Left-wing Labour veteran John McDonnell defended Ms Rayner, suggesting she should not have used the language she did but that 'deep down she's expressing the anger many of us feel'. The actor's devastatingly handsome looks made him an instant hit in the debut season of Poldark, along with one memorable scene of him appearing shirtless in the series.

Donny Ryding from Leasowe, Merseyside, had been warned by doctors to quit smoking and to adopt a healthy diet after suffering from a heart attack. However outraged anti-smokers might be, Zizou's "betrayal" must be put in context: the fag-loving footballer is just following a long and noble tradition. Boasting an entirely Welsh cast, the forthcoming adaptation will also include appearances from former rugby player Gareth Thomas and ex-labour leader Neil Kinnock – who makes his second acting foray, the first being a cameo in Tracey Ullman’s 1984 music video for My Guy. Or if he doesn't fancy cigars and golf, he could always befriend fellow cigarette smoker and Wimbledon nearly-man Tim Henman. Two of the world's greatest ever footballers chain-smoked their way through their careers - Johann Cruyff and Diego Maradona.Top footballers including Wayne Rooney, Zinedine Zidane, Dimitar Berbatov and Ashley Cole are known to indulge now and then. Ian Botham naturally enjoyed a cigar and a spliff, and never understood what the fuss was all about.

Seeing Bradley Wiggins smoking might seem shocking, but there's a long tradition of athletes defying the doctors in favour of a crafty cigarette. She’s joined a diverse Welsh cast for an adaptation of Dylan Thomas radio play Under Milk Wood, in which she plays a woman who longs for her dead lover. So when the EU was looking for sportsmen to front a campaign against smoking in 2002, who better than "Zizou" to bang home the message, "Feel free to say no"? Italian wife killed by pizza: Diner, 46, started spasming after eating restaurant dish with 'tainted chilli.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Ms Rayner's verbal attack was 'absolutely appalling', telling Sky News: 'There's no place in public life for that sort of language, that sort of behaviour. America's new super-nuke explained: B61-13 is the first 'gravity bomb' to feature guided tail kit and will. But Mr Ryding, was rumbled when he was captured outside his home having a crafty cigarette by one of the Google Street View cameras after his wife suspected he wasn't keeping to his healthy lifestyle. Elon Musk warns AI is 'one of the biggest threats' to humanity as he joins world leaders at Bletchley Park. An aged but reputable study of 1,559 English professional footballers showed that cigarette smoking was much lower than the national average - only 5% admitted to it.

And in 1932, before the British school teacher Tom Hampson won the 800m gold at the first LA Olympics, he is said to have started the day with a fry-up, a cup of tea and a cigarette. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer distanced himself from Ms Rayner's comments - which outraged members of the Government, with one minister accusing her of 'talking cr**'. Son of two retired Met police officers who avoided jail despite killing two pedestrians while drug-driving. Rishi Sunak says tech giants 'can't mark their own homework' on Artificial Intelligence as he praises Elon.

Go back to what your mother taught you': TV presenter Susannah Constantine on the six money-saving hacks that helped her cut energy use on laundry by a THIRD! The following day she was again seen smoking during breaks from filming, this time wrapped up in a beige coat with a blue scarf around her neck. However, when it was launched, it provoked a storm of controversy over privacy concerns after featuring millions of detailed photographs of streets, homes, cars and passers-by.