Boris Johnson will not start randomly drug testing members of his Cabinet, despite Shaun Bailey - the Tory candidate for London mayor - saying he would urge all major companies in the capital to do so.

Twitter users were quick to jump on the nomination - with many claiming that Williamson’s potential award must be the result of a concerted trolling campaign.

The loss of EU funding is a very serious issue for a place that, despite being among the UK’s foremost tourist spots, remains one of the poorest places in Britain.

British workers picked fruit at a rate of between 33 and 35 pounds per hour. Migrant pickers managed 62 pounds an hour.

Parts of the UK may face power and petrol shortages if thousands of lorries are stranded in Dover - and medicine shortages caused by port blockages could lead to animal diseases spreading through the countryside.

Williamson was in Scarborough, where he has family, while the exam chaos was beginning to develop in Scotland, the Sunday Times reported.

Researchers warn that sea level rises could reach a metre by the end of a century as a result.

A devastating report by the Queen’s Nursing Institute also revealed that homes were told that hospitals had a strict ‘no admissions’ policy at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic.

Four sites in Kent - with capacity to hold thousands of lorries - have already been mapped out, to ease the pressure on major Channel ports like Dover.