Residents in Hackney, Ealing, Hounslow, Lambeth and Croydon have now launched a legal challenge to stop the road closures.

Four hundred guests packed inside Yesodey Hatorah Girls' Senior School in Stamford Hill, north London, which even doubles as a coronavirus testing centre.

Downing Street defied mounting anger from MPs and more evidence of the outbreak has peaked, warning the NHS is still under huge pressure and the curbs will only be lifted when it is 'safe.

Boris Johnson and his science chiefs tonight made the shocking claim that the Kent strain - called B.1.1.7 - could be 30 per cent more deadly than older versions of the virus.

DAVID BLUNKETT: Just imagine, for a moment, what it must be like to be a child in lockdown. Stuck indoors, unable to play with friends and banished from school for weeks and months on end.

EU leaders are said to be drawing up a blue-print which could see travel banned from the UK to all of the union's member states. The Netherlands is set to tighten restrictions from tonight.

Israel is currently leading the global vaccination drive, with nearly 33 per cent of its citizens having had at least a single dose of a jab so far.

Professor Tim Spector, from King's College London, said he's seeing an increasing number of infected patients with sores on their tongue and unusual mouth ulcers.

To mark the 56th birthday of socialite Lisa Tchenguiz, her boyfriend, the American private jet tycoon Steve Varsano, 64, thoughtfully organised a surprise online party in offices in Park Lane.

The First Minister said some coronavirus restrictions will have to remain in place even if the vaccination programme is able to suppress transmission rates.

In footage obtained by MailOnline, the Health Secretary sensationally claimed the South African strain could slash vaccine efficacy in half. He suggested it could ruin Britain's vaccine drive.

The Government is aiming to vaccinate all 15million in the most at risk groups by mid-February. This means it will need to get jabs into the arms of 350,000 Britons a day, a target that was yesterday exceeded.

Harry was interviewed by Fast Company for an article published on Friday which is in a lengthy Q&A format.

Sources say Allegra Stratton, who has been in the role as Downing Street spokesperson since November, is quarantining - just days after it emerged Matt Hancock is also isolating.

EXCLUSIVE: Mr Norcross was seen 'looking pale' and 'didn't look too well' outside his Essex mansion yesterday, just hours before his death, neighbours told MailOnline.

The slowdown in Eurozone business activities intensified in January as the pandemic continued to batter the economy, a key survey showed on Friday.

About seven in 10 Brits are in favour of location-tracking technology during the coronavirus pandemic - regardless of if it's opt-in or compulsory, a study suggests.

The woman is said to have been caught hiding among the aircraft technician's jumpsuits at RNAS Yeovilton in Somerset, after being smuggled onto the airbase in the boot of his car.

Elizabeth Prout, who died 155 years ago, has taken another key step on the road to canonisation, as a Vatican bulletin announced the Pope had approved Mother Elizabeth for the title of 'venerable'.

The Brexit trade deal has seen many European customers rejecting goods imported from the UK after being presented with unexpected customs paperwork and charges when signing for them.

Closely-watched PMI data for the private sector showed a reading of 40.6 so far in January - with anything blow 50 pointing to a contraction.

The streaming giant, which has enjoyed an even better 2020 as millions more people signed up because of the coronavirus pandemic, recorded a pre-tax profit of £13million.

Suzanne Selby has paid tribute to her brother Alan, 47, from Fleetwood, Lancashire, and father Karl, 74, from Heywood, Greater Manchester, after they died from coronavirus seven months apart.

The Prime Minister refused to rule out tough new measures including enforced quarantine in specially designated hotels as he led a press conference this evening.

Sophie Wessex, 56, revealed she's 'so happy' her father, 89, has received the Covid-19 vaccine as she joined NHS General Practice nurses at the Lincolnshire Hub conference on January 20.

A suspected gunman was arrested by police today and his 94-year-old grandmother led from his home after police ended a 24-hour siege in West London.

EXCLUSIVE: Workers at drive-through testing centres aren't being offered tests, despite routinely leaning into cars to take swabs from people's throats and noses.

The 'quarantine hotel' system, similar to that used in Australia and New Zealand, is a prospect amid rising fears about the spread of Covid variants around the globe.

PC Michael Warren passed away on Tuesday after it was confirmed he had contracted coronavirus earlier in the week.

Kandice Barber, from Wendover, allegedly had sex with the teenager in a field when she worked as a school cover supervisor in October 2018.

Borrowing for the last month of 2020 was £28.2billion higher than the equivalent period in 2019 as the pandemic wreaked havoc on the public finances.

Drivers Eamonn Harrison, 23, and Maurice Robinson, 26 - together with Romanian fixer Gheorghe Nica, 43 - were paid by Ronan Hughes, 40, to ferry non-EU citizens into the UK.

The CPS will now decide if charges can be brought against the Wales football manager over the alleged bust-up with Kate Greville, 36, at his £1.7m home in Greater Manchester on October 31 last year.

The 17th-century, Grade II-listed house in the celebrity haunt of Sonning is located on an island in the river, which past the edge of their grounds.

A study from Germany enrolled parents and childrens from families in a trial which ran between April and May 2020 and found children were far less likely to have had the virus than their guardians.

Alexandria Pierce-Baddeley, 29, from Winsford, Cheshire, tried to self-treat her painful ulcer with Propranolol beta blocker tablets, tumeric paste and white wine.

Keon Lincoln, 15, died after witnesses heard shots fired in the Handsworth area of Birmingham in broad daylight on Thursday afternoon.

She famously revealed her 100lb weight loss following her split from husband Simon Konecki in 2019 - but how many more pounds is Adele about to lose?

The group had tested negative for Covid before leaving the UK but 16 tested positive on arrival in the town of Vallorcine, near Mont Blanc, and are now being kept in isolation at their resort (pictured).

The London Mayor said he no longer takes his dog Luna out for walks in the park because there are too many people there as he asked the Government to make face coverings compulsory outside.

The Government could intervene to stop the City of London Corporation's plans to topple statues of William Beckford and Sir John Cass - after it went against policy to retain historical monuments

Almost all adults aged 70 and over said they would get the jab, but this dropped to around eight in ten for those aged between 16 and 29, the Office for National Statistics said.

A coronavirus outbreak has killed 15 care home residents after staff had valiantly managed to keep the disease completely out of the premises until last month.

Steve Ogier, 48, who owns a plot near Castle, Guernsey, has been convicted of five planning offences and has been warned he faces up to two years behind bars.

Reservations on rental cottages in the UK are 63 per cent higher than last year as others take the more cautious approach of planning a staycation amid tightening border restrictions in the UK.

University of East Anglia experts called on Britons to get their Covid-19 vaccinations today, and warned those who don't get a jab will not be protected.

Emily Collett was killed alongside her student Tom Castle when the Pitts S-2A plane plummeted to the ground in Stonor, Oxfordshire on August 24, 2019.

Yorkshire and the North East are leading the race after getting first doses to 64 per cent of over-80s, followed by the North West at 60 per cent and South West at 57 per cent.

Evaristo was awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list last year after becoming the first black woman to win the Booker Prize the year before for her novel Girl, Woman, Other

Dean Stewart (pictured), 25, left Ryan Covell, 22, with devastating injuries after the sustained assault in Newcastle city centre last June. He was jailed for seven years and 10 months after the attack.

Martyn and Tina Rodgers, both 58, died 12 days apart after both catching Covid. The childhood sweethearts from Leeds, West Yorks, were 'inseparable until the end', their family said.

Analysis at the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen found the mutant, scientifically known as B.1.1.7, is 36 per cent more infectious than older strains.

The proposal, which would cost up to £450million a week, is aimed at encouraging more people to undergo swabs and self-isolate to stop the virus spreading.

The analysis of nearly 1,800 patients in hospitals in London also found the risk of falling critically ill and needing mechanical ventilation was 80 per cent greater in black Brits than whites.

Lily Ebert contracted the virus in January and was treated at her home in north London by her relatives who were able to use oxygen supplies, according to The Guardian.

Debbie Hicks wandered around Gloucester Royal Hospital last month saying it was 'shut down' and 'dead' and was arrested by two officers who visited her home in Stroud 24 hours later.

Tributes have flooded in for TOWIE star Mick Norcross after news broke of his death.

Priti Patel announced the penalty yesterday but Gloucestershire hospital chief Deborah Lee has said the fine for attending parties of 15 or more is confusing as celebrities also hit out at the measure

Organisers confirmed the decision had been taken to ensure the safety of those due to participate and insisted testing all those involved for Covid-19 would not 'sufficiently mitigate the risks'.

Dianna Voyatzis, 23, from Maida Vale, London, says she was duped into paying £400 by a 'backyard breeder' on Gumtree for Ghost, a grey tabby with a fatal heart condition.

The sinkhole opened up in a road in Abbey Hey, Greater Manchester on Wednesday night. Engineers found structural damage and evacuated a number of homes before two collapsed on Thursday

Retail sales have plummeted by the largest amount since records began as the coronavirus pandemic paralysed the shopping sector.

Doctors have issued a warning over second doses of coronavirus vaccine. Patients given their first jab have not received an assurance all will get a second jab of the same type in 12 weeks.

The Queen's household is looking for a Design and Development Assistant to join the Trust's retail team at its offices in Stoke-on-Trent, where the china and glassware products are made.

PROFESSOR HERB SEWELL: There is no doubt that it is an extraordinary achievement to have vaccinated so many. But I believe they should be used as they were intended to be.

In one of the worst breaches, three officers were injured attempting to break-up a 40-strong group of revellers at a house party in Brick Lane, London.

To help your CV sing and equip you with the skills for those virtual interviews, FEMAIL spoke with Tony Gregg, chief executive at Anthony Gregg Partnerships, a UK-based recruitment firm.

The parking bay in upmarket Knightsbridge, London, is 20ft-long and boasts a daily garage porter and CCTV. For the same £350,000 figure, a five-bed home in Sheffield is for sale.

JAN MOIR: What I'd like to do right now is go to Arundel and buy a lemon yum yum from the LG Café in the town centre, which snobbish locals are trying to close.

A body has been found in the search for Natalie McCallum, 42, from Leatherhead, Surrey, who was dropped off by a taxi near Beachy Head, East Sussex, at 11.40am on Wednesday.

Heather McCarthy, 33, used the fictitious birth to make a tearful plea for mercy last November, claiming she hadn't told anyone about her child because of 'post natal depression.'

The date is March 1, 2024, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. Despite the death toll from Covid-19 falling to zero, scientists are still warning it is too early to ease lockdown restrictions.

Organisers of a forthcoming art history conference for the university have apologised for using a picture of the monkeys in promotional material.

Clothes shopper Louisa Walters, 52, said she was asked for £77.23 in tax, duties and charges after splashing out more than £240 on two items of clothing from Paris-based Sandro.

Legal action brought on behalf of thousands of London black taxi drivers will allege that Uber allowed its drivers to accept bookings directly rather than through its central system.

Residents' groups are applying for judicial reviews into measures such as road closures and pop-up cycle lanes at a High Court hearing next month.

The jugs of the Fab Four dressed in their Sgt Pepper attire from 1967 emerged for sale for £25,000. Made 20 years ago by Royal Doulton, only three sets of the 5in-tall jugs are known to survive.

Solicitors and barristers it hired spent 2,688 hours on such cases from July 2017 to last December, and billed the corporation £1,121,652 - even though the BBC has its own in-house lawyers.

Schools could remain shut until after the Easter holidays unless virus cases fall dramatically in the coming weeks, it was feared last night.

At least 557 kilos of cocaine reportedly belonging to Rafael Caro-Quintero, a drug lord wanted for the 1985 kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Kiki Camarena, were seized in Mexico.

A university was today forced to deny the reason it was dropping English literary giant Geoffrey Chaucer from courses was because he was 'too white'

NHS England figures published yesterday show that while there were 58,600 Covid-19 deaths in older age groups since the pandemic began, younger people accounted for 4,650 deaths.

Number of eye exposures from alcohol-based hand sanitiser, according to the French Poison Control Center (PCC) database, was 232 between April 1 and August, 24, 2020, up from 33 the year before.

Excess water surrounded buildings at Wockhardt's pharmaceutical facility on Wrexham Industrial Estate during a deluge of rain caused by Storm Christoph.

China's state broadcaster CCTV told its millions of viewers that 'something fishy' was going on at the Fort Detrick lab, reviving the rumour that the contagion could have come from there.

Eileen Davies contracted the virus after trying to help her neighbour who had just been sent home from hospital after being tested for Covid but without knowing the result.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has reportedly 'engaged' with the Ministry of Defence to put troops on standby to step in at UK ports if disruption worsens.

Downing Street underlined that the bloc is 'not a nation state' after it emerged that Joao Vale de Almeida has not been given the same status as other ambassadors.

A woman who recruited brides to take part in sham marriages so immigrants could remain in the UK will be deported herself - after losing an appeal to Priti Patel and the Home Office.

Emma Reilly passed away 12 days after being admitted to Salford Royal Hospital in Greater Manchester when she tested positive for coronavirus.

An order has been made to remove Makati Police Chief Colonel Harold Depositar in light of massive criticism for the handling of the high profile case of Christine Dacera

There are 1.5 million children in the UK using Roblox. Cyber-security expert James Bore, fears some are being targeted by paedophiles or prey to being radicalised.

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An elderly man is left fighting for life after being attacked by a shark at Lake Macquarie in New South Wales during an evening swim.

British passengers could be flying on aircraft piloted by autonomous systems within the next decade according to an ambitious new scheme being developed by a UK aircraft manufacturer.

Public Health England medical director Dr Yvonne Doyle said more work was needed to determine whether the Kent strain was more likely to take people's lives.

In Birmingham, 50 per cent of people living in areas with high populations of Asian and African-Caribbean people turned down the vaccine when offered it.

Hemant Oberoi and his staff formed a human barrier to shield their guests from the terrorists at the Taj Mahal hotel after Pakistani gunmen burst inside during a rampage which killed 166 people.

While he and his brother have enjoyed huge wealth - with his sibling even appearing in The Crown - his mother has endured heartbreak with the loss of seven family members in the space of a few days.

Mystery surrounds the death of an Australian man on a Bali beach after his family refused to allow an autopsy.

Up to 300,000 Queensland residents have been put on high alert after coronvirus particles were detected at three wastewater treatment plants across the state.

Johan Eliasch, 58, was appointed director of Pitch@Palace Innovations which was part of the Dragons' Den-style project that brokers deals between tech start-ups and wealthy investors.

Protests against Vladimir Putin took place in temperatures as low as minus 60F (51C) as police forcibly detained supporters of Kremlin foe Navalny, who was arrested upon his return to Russia.

Chris Bowen has called on the government to justify why tennis great Margret Court was selected to receive an Order of Australia medal - despite her divisive views on same-sex marriage.

The DfT said £760 million will support the next phase of East West Rail to reinstate services between Bicester, Oxfordshire and Bletchley, Buckinghamshire for the first time since 1968.

A recycling worker sacked for failing a drugs test has won an unfair dismissal case after a judge accepted he was taking cannabis for his bad back.

A deal to fly in foreign workers to pick fruit in Victoria has been slammed as 'too late' by Agriculture Minister David Littleproud.

Gladys and William Jones (pictured) from Chester took in a family of Jews from Czechoslovakia during World War Two after a chance encounter in Vienna led to them being asked for help.

The award-winning journalist used the well-known term while speaking on BBC political talk show Brexitcast as she discussed the departure of No.10 press chief Lee Cain.

Andrew Laming, the Member for Bowman in Queensland, shared a news article on Thursday about Cricket Australia's decision to drop 'Australia Day' references.

Victorian motorists were accidentally told to 'speed these holidays' on a flashing sign after the words 'do not' showed up separately.

Meena Harris, the 36-year-old niece of Vice President Kamala Harris, has told of being raised by three strong and independent women - her grandmother, mother and aunt.

The US Embassy has responded to criticism over the removal of the Winston Churchill bust in the Oval office by posting a video defining the 'Special relationship' between Britain and America.

Harry Redknapp is embroiled in a row with residents over plans to build homes in a coastal suburb. The proposal has been submitted by Pierfront Developments, owned by the ex-manager.

Max Adami was riding across Lake Marokánka with several friends where the temperature was -7c, when the ice cracked and he plunged into the frigid waters along with his bike.

Tammie Jaeger and her husband Dave were running a whale watching charter on the Gold Coast when they spotted three humpbacks far in the distance.

A Las Vegas-based tour bus heading to the Grand Canyon rolled over in northwestern Arizona on Friday, killing one person and critically injuring two others, authorities said.

Actor Tim Matheson (right) apologized on Friday for posting a tweet mocking former First Lady Melania Trump's (left) English-speaking abilities. His tweet praised First Lady Jill Biden (inset).

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff are to live at Blair House, across the street from the White House. The home is best known as the 'President's Guest House'.

Kanika Batra, 26, said she first developed an interest in serial killers when she was in high school and she even choose to write about a female murderer for Year 12 English.

Facebook was offline on Friday night to some users in the United States and Europe leaving thousands of users across the globe unable to access their profiles or use the chat services.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the United States is 'real close' to approving a third COVID-19 vaccine as data shows declining rates of hospitalizations as well as lower rates of infection in 44 states.

Lena Dunham is getting slammed on Twitter after posting a joke about wanting to marry Hunter Biden and spend the holidays with the First Family. 

The wife of Karl Stefanovic, Jasmine, was reportedly left distraught and in a flood of tears after a group of men hurled a barrage of vulgar insults at her in a swanky Sydney venue.

Emergency services were called to the Coffs Harbour southern breakwall, on the north coast of NSW, at about 6pm on Thursday following reports a man had disappeared.

A former teacher is accused of sexually abusing more than a dozen students at a Sydney school over an 18-year period.

Donald Trump concocted an astonishing plan to replace the Attorney General, in the dying days of his presidency, and overturn the election result to deny Joe Biden the White House.

A dad's runaway boat without a driver worries his daughter who is watching on, as its spins out of control in waters off Rottnest Island in Western Australia .

Thousands of Sydney-siders have raced down to Bondi to cool off at the beach as Australia's south-east battles through an 'extreme heatwave' over the Australia Day long weekend.

An Australian specialist police sergeant who allegedly accessed child abuse material online has been charged and suspended from duty.

Chinese state media has destroyed cherries from Australia and Chile as Covid was found on cherry packaging. The cherries were sold in the Jiangsu province, near Shanghai in China.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his health advisers claimed Thursday that the UK's 'super-covid' variant may be between 30 and 40 percent more deadly.

Samuel Fisher, 35, from New York City and Patrick Steadman, 32, from New Jersey, were arrested this week over the January 6 riots. Both men ran websites promoting pickup advice.

Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense, Christopher Miller, has defended the Pentagon's response to the January 6 riot, but blamed the president for not readying the necessary troops.

The Western Australian government has seized control of Fremantle's 'tent city' for homeless people, citing a 'failure' from the City Council. 

Alex Khatilov started working with Tesla on December 28th. Khatilov, who works as a Software Quality Engineering Manager is alleged to have downloaded 26,000 highly sensitive company files.

Boston College is encouraging students to report coronavirus infractions. It can include students improperly wearing masks or not social distancing properly.

An unknown man assaulted the 92-year-old at the home on Burton Street, in Concord in Sydney's inner west early on Saturday morning.

After Joe Biden's inauguration went off with only a handful of minor arrests and incidents on Wednesday, 15,400 of those Guardsmen are now being sent home.

A church deacon, Rogelio Vega, was arrested in Queens this week after he attempted to meet up with a minor for sex, only to be nabbed by an undercover cop.

Christina Ricci's estranged husband James Heerdegen has filed a temporary retraining order against the actress claiming she is a drunk and addicted to popping pills.

Today England rugby star Maro Itoje throws his weight behind the 'digital divide' campaign; his aim to guarantee laptops for all disadvantaged children in the UK.

Up to a million UK schoolchildren are struggling with lessons at home because they cannot work online. Now the Daily Mail is swinging into action for Mail Force.

Schools have been ordered to teach online - yet hundreds of thousands of pupils in the UK have no access to a computer at home. The Daily Mail has now launched a new drive to help out.

The confronting footage taken last week shows the topless mother clutching her little boy to her chest as she pleads with police to leave her alone.

Teacher absences due to a confirmed case of coronavirus were up to three times higher in secondary schools than those of pupils, according to research from the Education Policy Institute.

Traces of the virus were detected at the Liverpool and Glenfield sewage plants, which take in a combined catchment total of 340,000 people in Western Sydney.

One million COVID-19 vaccines were given out in the United States yesterday as Joe Biden - just two days into his presidency - laid out his 'full scale war-time' plan to reach that exact goal.

EXCLUSIVE: Maureen Eames of Barnsley is concerned at the current vaccination strategy, which means millions of pensioners are facing waiting up to three months for their second jab.

Whilst locked down Britons can only dream of hugging their loved ones, these cute koalas have no problems at all as these cute photographs taken in the Australian Reptile Park show.