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Michael Gove
personPM telephoned Levelling Up Secretary yesterday evening to tell him he was being removed from his Cabinet job for 'treachery' Education Secretary Michelle Donelan also declared she is quitting. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Helen Whately also quit. Total number of MPs to resign from both key and junior roles to 45.
Michelle Donelan
personEducation Secretary Michelle Donelan and Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis are the latest ministers to quit. PM agreed to step down after more than 50 Tory MPs walked out in wake of groping storm.
Rafael Nadal
personRafael Nadal has withdrawn from his Wimbledon semi-final. The Spaniard has been suffering from a stomach muscle injury. Nick Kyrgios will now face Novak Djokovic or Cameron Norrie in Sunday's final.
Theranos
organizationFormer Theranos COO Sunny Balwani has been found guilty on all 12 criminal charges. He could face as many as 20 years in prison. His conviction marks a more severe judgment than that of his former lover and business partner Elizabeth Holmes.
Theresa May
personPM confirmed he will make way in a statement outside Downing Street. But stopped short of resigning with immediate effect, saying he would stay on as caretaker PM until a new Conservative leader is chosen. Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak are among frontrunners for the post.
Tory
organizationTory MP Andrew Bridgen said the speech showed “no apology, no contrition – so Johnson’ Piers Morgan said Mr Johnson had quit as he had led: “Boasting, blathering and blaming everyone but himself” Ben Wallace is the clear favourite among Tory party members to take over as party leader, according to polling. Other candidates are likely to include Nadhim Zahawi, Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid.
Derek Chauvin
personDerek Chauvin, 46, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison. He violated black man George Floyd's civil rights by kneeling on his neck and back. Chauvin is already serving a 22-and-a-half year sentence on state charges of murder and manslaughter.
Boris Johnson
personBoris Johnson will go down in history as our worst ever Prime Minister. He did the most damage to our strength and standing in the world. Spare me any crocodile tears, Johnson did nothing but harm.
Elena Rybakina
personElena Rybakina reached her first grand slam final with a 6-3,6-3 victory over Simone Halep. The Kazakh will face Ons Jabeur in the Venus Rosewater Dish final on Saturday. Rafael Nadal has pulled out of Wimbledon with an abdominal injury.
Elon Musk
personThe 51-year-old SpaceX founder and tech entrepreneur fathered twins in November. Their sexes were not made public and their names were redacted. Musk fathered six children with his first wife, Justine Wilson, but the couple's first child died of sudden infant death syndrome in 2002.
Brittney Griner
personThe treatment of foreign and domestic athletes in Russia bodes ill for the country reestablishing its reputation in professional sports circle. Brittney Griner's treatment will likely discourage other foreign athletes from working again in Russia. Russian media had speculated that Griner could be a part of a prisoner swap.
Brandon Lewis
personBrandon Lewis becomes the 47th Tory MP to quit the government. Comes amid a flurry of resignations that has seen more than 40 MPs quit. Education Secretary Michelle Donelan and Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis are the latest ministers to quit.
Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani
personRamesh "Sunny" Balwani, a former high-ranking executive at the health care startup Theranos, has been convicted on 12 counts of fraud. Verdict follows the Jan. 3 conviction of Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos CEO and founder, on four accounts of investor fraud and conspiracy.
Conservative Party
organizationPiers Morgan, 57, clutched a piglet as he opened the show, stating Johnson was "a piglet running out of grease" Since the controversial show, more MPs resigned and on Thursday Boris Johnson agreed to resign as Conservative Party leader. Ten cabinet ministers told Johnson to resign, including Nadhim Zahawi, the chancellor.
Beth Mead
personEngland beat Austria 1-0 in the Euro 2022 curtain raiser at Old Trafford. Beth Mead scored the only goal of the game in the 16th minute. A record-breaking crowd of 68,871 watched the match.
Cabinet
organizationSajid Javid and Rishi Sunak quit within 10 minutes of each other. Senior ministers went to Downing Street to try to persuade the PM to resign. But so far Mr Johnson remains defiant and says he has no intention of resigning.
Will Quince
personChildren's minister Will Quince followed Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid out the door. Quince said he had ‘no choice’ after he appeared on television to defend Johnson using Downing Street briefings ‘which have now been found to be inaccurate’ Tory rebels are now plotting another No Confidence Vote to oust him.
Michael Gove
personPM rang Mr Gove on Wednesday evening to tell him he was sacked. He told MPs on the Commons Liaison Committee it would not be right for him to "walk away" amid economic pressures and the war in Ukraine. Another 18 junior bag carriers also quit the Government and the PM lost some of his most loyal MPs.
the Conservative Party
organization38 ministers resign over revelations that the prime minister hired an accused sex offender to a senior role in government. Just 18% of Brits overall believe Johnson should remain in charge. Nadhim Zahawi announced as Chancellor of the Exchequer with Michelle Donelan as Education Secretary.
Nadhim Zahawi
personRishi Sunak, Sajid Javid and Nadhim Zahawi quit last night. Comes after 17 ministers and a line of ministerial aides resigned. Just 18% of Brits overall believe Johnson should remain in charge.