Bishops defend their 'grotesque intervention' into British politics after speaking out on Dominic Cummings scandal by insisting it was a matter of 'life and death'
26/05/20 09:46
Rev John Inge (pictured), who is the Bishop of Worcester, led the defence of the clergy as he said it was 'a fact' that politics and religion are linked.
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Cabinet Minister Michael Gove says HE has driven to test his eyesight after PM's aide Dominic Cummings claims he drove on a 60-mile round trip to Durham beauty spot with wife and child in the car 'to check his vision'
26/05/20 09:46
Boris Johnson's top aide is facing increasing calls to resign after admitting driving 60 miles to a Durham beauty spot and back with his wife Mary and their son in the car during the lockdown.
Matt Hancock backs Dominic Cummings over lockdown dash as junior minister quits and 40 Tory MPs call for Boris Johnson to sack him - but are some just settling scores against PM's formidable Svengali?
26/05/20 08:12
Matt Hancock today insisted Dominic Cummings did not break lockdown rules by travelling 260 miles to Durham.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Desperate Dominic Cummings should have come clean sooner but he SHOULDN'T have to quit
25/05/20 22:14
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Perhaps if Desperate Dom had come clean when the media first started sniffing around at the end of last week, the whole sorry tale may not have unravelled in the way that it has.
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DOMINIC SANDBROOK: If Boris Johnson can't do without Dominic Cummings then truly there is a void at the heart of this Government
25/05/20 21:51
Nothing better captures Dominic Cummings's extraordinary prominence in British politics than the sheer political theatre of his press conference today.
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25/05/20 21:42
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'Domnishambles': Tory MPs continue piling pressure on Downing Street to sack Dominic Cummings as angry constituents decry his actions
25/05/20 21:34
Conservative backbenchers have been calling on the Prime Minister to remove Dominic Cummings from his influential position after he drove from London to Durham.
It was clear Dominic Cummings had come to snarl not schmooze: HENRY DEEDES witnesses a political tragedy in two parts
25/05/20 21:00
HENRY DEEDES: That the PM had decided to unleash Cummings on a baying Press pack was a high risk strategy. One might sooner place a spitting cobra in a cage full of mongooses.
JAN MOIR: Dominic Cummings sounded practically human at first. But as the garden grilling wore on, my goodwill fizzled out like damp charcoal
25/05/20 20:58
How apt that it was perfect barbecue weather when Dominic Cummings appeared in the Downing Street garden for his media grilling.
'I believe that in all circumstances I behaved reasonably and legally': Dominic Cummings's Rose Garden statement in full
25/05/20 20:52
Top government aide Dominic Cummings tonight addressed allegations that he had broken lockdown rules in making a 260 mile trip from London to Durham in the height of the coronavirus crisis.
'You will have to make up your own minds': Boris Johnson stands by Dominic Cummings explanation that he was just 'doing the best for his family' when he drove 260 miles with covid symptoms to get childcare for his son, 4, at his parents' farm
25/05/20 18:35
The Prime Minister said Mr Cummings had acted 'legally' at tonight's Downing Street news conference as senior ministers rallied around the beleaguered strategist.
Dominic Cummings 'dressed like a GP' and his 'weak vocal tone while sitting forward in chair hinted at humility' but his 'discomfort increased at mention of Barnard Castle', says body language expert JUDI JAMES
25/05/20 18:26
Judi James said the Prime Minister's top aide had 'an air of low-key humility' as he addressed the nation this afternoon after facing calls to resign over claims he broke coronavirus rules.
'Barnard Castle is the new Pizza Express, Woking': Twitter pokes fun at Dominic Cummings' explanation of his lockdown trip to Durham
25/05/20 17:16
Dominic Cummings refused to apologise for driving 260 miles to Durham, and claimed he had always behaved 'reasonably and legally'. Sceptical Britons poked fun at him on Twitter.
Dominic Cummings REFUSES to apologise and has NOT offered to resign for breaking lockdown to drive 260 miles to Durham without PM's permission - despite admitting he DID go to woods and Barnard Castle to 'check if he felt better'
25/05/20 15:34
Dominic Cummings today refused to apologise for driving 260 miles to Durham during the coronavirus lockdown as he claimed he had always behaved 'reasonably and legally'.
ANOTHER powerful 'lockdown violator': Topless Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is caught having a picnic with his partner and two friends 'in breach of his distancing guidelines for public'
25/05/20 15:32
The shirtless Taoiseach was filmed outdoors with his partner Matt Barrett and two others near Steward's Lodge in Dublin where he has been staying during the pandemic.
'On the day she died, I couldn't be with her or hold her hand': Widower's heart-breaking letter about staying apart from dying wife in lockdown - as MPs are flooded with emails in response to Dominic Cummings scandal
25/05/20 13:02
John Wilson from Whitchurch wrote to Buckingham MP Greg Smith to ask what he thinks about the fact that he had to be apart from his dying wife while Dominic Cummings was travelling.
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Boris Johnson has chosen 'political interest ahead of the public interest' by refusing to sack Dominic Cummings says Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon (who tried to resist sacking her own lockdown-busting adviser)
25/05/20 12:21
Scotland's First Minister accused Mr Johnson of jeopardising public health messaging by backing his political adviser over alleged repeated trips to Durham during the lockdown.
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Bishops round on Boris: Church leaders say CofE may now refuse to work with government on Covid response after PM's 'risible' defence of Dominic Cummings that 'broke trust of nation'
25/05/20 12:17
Bishops have reacted with fury on social media, saying Mr Johnson's defence of Cummings is an 'insult' and that he has 'no respect for the people.'
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Day by day, how Dominic Cummings described his fateful trip to Durham: A 260-mile dash, two weeks in a cottage and a test drive to Barnard Castle to 'check his eyes were OK'
25/05/20 11:09
The Downing Street backroom fixer was thrust into the limelight in an hour-long live TV grilling and defended his decision to drive 260 miles from London to County Durham.
'It's the Dominic Cummings lockdown tour 2020': No10 tweets reminder that Britons should 'keep 6ft apart from people you don't live with'... sparking explosion of memes and ridicule
25/05/20 11:03
Furious Britons have mocked the Government for telling to keep their distance after Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his top aide for going to Durham in lockdown.
Durham police announce they will probe new reports about Dominic Cummings' 260-mile trip - as local crime commissioner demands official probe using ANPR and mobile phone data
25/05/20 10:37
Police in Durham are said to be angry at the government's claim officers did not speak to Dominic Cummings' family after he drove 260 miles to Durham at the end of March.
JK Rowling offers to pay annual salary of Tweeter who used Civil Service account to accuse Boris Johnson of being an 'arrogant, offensive truth-twister'
25/05/20 10:17
Author J.K. Rowling has offered to reward the person who responded to Boris Johnson's Downing Street briefing last night with a tweet slamming him for sticking up for Dominic Cummings.
'If it's good enough for Cummings . . . ' Fears lockdown will collapse as crowds mob parks and beaches in 79F heatwave after Boris Johnson's top aide drove 270 miles to Durham family home with coronavirus symptoms
25/05/20 09:50
With parts of Britain set to bask in temperatures hotter than Athens and Nice and Barcelona, social media users claimed that the PM was sending out the dangerous signal that 'lockdown is finished'.
'Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?': The British Press is divided over response to Dominic Cummings scandal with Guardian demanding blood while Times suggests aide's actions are 'not a cause for resignation'
25/05/20 09:32
Britain's newspapers are showing mixed views in response to Boris Johnson's backings of Dominic Cummings on Sunday night, while some call for the top aide to resign, others only call for a review.
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'Dominic Cummings spits in the face of all our efforts, the whole NHS': Doctor says he will QUIT if PM's aide does not go as another medic says she wouldn't have 'dreamed of travelling the length of country to sort out some child care'
25/05/20 09:00
Dominic Pimenta told Good Morning Britain that he's ready to resign if Cummings stays in his position as the top Government aide after travelling from London to Durham in lockdown.
Dominic Cummings will take the extraordinary step of making a public statement - in breach of guidelines for unelected aides - over his lockdown trip to Durham from the Downing Street Rose Garden today
25/05/20 07:45
Dominic Cummings will make a public statement this afternoon to directly address claims he broke lockdown rules by travelling to Durham, Downing Street has confirmed.
Gary Lineker launches Twitter attack on Dominic Cummings despite BBC colleague Simon McCoy slamming him for 'abusing his position' and breaking impartiality by accusing PM of lying
25/05/20 07:21
The news anchor slammed the sports pundit after Lineker sounded off about Boris Johnson's coronavirus briefing last night as the PM defended his top aide in Downing Street.
'You should stick to the rules': Dominic Cummings blasts the press for not social distancing as he returns home having won the PM's support in Downing Street
24/05/20 23:15
Under-fire Dominic Cummings tonight blasted press outside his home for not social distancing after he was given Boris Johnson's backing over claims he broke lockdown rules.
STEPHEN GLOVER: After their sacrifices, the British people have the right to expect better from the Prime Minister
24/05/20 22:21
STEPHEN GLOVER: Despite Mr Johnson's generalised defence of him last night, it is very hard to conclude that he didn't breach the lockdown on at least two separate occasions.
260-mile dash and a tale that keeps unravelling: How the crisis engulfing Boris Johnson's chief adviser Dominic Cummings unfolded
24/05/20 21:18
The Prime Minister's right-hand man and self-proclaimed architect of Brexit, Dominic Cummings, has already been depicted in a TV film by actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
Boris Johnson faces his biggest rebellion yet as MPs from all wings of the party line up to tell him Dominic Cummings MUST go - just hours after PM backed his Svengali over lockdown breach row
24/05/20 21:09
Tory MPs staged an extraordinary public revolt yesterday to demand Prime Minister Boris Johnson sack his most senior aide.
Four of Boris Johnson's top scientists accuse him of trashing their efforts to get public to obey lockdown after he gives under-fire Dominic Cummings his backing over trips to Durham
24/05/20 21:04
Professor Stephen Reicher, who serves on the SAGE committee advising the Government, said the PM's defence of Dominic Cummings had threatened the UK's fight against coronavirus.
The day Dominic Cummings's (many) enemies have ALL been waiting for: RICHARD KAY details the life and times of the 'career psychopath' who has spent years spewing bile across Westminster
24/05/20 21:04
Somehow it was inevitable that Dominic Cummings would turn up at Downing Street on a Sunday. The man seen is seen as a sinister hybrid of Rasputin and a 'career psychopath'.
Humble pie? No, we got undiluted praise for his top adviser: HENRY DEEDES sees Boris Johnson going in to bat for Dominic Cummings
24/05/20 21:00
HENRY DEEDES: Standing at the podium, there was a permanently flustered air about him, like a man desperately trying to remember where he'd parked the damn car.
Dominic Cummings is reported to police by retired teacher 'who saw him and his family breaching lockdown by taking trip to town 30 miles away from where he went to self-isolate'
24/05/20 19:54
Dominic Cummings now faces a possible police investigation after he was reported by a retired teacher who claims he saw him taking a trip 30 miles away from where he went to self-isolate.
'How much has Cummings got on you?' Piers Morgan brands Boris Johnson a 'disgrace' after he backs his top aide amid lockdown breach claims
24/05/20 19:35
The PM tonight said Dominic Cummings had 'no alternative' but to travel 260 miles from London to Durham when both he and his wife were 'about to be incapacitated by coronavirus.'
'Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters': Probe is launched into hastily deleted UK Civil Service tweet after Boris Johnson gives press briefing about Dominic Cummings
24/05/20 18:18
The verified UK Civil Service Twitter account was used to tweet out the message: 'Arrogant and offensive. Can you imagine having to work with these truth twisters?'
From 'career psychopath' to Brexit mastermind and 'Classic Dom': The rise of Boris Johnson's top aide who was backed by the PM tonight
24/05/20 16:14
Born in Durham and educated at Oxford University, Cummings helped to deliver Brexit but clashed with civil servants and cabinet ministers as he attempted to overhaul the Whitehall system.
Boris Johnson steps in at 5pm press conference to REFUSE to sack Dominic Cummings and says aide acted 'responsibly and legally' while 'following instincts of any father' amid calls for resignation over claims he broke lockdown three times
24/05/20 16:08
In a sign of the scope of the political crisis the Prime Minister faced the cameras for only the third time since his own brush with the killer pandemic when he took the daily news conference.
Protesters set up camp outside Dominic Cummings's home and blast Boris Johnson's 'stay at home' speech on a huge screen
24/05/20 14:34
Campaign group Led By Donkeys played footage from Boris Johnson's lockdown speech outside Dominic Cummings home today as the senior adviser heads to Downing Street after he broke lockdown.
Scientist who couldn't be at his dying father's side condemns Cummings for breaking lockdown amid growing anger among public
24/05/20 12:39
Families kept apart during the Covid-19 pandemic have condemned Dominic Cummings amid reports he broke lockdown rules on three separate occasions. Dean Burnett slammed the adviser's 'vile selfishness'.
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Boris Johnson will address the nation at 5pm TONIGHT amid growing calls for him to sack maverick aide Dominic Cummings over claims he broke the coronavirus lockdown THREE times
24/05/20 08:24
In a sign of the scope of the political crisis the Prime Minister will face the cameras for only the third time since his own brush with the killer pandemic when he chairs the daily news conference.
Who knifed Dominic Cummings? Speculation mounts that 'dark forces' are behind expose on aide who dared to take on Whitehall - as Opposition MPs ask just what DID Boris Johnson know about 'cover-up'
23/05/20 21:50
The explosive revelations about Dominic Cummings (pictured) come against the backdrop of growing tensions between the maverick aide and the Whitehall establishment.
Left-wing trolls target BBC's Laura Kuenssberg again - calling her a 'Tory stooge' after she appeared to defend Dominic Cummings over reports he flouted lockdown rules
23/05/20 21:47
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg faced fierce criticism yesterday after appearing to defend Dominic Cummings following reports that he had flouted lockdown rules.
Dominic Cummings's family WAS ticked off by police: Durham constabulary contradicts Downing Street and reveals it spoke to No 10 chief's father - as aide's ex-brother in law says it was easy to isolate at farmhouse where he brought their shopping
23/05/20 21:47
Number 10's version of events began to unravel last night when Durham Constabulary released a contradictory statement revealing it was contacted by the political aide's father.
TOM BOWER: Why Boris Johnson will fight to the end for maverick Dominic Cummings
23/05/20 21:01
It is no coincidence that news of Cummings's 'lockdown bust' was broken by two Labour-supporting newspapers, writes TOM BOWER.
JK Rowling slams Dominic Cummings' 'indefensible hypocrisy' for driving across country during coronavirus lockdown despite government advice to 'stay at home'
23/05/20 19:11
The Harry Potter author took to social media today to criticise the Prime Minister's chief advisor, after he drove 260 miles from London to Durham in March despite clear Government restrictions.
YouGov poll finds 68% of Britons think Dominic Cummings broke lockdown rules by taking his family to Durham and more than half think he should resign - as Twitter users brand him a 'hypocrite'
23/05/20 18:41
The Prime Minister's chief aide caused a stir when it emerged last night he'd travelled all the way from London to Durham, despite clear restrictions ordering people to stay at home.
Boris tries to save Dominic Cummings' job by declaring 'it's not like he was visiting a lover' as maverick ally is accused of breaking lockdown rules THREE times, including second trip to parents' Durham home where he 'strolled in bluebell wood' with wife
23/05/20 15:43
Two witness testimonies have taken a sledgehammer to the Downing Street aide's insistence he 'stayed put' at his parents' farm in the Durham.
Piers Morgan issues ultimatum to Boris Johnson by telling him to sack Dominic Cummings TODAY or he will 'deem lockdown over' and visit his parents for the first time in 12 weeks
23/05/20 11:57
The Good Morning Britain star issued the ultimatum to the PM on Twitter. Dominic Cummings stands accused of breaking Government rules by travelling to his parents home in Durham.
Dominic Cummings' wife described how he 'collapsed and had spasms' during family's coronavirus isolation - but failed to mention that they had broken lockdown to travel from London to Durham
23/05/20 08:51
Journalist Mary Wakefield revealed that No10 chief Mr Cummings, 48, spent 10 days bedridden after 'collapsing' and having 'spasms' with the disease at the end of March.
Defiant Dominic Cummings says 'who cares' if 260 mile trip to parents' home while he was in coronavirus self-isolation looks bad - claiming he acted 'reasonably and legally'
22/05/20 19:14
Dominic Cummings travelled with his wife and son from London to his parents' Durham farm in March to self-isolate with coronavirus symptoms, despite the government's own restrictions.
Government's secret SAGE committee is revealed: Names of 50 scientists advising the Government on coronavirus are FINALLY made public (so who are the two who have mysteriously requested to remain anonymous?)
04/05/20 09:16
The names of those who sit on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) had not previously been published on security and independence grounds.
No10 chief Dominic Cummings 'intervened at SAGE meeting to push for experts to back lockdown'
29/04/20 09:02
Dominic Cummings played 'more than a bystander's role' at a meeting of the government's scientific experts and pushed for lockdown to be imposed sooner, it was claimed today.
Who is 'Lynn from Skipton'? The public ridicule No 10 for selecting soft question about hugging from anonymous 'member of the public' at Downing Street press conference
27/04/20 17:48
Lynn from Skipton was the first non-journalist given the chance to grill ministers and health officials at the daily briefings as part of a transparency drive by Number 10.
'Partial' list of SAGE members WILL be published amid backlash at secrecy and complaints No10 chief Dominic Cummings attended meetings
27/04/20 11:54
There has been a backlash over the lack of transparency on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, fueled when it emerged Dominic Cummings has attended some meetings.
Now top Tories including David Davis join calls to ban political advisor Dominic Cummings from secretive SAGE science briefings over fears he could influence experts
25/04/20 23:32
The former Brexit secretary David Davis said that Cummings's presence could alter the advice offered in meetings. It was last night revealed the PM's chief aide had attended Sage meetings.
Fury at Dominic Cummings' wife using BBC Radio 4 slot to say how 'extremely kind' he is while he is under fire for his role on SAGE group advising government
25/04/20 14:48
Mary Wakefield, wife of Dominic Cummings said her husband raced home when she developed Covid-19. She was speaking during a broadcast on a BBC Radio 4 slot this morning.
Dominic Cummings' presence at secretive SAGE meetings 'taints advice' being given to government, warns scientist, as Labour shadow health secretary says controversial adviser must not be allowed to influence coronavirus debate
24/04/20 20:11
Mr Cummings' name was on a leaked list of members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) as far back as February.
Dominic Cummings' wife Mary Wakefield reveals he was so ill with coronavirus he should have gone to hospital because of his struggle to breathe - as Boris Johnson's top aide also talks of his 'sticky' time spent in isolation at home
23/04/20 11:25
Journalist Mary Wakefield revealed that Mr Cummings, 48, spent 10 days bedridden with the disease after coming home to nurse her through a milder case.
Boris Johnson's top aide Dominic Cummings FINALLY returns to work at Downing Street after two weeks away with coronavirus symptoms (and brings a very unusual packed lunch with him)
14/04/20 09:05
The Prime Minister's chief of staff was confirmed by No 10 as self-isolating with coronavirus-type symptoms on March 30, three days after Mr Johnson himself went into self-isolation.

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