Blond Bombshell: Does Boris Dye His Hair?

Boris Johnson has admitted for the first time that he dyes his trademark mop of blond hair.

In an interview, the former London mayor conceded he had reached for the bottle of bleach to keep its eye-catching colour.

"This is the real thing. It's all natural," he told the Sunday Times.

But asked: "You do dye it, don't you Boris?" He replied: "Yes".

Fifty shades of blond: a light look

He used the interview to claim he was reluctant to declare for Brexit, out of loyalty to the Prime Minister, and denied he did it to boost his leadership prospects.

Last year celebrated hairdresser Heinz Schumi - whose Chelsea clients include actress Jenny Agutter and novelist Jilly Cooper claimed Boris' blond mop was a forgery.

"I'm telling you, it's bleached," Mr Schumi told a newspaper.

"I went to see him give a speech, and when the spotlights shone on his hair, it was kind of orangey - it doesn't go light enough.

Two years ago things were a little more yellow

"Also, when hair is bleached, the follicles are broken so you manipulate it how you like - this is what Rod Stewart did, so I am absolutely certain he bleaches it."

At the time, Mr Johnson's father and former MP Stanley, insisted: "I can tell you that's 100%. I remember when he was born in New York, I nipped off to get a pizza and when I returned he was swaddled with all the other babies - but quite distinguishable by this shock of white hair. 

"So I can reassure the nation, it's quite genuine."

Zayn Malik Pulls Out Of Gig Blaming 'Anxiety'

Zayn Malik has pulled out of a performance at the Capital FM Summertime Ball because of an "anxiety" attack.

The former One Direction star, who was due to perform at the Wembley Stadium show, posted a lengthy apology and explanation on his Instagram account.

"Unfortunately, my anxiety that has haunted me throughout the last few months around live performances has gotten the better of me," he said.

"With the magnitude of the event, I have suffered the worst anxiety of my career. I cannot apologise enough.

"I promise I will do my best to make this up to everybody I've let down today."

The show's organisers were forced to make an announcement just moments before Malik was due on stage on Saturday.

The news was greeted with loud boos from disappointed fans.

Capital FM said in a statement: "We know everyone's already had a great day and enjoyed the 19 other huge artists' performances, but of course we're all gutted that Zayn's had to pull out tonight at the last minute."

Following Malik's message, many people have voiced their support for the 23-year-old Bradford-born star.

This Morning's Phillip Schofield tweeted: "I have huge respect for Zayn with this."

Malik's decision to pull out of the Summertime Ball follows a number of non-appearances by the singer.

In January, he pulled out of The Graham Norton Show due to "scheduling" issues.

A month later, he cancelled a Radio 1 interview with DJ Greg James, a move which was criticised at the time as "rude" by Piers Morgan.

The Capital FM Summertime Ball, which raises money for charity, would have been Malik's first live UK solo stage performance.

Florida Pulse gay nightclub attacked in Orlando

has been reported at a nightclub in the Florida city of Orlando, and the attacker is said to have taken hostages.

The incident happened at the Pulse Club, a gay nightclub in the city. It posted on its Facebook page: "Everyone get out of pulse and keep running".

Video footage being shared on social media showed wounded people being treated at the scene.

No official details of the incident have yet been given.

One man who says he was inside the club at the time and posted videos of the scene, said on his Facebook page that shots had been fired inside the club and people were "screaming that people are dead".

"They are just pulling people out in stretchers loading them up," Anthony Torres wrote.

Local TV reporter Stewart Moore tweetedthat he had been told by a source that more than 20 people had been shot.

He said the attacker was still inside the nightclub with hostages, and was feared to be wearing a bomb.

Photos on social media show dozens of emergency vehicles at the scene.

The Queen's Relationship With PMs In Her Reign

Churchill, Eden, Macmillan, Douglas-Home, Wilson, Heath, Callaghan, Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron - the Queen is now dealing with the twelfth prime minister in her 64-year reign.

Sir Winston Churchill is said to have taken a slightly patronising fatherly attitude to the young Princess after she ascended the throne in 1952.

Margaret Thatcher was just six months older, both women having forged their different outlook as teenagers during World War II.

Since Sir John Major, the Queen has been older than her first ministers. He brought modern day worldliness helping the monarchy through its "annus horribilis".

As the nation celebrates Elizabeth II's 90th birthday, she can look back on having first seen David Cameron as a small boy when she visited relatives at his junior boarding school.

This may explain his rather overconfident demeanour with her which led to him being caught on camera in her presence describing Afghanistan and Nigeria as "fantastically corrupt".

The Queen commands the Prime Minister to attend an audience each week where she discusses affairs of state. These meetings are entirely private, and no PM has ever dared break the confidence of their discussions.

"Prime Ministers have a constitutional responsibility to tell the Queen what is happening," Sir John Major told Sky News, "and the Queen has a constitutional right to know that and to probe and to ask questions."

On a daily basis, she is also kept up to date with official red boxes packed with government documents and a personal briefing letter written for each day by The Vice Chamberlain to Her Majesty's Household, a serving MP in the government whips' office.

But there are limits to the monarch's involvement in the affairs of government.

Since Oliver Cromwell oversaw the execution of Charles I, they have been kept at arms' length by parliamentarians. Informed respectfully rather than consulted.

So what do Prime Ministers and the Queen talk about at their audiences usually held in Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle or Balmoral?

It's a subject of fascination which inspired the fictional West End and Broadway hit play The Audience, with Helen Mirren and Kristin Scott Thomas taking the regal role.

All PMs have said Her Majesty's advice was invaluable but she clearly plays her cards close to her chest - even in these one on one conversations.

spite of a decade of weekly meetings, Tony Blair told me he didn't know what her personal views were on the issues of the day.

"She presumably does have politics," he speculated. "Everybody does whether they think they do or they don't, but, there is no way that the Queen would mix herself up, either way in a subject like that, I mean it's not in her DNA."

That perhaps is the secret of her success.

Judo Star Smiles After Waking Up From Coma

A British judo star critically injured in motorbike accident in Vietnam has astounded doctors by smiling for the first time since waking from her coma, her family spokeswoman has said.

Commonwealth Games silver medallist Stephanie Inglis suffered head injuries when she was thrown from a motorbike taxi when her skirt became caught in the wheel.

Doctors initially gave the 27-year-old from Inverness a 1% chance of survival, but she emerged from a medically induced coma last week several weeks after the accident in May.

The UK air ambulance, which is preparing to fly Ms Inglis to hospital in Scotland, has arrived at her hospital in Bangkok.

A spokeswoman for the family said Ms Inglis has improved so much that her parents, Robert and Alison, could explain to her she was going home and she stunned doctors by smiling.

In a statement on the Save Steph Facebook page, the spokeswoman said: "She is in so much discomfort and fighting against all the odds to improve herself when the medical team asked her if she could hold up two fingers, Stephanie did, and then she smiled a small but amazing smile.

"The doctor was so surprised he started to bow and laugh, because not only did it show that Stephanie understood this instruction it also showed after all that's happened to her she still had the humour and friendly personality that everyone respects and loves."

She added that Stephanie and her family hope to be on their way in under 24 hours, saying: "This is a difficult journey which will stop in India, Georgia and Austria and then its final stage Stephanie Inglis against all the odds will be home."

She thanked the thousands of supporters who have donated over £300,000 to pay for medical care for Ms Inglis.

She said without the money it would have been impossible get her treatment, transfer her to hospital in Bangkok and get her back to Scotland.

Happy Birthday Ma'am! Queen Joins The Party

Princess Charlotte has made her first appearance on the balcony at Buckingham Palace as the Queen continued her 90th birthday celebrations.

Charlotte, now 13 months old and wearing a pink dress, was carried onto the balcony by her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge.

They joined other members of the Royal Family to watch an RAF flypast after Trooping the Colour.

Also there was Charlotte's two-year-old brother, Prince George, who shielded his eyes as he looked up at the sky.

The flypast was preceded by a 41-gun salute in nearby Green Park performed by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery.

The events were part of a weekend of celebrations to mark the Queen's 90th on 21 April.

Her Majesty, wearing a vivid lime green matching hat and jacket, and the Duke of Edinburgh travelled to Horse Guards in a vintage carriage.

Huge crowds lined The Mall to watch the procession and cheered loudly as they passed by.

The Prince of Wales, who is Colonel of the Welsh Guards, the Princess Royal, Colonel of the Blues and Royals, and the Duke of Cambridge, Colonel of the Irish Guards, made their way on horseback.

Carriages took other members of the Royal Family to the ceremony.

Euro 2016 Police Get Emergency Rifle Training

Hundreds of undercover French police have been given last-minute assault rifle training in a bid to keep Euro 2016 safe.

During an exclusive visit to one French police centre, Sky News discovered that many officers had only began emergency lessons 10 days earlier - and still hadn't finished their training on the eve of the tournament.

The rifle they are being taught to use is normally carried by specialist units, such as counter-terrorism officers, and can fire 750 rounds a minute.

David-Olivier Reverdy, a union official from Alliance Police Nationale, told Sky News some of the training was being rushed through.

"One hopes that everything and everybody will be ready for day one, but it is true that the training is still ongoing for some units. They didn't foresee the urgency of all this before and only started the training recently," he said.

Some 90,000 police and security officials have been deployed to keep the tournament safe.

In Marseille, where England is playing its first match, scuffles broke out between English fans and locals for two nights, resulting in arrests.

Special boat teams will patrol the area in front of the city's fan zone and prevent anyone from going into the water.

Major Arnaud Louis, from the National Police, said: "It's a big challenge for the city, it's a big challenge for policemen, it's a big challenge for everybody.

"With the football there's a lot of problems that will come to the fan zone so for the majority you have to keep it safe."

France has been in a state of emergency since November 2015 when attacks on Paris left 130 people dead.

Recent strikes sparked more trouble - stretching security forces further.

All 24 nations involved in Euro 2016 are offering policing support, including teams of British "spotters" who have been in Marseille helping to alert the French to any trouble as well as looking for known hooligans.

Chief Superintendent Steve Neill, from National Police Chiefs' Council, has warned troublemakers they won't be tolerated.

He said: "We know who you are, we fully know what you're going to do and we'll be there waiting for you."

Mr Neill added English fans who fell foul of the law were likely to be arrested, and could face football banning orders on their return to the UK.