Major General Chris Bell, 48, who is married with two children, was ordered to quit by the Army Board last month because it lost trust in him, sources said.

A female Trump supporter has now died after being shot inside the US Capitol when MAGA supporters stormed the building and clashed with police in a bid to stop Joe Biden's victory being certified.

Under laws set to be unveiled today by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, rip-off charges, such as ground rent, which trap leaseholders in unsaleable homes are set to be banished.

Supermodel Stella Tennant, who was found dead at her home in Duns, Scotland, on December 22, took her own life after struggling with mental health problems, her family have confirmed.

Scotland Yard revealed officers will be told to stop civilians in the street and quiz them on why they are not shut away in their homes.

Lydia Baya, 18, had ploughed into her 19-year-old ex-boyfriend and the 16-year-old girl in a 'deliberate act of reckless driving' in Selly Park, south-west Birmingham, on August 14 last year.

Gavin Williamson said UK teachers had a legal obligation to give 'high-quality remote education' to pupils stuck at home.

Will Knowland claims an appeal panel was stacked with close associates of head master Simon Henderson after he was let go from the £42,500-a-year Berkshire school.

About £207.8million was lost to bank transfer scams in the first half of last year, show figures. Tesco Bank, TSB and Santander had the worst gaps in online safety, according to UK consumer group Which?

Britain must not sign a Brexit deal for the City which leaves the industry as an EU 'rule-taker', the Bank of England's governor warned yesterday.

A £2.8million television, radio and social media campaign unveiled today shows UK recruits struggling on the battlefield and says failure is the 'first step towards victory'.

Ahsan-ul-Haq Chaudry, died aged 81 at the east London hospital where his daughter works. Tributes praise him for raising an ITU doctor, two GPs, a junior doctor, a consultant and a pharmacist.

Department of Health data shows today's grim figure of 1,041 laboratory-confirmed deaths - only the 10th time the UK has topped the grisly milestone - is UK's highest daily count since April 21.

Councils were accused of using motorists as 'cash cows' last night after raking in a record £1billion in parking charges.

Claire Hilton-Ellison, 30, from Huyton, Merseyside, was diagnosed with grade 3 HER2-positive invasive breast cancer, while 31 weeks pregnant with her first child.

More than 53,000 crown court cases are outstanding in England and Wales, while the figure is 479,000 for criminal cases in magistrates' courts, bringing the total to well over 500,000.

Love Island star Zara Holland, 25, appeared tearful today as she stood nervously in the dock in Bridgetown, Barbados, and escaped with a £4,500 fine after breaking the country's Covid laws.

After investigative website Bellingcat released data on 565 flight and train journeys made by the FSB operatives in Russia, the team was connected to the locations of three other deaths and one poisoning.

Thousands of Britons fear being trapped around the globe by the looming threat of a 72-hour test-to-fly rule - as those jetting in today spoke of their disbelief at no regulations being in place yet.

A gang of thieves making a getaway from a £320,000 wine heist ended up throwing some of the expensive bottles at police during a car chase in France.

EXCLUSIVE: Teachers were incensed by the tone of the message from the National Education Union to its 500,000 members at the decision which left nine million UK pupils locked out of schools.

Kelechi Okafor was set to talk on the BBC Radio 4 show to discuss #MeToo but hung up after hearing Barnett discuss controversy surrounding alleged anti-Semitic remarks.

The inquest into the death of former Coronation Street actress Paula Joy Salvador, otherwise known as Paula Joy Williamson, who died on July 29, in Stoke-on-Trent, is set to conclude this afternoon.

US company Moderna's vaccine is the second to be approved in Europe, following Pfizer's, but Britain will not be able to use the European licence because it officially left the EU last week.

In Glasgow, police were seen urging the public to stay off the frozen pond at Queen's Park, as forecasters predict the cold spell affecting much of the UK is due to continue.

The founder of the Michelin-starred Le Gavroche and part of the Roux culinary dynasty died on January 4 after a lengthy illness.

McDonald's will remain open in Britain for drive-through and delivery but customers will no longer be allowed inside stores to place orders, even if they are taking them out.

Cars including a Bentley Bentayga worth £150,000, a £40,000 BMW X3 and a Land Rover Discovery costing £30,000 were seen in car parks in the Cornish village of Rock today.

Prince Harry has been forced to delay a meeting with the Queen to discuss the so-called 'Megxit deal,' due to the coronavirus travel ban. The Duke of Sussex stepped down as a senior royal last January.

Boris Johnson confirmed last night that the move is coming, days after claims started to circulate that it was planned to prevent the alarming South African variant creeping into the country.

The actor, 42, said he would not allow his offspring to watch the broadcaster's new school programmes, which were launched yesterday in the wake of the new national lockdown.

Ray Hoadley, 62, is accused of murdering 58-year-old Jackie Hoadley at their family home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, last summer.

Transport for London and Network Rail are now urging people to only travel for 'legally permitted reasons' such as work or education, in a toughening of language that previously called for 'essential travel'.

Culture secretary Oliver Dowden has warned English football's leaders to get their house in order after a shutdown of sport was discussed as part of the nation's new lockdown.

The founder of Britain's China Research Group, Tom Tugendhat MP, held the Communist Party's feet to the fire when he accused it of 'shameful behaviour'. China says visa issues led to refusal.

Salford University student Frances Woodford (pictured) is among many stuck with paying £133 a week for a room on her campus.

Dr Rosemary Leonard, an NHS family doctor who works in South London, said her practices were 'raring to go' and had been waiting on their first batch of vaccinations since December 28.

A large crowd of mainly maskless protesters had to be driven back by police after massing outside the entrance of Westminster Magistrates Court and several were hauled away by officers.

Police had issued a dispersal order for Exhibition Road, Kensington, on New Year's Eve to prevent similar scenes to September, when expensive car owners gathered.

US and UK-based academics are planning a large-scale global study to investigate the possibility SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, could lead to cognitive decline and Alzheimer's.

The East Leeds MP tore into the selection process after reports emerged that multi-millionaire ex-Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp will be selected as the next BBC chairman.

Stocks of popular products were emptied at stores in Swindon this morning, despite supermarket bosses calling for calm and urging customers to shop considerately.

Public Health England members at an hour-long NERVTAG discussion on January 13 were notified of a case in Thailand - the first time the disease had been diagnosed outside of China.

Nurses and consultants at St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, told the BBC they feel 'completely demoralised', unable to sleep and crying at the end of shifts.

There were 11,520 deaths in England and Wales over the seven days to December 25, of which 2,912 had coronavirus mentioned on the death certificate.

The document, published in the Journal for Medical Ethics in November, was drawn up by experts at a major NHS Trust in Bath in an attempt to devise a system for rationing care if wards become overrun.

UK experts studied 40 stratospheric warming episodes from the last six decades - and learnt to track their signals that they travel down to the Earth's surface.

Roughly 1.1 million people in private households in England had coronavirus between December 27 and January 2. London has the highest regional rate. Pictured: Percentage testing positive in London.

Many savvy shoppers will be able to get their hands on groceries in 24 hours or less, with some able to pick them up in under an hour by using apps such as Deliveroo and Bother.

The men had travelled from Harrow, North London in three vehicles on Monday, ahead of Boris Johnson announcing a third lockdown which came into force today.

Andrew Mark Smith, 39, was discovered unresponsive at a property in Failsworth, Greater Manchester on December 28 alongside Zoe Hamilton, 28, and James Acton, 41.

Piers Morgan branded Lauren Goodger a 'half wit' and an 'imbecile' for saying she will not take the COVID -19 vaccine - despite 'shoving filler in her lips.'

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Trump finally accepted his fate after Mike Pence announced the final electoral college tally in the early hours of Thursday morning after a violent 15-hour saga at the U.S. Capitol.

Mahesh Yadav, 55, died early Tuesday in a village in the eastern state of Bihar after a lengthy illness, leaving no family.

Snow has fallen over London for the second morning today, as experts predict another blast of the white stuff from Sibera, bringing similar conditions to those seen during the Beast from the East.

Moira Dineley insisted she had only had a 'wee drop' to drink after her Honda Jazz Sport crashed into a Citroen parked at the side of the road in Stirlingshire.

Donald Trump has agreed to an 'orderly transition' of power as Congress finally sealed his fate by certifying Joe Biden's election win - a process delayed by his supporters storming the Capitol.

Ms Patel spoke out after the Met revealed officers will be told to stop civilians and quiz them on why they are not at home and four friends were fined £800 for travelling in the same car to McDonald's.

Ashli Babbit was shot in the chest inside on Wednesday afternoon after she and dozens of fellow Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol to protest Biden's election victory.

Jax, who is a husky living in Oak Bluff, Manitoba, Canada, was filmed in June 2020 becoming heavily engaged to a video call with a fellow husky.

Health officials are urgently trying to trace the cleaner's contacts, after she went out in the community for four days while infected.

Health experts are calling Arizona the new COVID 'hot spot of the world' as its new daily cases have more than doubled to 8,000 since its summer peak.

Andrew Clarke, from Merseyside, stole taps, showers and boilers from under the noses of his bosses and then offered them for sale on the online auction site at 25% off the recommended retail price.

Rescuers rushed to the remote Vilyuchinsky waterfall on the country's Pacific coast on Thursday after a group of seven and their guide were engulfed in ice.

The clip, reportedly taken on the slopes of Glenshee Ski Resort in Ballater, Abderdeenshire, was shared on social media on December 30.

The Senate voted 93 to 6 against the Republican-led objection to Arizona's 11 Electoral College votes going to President-elect Joe Biden.

Paul Neelan, 29, was charged with two counts of attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm on two police officers in Coventry after being released from hospital yesterday.

Twitter banned Trump from its platform for the next 12 hours and Facebook for 24 hours after they concluded he had violated their policies. The social media companies deleted his posts.

A protester who struck a pose on top of a stairway inside the Capitol was standing before a painting showing a battle during the 1812-15 war with Britain, which was the last time the Capitol was overrun.

Small businesses across the UK have made the move to suspend trading in the EU amid stringent new customs regulations and administration costs.

Asked about the idea, Home Secretary Priti Patel said the government was 'reviewing measures at the border' and further announcements would be made in the coming days.

Love Crepe in Sydney vowed workers would not be made to follow the face mask mandate, in a post to its Instagram featuring a group photo of staff. Backlash forced owner Nick Kondilis to apologise.

Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan said that he was going to 'get to the bottom' of the lack of police presence that allowed hundreds to Trump fans to swarm the Capitol.

Leo Pruneau - the creator of well-known Holdens from the Kingswood to the Torana and a Monaro - has explained why so many cars today look so similar.

Footage shows Murray, 52 - a leading light in the hedonistic Madchester music scene - flee a hotel just seconds before being arrested over the massive drugs bust.

Oksana Voevodina, 28, shared a sweet image of her and her son on her Instagram account this week.

A heavily-tattooed Trump supporter identified as Jake Angeli - dubbed the QAnon Shaman - was at the front of a group of agitators who broke into the Capitol Wednesday afternoon.

Thousands of Australians will eat for free from next month as part of a 'Dine and Discover' voucher trial.

An angry mob of Donald Trump supporters turned on the media outside the US Capitol Wednesday amid the ongoing chaos at the US Capitol that has so far left four dead.

Supporters of the president are claiming that the mob that stormed Congress on Wednesday had been infiltrated by Antifa. Matt Gaetz said they were 'masquerading' as Trump supporters.

Matt Pottinger handed in his resignation Wednesday in dismay over the siege by Donald Trump's supporters on the US Capitol, sources said.

Emotional doctors and nurses were seen struggling at London's University College Hospital while caring for the growing amount of coronavirus patients.

Members of President Donald Trump's cabinet have been discussing use of the 25th Amendment after the presidents speech to supporters who stormed the Capitol.

Thousands of Sydney commuters are stranded at Strathfield train station after an incident on the Western Line - with people packed shoulder to shoulder in the crowd. 

Britain's second largest supermarket chain, which also owns Argos, said its underlying pre-tax profits for the year are now expected to hit £330million compared with £270million previously predicted.

The 31-year-old halfback voluntarily stood down as captain of the NRL team after it came to light he sent the text messages just days before his nuptials to Kristin Scott.

The House resumed its constitutional duty to certify the Electoral College count of the presidential election Wednesday night after the Capitol was secured from the anarchy.

Alerts were issued for a Woolworths and a Chemist Warehouse in Avalon, in Sydney's Covid-struck Northern Beaches, as well as a ChemSave Day and Night Pharmacy in Wentworthville.

The Victorian government has launched a relocation scheme offering Australian job seekers $6,000 if they are willing to take up short-term positions in the state's agricultural sector.

Supermodel Kloss tweeted that she has 'tried' to tell her brother- and sister-in-law that refusing to accept the results and 'inciting violence' is 'anti-American'.

Staff at Pinehurst Care Centre in Crowthorne, Berkshire, wrote its elderly residents' advice onto a piece of paper along with their names and ages.

Kiko, a nine-month-old Finnish spitz nicknamed the 'Exorcist Puppy,' has the ability to rotate her head 180 degrees after hearing the command world 'demon'.

Petrol prices across Sydney experienced the most dramatic increase, as prices are rising three times faster than they're falling, NRMA revealed. The average petrol price in Sydney is $115.8 per litre.

The national carrier brought forward international ticket sales for destinations including the US and UK this week - despite growing coronavirus rates overseas.

Among the sea of confederate and American flags, a lone Australian flag was seen being waved by a protester outside the Capitol building in Washington DC.

The cricket was given the green light to go ahead at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Thursday - with a 25 per cent capacity - amid a coronavirus outbreak in the city.

Terrifying footage shows the eight-legged intruder chilling on the wall next to an Australian man's air fresheners and sprays after he got a huge shock opening his shower curtain,

Scott Morrison told Australian travellers to avoid areas of the US where protests are occurring, while reminding them Covid-19 remains a serious health risk in the country.

The Service NSW app used to trace Covid-19 through QR codes is experiencing a service shortage, prompting outrage from business owners. 

'Our informant was correct - her neighbours ARE planning to take Mr Snuffles out for a second walk'

Rebecca Hilsenrath (pictured) broke lockdown rules by driving from Hertfordshire to Llanegryn, Gwynedd for the festive break.

The Air New Zealand flight NZ147 touched down in Queensland at 8.30am on Thursday with passengers eager to reunite with family and friends.

A serial killer who allegedly committed heinous murders across North Texas is facing a new charge after a grand jury indictment.

The prime minister said he expects regulators to approve Pfizer's vaccine, which has already been rolled out around the world, before the end of January.

Dashcam video captured the moment a passenger in a Mercedes tossed rubbish at a pair of cyclists. But his escape was ruined when the lights turned red.

Sen. Josh Hawley is being branded a traitor for his clinched-fist salute to President Donald Trump's supporters before they stormed the U.S. Capitol Building Wednesday afternoon.

Barack Obama weighed in on the unprecedented breach of Capitol Hill on Wednesday by thousands of Trump's supporters, claiming the chaos is not surprising based on the election rhetoric.

NYC Mayor de Blasio, left, announced a plan Wednesday to offer COVID-19 vaccines to most city police officers; an hour later Cuomo, right, said officers aren't yet eligible.

Scott Morrison has announced a coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out to vulnerable people in Australia in mid February.

Low interest rates and government stimulus measures for housing during the COVID-19 pandemic have seen building approvals for houses soar to their highest level in 21 years.

An Australian Today show reporter has been caught up in the chaos unfolding in the US, copping a waft of tear gas in her eyes outside the Capitol Building.

The Red Gully blaze, north of Perth, has been burning for five days and could become a threat to homes and life as weather conditions worsen tomorrow.

The Australian-British academic was freed on November 25, 2020 after spending more than two years in an Iranian jail on trumped-up charges.

Sales of Chinese-built cars soared in 2020 despite the Covid crisis and a trade spat. Haval SUV sales doubled, with the number of small H2 models climbing from 1,706 to 3,294.

The Ritz Cinema in Randwick, in the city's eastern suburbs, posted the message outside the theatre on Thursday encouraging film buffs to wear masks inside.

The 2017 HSV GTSR Maloo W1 is one of only four ever made and is located in Victoria.

A nurse who was accused of lifting up her skirt and showing her underwear to a colleague at a work Chirstmas party has successfully appealed her punishment.  

The man was struck by a Kia Carnival on the Hume Highway in Casula at 12:40pm on Thursday and thrown 20 metres.

Ecologist has captured terrifying moment two male snakes fight in Scotia New South Wales. The snakes fought for over an hour, trying to establish dominance during mating season.

COVID-safe preparations for the Third Cricket Test between Australia and India at the SCG appears to have gone to waste as the match has been plagued by rainfall for most of the day.

A young woman accused of murdering Moe man Jarrad Lovison has blown kisses and laughed with her co-accused in court before breaking down in tears. 

Residents of Sydney's Macquarie Park Village complex are now required to make their guests scan and sign into a QR code every time they enter the front door. This is seen as a privacy breach.

The Victorian premier returned to the podium on Thursday as Prime Minister Scott Morrison brought forward a crunch meeting to discuss Australia's hotel quarantine program.

The Dow Jones Industrial average ended the session up 437.8 points, or 1.44 percent, at 30,829.40, a record close even after paring some gains while the chaos unfolded in DC.

'When I say all options are on the table, I mean all options should be on the table,' Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY.), said, as two House members called for Trump's impeachment.

Elon Musk is on track to become the richest person in the world after a surge in Tesla shares Wednesday afternoon increased his net worth to a whopping $184.5billion.  

A lightly-dressed teenager has been found alive after spending a night alone and lightly-dressed in the rugged Mount Remarkable National Park.

Former President George W. Bush and Senator Mitt Romney lashed out at Trump's loyalists in Congress, claiming they caused the president's biggest supporters to storm the Capitol building.

An unlicensed driver charged with killing two young boys when he lost control of his girlfriend's car has been taken off to jail in handcuffs after not applying for bail.

Andrew Csabi, who was left a double amputee after bombs ripped through the Sari Club in Bali on October 12 in 2002, said it was 'unfair and unjust' for Abu Bakar Bashir to be freed.

Matty Dekoke was sinking beers with his best friends Deon, Benny and Nick on a Christmas camping trip near Bright, in northern Victoria, when they had the idea.

Erika Shields, left, was named Wednesday as the new chief of the Louisville Metro Police Department after the firing of longtime chief, Steve Conrad, in June. Taylor is right.

Three teenagers allegedly attacked an elderly couple after storming their Perth home in the middle of the night.

A Northern Territory man has made a formal complain to a human rights body about racist terms in the Scrabble playing dictionary. He wants slurs against Aboriginals to be removed.

Beijing has fired another round of insults at Australia and claimed that speaking out on Chinese human rights abuses is the 'the new political correctness'.

The mayor of Baltimore, Maryland is going viral after admonishing a heckler for not properly wearing a face mask.

Queensland has recorded its first locally transmitted coronavirus case in 113 days.

In a bizarre display of American patriotism, furious Australians took to the streets of St Kilda on Wednesday morning to show their loyalty to the armed Republicans in Washington DC.

Premiership coach Damien Hardwick and his lover Alexandra Crow were suspected by friends of having an affair as far back as 2019.

White House national security advisor Robert O'Brien praised Vice President Mike Pence as a 'genuinely fine and decent man' after Trump amped up pressure on his vice president.

The Prime Minister saw off Tory backbenchers who accused him of launching an 'assault on liberty and livelihoods' as they warned lockdown will inevitably cause some people to 'break'.

The inmate, 37, was being transferred to Wollongong Hospital when he grabbed a female guard's handgun and escaped from the van, running down the street and shooting a police car before killing himself.

John Snook, who looks after beaches such as Scarborough and Trigg in Western Australia, says sightings of sharks close to the shore are becoming increasingly common.

Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he will not follow President Donald Trump's demand that he overturn the election, vowing he will heed to the constitution, adding 'So Help Me God'.

New venues in the western Sydney suburb of Wentworthville include BWS, Domino's Pizza, Woolworths, Green Farm Meat NSW Halal, Udaya Supermarket, Ambeys Big Apple.

A shocked beach-goer has issued a desperate warning to parents after he found a deadly blue-ringed octopus hiding in his children's shell collection after a afternoon swim at Yarra Bay Beach in NSW

President-elect Joe Biden told President Donald Trump to order his 'extremist mob' out of the U.S. Capitol, calling the attack an 'insurrection' and blaming the president for stoking the flames of hate and chaos.

Victoria has recorded zero new coronavirus cases as calls grow for international travellers to be tested for the virus before arriving in Australia.

Acting Premier John Barilaro said: 'We're still mindful of that under investigation from yesterday's numbers there is an individual that we're just following through their tracks