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the continuing fallout from revelations about parties at Downing Street, claiming that Conservative MPs will be ready in "sufficient numbers" to force Boris Johnson from office if he tries to dodge responsibility.

It says that "large numbers" of backbenchers have already made up their mind about the prime minister's fate - and are merely observing "due process" by waiting for the conclusions of the civil servant, Sue Gray, who is investigating the gatherings.

that Tory MPs have faced a "tidal wave of anger from constituents" in recent days - with the former foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, describing his email inbox as "red hot".

According to a senior Westminster source , 35 Tory MPs are thought to have submitted letters of no confidence in the PM - "perilously close" to the 54 required to trigger a vote on his leadership.

In an attempt to revive his fortunes, the paper says Mr Johnson is planning a "mass clearout" of staff at No 10 - among them his principal private secretary, Martin Reynolds, who sent the notorious "bring your own booze" email to Downing Street colleagues at the height of the first lockdown.

Mr Johnson is also reportedly working on a series of policy announcements - dubbed "Operation Red Meat" - to woo back disillusioned colleagues.

These are said to include freezing the �鶹Լ�� licence fee for two years, and a military crackdown on migrant crossings in the Channel.

that Prince Andrew was "left tearful" after he was told that he would be stripped of his honorary military titles.

A defence source says the Duke of York had hoped that he might first "be allowed to clear his name" in his legal fight with the American woman, Virginia Giuffre, who alleges that the duke sexually assaulted her when she was 17.

But the source claims that "the clamour for a scalp meant a quick and brutal decision needed to be made".

Prince Andrew has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

Separately, that a former colonel of the Grenadier Guards, George Norton, may come out of retirement to replace the duke at this summer's Trooping the Colour parade.

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A former Russian double agent has that the National Crime Agency may have put his life at further risk by passing his British alias and address to the authorities in Latvia.

Boris Karpichkov, who spied on Latvia for the Russians and vice-versa, defected to the UK in 1998 and says he has had seven death threats since officials in Riga were given his details.

The NCA says it shares intelligence with "trusted law enforcement agencies", but cannot comment on this case for legal reasons.

And the to the paper's long-time gardening expert, Peter Seabrook, who has died at the age of 86.

He had written for the Sun since 1977, and was once a regular guest on �鶹Լ�� programmes including Gardeners' World.

Seabrook also designed many exhibits at the Chelsea Flower Show, presenting the Queen with a posy each year.

The royal photographer, Arthur Edwards, says he was a "national treasure".