Boris Johnson denies fresh claims he broke lockdown rules as says they are "total nonsense" claiming elements of his ministerial diary were "cherry-picked and handed to police".

The former prime minister was confronted by Sky News about the allegations as he made his way through the Dulles International Airport in Washington following a brief tour of the US.

Asked if he broke the rules he said: "This whole thing is a load of nonsense from beginning to end.

"I think it's ridiculous that elements in my diary should be cherry-picked and handed over to the police, to the privileges committee without even anybody having the basic common sense to ask me what these entries referred to."

Mr Johnson was referred to the police by the Cabinet Office on Wednesday over events in Chequers and Downing Street following a review of his official diary as part of the official COVID inquiry.

Pressed on whether the entries showed him "mingling with friends", Mr Johnson insisted "that is absolutely not what these diary entries show".

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