Boris Johnson warns it is 'still early days' as reports suggest pubs could reopen in May

It's Kenneth Branagh as you've never seen him before. For an actor who has donned insane mustaches (as detective Hercule Poirot) and a wide array of Shakespearean costumes, the first still of him as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Michael Winterbottom's TV drama This Sceptred Isle is perhaps Branagh at his most unrecognizable.

60-year-old actor will play the British Prime Minister in the new Sky Atlantic drama.The five-part series will chart the events surrounding the Prime Minister, the government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.Kenneth’s casting as Bojo was first announced last month, and now the first look image of him as the PM shows his utter transformation into the 56-year-old politician.Kenneth has swapped his neatly trimmed brown hair for Boris’ trademark wild blonde locks

Sky has released a first-look image of Kenneth Branagh as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in its upcoming Michael Winterbottom series This Sceptred Isle.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSky has unveiled the first look at Kenneth Branagh playing U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the forthcoming drama “This Sceptred Isle.”Production has begun on the Fremantle-produced drama, which charts the events surrounding Johnson, his government, and the country in the face of the first wave of the global pandemic.The Sky Original drama will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service NOW TV in 2022.

accelerated plans for the vaccination programme that would see all adults in the UK being offered a first dose of the vaccine by July 31.

direct to your inboxThe number of coronavirus infections needs to plummet to below 50,000 before Prime Minister Boris Johnson can consider easing lockdown, an NHS boss has said.The most recent figures suggested 695,400 people in England had coronavirus in the week ending February 6.NHS Providers Chief Executive, Chris Hopson, said there was a "pretty clear view that numbers need to come down to around 50,000."He has urged the Prime Minister to focus on "data, not just dates" when he sets out his

coronavirus variants will likely mean booster vaccinations are needed later in the year after the second round of jabs is completed.During Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons, Johnson said a 50 million dose deal with pharmaceutical firm Curevac will assist in developing vaccines to respond “at scale to new variants of the virus”.He told MPs: “We’re going to have to get used to vaccinating and then revaccinating in the autumn as we come to face these new variants.”Mutations that give the

direct to your inbox Dr Amir Khan has issued caution over setting a date for easing coronavirus lockdown restrictions. The Good Morning Britain doctor said on Friday's show putting a date on when lockdown measures can be eased is 'a bit premature'.

direct to your inbox Boris Johnson and Professor Chris Whitty have addressed whether people who have had both doses of the coronavirus vaccine can 'exclusively socialise' without social-distancing.

Boris Johnson’s trip north. Members of the public have contacted them claiming the trip is breaking strict lockdown rules.

Boris Johnson plans to visit Scotland this week, comedian Janey Godley has created a hilarious voice over from his 2019 visit which has left Twitter in stitches. The Prime Minister is set to head to Scotland to 'unite the union' and talk to Scots about the benefits of staying in the union.

Boris Johnson expected in Scotland later this week to highlight the role of the armed forces in distributing the covid vaccine across the UK, the First Minister advised him to “work from home”. At her daily briefing Sturgeon said she would “never would be saying that Boris Johnson is not welcome in Scotland”.But she added: “we’re living in a global pandemic and every day right now I stand, look down the camera, and say what I’m about to say.