Education Secretary Gavin Williamson (pictured) will this week unveil a 'free speech champion' who will have the power to defend students and academics.

It's now well recognised that bars, restaurants and gyms are ideal environments for Covid to transmit. But have the few places left for us to go during lockdown now become hubs for infection?

The Britain's Got Talent judge (pictured yesterday) went to see her parents in a small hamlet near Bude, Cornwall, after she got a 'distressing phone call' from her father Leslie.

Disgraced fund manager Neil Woodford, whose fund collapsed in October 2019, said he is planning a new venture despite the financial scars left on small investors.

The study evaluated the effectiveness of calcifediol - a Vitamin D3 - on more than 550 people admitted to the Covid-19 wards of the Hospital del Mar in Barcelona, Spain.

L'Oreal, the world's biggest make-up brand, predicts a post-pandemic sales bonanza when wearing lipstick will become 'a symbol of returning to life'.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 hit off the coast of eastern Japan on Saturday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

It is hoped a 25-mile 'Boris' Burrow' tunnel, connecting Stanraer, Scotland, and Larne, Northern Ireland, can help ease rising tensions following the end of the Brexit transition period.

Britain's biggest airport has warned Boris Johnson it is not ready to roll out the Government's scheme to force travellers to quarantine in hotels from tomorrow morning.

Nancy Pelosi crashed impeachment manager's post-trial press conference to rage against Mitch McConnell and call out Republicans' 'cowardly' vote to stop Donald Trump from being convicted.

Sir Keir Starmer's troubles deepened last night as an official party report said a Labour Government should make 'woke' payments to countries once ruled by the British Empire.

Bezos, 57, and Sanchez, 51, arrived in Cabo San Lucas in a private jet on Friday, and were quickly whisked away by a waiting limousine to begin their weekend retreat.

A video of militant teachers boasting of using threats of strike action to keep classrooms closed has fuelled fears that hardline teaching unions will derail plans to reopen schools.

TONY BLAIR: Lockdown is the weapon of choice of Governments around the world to reduce the spread of Covid-19, but let's be clear - the effects on the nation's health and economy are severe.

Sir Charles passionately believes that measures to limit the spread of the virus risk causing more harm than they prevent, particularly in terms of mental health.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police are said to have written to the brutal killer to tell him about their investigation and are set to question him.

Nottingham University researchers are working with Oxford-based cancer vaccine firm Scancell (pictured, its chief medical officer) to create the universal vaccine.

South Wales Police received reports of the attacks between 8am and 1pm on Friday and arrested a 24-year-old man before releasing him.

Marzena Relowicz, 53, says her murderer son's crimes have 'torn her heart apart'. Pawel Relowicz was last week found guilty and jailed for life for raping and murdering 21-year-old Libby Squire.

Three pubs called The Black Boy - in Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury and Shinfield - and another called The Black's Head in Wirksworth, Derbyshire were renamed.

The clothing firm, JLingz, sells printed backpacks for £100 and hoodies for £45 while employing three people including the West Ham and England midfielder.

The EU is trying to punish Britain for its success in the Covid vaccine race by imposing a ban on imports of UK shellfish, a senior Minister has revealed.

The Chinese laboratory at the centre of suspicion over the origins of the coronavirus pandemic was awarded a patent for cages to hold live bats for testing months before the virus started spreading.

Sources say the Met Office computer will be the most advanced in the world, but there are fears it will torpedo the service's public stance on fighting climate change.

Former Brexit Secretary David Davis today leads a Tory charge to stop Rishi Sunak unveiling a tax-raising Budget next month that could kill off Britain's post-pandemic recovery.

Several carers have contacted The Mail on Sunday to claim that they have been threatened with the sack or a pay cut if they refuse to have the Covid-19 jab.

Modelling by Sage presented to Downing Street and leaked predicts hospital admissions and deaths will more than halve over the next month.

Fashion model Nicole Gibson will next month become one of the first trans people in the UK to have the lining at the front of the vocal cords removed by laser.

Last year, there was a living to be had in shellfish - but then the harsh post-Brexit reality struck.

Covid-19 testing firm Prenetics has signed deals with around 100 companies - including investment banks based in London - to help get staff back to work safely.

The 23-year-old, who won a Nobel Prize after she refused to be silenced by the attack, had to rely on a friend to tell her what happened that day in 2012, when she was 15.

Former director general Tony Hall promised a review after a programme in the Great Lives series prompted thousands of complaints.

President Donald Trump was acquitted in his Senate impeachment trial Saturday as the vast majority of Republicans held together against a charge that he incited the Capitol riot of January 6.

Who Poisoned Your Bacon Sandwich by French journalist Guillaume Coudray (pictured) says it is to blame for cancer-causing nitrites being added to bacon and ham.

SARAH VINE: Last week, the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust proudly announced that use of the word 'mother' is to be replaced by more 'inclusive' terminology.

Just over two months ago, grandmother Margaret Keenan, then aged 90, received the world's first clinically authorised coronavirus vaccine at University Hospital, Coventry.

Princess Eugenie, 30, is set to give her newborn son an unusual middle name - Stamp. It is expected the baby will be given the name in honour of an ancestor of his father, Jack Brooksbank.

The package just handed over to us on the doorstep of a dishevelled terrace house in Street, Somerset, is one of the most sought-after items on the internet - a consignment of 'lost and missing post'.

Waves of spite, resentment and pointless revenge radiate from the EU. The mandarins in Brussels were already infuriated that any major European nation should pursue independence.

Critics say the practice of logging 'non-crime hate incidents', even after officers decided what was said or posted online did not break any laws, has a 'chilling effect on free speech'.

PETER HITCHENS: As Government adviser Neil Ferguson explained, the spectacle of a health crisis in Italy persuaded British authorities to follow the Chinese model instead.

Representatives of nightclubs, music venues and bars joined with MPs to warn the Chancellor that without help the sector 'will all but collapse'.

Britain's wintry weather will still be around for the weekend, but temperatures will begin to rise towards double figures into next week, forecasters have predicted.

The number of coronavirus cases have continued to drop as Boris Johnson today said he is 'optimistic' of being able to cautiously loosen lockdown in England.

A Covid-19 jab centre understood to be in London has been pictured lying empty with 'vaccinators sitting idle' as a volunteer slams the NHS system.

The Crowne Plaza hotel (pictured), near Heathrow airport, is among scores of hotels across Britain housing migrants who have slipped into the country illegally.

In an interview, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has suggested that the government believes the UK will have to 'live with' the virus long term.

The reopening of hospitality is being accelerated in an attempt to boost the struggling sector, a government insider claimed last night.

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Figures released yesterday show nearly 225,000 have waited more than 12 months for routine hospital treatment. That's the highest number since 2008.

Two drugs companies have applied for their progestogen-only contraceptive Pill to be reclassified from prescription to pharmacy products, which see it sold over the counter.

More than a quarter of districts are expected to set council tax of more than £2,000 for those in the average of Band D houses, analysis has found.

Cops in Piauí, Brazil, found a mother and her daughter on road near a school Monday night after they escaped a farm they were enslaved in for six years.

Michael Misick resigned as premier of the islands, which is a British Overseas Territory, in 2009, after a British government commission found a 'high probability of systemic corruption'.

President Donald Trump skipped Thursday's impeachment action and headed for his south Florida golf course, exclusive pictures by DailyMail.com reveal.

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Uma Gupta, 14, left a friend's party in March 2019 saying she wanted to 'kill herself'. The Pars Wood High School pupil died at East Didsbury station, as a diary revealed her emotional struggles.

The uncomfortable moment a police officer tasers himself in the genitals has been caught on camera, showing the moment the injured cop doubles over in pain during frenzied arrest.

Investigators trying to establish if Diego's death was a manslaughter caused by medical negligence confirmed today that work on the phone would begin on February 19.

Amazon's self-employed couriers have called the work 'slave labour', with pressures to deliver 250 packages a day forcing drivers to consistently 'break speed limits and leave seatbelts undone'.

Writer Jonathan Chait dismissed the antisemitism charges against The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano as he blasted Hollywood for blacklisting actors with conservative views.

Benko Matautia was at the traffic lights turning into Campellfield Plaza in Melbourne on Thursday night when a motorist behind him became agitated.

Fernando Valdes has raised the prospect that travel could resume within months due to the success of the UK's rollout.

Some 380 dogs - typically Belgian Malinois - were killed by British army vets between 2013 and 2019, official figures have revealed. Between 2002 and 2012, 807 hounds were put down.

Alex Sobel, a shadow Culture, Media and Sport Minister, wants the Government to tell public bodies and private companies to start using 'Mx' on forms and documents.

Almost 1.2m letters were due to have landed on the doorsteps of over-65s and the clinically vulnerable by yesterday asking people to log onto the national booking service, NHS England said.

Boris Johnson is preparing a loosening of the draconian lockdown amid massive pressure from Tory MPs who fear huge collateral damage is being done to the country and economy.

CNN described it as an 'extended perfume commercial or music video, possessing roughly as much substance' while the Hollywood Reporter called it 'an insult to vanity projects'.

A 24-year-old man died in Caversham, near Reading, this morning after being stabbed in the chest. Thames Valley Police remain at the scene and are conducting door-to-door enquiries.

Partygoers in Fremantle, Scarborough and Northbridge took to licenced venues wearing masks, but wasted no time in taking them off at 12.01 on Sunday morning as restrictions were lifted.

Victoria's health authorities will not rule out extending the state's snap five-day covid lockdown as new details emerge about the Coburg dinner virus spread.

District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr's office is reportedly investigating the loans made since 2012 by subsidiaries of Ladder Capital, a New York City-based real-estate investment trust.

Lorraine Grohs, left, said it insulted her family's legacy when Brady, right, was seen throwing the trophy to tight end Cameron Brate in a viral video. Grohs said she 'didn't sleep for the two nights' after seeing it.

The Commander-in-chief, 78, looked to be blowing off steam as he gathered with his family at a games arcade in Washington, DC.

The tennis bad boy kept his bitter feud with the Serb alive on Sunday when walking onto Margaret Court Arena.

New Zealand's Primer Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that Auckland will be locked down for three days after three positive Covid tests were announced on Sunday.

There were just over 650,00 new infections reported in the seven days to February 13, according to The COVID Tracking Project.

Two people were fatally stabbed on opposite ends of the A subway line in New York City this weekend. The NYPD launched a manhunt and cops, pictured, were seen searching for the suspect.

Serena Williams is through to the Australian open quarter finals after a three-set victory in the fourth round at Melbourne Park on Sunday.

Snow blanketed Washington and Oregon, left, as a new system hit Saturday. A thunderstorm caused high winds in Las Vegas, top, and six were injured when icy roads caused an 18-car crash.

New Zealand has recorded three new locally acquired cases of COVID-19.

A driver has found out the hard way that leaving a car window down while parked is enough to get you a fine in Australia.

The Royal Television Society is 'looking into' an award given to Newsnight for its coverage of the high-profile children's charity Kids Company that subsequently collapsed.

Footy star Majak Daw will return to AFL after making a shock announcement he was quitting the sport. The defender was dropped from the North Melbourne Kangaroos last October after a disastrous season.

'We accepted the resignation of TJ Ducklo after a discussion with him this evening,' the White House said in a statement on Saturday, after Ducklo threatened to 'destroy' a Politico reporter.

Australia is expected to receive its first 80,000 doses of the Covid Pfizer vaccine by the end of next week, according to Greg Hunt. 

Chiara Passari appeared to pull her head away from her Australian tennis star boyfriend Nick Kyrgios and at one stage put her hand up to her face as he cosied up to her on the sidelines.

'He's worried about it,' one adviser close to Trump told CNN, saying that Trump had remained mostly silent since leaving the White House due to fears of potential criminal liability in the riot.

Trump was ultimately acquitted 57- 43, with Democrats falling 10 votes short of the 67 needed to convict the former President of inciting insurrection.

Great-grandmother Betty Batson died at a NSW Central Coast nursing home on December 2 and was finally farewelled at Northern Suburbs Crematorium in Sydney on Christmas Eve.

'While the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute,' Biden said in a statement on Saturday night.

After avoiding poking fun at President Joe Biden since Inauguration Day, Saturday's cold open followed the trend, taking aim only at Republicans in an impeachment-focused sketch.

Australian cricket legend Dean Jones' mistress Kerri-Anne Hamilton has shared intimate footage the sporting legend once sent her while he was at work.

Mitch McConnell tore into Donald Trump after voting to acquit him of 'incitement of insurrection' - but then immediately argued the former president is solely to blame for Capitol storming. 

The woman accused of trying to con The Block with fake receipts now claims she has given up on buying Jimmy and Tam's $4.2million home and that she's the victim of a conspiracy.

Footy star Luke Burgess has celebrated one year together with his girlfriend Tori May.

Natarn Auld, 38, has not been since she left her home in Capalaba in Brisbane's south on December 14 at 3am after telling a friend she was going to buy cigarette papers.

Antony, 13, Angelina, 12, and Sienna Abdallah, 9, and their cousin Veronique Sakr, 11, were all killed after a car ploughed into them in Oatlands, in Sydney's north-west, on February 1 last year.

Two people were fatally stabbed late Friday and early Saturday on opposite ends of the A subway line in New York City connecting Manhattan (inset) and Far Rockaway, Queens (inset).

Stacey Griffith, 52, was back in the saddle on Saturday afternoon, leading a class of fitness fanatics through a grueling workout on stationary bikes at the Miami Beach SoulCycle.

At least three flaws have been identified as authorities race to track down any close contacts to the latest outbreak at Melbourne Airport's Holiday Inn, which has grown to 14 cases.

The home of Michael van der Veen, right, was defaced with the word 'Traitor' on Friday. Van der Veen, left, also celebrated the acquittal of Trump, inset, with a fist-bump.

A three-year-old child has been identified as one of two new local cases in Melbourne while her potentially infectious mother has been tested three times with different results. 

Almost half of all New York Times employees say they don't believe they can express their views freely at the newspaper, according to a company survey.   

Democratic impeachment managers argued they were right not to call any witnesses after a Senate vote permitted them to do so during Saturday's trial, which ended up with an acquittal.

Abramson, who was fired in 2014 after becoming the Times' first female executive editor three years earlier, weighed in on the controversy roiling her former employer in an New York Post op-ed.

Linda Metcalf, from Bradford, said she had trouble walking and standing, rarely went out and could not dress herself.

Dame Esther Rantzen, 80, has called on Parliament to create a new bank holiday so Britons can remember those killed by Covid-19. The veteran campaigner says people need the time to reflect.

Gareth Williams, a junior analyst at MI6 was found dead at home in Pimlico, London by police checking on his welfare on August 23, 2010 after he was not seen for days.

Armed police responded to an armed brawl of up to 20 men in Salford, Greater Manchester. Two weapons, a knife and a hammer, were recovered at the scene.

A murder investigation has been launched after a 31-year-old man was attacked and left for dead in Stevenage.

Michail Pervolarakis confirmed his positive test result on Saturday night in a series of social media posts but tennis officials remain confident the Australian Open is still coronavirus-free.

Katherine from Yorkshire said her child (pictured blurred out with National Action members) was caring but turned to extremism after he was robbed at knifepoint aged 15.

Marvel creator Stan Lee called his only daughter, Julia Celia Lee, 'the dumbest white woman I've ever known' and she rang her parents 50 times a day demanding money, a new biography reveals.

The UK Prime Minister (pictured) reportedly wants to turn planning applications, renewing driving licences and doctors' diagnoses to digital only.

The 16-year-old daughter of former US president Donald Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway and The Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway shared her thoughts on a TikTok video.

Exotic pet owner James Brown, 36, has been fined £4,000 for keeping an African wildcat in his Roehampton home. Zena was from the Serengeti National Park before neighbours reported her.

Former President Donald Trump hinted at a comeback as he cheered on being acquitted, for a second time, in an impeachment trial before the U.S. Senate.

Jeffrey Smith, 35, shot himself in the head on Jan. 15 as he headed into work for an overnight shift, just a day after he had a follow-up appointment at the police & fire clinic.

From high school sweethearts to reality TV stars these are the glamorous women who are stealing the attention away from their tennis player partners.

A judge ruled The Mail on Sunday newspaper had breached Meghan Markle's privacy by publishing extracts from a letter she had sent to her estranged father, Thomas Markle.

Kevin McCarthy told President Trump that he had heard gunfire outside the House chamber, when the two leaders talked during the insurrection.

Eshays are signing up to Tinder looking for dates as more Australian youths embrace being part of the subculture that includes a mashed-up language and designer sportswear.

Federal Police discovered the disgusting liar when they raided a man's home in Caboolture in Queensland.

SARAH SANDS: As Margaret Thatcher said: 'If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.' Women have been the quietly effective heroines of the pandemic.

A man has gone above and beyond to show how much of a fan he is of Western Australia's Premier Mark McGown.

British-born actress Shalom Brune-Franklin, who plays DC Chloe Bishop in Line of Duty, says she was told to ditch maths and switch to chemistry, physics or drama. She chose drama.

George Pataki, left, said 'it would be appropriate' for lawmakers to take a look at amending the state's constitution to allow a recall of Governor Andrew Cuomo, right.

Under Boris Johnson's 'roadmap', No 10 plans to allow the beleaguered hospitality industry to lift its shutters, most likely on Tuesday March 30 or the following day.

Jaime Herrera Beutler, who voted to impeach, went public on how Trump mocked McCarthy for asking him to call off his mob and now wants people with the then president to do the same

It seems ridiculous to care but I can't quite not. About Valentine's Day, that is. Surely a woman in her 60s in a long-term relationship should have nothing to do with such sappy nonsense?

The electric-powered scooters are also being used instead of walking or cycling rather than as an alternative to driving polluting cars.

AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials to children as young as six and Janssen is looking into testing new born babies.

The Government's target of hitting administering 15 million doses is set to be hit this weekend, amid a backdrop of falling cases and deaths.

De Blasio insisted 'we've got to know more' about the state's 'very troubling' attempts to hide COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

The House Speaker sent a letter to congressional Democrats touting a $70bn package which would far exceed the under-fire New York governor's demands.

Snow and freezing rain could fall from Seattle to Washington, DC, and from North Dakota to Louisiana as wintry weather blankets a vast swath of the United States this Valentine Day's weekend.

Trump loyalist Sen. Ron Johnson shouted 'blame you' at Sen. Mitt Romney Saturday on the Senate floor and then called it 'grotesque' that reporters documented it.

Harrison issued a statement on his Instagram Saturday saying he is 'ashamed' of the 'pain' he has caused to people of color and is committed to 'be a better man'.

Marjorie Taylor Greene lashed out at fellow GOP Representative Jamie Herrera Beutler on Saturday for turning on the Republican Party, calling her 'the gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats.'

Incredible 'then and now' photographs of Melbourne show how much the Victorian capital has changed over the years.

The UK risks becoming a 'super-spreader' because of how lax border rules are, officials said, adding that they are unable to stop people from 'legging it' from airport terminals to avoid to quarantine.

Former President Donald Trump's sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric took to Twitter to gloat after their father was aquitted in his second impeachment trial Saturday afternoon.

Motorists coming into London will be stopped, quizzed about their intentions and reminded that only 'essential journeys' are permitted under lockdown rules.

The Senate chamber erupted in laughter after Trump's defense attorney demanded Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris appear at his "Philly-delphia" office for in-person depositions.

Researcher Anthony Bragalia made the revelation on his blog UFO Explorations , sharing that he secured more than 150 pages from the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)

A man in his 20s was allegedly stabbed in his leg and two teenage boys were stabbed in their arms during a fight at a Point Cook home, in Melbourne's southwest. 

The Mail on Sunday can reveal the Duchess, 73, who has long complained of the painful effects of Royal walkabouts, has invested in the £179 Sole Bliss shoes to soothe her aching toes.

Insiders close to the former president were said to be 'floored' 'stunned, stupefied [and in a] total panic' as the Senate voted to call witnesses for Trump's impeachment trial.

Almost 70 per cent of German citizens who took part in the poll laid the blame squarely at the feet of fellow German Ursula von der Leyen (pictured), the President of the European Commission.

Press Secretary Psaki defended her decision to suspend Deputy Press Secretary TJ Ducklo for one week without pay during Friday's press briefing.