Facing the nation tonight he said that Monday's Step 3 easing of restrictions would go ahead as planned. But he told the nation it might face 'hard choices in the weeks ahead'.

Veteran British cave diver John Volanthen can still summon up the disbelief he felt when he found the boys trapped for ten days in the labyrinth of caves in Tham Luang, Thailand.

Boris Johnson has told Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone he and Carrie Symonds got the villa half price as a last-minute bargain, Daily Mail learned in a leak.

The Union Flag is set to fly over Scarborough Town Hall, Whitby Pavilion, Scarborough Spa and Filey's Evron Centre throughout the whole year, according to Scarborough council.

In 2019/2020 local authorities in England had to deal with nearly 1million fly-tipping incidents. The number of court fines issued increased by 30 per cent to 2,671 over the same period

The Prime Minister said on Friday evening that second doses of vaccines will be accelerated for the over-50s and the clinically vulnerable across the country

TOM LEONARD: Roy Halston Frowick was once acclaimed as America's greatest fashion designer, specialising in minimalist designs in luxury fabrics.

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

Andrew Lownie says he has spent £250,000 of his own money trying to see the private diaries of Lord Mountbatten, written from 1918 until 1979, when he was killed by the IRA.

Martin Bashir, who has been on sick leave for months, allegedly peddled a series of lies and smears designed to lure Diana into his trust, two years before she died in a car crash in Paris.

AMANDA PLATELL: Harry suggests he suffered so much at the hands of his family that he does not want to inflict similar anguish upon his own children.

Broadcaster Jeremy Vine tweeted last week to his 760,000 followers after criminals vandalised a flowerbed belonging to pro-cycling campaigner Karen Liebreich in Chiswick.

Giles Darby traded life as a £1 million-a-year City banker with a Hertfordshire mansion and a swimming pool for a harsh U.S. penitentiary in Pennsylvania after pleading guilty to fraud.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: The Duchess of Cornwall's former nephew, Derek Paravicini is to be the subject of a film. He can play almost any piece of music even if he's heard it once.

The SPI-M subgroup warned pressing on with easing all lockdown restrictions on June 21, as is currently the plan for England, could trigger an unprecedented third wave.

The Prince of Wales carried on walking and did not respond when a BBC reporter asked him about the Duke of Sussex's incendiary remarks, as he arrived for a visit to a family business in Cardiff.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Frank Sinatra, famous for his heavy drinking, once said: 'Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but The Bible says: 'Love your enemy'.'

SARAH VINE: However tricky the past few months have been, however much I've longed to see my family, one thing I shall be eternally grateful for is that no one I love appears in this picture

It is striking that even DH Lawrence's latest biographer, Frances Wilson, has difficulty finding anything positive to say about Frieda Lawrence.

The arrival of the jet comes after it was revealed the electric car company recently sold £200 million worth of Bitcoin, before Musk said it would no longer accept the cryptocurrency.

Home Secretary Priti Patel lobbied Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove over a £20million contract for surgical masks for Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd (PDL).

Hospitality businesses have reported a surge in bookings as Covid restrictions are set to ease next week and pubs said they expect to serve three million pints on Monday alone.

Only six percent of COVID-19 cases among more than 1,800 health care workers were in people fully-vaccinated with one of the two mRNA shots, according to the CDC's latest study.

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Those who do not remember the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them. That's one of the reasons why we must have an inquiry.

Dr. Sohyla Mohamed (pictured), 36, of Harborne, Birmingham was supplied the bogus documents by a friend, who downloaded them from the internet.

Paul Settle, a former top detective who blew the whistle on Scotland Yard's VIP abuse inquiry has vowed to expose the 'culture of cover-up' in the force at any inquiry into the scandal.

A funeral was held this week for British mother Caroline Crouch, 20, in Athens, Greece, who was murdered in a brutal burglary at her home in an affluent Greek neighbourhood.

Several women who allegedly helped recruit teenage age girls and young women for Jeffrey Epstein claim he took advantage while they were struggling for money or estranged from family.

The Stormont agriculture minister, who is an evangelical Christian creationist, beat more moderate Sir Jeffrey Donaldson by 19 votes to 17.

Eighteen airport bosses signed a letter urging the PM and his counterparts in the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to initiate 'a more meaningful restart of travel'.

Model Lilly Becker, 44, estranged wife of tennis champion Boris Becker, has dabbled in online dating for the first time during lockdown after deciding it was time to 'get back out there'.

BARBARA AMIEL: I don't expect Cameron will have the unhappy experience of his barber telling him he is no longer a welcome client, as my New York hairdresser told me.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Lauren Briggs, 25, from Corringham, Essex, spent an evening having fun with her friends in a hot tub in January this year. But she woke up unable to breath.

Prince Harry and Orlando Bloom's close proximity isn't the only parallel between the duo, who are both friends with Misha Nonoo, have connections with Ellie Goulding and an interest in spirituality.

Boris Johnson warned in a Downing Street press conference tonight: 'The race between our vaccination programme and the virus may be about to become a great deal tighter.'

Britain's 45,000 pubs expect to serve 3 million pints on Monday as lockdown restrictions ease again - but will still be unprofitable until the country is fully opened up.

Damilya Jossipalenya, 24, fell 'like a brick' from her London flat in June 2017, a week after her then boyfriend Alessio Bianchi had threatened to send embarrassing intimate videos of her to her family.

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.

The country was only added to the UK's travel 'red list' late last month, despite earlier concerns over transmission of the fast-growing variant, which has since made its way onto British shores.

SAGE models have produced worrying estimates of what could happen if the Indian Covid variant is more transmissible but experts say there is still no evidence that is true.

Some students say they have still not received all of their offers despite the deadline closing next week. Worried parents said it's the 'perfect storm' which is having a 'negative impact' on youngsters.

Amanda Wakeley's eponymous fashion label whose signature chic outfits were favourites of the the likes of Duchess of Cambridge and Princess Diana has fallen into administration.

Holly Hudson, who is originally from Ohio but lives in London and in her 50s, often shares videos showing cultural difference between the UK and the US.

Britons will be allowed to go on holiday again from Monday as a ban on non-essential travel is lifted, with several European countries keen to welcome visitors, including Iceland (pictured).

Speaking to FEMAIL, Zoe Warren, interior designer at PriceYourJob.co.uk, revealed the nine most common home decor trends that result in your home looking tacky or old fashioned.

The two prisoners brought legal action against HMP Whatton (pictured), HMP Stafford and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to challenge their decisions to stop them from communicating except through letters.

The pay rise is set to benefit around 154,000 employees covered by the 'Agenda for Change' NHS pay and grading system. Scottish workers will be considerably better off in 2021-22.

Lakhvir Singh, 34, says police sent by the Home Office 'barged' into his Glasgow flat yesterday at around 10am and arrested him and his friend Sumit Sehdevi on suspicion of immigration offences.

DAN WOOTTON: Prince Harry's attack on his dad's parenting ability has royal watchers speculating that relations between Charles and the Sussexes have hit rock bottom.

EXCLUSIVE: North East Derbyshire has the highest vaccine uptake among people over the age of 40, with 93 per cent, while the rate is lowest in Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster in London.

Cases appear to still be stable or falling despite concerns about a surge caused by the Indian variant, suggesting that is confined to local clusters and the national picture is still positive.

Appearing on Sky News today in an attempt to quell the row he doubled down on criticism of the Home Secretary, whose is of Indian heritage.

The department store launched a post-lockdown fire sale before the collapsed chain shutters its stores, marking the end of a 242-year presence in Britain's towns and cities.

The incident, in Whitehall, London, is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police's wildlife crime unit as wild birds are protected by law in the UK.

Hellen Hetherington had to be rushed to hospital in June 2017 after crashing down stone steps following her wedding reception at 114-year-old Sennowe Park - a historic country pile in Norfolk.

Kevin Guthrie took advantage of the 29-year-old woman inside the flat of fellow actor Scott Reid in Glasgow between September 30 and October 1, 2017.

Pubs are already excused having to check the vaccine status of punters amid an outcry and now more businesses are set to avoid measures critics say will have a constricting effect on business.

Retired reporter Alan Watkins, 74, believes he witnessed Mary's last moments in 1968 while waiting at a bus stop near Bristol Road. He alleges a driver of a grey van took the teenager off the street.

The most senior police chief in the UK is to hold talks with Sadiq Khan's TfL after his cycle-friendly Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in London slowed down officers investigating crime.

Laura Warshauer, from New Jersey, who met the couple in 2001 at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, where they all lived at St. Salvator's Hall, told People they had 'definite chemistry'.

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.

The 31-year-old Celebrity Big Brother winner was arrested at Heathrow Airport in January after being accused of recording himself having sex with his ex-girlfriend without her knowledge.

London North Eastern Railway said it would 'review if any further changes need to be made' after the passenger, SWR train guard Laurence Coles, complained about a conductor's greeting.

Julie Bushnell, from Farnborough, Hampshire admitted she suffered panic attacks and is still 'embarrassed' after losing money that she had intended to use for a house deposit.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a host of famous faces have urged the nation to 'keep talking' to support everyone's mental health in a special UK radio broadcast today.

A YouGov poll today gave the Conservatives a 15-point advantage over the opposition after winning the Hartlepool by-election and major mayoral races in the Tees Valley and West Midlands.

JANET STREET-PORTER: Following last week's election disaster, Keir Starmer's getting a bashing from all sides - with only former leader Ed 'disaster' Milliband rallying to his defence.

White contractors and even dogs were airlifted to safety before black people during a jihadist attack by ISIS-affiliated insurgents in Mozambique, survivors have claimed.

Becky Stiles, 24, from Chingford, Essex, panicked when she was changing little her 10-month-old son Harvey's nappy and spotted a 'hole' in the roof of his mouth.

The business empire of Liberty Steel owner Sanjeev Gupta is under investigation by the Serious Fraud Office.

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.

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'.

A combination of housing shortages, absence of international staff and workers not returning from furlough have been blamed for staffing shortages in hospitality in Britain.

Kate Middleton, 39, looked a vision in blue during her visit to Wolverhampton on Thursday. The royal paired a £380 Tory Burch polka dot blouse with Jigsaw flares and £395 Emmy London suede heels.

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.

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.

The singer confronted Watford striker Andre over resurfaced tweets of his from 2012 in which he compared dark-skinned women wearing red lipstick to 'burnt toast with jam on it'.

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.

Prince Harry criticised how he was brought up in the Royal Family, seemingly blaming his experience on Prince Charles and his father's childhood had on Dax Shepard's 'Armchair Expert' show.

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.

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.

Not content with embellishing the facts to suit his agenda in the Oprah Winfrey interview Harry - has launched another searing attack on the folks back home, writes SARAH VINE.

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.

Prince Harry has spoken of 'going wild' as he chatted with a Hollywood star about their own drugs and alcohol problems.

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.

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.

Prince Harry appeared on Dax Shepherd's 'Armchair Expert' podcast to promote his Apple TV+ series with Oprah Winfrey, The Me You Can't See, which explores mental health and premieres on May 21.

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Boris Johnson announced last night that Britain will press ahead with plans for indoor drinking and dining from Monday - with ministers today insisting the rule change is the 'right thing to do'.

The 120-tonne structure, in Regent Street, Leeds, was being lifted by crane as part of ongoing works on a new flyover in the city centre. It is not yet known if anyone was injured during the incident.

Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of GCHQ's Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), spoke after the Irish health service was targeted by international criminals yesterday.

Charalambos Anagnostopoulos, 33, caught a glimpse of the man who leapt onto the bed where he was sleeping with his British wife Caroline Crouch, 20, to stop her screaming.

Technology pioneered by Oxford University is being used to harvest muscle and fat cells from pigs to be turned into pork sausages. Cells are taken from an anaesthetised pig and grown in water tanks.

Did you ever suspect grandma was a spy and wish there were photos to prove it? The National Archives of Australia may be able to help confirm your suspicions.

What on earth is that? Answers ranged from an eight-legged Richmond AFL fan to a Pokemon or mini version of Bumblebee the Transformer. Of course it's a spider, but is it dangerous?

Beijing released a propaganda video showing Muslim minorities dancing in the streets of Xinjiang to celebrate the end of Ramadan - but a prominent Uyghur says the video is staged.

A young boy who has been missing in western Sydney throughout the weekend has been identified after hours of searching on Saturday evening.

An estimated 835 migrants have successfully crossed the channel so far in May, compared with 831 for the whole of March according to figures released earlier today by the Home Office.

Matt Gaetz's 'wingman', Joel Greenberg - currently in prison - is set to plead guilty on Monday to six counts, and will say that Gaetz paid a prostitute for sex after a 'Trump Defenders' gala.

A lost little boy found riding a bike in Sydney has been treated at hospital - with police having no clue who is parents are or why he was out on his own. 

Candace Owens labels Chrissy Teigen a Hollywood 'predator' similar to Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein who has publicly victimized women for years in new tweets.

A March 30 meeting between Joe Biden and Xavier Becerra (right), the Health and Human Services Secretary, was contentious, The New York Times reported.

Cameron Bancroft, the Australian cricketer caught tampering with the ball during Australia's notorious 'sandpapergate' scandal appears to have dropped his 2018 team-mates in deep water.

Aiden Fucci, 14, and Tristyn Bailey, 13, were filmed walking last Sunday at 1.45am. Levi Whitehouse, 15, has since been trolled online with social media users falsely blaming him for the murder

The chilly weather in the Victorian capital continued throughout the day with the mercury sitting at just 12C by 3pm, marking the coldest day of the year for the city.

The retail giants all announced a relaxation of their in-store mask policies Friday. Customers will not be made to show proof of vaccination - although the rules are usurped by any local laws requiring masks.

Pennsylvania State University is being mocked for being 'woke' for no longer using labels like 'freshman' or 'senior,' in an effort to be more inclusive and move away from 'male-centric' terminology.

A six-year-old Western Australian boy fearful of the 'Crononavirus' went straight to the top for answers, to the man her mum assured him was the state's 'superhero'. He got the answer he needed.

Low prices are driving the record buying rates with China now the fourth-largest auto importer into Australia despite growing political tension between the two nations over trade.

Sarah Frazer, 23, was run down by a truck nine years ago after she pulled into the breakdown lane on the Hume Highway in country NSW and her father Peter started National Road Safety Week.

Dani Link, who came to Australia from Ontario in 2019, had been living in Byron Bay with her boyfriend Jack for little more than a year in February when she started getting sick.

US Naval personnel had a close encounter with a UFO - this time a spherical object that makes a controlled descent into the ocean off the coast of San Diego in July 2019.

Don Lemon announced on Friday night at the end of his 10pm show that it would be his last, without explaining why. He then took to Twitter to clarify that he was not leaving CNN.

Angela Hammond, 20, was abducted from a pay telephone booth while four months pregnant on April 4, 1991 in the town of Clinton in one of America's most notorious cold cases.

Following the Queen's state opening of parliament, she is to travel to Balmoral 'out of season' in a low-key visit this month to privately grieve for her beloved husband.

Several buses of repatriated Australians from the first flight to land from virus-ravaged India have left Darwin airport for Howard Springs quarantine facility.

Outspoken Australian basketball star Liz Cambage said her defiant attitude comes from her childhood - during which she felt so out of place she once wanted to kill herself.

Embattled NSW MP Gareth Ward stood down from NSW Cabinet after it was revealed he was under police investigation over allegations of 'sexual violence' against a man in 2013.

A dim-witted driver in an iconic VL Holden Calais made the detective work very easy for police following a hit and run incident in Sydney's west.

An owl seamlessly blended into the bark of tree with its feathers camouflaged against the trunk. The picture taken was in British Columbia in Canada and shows the Great Grey Owl turn its head to the side.

The Year 10 and 11 students at Como Secondary College in Perth were celebrating after an indoor soccer match at lunch on Monday when the teacher stormed the change room.

The home in Hampton, near Twickenham, boasts a modern interior with a U-shaped kitchen and breakfast bar, two large bedrooms and a living room with patio doors that open onto the deck.

Tasmanian Opposition Leader Rebecca White will not re-contest the party's leadership following Labor's third consecutive election loss, but said her decision had nothing to do with her pregnancy.

The rise in population of the bald eagle has led pet owners to kitting their dogs with spiked body armor to prevent them from being picked off by the predatorial bird that has taken to hunting geese.

Kelsi German, the sister of Libby German, 14, who was killed in 2017 in Delphi, Indiana says a man currently in jail is not the man who killed her sister and best friend.

Alan White vanished on October 22 when he went to work out at LA Fitness in Dallas. He was later seen on surveillance footage filling his car with gas. Dallas Police found his car a week later.

Waters is said to have requested two air marshals accompany her on a flight to Minneapolis, despite allegedly already having two US Capitol cops and Secret Service agents alongside her.

The EPA has for the first time concluded that humans are responsible for climate change. In a deeply troubling report, which was suppressed by Trump, all indicators gave cause for concern.

Melbourne real estate high-flyer Zed Nasheet has revealed how his family emigrated to Australia to now owning a $550,000 Lamborghini and a billion-dollar business.

Staffers inside the Victorian Parliament claimed colleagues raised growing concerns over a pattern of inappropriate behaviour by the MP, and the culture of parliament that enabled them.

Lisa Keogh, 29, who studies law at Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland, is now facing a formal investigation by the university after she said women were born with female genitals.

Ed Rogers, owner of E.M.Rogers Transport, told the MailOnline that one of his lorries was attacked in France with iron bars and breeze blocks in a road ambush by Migrants trying to cross the channel.

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez traded insults after AOC branded her Democrat rival 'unwell' after footage of a 2019 confrontation between the women re-emerged.

The broadcaster left the programme in March after casting doubt on the claims made by Meghan about her mental health in her and Prince Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Sarah Marsh and Jack Wilson noticed a change in their son Grayson's eye but thought it might just be a 'lazy' eye - it turned out to a cancerous tumor and the clock was ticking to save his life.

Whitehall sources said ministers have already agreed that millions of youngsters need more time at school after suffering more than a year of disrupted education.

The Prime Minister fears that disruption to trade caused by stringent checks could destabilise Northern Ireland - just as the Unionist 'marching season' approaches- according to sources.

The Fox News host hit out at the Loudoun County school board in Virginia Thursday airing a clip of teacher Andrea Weiskopf saying To Kill a Mockingbird causes 'racial trauma' to black children.

Donald Trump is aiming to launch a social media platform to coincide with Fourth of July celebrations, as his team plots a way back into the limelight.

Howard Beckett was accused of racism for calling for Priti Patel to be kicked out. Now, it has emerged he previously attacked Sir Keir Starmer's decision to 'wrap [the party] in the Union Jack'.

'My father beheaded my mother - I've tried to break the cycle of genetic pain and suffering'

Tommy, 38, and James, 42, initially invested $200 following a tip about Shiba Inu from a friend. They increased their investment by mid April to $7,900 - and it is now worth $9 million.

Italy's prime minister Mario Draghi, 73, has renounced his £100,000 salary, accounts revealed. A declaration said he would not receive 'any remuneration' during his term as caretaker leader.

A Maryland driver suffered second-degree burns when his car was consumed by fire after he made he decided to wipe himself down with hand sanitizer while also smoking a cigarette.

In a pandemic milestone that President Biden hailed as 'a great day', the CDC said Thursday vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.

The shocking assaults, which sent five victims to the hospital, are the latest of 15 assaults on the subway system this week and appear to part of the epidemic of violence that has gripped New York City.

A former staffer is suing Rep. Doug Lamborn, a Republican from Colorado. Brandon Pope accuses the congressman of taking a 'reckless' approach to COVID-19, and exposing his staff to the virus.

Online detectives claimed to have found Joe Biden's secret Venmo account on Friday, saying they also found his network of relatives, friends and allies within 10 minutes.

Alex Breuer, 70, was out walking with his wife in Caulfield South, in Melbourne's south-east, when he was viciously coward punched in the middle of the day.

'Squad' members came under fire this week for comments about the conflict between Israel and Hamas, with Rep. Ilhan Omar calling Israel's attacks an 'act of terrorism.'