Matt Hancock, who announced his resignation this evening, raced to his home in London and told his wife of 15 years that he would be leaving her after learning CCTV of him and his aide would emerge.

Its head half-submerged in the murky Mexican lagoon, the ten-foot long beast was staring silently at British backpacker Melissa Laurie from less than 50ft away.

Pictures taken in September 2017, just before Mr Hancock moved in, show that the camera which caught the clinch is clearly visible on the ceiling of his office

Matt Hancock is facing fresh scrutiny after The Mail on Sunday obtained emails contradicting his insistence that he did not help a friend, a former West Suffolk landlord, win a coronavirus contract.

Former Chancellor and Home Secretary Sajid Javid will replace Matt Hancock as Health Secretary, Downing Street has announced.

Ever since those pictures of Matt Hancock snogging his aide emerged, I've been thinking about the nature of political marriages and how rarely they thrive under the pressures of public life.

Former Speaker John Bercow was last night accused of threatening the Commons with court action to thwart an investigation into alleged bullying.

According to sources, the arrest of the gang last year could provide a breakthrough in a case that has baffled French and British police for almost a decade.

SARAH GILBERT and CATH GREEN: We have proven that the UK can be a global driver of innovation and we should build on that success.

The Queen has invited Harry and Meghan to her Platinum Jubilee celebrations, but questions remain whether the couple will appear on the Palace balcony beside the Queen and other senior Royals.

Gina Coladangelo, 43, is said to have denied any romance between her and Matt Hancock, who she kissed inside his London office last month, when she was quizzed by one of his allies in 2019.

Talk of the former PM going for the job of Nato secretary general has prompted concerns that voters in her constituency could replicate the party's painful loss in Chesham and Amersham.

The Radio 4 presenter, 43, from East London, who has worked at the Corporation since 2006, admits being so taken aback by the racist remark that she was left speechless.

TALK OF THE TOWN: The Duke arranged a surprise 'lads' lunch' when he was last in the country - for Prince Philip's funeral in April - leading his friends to expect more socialising now he has returned.

A further 18,270 people tested positive today in a 77 per cent rise on the 10,321 cases recorded last Saturday. Some 23 people died from Covid in the UK today, a 64 per cent rise on last week.

A roadside spectator showing-off a banner to the TV cameras caused chaos on stage one of the Tour de France, stepping into the road and causing a shocking pile-up. 

Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo are said to be a 'love match' and likely to live together, said one of the ex-Health Secretary's close friends after CCTV of the pair kissing inside his London office emerged.

Martha Hancock, 44, has maintained a dignified silence since images, and a subsequent video, were released showing her husband kissing his married aide Gina Coladangelo.

Rescue teams hunting for survivors recovered the bodies of three more victims overnight from the rubble of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, near Miami Beach.

Restaurateur Henry Dimbleby said that the levy on burgers, steaks, ham and sausages 'may be necessary' in the long term, in a draft report.

Bhavna Patel, a 38-year-old British and US citizen, her husband Vishal Patel, 42, and their one-year-old daughter Aishani remain unaccounted for.

The birth certificate, uncovered by US news site TMZ , has Prince Harry's last name as 'HRH' and his first as 'The Duke of Sussex'.

Specialist detectives investigating a tip-off about criminal assets uncovered an astonishing sum of cryptocurrency being laundered in the UK.

The brothers were due to put aside their bitter rift to host an elaborate ceremony on July 1 at Kensington Palace, Princess Diana's former home, on what would have been her 60th birthday.

A Liverpool University expert behind the scheme said there had been 'outbreaks of joy' among those who got to enjoy a slice of freedom at the events, but no outbreaks of the virus.

Travellers began to leave the Rutland Showground in Oakham, Leicestershire, today after attending the Christian event called the Festival of Light and Life last Saturday.

Catherine: Our Queen in Waiting, airing tomorrow at 9pm on Channel 5, looks back at the trajectory of Kate Middleton as a future queen and pillar member of the royal family since her 2011 wedding.

In the ITV documentary Diana, which aired last night, journalist and friend of the late royal Richard Kay, revealed that he'd recently spoken to heart surgeon Hasnat Khan about Panorama.

Matt Hancock was referred to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone over his links to a family firm that has won NHS contracts.

In a 'surprise' casting, Netflix chiefs have revealed he will play the Tory Prime Minister, who was in charge of the country from November 1990 and May 1997

It can be difficult to get young children to eat enough vegetables, but a team of researchers in Pennsylvania have a solution - add more vegetables to their plates.

The unique let in Glasgow's West End costs a whopping £6,300 per night for a couple and two children this August. The Savoy in London, meanwhile, is quoting £2,051 a night for a family.

Rachel Riley has a tendency to giggle at rude words on Countdown. And she was seen stifling a laugh again on Friday afternoon as a contestant said the word 'hooters' for seven points.

The woman who is 6ft 3in tall and weighs just over 15st took to Reddit asking for advice about her boyfriend not wanting to introduce her to his friends because he's 'scared of what they might think'.

Becky Lane, 34, and her partner Adam, 33, lives in Surrey with their two children. They spent three months renovating the house they bought in February for £610,000 with a budget of £1,550.

Workers were seen hanging notices urging visitors to wear a face covering and have their 'Covid-status certificate ready' before going into the Wimbledon venue for this year's Championship.

Princess Beatrice's husband said he wished his stepfather Christopher Shale had met his 'soon-to-be four grandchildren' when sharing a collection of sweet photos on Instagram.

Andrew Morton, who famously penned the Princess of Wales' blockbuster biography in 1992, appeared on Loose Women today and discussed Prince Harry and William's feud.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, James Corden and his team said the Duke of Sussex, 36, contacted them about appearing on the Late Late Show earlier this year.

Paul Evans, 45, has denied kicking 21-year-old Alice Gardner 'like he was taking a penalty' when a brawl erupted onboard the P&O Royal Britannia in July 2019.

Holidaymakers will be able to return from the popular holiday destinations without being forced into quarantine for 10 days when arriving back in the UK.

The boy died in the blaze allegedly started by Aaron Medcraft in a house in Rugby on November 15, 2018.

Insiders told Vanity Fair's Katie Nicholl the Prince of Wales, 72, 'couldn't keep handing out' funds to Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan Markle, 39, 'indefinitely' after Megxit.

Professor Adam Finn, from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation - which advises No10, insisted top-up jabs may well be required for the very elderly and NHS workers.

The UK's population climbed above 67million for the first time ever last year, according to new data published by the Office for National Statistics.

Footage from the inside the Miami condo that collapse was posted on Twitter and shows debris falling before the footage shakes and the video shuts off.

BAFTA say their decision to allow Noel Clarke to receive a previously announced award was taken by a group and determined by the lack of evidence it had at the time.

Henry, five, Leo, seven, and their nine-year-old step-sister Lola, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, were so moved by the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral that they penned a letter to the Queen.

The genes in human DNA that code for proteins that interact with coronaviruses were analysed by an international team of researchers led from the University of Queensland in Australia.

Starting the day with chocolate could have 'unexpected benefits' by helping to burn fat and reduce blood glucose levels, scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston said.

The Foreign Secretary is said to have been in a 'dispute' with Defence Secretary Ben Wallace over the route taken through the Black Sea by HMS Defender earlier this week.

Patel has become concerned about officers commenting on politics, and believes it is often unclear that the government, rather than the police, decides policy.

The FA said it would 'strongly condemn' anyone taking part in 'discriminatory or disrespectful' chants at Wembley on Tuesday.

JAN MOIR: Prince Harry is back in the UK (or will be very soon), returning to the scene of the crime and quarantining at Frogmore before the unveiling of the Princess Diana statue next week.

UK-based experts at Hammonds Furniture have offered tips on the best way to decorate your bedroom based on your zodiac sign. For example, a confident Leo should opt for Hollywood glam.

A huge emergency search and rescue operation is underway after the beachfront condo tower, Champlain Towers South, collapsed at about 1.30am on Thursday.

Jon Shaw and Wendy Thornton were due to get married at the Bromsgrove Holiday Inn on July 17 after 18 months spent planning the wedding only to have the venue cancel at the last-minute.

The tennis star, 34, is putting the six-second clip of the moment up for auction as a non-fungible token, or NFT, the craze taking the art world by storm.

Today, the Daily Mail examines key conspiracy theories surrounding the death of Princess Diana in Paris - 'the most famous woman in the world' - who would have turned 60 this week.

The founders of a South African cryptocurrency exchange have reportedly disappeared with nearly $3.6billion in Bitcoin after the two brothers told investors they were hacked in April.

Hong Kong's biggest pro-democracy tabloid was forced to close under national security law. Readers snapped up the final edition of the paper (pictured). Raab criticised China not showing respect

The host made the admission this morning on his eponymous television programme and suggested he may have contracted it while covering the G7 summit in Cornwall earlier this month.

Martha Hancock, 44, was pictured wearing the ring this morning outside the pair's home in north London while on a walk with her dog and her son.

The musician's bandmates confirmed the sad news that the 55-year-old singer had died in a Facebook post today.

Former ABC Radio host Jon Faine enraged millions of readers with a piece rejoicing at Sydney being sent into Covid lockdown for the first time in 14 months, in a column in a Melbourne newspaper.

Police are searching for Skye Anne Wallis, 33, who they suspect was driving the car which struck and killed a Queensland policeman on Saturday morning.

The two men doing a tandem skydive, one customer and one instructor, are feared to have gotten tangled up moments after jumping out of the plane in Goulburn, NSW, on Sunday.

Washington Square Park in New York City was again filled with large crowds dancing and playing music Saturday night, although calmer than previous weekend nights.

Brandon Lewis confirmed that the Department of Health was looking into how the images from inside Mr Hancock's private office ended up splashed across the front of the Sun newspaper.

Authorities identified Antonio Lozano, 83, his wife Gladys Lozano, 79, Manny Lafont, 54 and Stacie Fang, 54, as four of the five people who died in the deadly Miami condo collapse.

Three British men were arrested in the mid-Atlantic by Spanish police after a ton of cocaine was discovered on a yacht sailing from the Caribbean to Europe on June 13.

A West Australian woman has tested positive to coronavirus after dining in a Bondi cafe at the same time as an infected Sydneysider before flying home.

The list of new stores flagged by NSW Health early on Sunday afternoon are located in the the city's inner west and in the Covid-ravaged eastern suburbs.

In a stinging Twitter broadside the PM's former top aide said Mr Javid - whose resignation as chancellor he engineered last year, would be 'awful' for the NHS as the new Health Secretary.

NSW contact tracers have often been credited with being the 'gold standard' which keeps Australians safe, but as the new Bondi breaks tip well over 100, their abilities are being stretched.

New Brisbane Broncos boss Ben Ikin has fired a shot at his estranged father-in-law. super coach Wayne Bennett, declaring he will 'fix' the struggling NRL team.

NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant said the limousine driver could have picked up the virus while transporting international flight crew from Sydney Airport.

The dossier includes highly sensitive information relating to HMS Defender, the Type-45 destroyer which sailed through disputed territorial waters off the coast of Russia-annexed Crimea.

The national flagship has cost the government £200m, and will be used as a ship rather than a luxury yacht, but royal sources claim the Royal Family will not use the ship for private tours.

Married mother-of-three Coladangelo, 43, was caught locking lips with former UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock, 42, in leaked CCTV footage from May 6.

Emergency services found the 30-year-old woman suffering burns to her left leg and left hand when they went to a home in western Sydney on Saturday evening.

The 19-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted by Jack Bannerman, 19, at the Holsworthy Barracks, in southwest Sydney, on February 23.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has hit back after Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called her a 'Little Communist' and 'not an American' at a Trump rally in Ohio.

Michael Fanone, a DC police officer, met Friday with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and demanded he denounce GOP remarks downplaying Capitol riots.

Gladys Berejiklian said during a press conference on Sunday that her government had always been following the advice of health authorities.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio posed for a summer photo and posted it social media without realizing a woman's T-shirted chest was reflected in his sunglasses.

Smallville actress Allison Mack wrote a letter to the courts apologizing for her role in the NXIVM sex cult and said following leader 'twisted' Keith Raniere was the biggest regret of her life.

The WHO wants fully vaccinated people to wear their masks and practice social distancing to protect themselves against the delta variant, but the CDC hasn't followed suit.

Parliamentary records show that Health Minister Lord Bethell, a friend of Mr Hancock's, sponsored lobbyist Gina Coladangelo's access to Westminster from April 2020 until at least October.

While Pride is back in NYC, there will still be a mix of in-person and virtual events, meaning the weekend won't be at the same level city dwellers have become accustomed to.

Throughout June, with Covid restrictions lifted, Washington Square Park has been the site of rowdy all-night parties and illegal boxing matches. At least five illegal boxing matches took place on Friday night.

The Victorian Premier toppled while getting ready for work on the Mornington Peninsula on March 9 in an accident that saw him vanish from the public eye for more than three months.

Australia is battling a Covid outbreak on four fronts with cases now in Queensland, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory, along with 30 more in NSW.  

Owners of an Illawarra cafe have been fined after refusing to wear face masks while serving customers.

Officials said they were finding remains of humans on the site where 12 stories came crashing down on top of each other - and they were turning to DNA technology to determine identities.

The craft came down on a street corner in the West Side neighborhood of Albuquerque around 7am Saturday, killing five people including a retired cop and his wife.

A woman who works at a police watchhouse has tested positive for Covid-19 in Brisbane, sparking fears the virus is spreading through the community.

Fans will be able to ponder questions on race, class, disability, gender, and sexuality in Tolkien's works at the seminar series, titled 'Tolkien and Diversity, which is due to take place on Zoom next weekend.

Britney Spears' father was seen stepping out of the RV where he lives parked outside a storage facility in Louisiana for the first time after his daughter's explosive testimony about her conservatorship.

Former President Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Saturday night in a 'revenge' rally on behalf of a former aide running against a GOP congressman who voted for the impeachment.

The fresh figures were released on Sunday morning after three people linked to the Sydney outbreak tested positive in Melbourne earlier this week.

An engineer warned back in October 2018 that the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Miami Beach, was in need of numerous repairs around the base of the structure 'in a timely fashion'.

Canberra does not accept any non-ACT residents who do not have an exemption if they have visited Sydney, the Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Wollongong and Shellharbour.

New South Wales has reported 30 new cases of Covid on the first full day of lockdown in Greater Sydney.

Darwin has entered a 48-hour snap lockdown after four new Covid-19 cases were linked to an outbreak at a major Northern Territory gold mine.

Baby faced Reece Walsh is 18, has a two-month-old daughter, and can't remember when he last spoke to his mother. He is also poised to be the future of Australian rugby league.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian assured residents that they will be allowed to leave their homes for certain reasons until the restrictions end on July 9, which includes shopping for groceries.

John Barilaro stepped in to defend the state government after it announced that Greater Sydney would be plunged into a 14-day long lockdown from Saturday.

Hakan Ayik, 42, remains one of Australia's most wanted men after fleeing Sydney for Turkey more than a decade ago when he was linked to a $230 million heroin importation syndicate.

By not using an official address during the pandemic to conduct government business, the UK's former Health Secretary would have been in breach of government guidelines.

The British mother and her baby, that was delivered after more than 30 weeks of pregnancy, are both healthy and being cared for. The girl has not been named.

Miami-Dade fire rescue chief Andy Alvarez got chocked up talking about rescue efforts at the site of the collapsed Miami condo, as emergency personnel are beginning to find 'human remains'

Britons are hoarding more than £870 million in foreign currency around their homes, a survey has revealed. Euros are the most common, followed by US dollars.

Global food giants and a group of top UK scientists are behind the new non-profit organisation Foundation Earth that will issue the front-of-pack 'eco-scores' on some UK food products this year.

Under planned changes to the Game Act 1831, there will be the new offence of 'going equipped' for hare coursing and powers for police to reclaim the cost of kennelling seized dogs.

The woman questioned how 'nobody has emerged dead or alive' from the wreckage of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Miami Beach, in days.

Earlier this year, German scientist Thomas Schulze sent a proposal to Richard Horton, suggesting they start a debate over the complicity of Chinese scientists in the persecution of Uighurs.

Most of us know that our personal data is being collected, stored and analysed. But are we really aware of the full extent of the privacy invasions into our daily lives?

Free speech campaigner Toby Young urged the regulator to hold an inquiry into the dismissal of Reverend Dr Bernard Randall (pictured) by Trent College, in Nottingham.

Shammy Cheema used the term 'holohoax' in a Facebook post. Last night, Mr Galloway dropped him from his campaign team for the Batley and Spen by-election.

Anti-lockdown protesters were seen marching along Oxford Street in central London on Saturday as they called for the end to all Covid regulations after Freedom Day was delayed from June 21.

Metropolitan Police officers were called to a street in Sydenham, south east London on Friday evening at 21:30 following reports that a 19-year-old man had been stabbed.

Historian Sir Anthony Seldon, has hit back at the 'disgraceful' claim that Winston Churchill was no better than Adolf Hitler at the Daily Mail's Chalke Valley History Festival outside Salisbury.

Shakur Pinnock, known to family and friends as Shak, died six days after suffering horrendous injuries in a crash when he collided with a Volkswagen Golf in Wolverhampton.

Members of the BBC's Pride Board, which comprises LGBT staff, want to attend commissioning meetings and play a role in 'editorial processes' on the show, according to documents.

The employee says the supermarket giant has ignored women's concerns in order to bolster its standing with controversial UK equality rights group Stonewall.

A Mail on Sunday investigation revealed that every year more than five million tons of food discarded in UK homes is left to rot, poured down the drain, or burnt.

Ausgrid warned that a number of homes across Sydney will be without power as it undertakes critical maintenance work over the next week on hundreds of home in numerous suburbs.

The social media giant is the main sponsor of School Diversity Week, a campaign endorsed by Gavin Williamson's Department for Education and adopted by hundreds of head teachers.

The parliamentary session put C4's finances under scrutiny, including Ms Mahon's pay, which rose by £50k last year despite the pandemic. She has a home in London and the Cotswolds.

Germany has been pushing to impose a European Union-wide quarantine on British tourists, including those who have been double-jabbed, arguing it would protect the bloc.

Wally the Walrus was snapped by boatman Joe Badock taking a nap on the tail ramp of the Star of Life - a purpose built floating ambulance that serves the Isles of Scilly.

They want to allow hundreds of 'pop-up' campsites to spring up across England to meet demand from people forced by Covid restrictions to holiday at home (file photo).

Just four weeks ago , NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian took to a stage in Canberra and proudly promised her state would never go into lockdown again. One month later, Sydney is closed down...

Eerie photos show Sydney reduced to a ghost town after the Harbour City's two-week lockdown was initiated - with an alarming 52 new exposure sites added overnight.  

They fear polling expert Deborah Mattinson, who worked for Whitehall before being appointed as the Labour leader's director of strategy, will be able to pass on inside knowledge.

Police have charged a woman that was allegedly a passenger in a stolen vehicle that hit and killed senior constable David Masters on the Bruce Highway in Queensland at 3am on Saturday.

The nine-page public report released on Friday afternoon, separate from classified information that was also provided to Congress, described 144 military UFO sightings mostly since 2019.

Michael Lopez, 27, arrested on Friday morning in connection with the June 17 shooting, shocking video of which showed a gunman fire wildly at a gang rival just inches from children.

'I'm highly skeptical and I think that they may ultimately regret this move. It could indeed clarify this issue in the way that the Biden administration does not want,' said Jonathan Turley.

The incident unfolded at 2.41pm Saturday afternoon in Winthrop, Massachusetts, where police responded to reports of a large truck crash as well as 911 calls of shots fired.

Ronald Troyke, 59, was caught on surveillance camera gunning down officer Gordon Beesley, 51, in the town of Arvada on Monday afternoon.

Since mid-May, cars have driven into London from as far afield as Bradford and Sheffield to join demonstrations against Israel. Pictured: Priti Patel.

To the average observer, the former cop appeared unresponsive as a judge ordered him to spend 22-and-a-half years behind bars after he was found guilty of second-degree murder back in April.

Looking downcast while stood in front of some foliage, Matt Hancock says 'those of us who make these rules have got to stick by them' after CCTV emerged of him kissing his aide in his London office.

Figures show the number of riders injured in collisions in London leapt from 27 in 2019 to 181 between January and November 2020 (file photo).

The City of San Francisco is require all 35,000 of its employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or risk losing their jobs. Workers who don't comply could be fired.

The Pacific Northwest is braced for a sweltering weekend as a historic heat wave hit Washington and Oregon. Temperatures in many areas area expected to top out up to 30F above normal for the time of year.

Dr. Howard Lieberman, a trauma surgeon with a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue task force, said crews heard 'tapping' yesterday. The noise, indicating victims may still be alive, had 'dissipated' by Friday.

Cindy Friedemann, the sister of John McAfee's murdered neighbor, Gregory Viant Faull has she would like to see proof that tech mogul is really dead.