“We will never forget your racist comments about Obama and slavish devotion to Trump.”

Kate Bingham, a venture capitalist married to Jesse Norman, a Tory Treasury minister, was appointed to the crucial role by Boris Johnson - who she went to Oxford with.

"The steps made today will improve the lives of near 1.7 million children in the UK over the next 12 months, and that can only be celebrated," Rashford said.

In a rousing speech, Biden vowed an end to “this grim era of demonisation in America”.

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Reacting to the news on Twitter, Starmer said that Biden had run a campaign "on the values that we in the United Kingdom share - decency, integrity, compassion and strength."

Joy and relief is abundant across the United States of America.

AP snapped Donald Trump playing golf at one of his clubs in Virginia, at the moment television networks across the country called the presidential election for Joe Biden.

"It's a lot easier to be a parent today," Jones said, before going on to recount how difficult the Trump presidency had been - particularly for people of colour.