Backbenchers have accused the Prime Minister's administration of trying to turn Britain into a 'Beijing-style democracy' amid a furious row over compulsory vaccine passports for universities.

Matthew Keenan told friends that he 'wished he had his jab' after he was hospitalised at Bradford Royal Infirmary and placed in an induced coma in a bid to save his life just two weeks ago.

The Government is deciding whether to buy equity in the Sizewell C nuclear power plant or invite outside investment. It comes amid security fears over the involvement of China General Nuclear.

Sir Keir Starmer said that encouraging 'pinged' staff members to stay home even if they were eligible for an exemption wasn't 'the right way' and instead urged them to take part in daily testing.

Police and Community Support Officer Vikki Gill, 36, went abroad with lorry driver William Thompson, 34, who used an app to track her movements, Durham Crown Court was told.

Brian Jeffrey Raymond, 45, of La Mesa, California, pleaded guilty Friday to federal sexual abuse and transportation of obscene material charges, according to the Department of Justice.

Scottish civil servants would be encouraged to include terms that reflect their gender identity such as she/her, he/him, they/them or 'non standard' terms such as zie or zir.

Toma Augustaityte, 27, from Coventry, admitted possessing cannabis with intent to supply when she appeared at Warwick Crown Court. It was the second time she had been caught with cannabis.

Hannah Witheridge, 23, was found dead on a beach in Thailand on September 15 2014 and her sister Laura Daniels, 30, died at Southampton General Hospital on September 16 2019.

The Duchess of York, 61, has graced the cover of Town & Country ahead of the release of her debut Mills & Boon novel, and admitted she still struggles with body image issues after being called 'frumpy'.

A description for the game reads: 'You are Hitler's psychologist in 1925. 'Diagnose his complexes by using both Jungian and Freudian psychotherapy and attempt to heal him.

This week, as Walker was found guilty of murder and perverting the course of justice, his estranged wife Jill spoke about the evil man who tore apart her own life before moving on to Bernadette's mother.

Amid record numbers of crossings, it is understood that UK officials have been left hugely frustrated at the inability to intercept migrants at sea and turn them around.

A thunderstorm warning has been issued across Wales, northern and central England between 9am today and 6am on Wednesday, with storms expected to last well into the week.

Former children's laureate Michael Morpurgo, 77, said he feared youngsters who spent a large amount of time learning at home will never get over the trauma.

JULIET CONWAY: Fifty Shades of Grey writer EL James reveals she suffered a terrifying bout of amnesia before lockdown while staying at her £1.1 million Cornwall home.

Over the past 20 years immigrants have added around seven million to the British population, the report from the Migration Watch UK think-tank said.

A typical home cost £177,300 in December 2007 before plunging by 20 per cent. However the average is now around £230,700 according to Zoopla - an increase of 30 per cent.

Sir Kazuo Ishiguro is in the running to win the Booker Prize as his latest novel, Klara And The Sun, has been longlisted for this year's prize.

Survey found broadband issues are estimated to have cost the UK almost £5 billion in lost work time as a result.

Sir Simon Rattle said he has been 'torn' over the Last Night of the Proms concert - which traditionally features Rule, Britannia - since the 1982 Falklands conflict.

Off-duty cop Roberto Rodrigues de Souza was beaten to death by two men at a bar in Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Sunday night after arguing with them over a spot in the bathroom line.

Football star Wayne Rooney told police he was blackmailed over pictures of him asleep in a hotel room with three 21-year-old women while fully-clothed and in a chair, MailOnline can reveal.

Callum Osborne-Ward, 18, has not been seen since he entered the water at Rockley Point in Poole Harbour, Dorset, on Monday afternoon.

Writing in today's Daily Mail, Priti Patel promises to make 'yobs pay back to the communities they've blighted'. The scheme is part of Boris Johnson's Beating Crime Plan.

Stacey Flounders, 31, had branded Adam Johnson an 'arrogant cheat' and said he had ruined her life, but took Johnson back and rebuilt a life with him during lockdown.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A 56-year-old dog walker shared pictures of the burns he got after brushing past a Giant Hogweed, a toxic plant that thrives in hot weather

Australian actor Dieter Brummer, best known for playing Shane Parrish on Home and Away in the 1990s, has died at the age of 45

The Portsmouth Clinical Commissioning Group has warned that the 300 vaccinations given by the GP, who has not been named, might not be as effective.

The mountain range straddling France and Spain where British hiker Esther Dingley, 37, went missing on November 22 is home to brown bears, wolves, vultures and other birds of prey.

Lisa Squire is urging people to report all non-contact 'minor' offences to the police in a bid to stop other twisted killers like Pawel Relowicz causing more misery.

The Government and its scientific advisers had been expecting cases to rocket to at least 100,000 every day this autumn. But cases have started to decline in every corner of England already.

Apsana Begum, who is on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court, said she went to a police station in 2013 out of fear she could become the victim of honour-based violence after her brother followed her to work.

Greek authorities are searching for the killer of Kostis, a monk seal who became the mascot of Alonnisos island after surviving a cyclone and endearing himself to locals.

A deep, bloody facial cut wasn't enough to keep United States water polo captain Maggie Steffens out of the pool in a dramatic comeback win over China in Olympic group play.

Victor Stockinger, 61, allegedly made a series of 'racially, ethically, and religiously motivated' remarks at the event held at the High Court in 2019.

PC Aaron Parry, of Northamptonshire Police, faced a gross misconduct hearing which reviewed four allegations - including a series of TikTok posts made between January and April 2020.

The arboretum outside the village of Alrewas in Staffordshire is the place of remembrance for all our services and the home of the National Armed Forces Memorial.

British expats who have received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine will be able to visit family in the UK without having to quarantine from next month, it was claimed today.

Keir Starmer said Monday that the Prime Minister's plan to provide crime victims with the name of an officer who will lead their case is a 'ridiculous gimmick'.

Xiao Qiumei, 23, was speaking and dancing in front of the camera in what appears to be her crane cabin, where she worked in Quzhou in China's western Zhejiang Province.

Babita Rai, 24, inflicted 'dreadful' injuries on her newborn baby and then 'left her for dead' next to a tree in Aldershot, Hampshire, in 2017.

Mohamed Abdalrasool, 28, of Sudan, was due to face off against Tohar Butbul of Israel (pictured) in the men's 73kg round of 32 in Tokyo today but was a no-show for the fight, with no reason given for his withdrawal.

The Tokyo Games has offered up shocks and thrills all weekend - with Team GB sealing three gold medals on 'Mega Monday', but some have been left dismayed by the coverage being offered.

Sebastian Shemirani, 21, is estranged from his conspiracy theorist mother Kate, 54, who says he is now part of a 'global plot' orchestrated by the CIA to launch genocide.

Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's second child, was born on June 4 in Santa Barbara, California, and is eighth in line to the throne.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Valerie Gowrley was admitted to Bluebell Place Nursing & Residential Home in Grays, Essex, in October 2019.

The adapted Ilyushin 96-400M's (pictured) allow the Russian leader Vladimir Putin to control troops and missiles during an atomic catastrophe.

Writing in The Sunday Times, Andrew Croft said the Duke of Sussex, 36, is a 'ghostwriter's dream' because he 'loves talking his feelings and being honest', but needs to avoid sounding bitter.

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Officials are said to have decided on the move during a long crisis meeting on Tuesday, with some reports suggesting a long lockdown extension is looming.

Neil Ferguson said the effect appeared to be 'real' and the R number could be slightly below one - although he cautioned that the situation is still very uncertain and there might be more spikes.

Gladys Berejiklian's expected plan to ringfence Sydney's Covid outbreak epicentre in the city's west could be futile with a horror exposure list showing its spread.

Martin Lewis, 50, was trying to 'take a shortcut' across a waterlogged field with his wife Rachael while on holiday in the Maldives - only to end up plunging deep into muddy water.

Troubled Wests Tigers centre James Roberts was pictured soaking in the sun of his hotel balcony in his underwear - a breach of the NRL's Covid player bubble.

The Big Brother star and former Miss Wales, 38, who famously had an affair with married former footballer Ryan Giggs, hired Dr Jagdip Soneji to give her veneers in 2016.

Terrie Scales, 53, says she tripped on large stones which were strewn around the driveway leading to her Croydon home in July 2015.

Russia was banned from several major international sporting events over a mass doping scandal but 335 athletes from the country have been allowed to participate in Tokyo under a neutral flag.

Football star Wayne Rooney's blackmail complaint over pictures of him fully-clothed asleep in a hotel room with two semi-naked blondes has been taken up this morning by Cheshire Police.

Activist Tong Ying-kit, 24, faces life in prison after he was convicted for waving a flag bearing the protest slogan 'Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times' while on a motorbike on July 1, 2020.

NHS psychologist Dr Annemarie Dalhuijsen-Bendijk based in Durham recorded herself in bed stroking the woman's hair with her hand and her leg with a feather, a tribunal heard.

A police officer who became separated from colleagues during Sydney's anti-lockdown protest on Saturday was protected by a group of men as the mob rushed in.

Kristian Pulkownik, 33, allegedly struck police horse Tobruk as his rider was managing thousands of protesters who marched in the Sydney CBD to protest against Covid-19 lockdowns.

His new owner, Swati Komanduri, 41,of Pennsylvania, adopted him after the group she volunteers for, Animal Safe Haven and Adoptions, rescued the kitten from a car repair shop last year.

Australian surfer Owen Wright has beaten two-time Brazilian world champion Gabriel Medina for the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty had a 'showdown' with husband Raj Kundra when their home was searched by police on Friday in a probe into his alleged connections to illegal porn films.

Two-time Olympic medallist Jessica Fox has finished with a bronze medal in the K1 canoe slalom final in Tokyo. Germany's Ricarda Funk snared the gold medal.

New South Wales parents are set to endure another three months of Homeschooling as schools show no sign of reopening for the rest of the term.

Sydney radio broadcaster Ray Hadley said he had observed 'strange behaviour' in Alan Jones over many years when they worked together at 2GB and 2UE.

Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai is reported to have paid $157million for two floors at 220 Central Park South on Manhattan's Billionaire's Row, along with a studio on the 18th floor for his staff.

Benjamin Dowling, from Florida, was left with such serious head trauma, he never mentally development past the age of five-and-half-months.

Sky, the 20-year-old parrot, disappeared after a burglary at her owner Sarah White's home in Oxfordshire but was returned after her new family spotted an appeal shared by Ms White.

Fiona Patten, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for the Northern Metropolitan Region, is leading the charge to remove the reciting of the Lord's Prayer from each sitting of Parliament.

Eight people were killed in a 22-car pile-up on a Utah interstate Sunday afternoon, including five members of the same family.

Health authorities have hit out against a fake NSW Health update that stated supermarkets would be closed from July 27 in a bid to control Sydney's Covid-19 outbreak.

Allegra Stratton says many British households are already taking the 'micro-steps' in order to be environmentally friendly.

Roxanne Luckey, 20, on Sunday and Monday set out to attack her sister Ginger's fiance, Congressman Matt Gaetz - describing him as 'creepy' and defensive. Ginger said Roxanne is ill.

Teen sensation Lydia Jacoby became the first American woman to strike gold in the Tokyo Olympic pool on Tuesday when she beat South Africa's Tatjana Schoenmaker and US teammate Lilly King.

Despite the Australian border being shut due to Covid-19 Brian Houston and his wife Bobbie attended a service in Mexico's Hillsong Monterrey church on Monday.

An irate garden statue collector has had enough of a thief who kept stealing their collectables - putting up a note to the culprit on their fence. 

The 33-year-old has represented Australia in rugby union 84 times, donning the Wallabies jersey 70 times but has had his citizenship application rejected since 2015.

TOM RAWSTORNE: When Olly Stephens left his home to meet a girl in the park he had no idea he was walking into an ambush. Yet 20 minutes later he would be dead.

Bridget Smart, 19 has hunted down and found Kate Clee on Facebook to send her a message thanking her for her help after her family house burnt down seven years ago.

Mohammed Hanifa, who has lived most of his life in the village of Darwan, told the Federal Court on Tuesday his rent and food had been paid for by Nine newspapers since earlier this year.

Pat Dickinson described the year since Bernadette Walker, 17, vanished in Peterborough as like being in a coma and declared: 'We need to have closure'.

Fed-up Australian nurses have shared some of the rudest insults they've ever received on the job - including one horrible slur delivered by a jailbird as he was being tackled by five prison officers.

A failed Victorian business owner who received more than $61,000 from generous Australians before being exposed as going belly-up before the pandemic even hit has lashed out at the kindly Australian who organised the fundraiser.  

An ex-girlfriend of men's triathlon bronze medallist, New Zealander Hayden Wilde, surprised everyone when she admitted she regretted breaking up with the athlete in a TV interview after his event.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said case numbers in Sydney prevented any significant easing of restrictions, as it didn't want to end up like countries that opened too early and got hit harder.

Melbourne nurse Merowyn Olaver has issued a stark warning urging Australians to take health measures seriously after 'Covid deniers' staged protests across Australia on Saturday.

Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D - New York) called for the abolition of the 'carceral system' in the US during a campaign event for Nina Turner in Cleveland, Ohio, over the weekend.

The small band of staffers - the so-called 'survivors' - and royal courtiers are currently considering the ramifications of Harry's decision to write about his life

Hunter Biden, 51, was spotted in Malibu on Monday having coffee with a friend at Blue Bottle Coffee in the center of the celebrity-filled town. The pair looked to be in deep discussion.

Staff at a Wagga Wagga Woolworths store in New South Wales have created a TikTok with a touching message that's gone viral provoking an emotional response across Australia.

Victorian Premier Daniel has again demanded the NSW Premier construct a 'ring of steel' around her state while vowing to do everything he can to keep Sydneysiders out of Victoria.

ESPN writer Bill Rhoden caused a stir on Monday by saying he was unable to enjoy the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics because of the sight of many American flags.

With no hope of lockdown ending on Friday as planned, NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet has asked Prime Minister Scott Morrison to reinstate JobKeeper,

Mohammed Hanifa is the first of four witnesses from the Taliban stronghold of Darwan to give evidence against Australia's most decorated soldier at his defamation trial in the Federal Court.

Channel Seven television reporter Robert Ovadia found himself in the midst of anti-lockdown protestors last Saturday, who filmed their abuse of him as he covered the protest.

Jonathan Lotz, the grandson of Rev. Billy Graham, has been hospitalized with COVID-19 and is in critical condition. He is in ICU, but has not been placed on a vent.

A Holden commodore driver in Lavington, NSW has attempted to undercut a turning truck. The driver attempts to speed past, but the heavy vehicle uses two lanes, scraping and jamming the car.

Australian surfer Owen Wright is on the cusp of claiming the first ever gold medal for the sport in the Olympics - years after a traumatic brain injury looked to have ended his career.

A western Sydney family has explained how a Covid superspreader event occurred at their home when they came together to mourn a tragic suicide death.

A high-flying tech executive who ejaculated on young women during a spate of public masturbation offences spanning years has walked free with a slap on the wrist. 

Michelle Ives, 29, from the Central Coast, is planning to retire within the next six years and live off between $70,000 to $100,000 a year with her husband and son from the money they've made investing.

Ariarne Titmus has won her 200m freestyle semi final and will face off with American swimming great Katie Ledecky for the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.

A frightened homeowner who spotted a green snake slithering along her backyard fence in Townsville has learned a surprising fact about the reptile.

Homeless refuge Sheltered By Grace, based in the south Brisbane suburb of Logan, has added a 12-bedroom wing to house male victims of family violence.

Touchy Chinese diplomats have accused Western media of posting an 'ugly' photo of one of its gold-winning weightlifters to make China look bad, sparking a furious war of words on Twitter.

The Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) has accused Twitter of ignoring hundreds of abusive tweets it had flagged including calls to 'gas the Jews'.

Something was very wrong. 'I went to see a therapist today,' she said. 'It was about us. I've had some worries for a while.' I felt as if I'd been punched in the stomach.

Australian Olympic hero Ariarne Titmus' swim coach has gone viral all around the world for his priceless outburst following her historic gold medal - but not everyone enjoyed his antics.

New Olympic Champion Kaylee McKeown blew an emotional kiss to her late father Sholto after her victory. The 20-year-old Queenslander has a tiny tattoo on her foot paying tribute to her dad.

Sydney has recorded another 172 cases of Covid-19 as NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian ramped up the rollout of coronavirus vaccines across the state.

Australian prodigy Kaylee McKeown has claimed her first Olympic gold in the 100m backstroke, before dropping the F-bomb in a poolside interview and dedicating the swim to her late father. 

A Sydney man was searched upon returning from the USA, having his laptop seized. After a forensic examination his room in mandatory quarantine was searched and he has been charged.

Fourth-grader, Hayley Yasgar, says her Minnesota class was given an 'equity survey' but were told by their teacher not to tell their parents when they didn't understand the questions they were given.

Joe Biden snapped at an NBC reporter at the White House on Monday after a meeting with the Iraqi prime minister. He called her a 'pain in the neck,' seemingly for asking an off-topic question.

Rory Eliza, who left school to be a TikTok star, complained that working three hours a day making videos was lonely because she didn't have friends to hang out with during the day as they are at work.

The infected case visited a clinic on the Gold Coast for a different reason before their GP noticed they had cold-like symptoms and told them to go and get tested for Covid-19.

The acts were caught on camera during the Zoom lesson in mid-July at Moriah College, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, and widely shared among the school community.

The Victoria Department of Health launched an investigation into the Sydney removalists after the trio seeded the Delta strain into the state during a work trip earlier this month,

Neighbours in Rozelle in Sydney's inner-west were given the Bose headphones after complaining about noise disruption from the road interchange being built beneath their homes.

Premier Daniel Andrews said at a press conference that lockdown will end at 11.59pm but many rules will remain in place.

Trump also pushed Pelosi to look into the 'vicious' investigations into him - including the Russia probe and the ongoing criminal case into the Trump Organization by New York prosecutors.

Air New Zealand have issued an apology to Courtney Newbold after staff told her to cover up for a flight from Rataronga to Auckland on a boiling hot day.

Sue Gross, the ex-wife of billionaire bond king Bill Gross, is selling her 'resort-like' Beverly Hills estate for $38million. She describes the home as a place to 'escape without having to leave the city'.

A 41-year-old man with a history of domestic violence killed his two sons, their mother and a sheriffs deputy in California on Sunday, before he was shot by officers.

Van Johnson, the mayor of Savannah on Monday announced that he was reintroducing a mask mandate for his city, effective immediately. His decision follows Los Angeles and St Louis.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo cast doubt on the investigators hired in the sexual harassment probe into him, and suggested on Monday that they may be politically motivated.

Ben Fordham has fired back at Amanda Keller for suggesting he 'whipped up' anti-lockdown riots in Sydney by criticising the Covid restrictions in Australia's biggest city.

Gavin Newsom reportedly compared unvaccinated people to drunk drivers on Monday as he announced that all state and health care workers have to get vaccinated or submit to testing.

Partisan tensions over a $1.2 billion infrastructure plan erupted into the open as former President Trump urged Republicans to ditch the talks altogether.

The growing number of Covid-19 cases in Sydney could force authorities to split the city in half - tightening lockdowns on the south-west and easing them in other areas.

Surveillance footage from the incident on July 12 shows the attempted thief engaged in a physical fight with the victim on a street in Brooklyn before his pants were yanked around his ankles.

Father-to-be Joe Williams, 35, died when the forklift he was driving rolled and trapped his foot off Black Butt Court in Middleton, Central Queensland.

Bec Vallee, 31, from Ipswich, was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 12. Now, she is sacrificing a life-saving transplant as her daughter battles the same rare genetic condition.

Marcia Angola was carjacked by four teen Uber passengers in Brazil on Saturday. Angola was thrown off a bridge and said she faked being dead as she floated down a river.

Anyelo Santana, of Higüey, Dominican Republic, was killed by police Saturday after he shot his wife and then went on a rampage, shooting 14 people, including six who died.

McCarthy's resolution was the last bid to compel Pelosi to accept the five Republican members and allow them to be part of the investigation he has called a 'sham'.

The huge crowd joined a group of protesters who stayed overnight on Sunday and held a candlelit vigil in a bid to push the government to intervene and stop the regime's crackdown.

Boots boss Sebastian James has issued an impassioned plea to the Government for action to halt the 'pingdemic' that is wreaking havoc on his business and the economy.

The Australian Red Cross has launched an urgent call for people to donate blood as Covid-19 restrictions lead to many cancelling their appointments.

Police departments in cities around the country - including in Chicago - are facing calls to stop using ShotSpotter amid claims that cops are using it to fabricate evidence in court cases.

An old fibro home in Sydney's west has sold for $1.92 million on July 24. The decrepit block on Derwent street in Mount Druitt sold in an online auction for $520,000 over the owners reserve.

'He was told not to appear to be trying to cash in on Team GB's Olympic gold rush'

Footage shows how the two rival gangs of wild monkeys fought each other at a busy junction near the ruins of a temple in Lopburi, Thailand, while shocked motorists watched on.

A crowd pelted former President Trump's billionaire friend Tom Barrack with insults as he arrived Brooklyn's federal courthouse on Monday to deny acting as foreign agent.

Mavis Williams said she burst into tears when her grandson Adam Peaty swam to victory in the 100m breaststroke in Tokyo on Monday, claiming his second gold Olympic medal.

An apartment building in Sydney's south-west is in lockdown with more than 100 people isolating after several people inside the complex tested positive.