Culture secretary turns football pundit

There are clearly some perks to being culture secretary – such as commentating on your football team's games on a national radio station. Yes folks, Liverpool-born Andy Burnham will be in the TalkSport commentators' box at Goodison Park for his beloved Everton's home game against Wigan this Sunday. He will contribute to the build-up and live match report, as well as the phone-in debate on all the week's fixtures in the show from 2pm to 5.30pm. Burnham will be guided by Ray Houghton and Danny Kelly – just don't expect much impartiality from the man who at his Christmas drinks in December stamped on a journalist's Liverpool scarf. "I am very much looking forward to being part of the TalkSport team on Sunday, and will be struggling to hold my composure as Everton thrash Wigan," says Burnham.