Schools across the UK are to close to all pupils except those of key workers, as Boris Johnson urged the public to continue heeding health advice to help slow the spread of Covid-19.

The party is planning to mark “Brexit Day” with a rally in Glasgow, where it will relaunch its campaign for independence and also make clear a separate Scotland should be part of the EU.

2019 has been a big year for warm colour and sequins on the red carpet.

The British Prime Minister will welcome the more than 100 newly-elected colleagues, many of them from former Labour areas across the north and Midlands, to the House of Commons on Monday.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney and Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Scotland Fiona Hyslop explain the background to this joint initiative.

Boris Johnson claimed the “paralysed” Parliament will keep “sabotaging” Brexit negotiations as he addressed the Commons.

Latest: European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt has said Boris Johnson's plans to suspend Parliament are “unlikely to help deliver a stable future EU – UK relationship”.

Boris Johnson has said it is up to the EU to ensure there is a no-deal Brexit.

British prime minster Boris Johnson has declared the “undemocratic” backstop arrangement “is dead” but insisted a Brexit deal can be reached.

Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Mr Johnson has arrived at Bute House in Edinburgh, the official residence of Scotland's First Minister, for talks with Nicola Sturgeon.

Boris Johnson’s failure to contact the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar since becoming British Prime Minister has been branded “highly discourteous” by Sinn Féin.

The new Brexit war cabinet will meet today as Boris Johnson steps up planning for a no-deal scenario on October 31.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said whoever becomes the UK's next prime minister will get a "fair hearing" from the EU.

The Taoiseach believes a no-deal Brexit can still be avoided.

The Government has warned Scotland it will not back down over the deepening Rockall fishing rights stand-off and will take EU court action if the Scottish threaten fishermen with navy vessels.

Whatever the shape of the next European Parliament and whatever the final outcome of Brexit, it is vital to Irish interests that we maintain and foster good relations with as many of our friends and neighbours as possible, in particular smaller nations that, by virtue of their limited scale, tend to have similar problems to us.

The new British PM will have much to do to tackle the lousy legacy of Theresa May and David Cameron, which includes clearing up the Brexit mess, writes Andrew Hammond.

Theresa May has this morning announced that she will step down as Conservative party leader on Friday, June 7.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, responding to Theresa May's survival in the no confidence vote, said: "Tonight's vote makes no difference to the lives of our people.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he believes there can be “decisive progress” on Brexit in the coming weeks — despite warning “there is still a fair amount of work to be done”.

The Taoiseach has strongly denied claims by David Davis that Sinn Féin is “strongly influencing” the Government in Brexit talks.

Brexit talks between Theresa May and the Scottish and Welsh first ministers have broken up without agreement.

"It's almost impossible to have a close relationship between Ireland and Britain, which is necessary for the Irish peace process, and have the divergence that some of the hard Brexiteers want."

Two people have died and three others are being treated in hospital after a fire broke out at the luxury Cameron House hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson has called for any regulatory alignment under Brexit to be applied on a UK-wide basis.

At breakfast, a deal was firmly on the Brexit table. But by lunch, the two-course meal had suddenly gone off.

LAST year’s Brexit vote in the UK provoked a mixture of shock and awe in Brussels but, as soon as they had picked themselves up off their marble floors, leading EU politicians, bureaucrats and policy makers were quick to announce that the community of nations still had a glorious future, remaining strong, resolute, economically powerful and united.

Scottish Secretary David Mundell has urged Nicola Sturgeon to "clearly and unambiguously" rule out a second independence referendum.

Nicola Sturgeon has spoken out about the "double whammy" of judgement she faced as a young woman starting out in the male-dominated world of politics.

Footwear firm Clarks has sparked a sexism row after naming a girls' shoe range Dolly Babe and a boys' line Leader.

European Union nationals could "tip the balance" towards Scottish independence if a second referendum was held before Brexit, academics have said.

Serena Williams has declared her love for Andy Murray and said all female athletes should back the British tennis player.

Andy Murray attracted praise from his mum after calling out a reporter who appeared to ignore the success of America's female tennis players.

Women from Northern Ireland are to be offered free abortions on the NHS in Scotland.

Gay rights campaigners will lead a major parade through Belfast city centre later, demanding the introduction of same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland.