A young Scottish politician has been crowned the winner of 'Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack', bagging himself a £50,000 (€67,248) prize.

The new series of Big Brother launched last night with less than half the audience of last year’s celebrity version.

A group of 12 gifted young people experienced their first taste of the Big Brother house tonight, under the direction of celebrity hijacker Matt Lucas.

England captain Martin Johnson will have an appeal against his 35-day ban for foul play heard by a three-man panel on Thursday.