Dominic Cummings launched another devastating swipe at Matt Hancock and the Cabinet Office for failing to grasp the implications of their own policy as the pandemic erupted.

Martin Bashir broke his silence yesterday to claim he 'loved' Princess Diana and brazenly insisted it was 'unreasonable and unfair' to blame him for her death, saying it had 'no bearing on the interview.'

Holidaymakers visiting amber list countries risk invalidating their travel insurance amid confusion over government advice, experts warned last night.

The Scottish Government said Mr Wolffe and Mrs Di Rollo, who supports the Lord Advocate, will stand down once new law officers are appointed. Alex Salmond said he should resign.

Ms Johnson, the 'Black Panther of Oxford', came to prominence during last year's BLM protests, where she was seen addressing crowds while wearing a black beret and stab-proof-style vest.

Landlords who offer accommodation in exchange for sexual favours could be easier to prosecute under Labour MP Peter Kyle's (pictured) plans to change the law.

Home Secretary Priti Patel is considering a retired judge for an investigation into Operation Midland, the Met Police's investigation into false claims of a VIP paedophile ring by Carl Beech.

The charity Medical Detection Dogs trained the dogs to detect Covid-19 scent by using more than 3,500 body odour samples consisting of socks and t-shirts from members of the public and NHS staff.

From a week Monday, May 31, Britons can finally expect some sunny respite from the heavy downpours and gale-force winds - but until then the damp and blustery weather is largely expected to continue.

The BBC last night faced a fresh Martin Bashir fakery storm over a Panorama he presented about football legend Terry Venables.

West Midlands Police have confirmed a 31-year-old man has been arrested for a 'racist gesture' aimed at former United defender Ferdinand, who was at the ground on punditry duty for BT Sport.

Covid vaccines could be offered to those in their twenties within days as the rollout continues while a study suggests Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines are effective against the Indian variant.

Roman Protasevich, 26, an opposition Belarusian blogger, was taken off the Ryanair flight - which has been travelling from Greece to Lithuania - after it was forced to land in Minsk today.

Measures to bar those suspected of heading to the UK for sham marriages will be announced today as a new crackdown will see visas refused in cases where intelligence points towards bogus weddings.

The Security Service and the police want Facebook to be able to see users' content and share it with authorities if necessary. MI5's director general accused Facebook of giving terrorists a 'pass'.

Priti Patel has ordered an inquiry into Imam Irfan Chishti MBE (pictured), who is paid by the Government to combat extremism, after he told an angry crowd that Israel is a 'terrorist state'.

Laying bare the extent of the crisis, watchdogs said many were turning to private care or even pulling out their own teeth and doing DIY fillings.

Admiral Tony Radakin has come under fire after describing China and Russia as 'responsible nations' as the HMS Queen Elizabeth set off on her maiden voyage to the Indo-Pacific region.

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds 'will marry in July next year and have sent save-the-date cards to friends'.

Kieran Sidhu, 36, was subjected to a litany of bullying and insults in his £46,000-a-year job at tech company Exertis, Basingstoke. He is now calling for £6.6million in damages.

Amanda Hull was last seen on Haye Lane in Ombersley, Worcester, at 9am on Saturday 22 May when she went to collect her horse and headed to some local stables.

Derek Hunter, whose son Nathan fought alongside Prince Harry, had criticised defence chiefs for excluding him from the nation's Armed Forces Memorial after his death.

Tala Halawa had claimed 'Israel is more Nazi than Hitler' and told the Israeli Defence Force to 'go to hell' in an online post on July 20, 2014, before she was a digital reporter at the BBC.

Kim Leadbeater, the younger sister of murdered MP Jo Cox, has been confirmed as the Labour candidate for the by-election in Cox's old constituency of Batley & Spen, in West Yorkshire.

Britain hit the 'huge' milestone of 60 million vaccinations today, as health officials said the possibility of all coronavirus restrictions being lifted next month is 'looking good'.

Emma Dodsworth and Lisa Watkins were finishing work in Molton, North Yorkshire when they noticed a helicopter coming to land. Shortly after, a 4x4 pulled up and Princess Anne emerged.

Police are hunting thieves who broke into Arundel Castle, West Sussex, on Friday night - smashing a display case which housed Queen Mary of Scots rosary beads and other gold and silver treasures.

The Trafalgar Square demo has been slammed by MPs and campaigners after protesters draped in Palestinian flags were photographed waving signs which compared Israel to Nazi Germany.

Natalie Sanders, 30, from Coatbridge, Scotland, was diagnosed with Grade 4 metastatic breast cancer in September and her loved ones rallied together to organise her dream wedding.

Ellis Tripp, 11, from Worcester, has endured two emergency surgeries and is in critical condition after swallowing five magnetic balls while attempting a TikTok tongue piercing challenge.

Emily Lewis, 15, from Southampton, died from catastrophic injuries after the speedboat hit a heavy buoy which the skipper had failed to see while doing high-speed stunts.

Alok Sharma, the former business secretary and now the President of the UN Cop26 conference due to take place in Glasgow in November, is leading the Government's efforts to make people go green.

Craig Duffy and Sue Parmiter were driving their VW Golf down a coastal road near Minehead, Somerset when they were involved in a fatal collision with a Mitsubishi 4x4.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has quit Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme amid claims it encourages a 'culture of fear' among workers who disagree with transgender policies.

A 'brilliant' BBC Radio Newcastle presenter has died aged 44 after a short illness, the outlet said on Sunday. Lisa Shaw was described as a 'wonderful wife and mum' and a 'talented presenter'.

Public health officials have claimed tests of Bedford's sewage water had indicated a rapid rise in infections at the start of May, two weeks before the government brought in surge testing for the area.

Carl Stewart, 39, from Vauxhall, Liverpool, used the EncroChat encryption service to evade detection as he supplied class A and B drugs.

I was the only friend she had left by then, the only person around her all the time who wasn't paid to be around her. Everyone else in her life had bailed out.

About 1,500 residents of the Lancashire town are thought to have travelled to South Asia in February and March after months of lockdown, with the rush to return thought to have brought the Indian variant.

The London airport will use it from June 1 before switching to Terminal 4 at a later date. The move comes a day after there slammed the government over fears for their safety because of overcrowding.

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland said using a face covering will still be the 'right thing to do' when people have a 'runny nose'.

In the latest sign of a strong UK bounceback, clothing sales were up nearly three-quarters as consumers splashed out.

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Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary called the grounding of his jet a 'state-sponsored hijacking,' adding that 'we believe there were some KGB agents offloaded at the airport as well.'

Beijing has warned that Australia's 'weak and insignificant' military will be the 'first hit' if comes to the aid of Taiwan in a potential conflict.

A sleeping camper in the Northern Territory has been sexually assaulted and another woman has woken to find the same man tugging at her jeans.

Four Victorians in Melbourne's north have tested positive to Covid, officials confirmed.

Spain is following Portugal in letting in Britons without any requirement for tests or proof of vaccination, but ministers have again urged sunseekers not to head to the popular destination.

Bar9Eleven, which is attached to the Rio Mambo Tex Mex y Mas restaurant in Fort Worth, has been in operation since 2013, when owner Brent Johnson (right) named it after 9/11.

Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, bottom right, is leading global condemnation of Belarus's president for diverting a plane, right, with bogus bomb threats to arrest a journalist, top left.

Police have shot an 'agitated' man after he charged at officers with an 'edged weapon' at a Melbourne KFC. The man was taken to hospital non-life threatening injuries.

The Legacy Investigation Branch of Northern Ireland's police force are currently wading through 1127 cases linked to 1419 deaths during the Troubles conflict.

Before she was allegedly murdered by Robert Durst in 2000, Susan Berman discovered the sinister truths of her sheltered childhood in Las Vegas as the pampered daughter of a ruthless mobster.

Tishaura Jones, 49, entered office vowing to introduce progressive reforms in the criminal justice system after approving a $4million cut in the St. Louis police budget.

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Saturday defended comparing mask mandates to the Holocaust by claiming 'any ration Jewish person' doesn't like either.

Juniors at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School in Manhattan were forced to attend a health and sexuality lecture on May 5 in which they learned about pornography.

Aiden Leo's mom Joanna Cloonan struggled to contain her emotion as she recalled trying to stop the six year-old's bleeding after he was fatally shot in Orange, California, on Friday.

Brazilian fashion blogger Priscila Bergmair, speaking out her London mansion, said she 'really hopes' her elusive porn baron husband Bernd Bergmair will sever ties with the sex video website.

West Midlands Police are investigating the incident which saw a woman launch a racist rant at the doorman outside a bar in Birmingham city centre after being refused entry to the venue.

Johnny Boufarhat's new-found fortune has gained him 113th place in the Sunday Times Rich List of the most wealthy individuals and families in the country.

A bride who has gotten married on the same day as three of her relatives in Brisbane, Queensland, said she believed it would pass on the success of their happy and loving marriages.

Jackson's nephew Taj accused Bashir of using 'manipulated footage' during the 2003 ITV special in which Bashir was granted unprecedented access to his home.

The Commons digital, culture, media and sport committee will meet today to discuss a 'one-off' session to dissect the row over how Bashir used 'deceit' to secure the 1995 Panorama interview.

Ron Molnar, whose 31-year-old son Nick Molnar is Australia's youngest billionaire, is still driving an Uber. His son is worth almost $2billion as the co-founder of buy now, pay later app Afterpay.

Grace Tame, who was repeatedly raped by her 58-year-old math teacher when she was just 15, won Australian of the Year in January for raising awareness about the impact of sexual violence.

The home of a famous Adelaide hoarder which had become so rundown that it was without water and sewerage, and full of rats and possums, has sold for $814,000.

A Newcastle club will be the first in NSW to trial cashless poker machines in a bid to stop criminals and tax dodgers laundering money as well as protect gambling addicts.

Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said cash lottos and discount vouchers are 'potentially on the table' as he admitted there was 'some hesitancy' among Australians aged 50 to 69.

Urban planning Professor Peter Phibbs moved to Hobart to live with his partner but still travels to Sydney for work.

A woman attending a meeting for recovering drug addicts claims she had sex with IT guru Constantine Arvanitis on the street. 

Police were called to the Edwardstown Memorial Oval around 6:30pm on Sunday night after receiving reports of an on-field brawl and the assault of a 14-year-old umpire and his father.

Cameron Perrelli, 24, left, plunged to her death down an airway between buildings in NYC's East Village after trying to cross next door, center. Her family have heard three accounts of how she died.

A Chevrolet Malibu car driven by two teens lost control early on Sunday morning. The car went down embankment and up a ramp catapulting it into the roof of a home in Eureka, Missouri.

AFL star Max Gawn has revealed he is expecting his first child and cheekily admitted the due date is a 'dilemma' as it will land around the time of the Melbourne Cup.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz, right, and MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, left, got into an epic war of words over a controversial post Cruz made comparing US and Russian military recruitment adverts.

Citizen CEO and founder Andrew Frame personally authorized an unorthodox $30,000 bounty to 'hunt down' a man falsely accused of arson. Another man, Ramon Rodriguez (right), 48, was arrested.

Ms Berejiklian has been locked in a long-running feud with Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and other leaders who have banned NSW residents from entering their states.

At least three massacres took place at Blackman's Point, on the NSW mid-north coast, from 1826. They have never been officially recognised.

The prime minister will pitch his internal passport idea at the next national cabinet meeting.

Bill Gates, 65, left, flew out of NYC by helicopter, bottom right, on Sunday afternoon after a busy weekend in the Big Apple. Earlier, he tried to evade media attention, right while leaving the Tribeca Hotel.

Grant Petty is little known but has built a massive business making TV and film production equipment. His revolutionary approach has resulted in personal worth of nearly $600 million.

Karin Koch opened Pooseum in Richmond, Tasmania, back in 2018 and displayed a sign welcoming visitors to the site - without the required planning permit.

Cousins, 42, was photographed sitting on the bench next to his adoring fan Ebony Howard while playing for the Queens Park Bulldogs at Queens Park Reserve in Perth on Sunday.

President Joe Biden, left, will scrap plans to forgive $10,000 in student loans in next week's Budget, after coming under intense pressure from the left wing of the Democrat Party to wipe debt.

Northern Territory woman Carlia Kate captured the incredible moment Teddy the saltwater croc failed to catch a chunk of meat in his jaws while aboard a crocodile cruise in Darwin.

Not many people get second chances, let alone ones worth $30billion - but that is the fate John Hartman, son of a Sydney doctor to the stars, was blessed with.

Police said two men untied the Ribco Seafarer 36 from the Rose Bay Marina, where some of the city's most opulent boats are moored, at about 9pm on May 9.

The Royal Australian Mint has been charged with several offences after one of its workers was almost crushed and killed by a three-tonne coin press.

Sophie Smith was found dead at a home on Orchid Drive in Mount Cotton, south-east of Brisbane, on August 1, 2019 as police conducted a welfare check.

Twenty large crocodiles feasted on a dead cow carcass while two fisherman saved young heifers who had become bogged in the Ord River at East Kimberley in Western Australia.

The season's first heat wave has begun and will continue well into the start of next week. Over 30% of the population along the eastern seaboard will experience temps of at least 90 degrees or more.

A judge issued a warrant for the arrest of former AFL star Jack Watts after he failed to appear in court to answer serious charges relating to a 2020 car crash.

Asia Hester (left), 25, and Kevin Elliott (right), 30, were killed on Saturday in Fairfield Township, New Jersey in what witnesses are claiming was a gang-related 'turf war.' Twelve people were wounded.

In the Upper-Hunter by-election on Saturday, Labor's first preference vote plunged from 28 per cent to 22 per cent as the Nationals were returned with 32 per cent of primary votes.

Emergency services were called to Railway Street, Emu Plains, just before 1pm on Monday to reports of an injury on a worksite.

Gates enjoyed dinner at the exclusive Manhattan eatery on Saturday night. He was pictured leaving the restaurant with w woman believed to be his daughter and carrying a Nobu bag.

Three years ago Adam Margolis murdered his girlfriend, strangling her just a week after she moved into his Bendigo home.

A soil testing company being sued over the 'sinking suburb' saga has also been accused of leaving behind asbestos and car wreckages at another Sydney site. 

The stabbing unfolded in the Union Square station on Wednesday night when 54-year-old Kelli Daley was jumped by a knife-wielding assailant identified as 22-year-old Joshua Nazario.

Martin Bryant was close friends with Helen Mary Elizabeth Harvey, 59, before she and her two dogs died in a fatal car crash on October 20, 1992.

Sayragul Sauytbay was snatched at gunpoint by police in November 2017 and forced into a Xinjiang gulag to teach fellow ethnic minorities Chinese language, culture and politics.

These boys are barely recognisable from the angelic tykes we saw in 2007: Harry, now 17, is a lolloping 6 ft A-level student, while 15-year-old Charlie is taking his GCSEs.

The Virgin Group founder said the government needed to treat the rollout as its top priority during an interview on Channel Nine's Today Show on Monday.

A farm worker in eastern Victoria has died after six large hay bales fell on him.

Three researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick in November 2019 and ended up needing hospital care. The info adds weight for a fuller probe of 'what happened in China'.

Constantine Arvanitis was living the high life when his addiction to drugs saw his life sprial out of control. 

A new investigation into the past of Port Arthur mass murderer Martin Bryant has revealed the gunman can be linked to two other deaths, those of his father and closest friend.

GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, left, attacked Kevin McCarthy for lying about the US Capitol attacks on Sunday, as Sen. Susan Collins, right, said she strongly supports a 9/11-style commission.

VP Harris met with Moon Jae-in on Friday as part of Joe Biden's only second in-person session with a foreign leader because of COVID-19. Footage of their meeting has gone viral.

Qantas and Virgin passengers are facing huge delays after a power surge at Brisbane Airport. 

It has been revealed how the lyrics of a dark rap song inspired the brutal murder of a 24-year-old apprentice butcher (pictured left) in Launceston, Tasmania, by his good mate.

Troubled AFL legend Mark 'Bomber' Thompson has opened up on his life after struggling with an addiction to ice.

Chris Tarrant famously escapes the stresses of life by fishing but too often finds his therapy spoiled by the sight of rubbish in Britain's riverbanks and he has now backed the Great British Spring Clean.

Advocacy groups have found several gender inequalities that were locked when the federal budget was announced earlier this month.

The businessman and philanthropist said he and his family felt 'privileged' to join those helping create the national memorial 'as a place for all faiths to visit and remember those who have died'.

Saturday Night Live ended its 46th season with a look back at the past year. The cast reflected on performing with coronavirus protocols during a pandemic in the show broadcast from NYC.

A poll of 2,019 Victorians, conducted by research firm RedBridge, found that only a quarter of respondents aged between 18 and 50 were satisfied with the vaccine rollout so far.

Before the pandemic hit, trade was booming for Tom Hallahan, 32, who opened Aitch & Aitch hair salon in Beckenham, Kent, five years ago. 

For the invasion Peter Masters had been attached to a bicycle troop, seizing the opportunity because two wheels would give him more chance to race ahead to confront the enemy.

Scott Morrison visited Sporties Hotel, in Launceston, on Saturday night to reopen a pool table which had been closed amid Covid-19 restrictions.

A coach and two athletes vying to compete in Australia's Olympic skateboarding team have tested positive for Covid, just two months out from the Tokyo Games.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) issued a recall of the cot on Sunday, citing several safety concerns which could result in 'serious injury or death'.

Gordon, 36, and Blackler, 30, parted ways after their six-month relationship 'fizzled out'.

Dashcam footage has captured the moment the driver of a blue SUV came within metres of a would-be fatal crash. Three B-doubles, a triple and the SUV would have been involved in the crash.

Insiders confirmed the news of Ari Emanuel and Sarah Staudinger's engagement to Page Six on Sunday, six months after the couple called off their relationship last November.

Parents of students at Bartram Trail High School in St. John, Florida can get full refunds for their $100 yearbooks, which featured edited photos of 80 female students.

Andrew Giuliani claimed the New York Police Department informed him they were ordered by Mayor Bill de Blasio to not provide protection for pro-Israel demonstrators at a rally in Times Square.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday giving Palestinians a state is the only way to reach peace in the region as he lauds ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Darriynn Brown, 18, was arrested on May 16 and charged with the kidnapping four-year-old Cash Gernon - who was found stabbed to death in a Dallas street the day before.

Joe Biden will not speak at Notre Dame's graduation, making his the first administration since Bill Clinton's not to have either a president or vice president speak at the commencement.

Victorian train and tram passengers refusing to wear a mask during their morning commute to work or school may be slapped with a $200 fine.

A new University of Michigan study published in The Lancet Health Longevity Journal shows that almost half a billion people globally have diabetes, but most don't know it.

Rand Paul said he will refuse to get vaccinated since he already had coronavirus last year, even though the CDC recommends those who had the disease still get inoculated against it.

The documents were posted online by Daniel Ellsberg, inset; he is famous for his 1971 leak of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret on the Vietnam war. Nationalist Chinese soldiers in 1958 are main.

A third of 2,200 Americans questioned between May 17 and 19 say they are spending more on groceries overall, Bloomberg reports.

As Prince William was leaving an event in Edinburgh he was asked by a reporter whether he had seen Martin Bashir's apology over the 1995 interview with his mother but did not respond.

London-based Strive Masiyiwa, 60, has clinched the accolade according to the Sunday Times Rich List. The tycoon sits on the board of Netflix and Unilever and is an envoy for the African Union.

Liz Cheney said in an interview that will air Sunday evening that the Republican Party needs to move forward without Donald Trump because it's 'right'.

Police were called to Cumberland County shortly before midnight Saturday. The number of fatalities is not clear; NBC reports at least one person has died.

A woman in her 20s is reported to be in hospital with life threatening injuries after reports of gunshots in Consort Road in Peckham, south-east London, shortly before 3am on Sunday.

The former Neighbours star, 55 broke his silence in an explosive interview following his his acquittal from sexual harassment charges.

University of California's School of Veterinary Medicine has discovered that mice release lactones, a sweat chemical which confuses predators and gives them time to hatch an escape plan.

Priti Patel will on Monday unveil details of a system of US-style electronic checks which will allow security services to screen all travellers heading to the UK before they have even boarded a plane.

Kate Middleton's proud uncle Gary Goldsmith, 55, doubled down on his comments that Harry and Meghan are acting like 'muppets' in an Australian TV interview.

Federal prosecutor Mollie Bracewell, 34, was struck in the eye by a bullet. Benjamin Bustamante, a 31-year-old man was also shot in the foot in incident. The shooting occurred in a row between rival gangs.

A man and woman will face court Monday after Kayla Golding, 29, was found in a pool of blood on the footpath after she was allegedly stabbed outside her Townsville complex in Far North Queensland.

The Hungarian-born accused fraudster broke her silence in an Instagram video addressing the allegations and denying claims she fled to Portugal escape The Block scandal.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were America's sweethearts in the hit 1950s TV show I Love Lucy. But a new book reveals their relationship away from the cameras was scandalous.

Police cleared young Palestinians out of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and barred entry to Muslims under the age of 45, according to the Islamic Waqf, which oversees the site.

The St Kilda Saints 111-point loss against the Western Bulldogs on Saturday night was going so badly by the fourth quarter one woman was driven to distraction.