Tony Blair will quit as Labour leader on May 31 next year and resign as British Prime Minister on July 26 2007 after an eight-week battle for the succession, it was claimed today.

Big Brother evictee George Galloway branded the widespread condemnation of his time on the reality show as “sanctimonious humbug” today.

GLAMOUR model Jodie Marsh last night lived up to bookmakers' predictions to become the first celebrity to be booted out of the Big Brother house.

The British government's Chief Whip today launched a petition calling on Celebrity Big Brother contestant George Galloway to get back to work saying his latest TV antics had made her “cringe”.