Howard Beckett, a leadership candidate for Unite- one of Britain's biggest trade unions - has been accused of racism after he called for Home Secretary Priti Patel to be deported.

Nearly 20 elephants are believed to have been killed by a lightning strike, according to examiners looking into the animals' deaths in the Assam state of north eastern India.

The SNP has won the Airdrie and Shotts by-election, with Anum Qaisar-Javed returned as the new MP for the area. She polled 10,129 votes, ahead of Labour candidate who received 8,372.

Just 99 people were admitted to hospitals across the UK with Covid on Sunday, marking only the second time since last August that fewer than 100 new patients were taken in.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the figures were 'remarkable' as the study showed the UK's vaccines had already saved thousands of over-60s, in particular, from severe illness with Covid.

Divers hunting for lost artwork from the legendary Amber Room looted by the Nazis are to begin searching a WWII shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.

Portugal had been expected to lift its ban on European tourists entering its borders - including UK holidaymakers - from this Sunday. However, that is now in doubt, with Brits facing cancelled holidays.

The former Spice Girl, 45, can be seen attempting to flee her violent partner in the Women's Aid video, which was made in collaboration with classical composer Fabio D'Andrea.

Supermarket Morrisons has lost a million-pound tax battle after a judge ruled its Nakd snack bar based on date fruit is confectionery and not a cake after tasting a selection.

Daniel Wright was awarded £1,500 for sex discrimination after babysitting firm Pottiebee rejected his application for a position because he is a man.

Neither Buckingham Palace nor Clarence House were commenting last night but it is clear they feel frustrated the Duke is continuing to talk publicly about deeply personal family issues.

An emotional message on behalf of Matt Banks was posted on Facebook on Thursday night, two days after his son suddenly died while on a playing field in Blackpool.

Norfolk motorists top the nation for motoring offences, according to a survey which found its county's 485,188 drivers clocked up 106,876 fines in 2019, forking out £11.5million.

Coal power must be scrapped worldwide to save the planet, government minister Alok Sharma will say in a speech today.

Online check-in systems, virtual queuing schemes and even a bacteria killing UV robot are among a raft of new measures lined up at Heathrow Airport ahead of the lifting of travel restrictions next week.

Bosses at the country house in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, will refer to it as the 'Summer Terrace Room' for the show on the UK's greatest prime minister.

Many firms failed to pay proper refunds within the legally required 14 days after overseas travel was banned by the Government last year.

Town halls received more than 30,000 requests for home help or other assistance from 2019 to last year which were never acted upon because the applicant died before the claim was considered.

Formula-fed babies are more likely to grow up obese and develop health problems, Dr Camilla Kingdon, the new president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said.

Showers expected over Britain over Saturday and Sunday along with highs of just 59F (15C) in England, 55F (13C) in Scotland and hail and thunderstorms also possible.

Video footage captured the moment the married owners of a coin slot machine rental shop were gunned down Tuesday in Michoacán, Mexico.

Dozens of English Heritage sites will be among venues welcoming visitors indoors on Monday. Pictured: Osborne House on the Isle of Wight is one of the properties opening.

An unnamed woman has said she was angered by the letter from the school's head office about the unpaid bill for canteen lunches, admitting that she had found it difficult to keep up with payments.

Matthew Mackell, from Tunbridge Wells, was found dead on May 7 last year in Dunorlan Park. His final phone calls with a call handler were revealed during an inquest at County Hall in Maidstone.

Bafta chairman Krishnendu Majumdar is said to have teamed-up with the Viewpoint star to help increase diversity in the Bafta award last year, according to the Times.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tried their hand at planting flowerpots and playing table tennis on a visit to a youth charity in Wolverhampton today.

Nightmare neighbour Michael Hall, 67, was given a suspended sentence by magistrates in Stockport after he was taken to court by father-of-two Timothy Royle, 54.

Lord Christopher Geidt, a former aide to the Queen, told MPs that he planned to release the long overdue register of ministerial interests - including the PMs - by the end of May.

David Cameron insisted he had not broken any rules - but conceded that people who had held the highest office in the land should be held to a different 'category' of standards.

The complaint was made by a rail workers' union rep who identifies as non-binary and was travelling on the train when the manager greeted passengers using the popular phrase.

Reece Cox, 24, was surrounded 'like a pack of animals' by the group outside a JD Wetherspoon pub in Sedgley, West Midlands. Sickening CCTV shows father-of-one Mr Cox being battered.

The Royal Household posted an advertisement for a Cyber Security Engineer, earning between £50,000 and £60,000 and working 37 and a half hours a week.

Public Health England data showed cases had doubled in Bolton, Bedford, Blackburn with Darwen and Sefton, which are all hotspots for the Indian variant.

The Manchester Metropolitan University student had told his course leader he was 'extremely concerned' about the recent case of a teacher at Batley Grammar School who is now in hiding.

The man accused of bludgeoning PCSO Julia James to death faces a four-week trial.

Prince Charles, 72, who is patron of Breast Cancer Now, visited a cancer research centre in London's Fulham Road to learn how Covid-19 has affected its funding.

Graeme and Margaret Carling, from Scotland, passed away at hospitals in Dundee in January after testing positive for the virus.

A team led by the University of Kent recorded three groups of volunteers, aged 10-19, 20-40 and 60-80 in real-world social interaction situations.

Popular culture expert Nick Ede told FEMAIL that the 'Meghan Effect' is so powerful that literally everything the Duchess of Sussex, 39, touches sells out - even garden furniture.

A hospital investigation looking into the events before the Big Brother star's death on April 9 is ongoing, but a doctor has recorded her cause of death as Anorexia Nervosa.

Cara Louise, 28, was left horrified after police swarmed her home in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, yesterday morning after three people spotted the fake corpse and called 999.

Some 4.95m people were waiting to start treatment in March, the most since records began in 2007, according to NHS England data published today. A royal college branded it 'stomach-churning'.

David Marshall, 75, and his wife Suzanne, 72, made the announcement to their children after struggling with ill health. The couple, from North Wales, were found dead in bed after inhaling gas.

EXCLUSIVE: Martin Skinner, from London, was in the UAE as part of a global trip to rebuild his empire. His body has been found in a hotel room as his friends say he was 'living the high life'

Simona Julius, 25, daubed paint on the headstone of Liam Scarman at Westerleigh Crematorium in Bristol and left a cruel note mocking his death three years after the 22-year-old suffered a hypo.

Around 30 vehicles ground to a halt in Leicester on Tuesday after filling up with the 'watery orange' petrol which 'looked like tea.'

In the correspondence with radar researcher Glyn Davys, the German-born Nobel laureate mused that new physics might one day emerge from the study of migratory birds.

Dehenna Davison, the Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland, tweeted that she had gone to hospital for treatment on a 'dodgy finger', prompting criticism from Helen Goodman.

Thomas Bassett, 26, from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, sent more than 1,000 messages to Bethany Anderson and left her in such fear that she changed the locks to her home.

The vast majority of alleged offending occurred in Calderdale, but some occurred in the Bradford District. The men will appear at Bradford Magistrates Court on 7 and 9 July.

Boris Johnson is set to be quizzed under oath over his life-and-death decisions on lockdown, care homes and PPE after ordering a public inquiry into the Government's handling of the pandemic.

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The deputy leader attempted to draw a line under a factional row with leader Keir Starmer that reopened the wounds between the moderate and Left wings of the party.

Spencer's mother Betts has made a series on Facebook posts since Spencer's death expressing her heartbreak and slamming trolls who have weighed in on the tragedy.

A Russian-born former pro poker player who appeared on 2016's Survivor (left) on Thursday defended her role in a 'honeytrap', intended to tarnish officials including H.R. McMaster.

Nicole Pyles, 16, from Durham, North Carolina, said an umpire told her coach during the second inning of the game on April 19 that her hairstyle covered the number six on her jersey.

The brawl is set to take place between two groups of children in Gorseinon, Swansea this weekend. Youths from the Sketty area and from nearby Gorseinon will be involved, police fear.

The new UK jobs will include roles at its corporate offices, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its operations network. Its work force is set to grow to 55,000 by the end of the year.

Among the tourists worried about their upcoming holiday are Sue and Sean Flynn, both 55 and from Leeds, who are hoping to fly to Faro with Ryanair next Friday.

The two men and a woman will appear in court in London later on Friday charged with terror offences along with another man, police said.

A surge dubbed the ' Chris Whitty effect' saw a record-breaking number of British teenagers apply for university courses in the medical field for 2021 entry.

Boris Johnson has been savaged for taking a short helicopter flight from London to the West Midlands where he used a bike hire scheme - two weeks after pledging to 'build back greener'.

Caitlyn Roe, 23, was one of 108 vulnerable Indigenous customers saddled with debt after heading down to her local Telstra shop in Broome, Western Australia, to get a new phone plan.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and members of the progressive 'Squad' spoke from the House floor on Thursday night to blast Israel.

Epidemiologist Professor Paul Hunter said that the nation faces an anxious wait to see how serious the outbreaks of the highly contagious strain are and how many people end up in hospital.

auci gave his first interview since the mask guidance update on Thursday. He told CNN he 'wouldn't want to declare victory prematurely' and the COVID pandemic is not over.

Model turned prostitute Revelle Balmain, 22, was last seen on November 5, 1994, at Kingsford, in the city's eastern suburbs and is presumed to have been murdered.

The flight will be the first to touch down in Australia in several weeks after the federal government imposed a ban on flights to and from India.

Queensland Police and Australian Federal Police established the Cairns Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) in mid-2020.

The NSW Police officers he officers were called to the recent late night Eid celebrations in Sydney after receiving reports of noise complaints.

Elon Musk's net worth has taken a serious loss after his controversial Saturday Night Live hosting gig as bitcoin also is down after the billionaire CEO announced Tesla will not accept the cryptocurrency.

In June 2018 the Coalition passed a three stage tax cut plan, with the final phase coming into play in July 2024. Someone earning $200,000 would pay $11,640 less tax in 2025 than in 2018/

A 'serious' bus crash in rural Queensland has left schoolchildren injured.

Ula caught both attacks on camera as she performed in the Sydney CBD and pleaded with her viewers to stream her song so she can perform in concert instead of having to risk injury on the street.

The gold seal was owned by explorer John Oxley. It was stolen from an exhibition case at Old Government House in Parramatta on Thursday. The gold seal bears Mr Oxley's family crest.

Fully-vaccinated Americans can finally stop wearing their masks almost anywhere, the CDC said Thursday. But the House Speaker will still require lawmakers to wear masks on the floor.

Emergency crews were called to the complex on Kings Cross Road in Rushcutters Bay at about 1.50pm on Wednesday following reports of an assault.

Warren Brian Sipser was charged with importing more than 120kg of cocaine from South Africa to Australia after police raided his BMW, clinic, and home in Elwood, Melbourne.

The governor of New York on Thursday announced that the state was not yet ready to lift their mask mandate, despite the CDC earlier declaring that vaccinated people need not wear face masks.

Emergency crews discovered the severely burned puppy at a unit on Wonga Road in Lurnea in Sydney's south-west just after 3.20am on Friday morning after reports of a fire.

In six months, the Western world and much of Asia will be largely vaccinated, travelling freely and getting on with life while Australia cowers behind its moat in fear, cut off from the world, and losing billions.

Roy Ernest Morton, 82, had grown increasingly exasperated over how his wife was being cared for in the New Zealand facility after she suffered from a stroke, and decided to 'end her suffering'.

Cristian Dino Lawlor, 22, appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday charged with manslaughter, drug offences and possessing ammunition.

Australia's foreign minister Marise Payne has urged for an end to the violence in the Gaza Strip as more than 100 people have been killed amid fears of war.

The 11 dead and two injured Crested Terns were found dead on Ocean Beach on Bribie Island, sparking public outrage and a hunt for a 4WD driver believed to have run them down deliberately.

The massage therapist, 41, offered Ohio State football players massages and had consensual sex with five of them. The report didn't uncover any evidence of crime.

Peter Dutton said the only Australian adults who would not be vaccinated by Christmas would be the ones who did not want the vaccine, as the new deal for the Moderna vaccine stepped up the rollout.

Logan Kelly was just 10 years old when he began performing as Candy at North Ipswich Bowls Club, south-west of Brisbane.

The Fox host on Thursday shared a clip of Ethan Johnson, who chairs the Black Studies Department, in conversation with 1619 creator Nikole Hannah Jones.

Stargazers and photography enthusiasts flocked to the best vantage points across Tasmania and along the coast of Australia's south-east mainland to view the Aurora Australis.

What's going on? Cases of a coronavirus variant first detected in India are rising in the UK, potentially threatening the lockdown-easing roadmap.

Kunal Sawhney, the founder and chief executive of market analytics group Kalkine said cryptocurrency investors should brace to lose everything - but there are safeguards.

Lucky, 'the miracle pup' has had a successful health check with mother Adina. Eight days ago Adina gave birth via an emergency C-section and Lucky was the only pup to survive.

Stuart McKenzie from Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers was called to a home on Thursday near Ilkley in the Sunshine Coast region when he found the serpent sleeping in a toilet roll basket.

Manly Sea Eagles NRL star Dylan Walker has escaped conviction on Friday after pleading guilty to a 2020 assault.

Millions of Australians could be free from masks within days after New South Wales recorded no new coronavirus cases on Friday from more than 15,000 tests.

Former NYT columnist used her blog to denounce the likes of AOC, the Hadid sisters and Dua Lipa for their comments in support of Palestine. Her post comes amid the risk of all out war in the region.

Mert Ney pleaded guilty to the stabbing murder of escort Michaela Dunn, 24, in a Clarence Street apartment on August 13, 2019.

Gypsy and traveller communities from across the country met in sleepy Cotswold town Stow today for its historic horse fair festival, the first in over a year because of the pandemic.

Sydney Airport's east-west runway accepted its first flight since April 22, 2020, on Sunday after it was shut down to make way for the extraordinary demand for aircraft parking.

Just before 11am on Thursday cops were called to a venue on Hassall Street, Parramatta in Sydney's west where they were told a 37-year-old man had been attacked.

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Councilmember Mike Bonin summitted a motion to add more shelters in areas such as Los Angeles International Airport, Marina del Rey and Pacific Palisades.

Newly released bodycam footage shows the moment that U.S. Capitol police officer Michael Fanone is brutally attacked by insurrectionist during the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

The victim was invited to the memorial for Ricky Daniele at Brandon Duy Quoc Tran's house in Ferryden Park, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, in October 2019.

The chilly conditions will last four days and affect swathes of New South Wales, South Australia, the ACT, Victoria and Tasmania, the bureau said.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki defended American colleges and universities teaching theories of systemic racism as 'responsible'.

Emergency crews found the puppy - believed to be a Staffordshire Bull Terrier - after rushing to a unit in Lurnea in Sydney's south-west just after 3.20am on Friday morning following reports of a unit fire.

Former Australian Diamonds coach Lisa Alexander was outraged to hear Ricky Stuart say: 'If I can't have tough conversations with my better players, I might as well coach netball'.

Police refused to hand over a secret file about a bizarre night of nudity involving scandal-prone Families Minister Gareth Ward despite a watchdog ruling documents can be revealed to the public.

Highway patrol officers stopped a Toyota Camry in Bella Vista in Sydney's north-west just before 8.30pm on Thursday after spotting the driver flaunting seatbelt laws.

The U.S. Army has followed the CIA's suit with new a 'woke' recruitment ad that features an animated lesbian wedding and an LGBTQ parade.

Victoria has gone three days without any local cases and 21,931 tests have been conducted in last 24 hours since a Melbourne man was confirmed to have tested positive to COVID-19.

Revelle Balmain, 22, vanished in November 1994 after last being seen in Kingsford, in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Breeanna Bullock-Black was last seen outside the school on Hosking Street, Cranebrook, near Penrith in western Sydney, about 8am on Monday in her school uniform with no sign of her since.

Elon Musk made an abrupt turn-about on Wednesday when he revealed Tesla will no longer accept Bitcoin as payment for his cars.

Former President Trump will hold two rallies in June as he looks to capitalize on a series of crises engulfing President Joe Biden and lay down a marker for 2024.

Sef Gonzales killed his father Teodoro 'Teddy' Gonzales, 46, his mother Mary Loiva Gonzales, 43, and his sister Clodine Gonzales, 18, at their North Ryde home, in northern Sydney, in 2001.

Liberal MP Gareth Ward, 39, stood down from the NSW ministry last night after it emerged police were investigating him for alleged violent sex offences in 2013, which he denies.

Anxious motorists in more than a dozen states across the southeast are now lining up for gas, with many trying to hoard whatever remains left in the pump.

Sharlyn Kang, from Wollongong on the NSW south coast, spent her life researching cancer until she was diagnosed with the cruel disease. She died on April 28 after a five-year-battle.

Param Sharma, 25, was charged with reckless driving Tuesday after a Bay Area police officer spotted him sitting in the backseat of a Tesla Model 3 as it cruised along a highway on Autopilot.

The Remember Me campaign for a Covid memorial at St Paul's Cathedral has received another stunning boost thanks to a £100,000 donation from Lord Spencer and his wife.

Eagle-eyed Facebook users have spotted eight Aussie creatures lurking in the foreground as a green tree frog chomps down on a Carpentaria snake while a redback spider dangles above.

Mohammed Krayem vowed to stick by his fiancee Monica Elizabeth Young after she plead guilty three charges of aggravated sexual intercourse without consent.

NSW has pushed back hard against the federal Treasurer's announcement that borders could be closed until mid-2022, saying we need a date, better direction and 'a roadmap'.

Claims COVID-19 escaped a Wuhan lab have been laughed off by some as conspiracy theories - but researchers suggest in a letter the 'hypotheses' can't be ruled out.

Cody Ronald Ward's luck ran when he was arrested on the NSW south coast over the elaborate syndicate detectives described as possibly the largest ever on the dark web in Australia.

The inventor of the glue used on Post-It notes has died. Spencer Silver, pictured, passed away at his Minnesota home, aged 80, his family said. 

Three Republican-led states - Oklahoma led by Gov. Kevin Stitt, Idaho led by Gov. Brad Little and Tennessee led by Gov. Bill Leee - have now signed laws banning critical race theory in public schools

From July 1, Australians will be able to put up to $27,500 into their superannuation and only pay 15 per cent tax on the contributions. Here's how you can boost your retirement savings.

CNN host Alisyn Camerota teared up live on air on Thursday after the CDC revealed that vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks, saying: 'It feels a little bit like it's over'.

The woman from Lane Cove on Sydney's lower north shore held the only winning division one ticket and initially could not be reached by election officials bearing the good news.

The FAA fined an 'abusive' JetBlue passenger $10,500 after he refused to wear mask and 'coughed and blew his nose into a blanket' on a flight from Ft. Lauderdale.

Representative Chip Roy, right, has announced he will run against Elise Stefanik, left, to replace Liz Cheney. Roy and Stefanik are set to address Republicans Thursday with a vote Friday.

A plot involving activist group Project Veritas and a former spy who worked with Trump associate Erik Prince sought to trap former national security advisor H.R. McMaster running down Trump.

Active-duty Marine Corps officer Major Christopher Warnagiris, 40, was charged with assault after security cameras caught him scuffling with a police officer during the Capitol riots.

Rebekah Jones, who was fired from the Florida Department of Health in mid-May last year, claimed that she was a whistleblower about a COVID coverup, but a new report denies her role.

Roxane Sanchez, 36, was shot and killed during a 'botched carjacking' early morning on Mother's Day and leaves behind two young boys and a husband of 16 years.

General Joseph Dunford, who served Obama and Trump as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, blasted signatories of an open letter questioning Biden's mental fitness.

The only winning ticket in the $30million jackpot was purchased by a NSW resident online but officials were unable to reach them by phone on Thursday to tell them.

The Qantas plane will depart Darwin International Airport in the early on Friday afternoon, with just 12 hours to go before a federal government travel ban expires.

Victoria's Department of Health has identified six people now in the state as having left the third floor of Adelaide's Playford Hotel during the virus' potential transmission period.

Seven out of 10 alcohol support services across Victoria have reported increased client demand since the coronavirus pandemic hit.

As preparations are made to receive the first post-pause flight from India, the federal government is seeking to boost supplies of vaccines.

Celebrities including Jo Whiley and Trevor Nelson are set to show off their gardens online - as the Chelsea Flower Show's traditional May slot goes virtual for the second year running due to Covid.

President Joe Biden told Americans who have their full COVID vaccine to take their masks off and his wife Jill, visiting West Virginia with Jennifer Garner, did just that.

Armie Hammer has been dating Canadian dental hygienist Lisa Perejma in the Cayman Islands for three months.

Mr Ward, 39, stood down from the NSW ministry last night after confirming he is under investigation over violent sex offences that allegedly occurred in 2013.

The 58-page report said Australia could not afford to be left behind when the rest of the world starts to move on from the pandemic.