Dominic Raab failed to make a crucial phone call while he was on holiday to seek urgent help airlifting translators out of Afghanistan, the Mail can reveal.

Mr Whittingdale has been in charge of gambling and lotteries at the Department for Digital, Culture & Media since March, when the role was transferred from Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston.

Pam French was on the telephone to Nawaz, 30, with whom she had worked years earlier at a special forces base in Helmand.

The Oxford University research on 700,000 Britons suggests herd immunity is 'unachievable' because vaccines do not significantly reduce transmission of the virus.

Police and other emergency services rushed to Southgate in south Gower - has had problems in the past with cattle roaming free - on Tuesday after a woman was attacked by a cow.

Richard Osman, who co-hosts the programme with Alexander Armstrong, said guests on the show will be asked to redo their responses with a more acceptable example, worth the same score.

There were 207 under-19s in England waiting for 'urgent' care for conditions including bulimia and anorexia by the end of June - the highest number since records began in 2016.

Corrie Keable grabbed a huge six hit by the Birmingham Phoneix's Finn Allen during a Hundred match at Headingley in Leeds.

Suspect Anne Sacoolas is set to give evidence under oath in front of Harry's mother Charlotte Charles, 46, and father Tim Dunn, 52, in Washington DC as part of a civil claim for damages.

There are currently around 34million cars on the road, up 28 per cent since 2001 - a period during which the population has risen by only 13 per cent.

The Surrey-born TV star, known for his surreal content and deadpan style, was a much-loved team captain on Jimmy Carr's popular Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out Of 10 Cats.

Emergency services were called to the OYO Sheffield Metropolitan Hotel in South Yorkshire at around 2.30pm today after a boy, who has not been named, fell from a window and suffered fatal injuries.

The model, 30, was seen for the first time since welcoming her bundle of joy on Tuesday, as she pushed along her newborn in a pram during a stroll in east London.

The green and yellow novelty vehicle, named Larry Landtrain, would transport up to 36 tourists from the main car park to the 16th-century Lindisfarne Castle.

Joan Smith, a member of the Labour Party, said she was fired by City Hall after raising the problem on behalf of charities funded by the London Mayor that were said to be concerned about the proposal.

The Prime Minister's official spokesman refused to say if he would still guarantee an annual rise by the highest of either wage growth, inflation or 2.5 per cent.

Wally the Walrus may have taken his European tour one step too far, after he was recently spotted clambering aboard yet another boat just off the Irish coast, this time with a little more style and speed.

Yorgen Fenech has been formally indicted for complicity to murder over the death of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a 2017 car bomb in Malta.

The Department for Education said it was an extra measure to 'think about' if schools in the UK see a cluster of coronavirus cases, in official guidance published this week.

Kera, a 16-year-old female gorilla, was chosen by staff at Bristol Zoo to become the surrogate mother of one-year-old Hasani (both pictured) after his biological mother, Kala, was unable to care for him.

The Sutton Trust, a social mobility charity, says that each year 240,000 children aged three and four in the UK are ineligible for the Government's 30 hours of free childcare a week.

The cash injection hit unprecedented levels in response to Covid, including the Treasury's furlough scheme, which helped save hundreds of thousands of jobs.

As the desperate evacuation effort continues in Kabul, Boris Johnson defended his handling of the chaos insisting there was a 'hard reality' as a result of the US stance.

Jonathan Gerrish, his partner, Ellen Chung, their one-year-old daughter and the family's dog were all found dead near an area called Devil's Gulch in a remote part of Northern California on Tuesday.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are 'now in the thrive chapter' of their life as they plan to restart more in-person charity work with their Archewell Foundation, according to biographer Omid Scobie.

Frank Newsome, who owns Merrivale Model Village in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, has been moving the miniature stable to a 'safe location' every night and is now considering taking it off-site completely.

Ex-Great Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell was a colourful figure who represented the North East Lincolnshire port for 38 years, from 1977 to 2015, after a career in TV during the 1970s.

Footage shows the woman punch a member of security at Lord's Cricket Ground after she and a male friend are approached by staff on August 14.

The UK Home Secretary has declared that new statutory guidance states doctors will have to confirm to police whether an applicant has any 'relevant medical conditions'.

Hundreds of firefighters struggled for a third day to contain the wildfires near St Tropez which has left two dead, forced thousands of residents and tourists to flee and scorched 7,000 hectares.

David Louden, 39, a police sergeant, was found dead next to a three-year-old son Harrison in Kidderminster last week.

Paul Renforth directed the insult towards Simon Smith during the start of a shift at London Luton Fire Station in 2018, prompting the station manager to email his boss saying 'enough is enough'.

Met Commander Melanie Dales said extra resources are deployed specifically for large sporting events to deal with a 'spike' in cases.

Jamie-Lee Wilson, 25, from the Gortnamona area of Belfast, was last seen leaving Turf Lodge at around midday on August 10. A PNSI spokesperson confirmed they are no longer looking for her.

Damion Simmons had posted sexual photographs of Denise Keane-Simmons before he broke into her house in Harlseden to pour petrol over her and set her ablaze, the Old Bailey has heard.

An editorial in the regime-backed Global Times lashed out at a tweet by Senator John Cornyn which erroneously stated there were 30,000 American soldiers stationed in Taiwan.

The criminal was with two other men who broke into a house in Ounty John Lane in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on Monday 16 August.

Paula Kingdon (pictured), 64, died after her Honda Jazz was hit by 42-year-old Ann Marie Crook's Renault Clio near Merseyside. Crook today admitted causing death by dangerous driving.

Karen Edwards (pictured) believes mistakes in Wiltshire Police's handling of her daughter Becky Godden-Edwards' case left some forensic evidence unaccounted for.

Undergraduate students who have applied to the University of Bristol through Erasmus or clearing may find they will be housed in a nearby town, such as Bath, this academic year.

Regie Butler-Card, of Devon and Cornwall Police, slammed the irresponsible behaviour and pointed out the impact it will have on the environment.

Scarlett Bareham, 19, was charged with sexual assault after slapping a man's bottom while out clubbing with friends in the Guildhall Walk area of Portsmouth.

The 26-year-old fell to her death from the flats in International Way, Stratford, shortly before 4.30pm on Tuesday.

Footage captured in Southgate, north London, shows the Tesla Model X collide with an oncoming bus after the driver failed to shut the falcon wing door to the electric car.

The 20 demonstrators were dispersed after spending hours in the Scottish hill fort claiming they were 'taking our power back' and 'overthrowing the Queen'.

The new Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme will focus on women and girls who fear their rights will be trampled under the 'Islamic Emirate' declared by the Taliban.

Scott McCluskey, 43, from Runcorn will appear at Warrington Magistrates' Court next month charged with sending an offensive/abusive message by a public communication network.

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Rob and husband Patrick, from Bicester, Oxon, were celebrating a friend's birthday in Birmingham when they were attacked by a gang of homophobic men in a black SUV.

Police have released a picture of James Bullock, 28, who is believed to the driver of the car which hit the 63-year-old man and his dog in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, on Sunday.

Steven Arnold, 51, repeatedly stabbed Michael Fletcher, 66, and stole his bank card to fund his night of drinking, the Old Bailey (pictured) was told today.

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Sarah Barker, from Lincolnshire, has been trying for a baby with her partner Chris Curtiss, 31, for four years but has been unsuccessful due to fertility issues.

Joe Biden's insistence that the chaos in Afghanistan was inevitable was roundly condemned on Wednesday night, with politicians, analysts, journalists and activists all denying his claim.

Eileen Barrott, 50, was found dead at her home in the Whinmoor area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, on Sunday. Her husband, Mark Barrott, 54, has been arrested today in Elgin, Scotland.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has blasted Joe Biden's plans to sue states which refuse to impose school mask mandates - and says the president should worry more about Afghanistan.

Desperate mothers threw babies over barbed wire at Kabul airport as troops set off stun grenades and fired shots to keep crowds back as the west's Afghan withdrawal descended further into chaos.

Giving third Covid vaccine doses to entire age groups won't 'make very much difference' in the fight against the virus, JCVI member Professor Adam Finn warned.

Sydney's Delta outbreak has not peaked and residents must brace for more deaths, authorities said, as Australia's largest city continued to break records for new daily infections.

Taliban spokesman Waheedullah Hashimi said there wasn't any 'base' for a democratic system in Afghanistan. 'It is sharia law and that is it,' he added.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Photos have captured the scenes in Iraq's central holy shrine city Najaf as Shiite Muslims cut themselves using swords to mark Ashura.

Flights out of Afghanistan to evacuate Americans and their Afghan colleagues were once again flying empty on Wednesday, as only 1,800 left on 10 C-17 planes, with capacity for 600.

Kieran Foran appeared to have it all - fame, fortune and a footy brain to match. Behind the scenes, Foran was anything but happy, as a series of poor life choices resulted in a suicide attempt.

Security sources told The Guardian Britain fears the U.S. is about to withdraw 6,000 troops protecting Kabul airport - but Biden said they are 'going to stay' until every American who wants to be out is out

Covid queue jumpers have been busted paying $300 to get priority Pfizer vaccinations that were set aside for front line health workers, in a 'sickening and selfish' scam.

Dominic Raab has been hit with a furious backlash after the Mail revealed that senior aides urged him to contact Afghan foreign minister Hanif Atmar last Friday as the Taliban advanced on Kabul.

Helen Macdonald said vets could arrive at her farm in Wickwar, Gloucestershire, to put down the animal from this evening.

Police are guarding the complex in Campsie in Sydney's south-west, where all residents have been ordered to self-isolate and cannot leave their home for any reason for the next 14 days.

The couple and Michal's skin cancer expert father Dr Mark Franck, 52, and his photographer wife Chana, 49, have each been fined $5,452 each, Victoria Police said on Thursday.

Wildlife groups are in uproar after a brush turkey was found with pink spray-paint coating its entire body - and it had to be euthanised as a result of the toxins. 

Cambridgeshire Police confirmed it is investigating two separate claims against 46-year-old Andrew Wheeler (pictured).

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews fired back when asked why a drug injecting facility was open while kid's playgrounds were closed: 'Would you prefer they died in alleyways?' he said.

Ella Perret (pictured) is expecting to go to the Spanish capital Madrid next week as part of her law degree through Cardiff University.

Ben Wallace said Western forces were working together to ensure that 'not a single seat is wasted' on the evacuation flights.

It was the 15th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence's murder. In April 1993 the black teenager was murdered by racist thugs as he waited for a bus home in south-east London.

President Joe Biden said U.S. troops would remain in Afghanistan to get all U.S. citizens out of Afghanistan, suggesting they would stay even beyond an August 31 deadline if necessary.

Sydney's most popular beaches in Bondi, Coogee, and along the eastern suburbs have been closed off with police checkpoints set up outside to turn away families trying to go for a swim.

A desperate search is underway for a missing 13-year-old-girl, Alia Sakr, who suddenly vanished from north-west Sydney home just after midnight. Family and police are concerned for her safety.

Police are searching for a 13-year-old girl missing since August 17 from the South Ripley area of Ipswich, Queensland. She was last seen by family and has since been in contact via social media.

The Prime Minister said the group includes 8.6million Australians who will be able to book an appointment at some point this week.

Victorian MP Matt Bach has been accused of 'exploiting' his three year old daughter to score political points by posing her in social media photos to illustrate his opposition to one lockdown rule.

The British Poultry Council said production slashed by up to 10 per cent among its members due to issues at farms and processing plants. Pictured: Nandos shortages.

At least 30 people are still missing after flash flooding devastated parts of rural North Carolina after Tropical Depression Fred made its way through the state Tuesday night.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized Joe Biden for withdrawing U.S. troops during an interview with CBS Nightly News anchor Norah O'Donnell on Wednesday

Lindsay Bull is still in hospital recovering after the nasty attack during a child's birthday party at Scales & Tails in Salt Lake City on Saturday.

Tania Waterhouse has shared the handwritten letter she received from Gladys Berejiklian after sending the premier flowers to thank her for serving New South Wales.

Pfizer's CEO confirmed their Covid vaccine drops from 100 per cent effectiveness to about 84 per cent after six months. Australia recently received about 1million extra doses of Pfizer from Poland.

Family and friends who gathered in Wilcannia on Friday, August 13 to farewell the 26-year-old found out a positive infection drove six hours from Dubbo to attend the funeral service.

The Washington Post has received immense backlash over a recent story arguing the Taliban had become 'strikingly sophisticated' when using social media to build political momentum.

Mr Hancock, 42, was filmed wearing a facemask in the cheeky encounter on a District Line train at around 9pm on Saturday, during which his hat was pinched twice by the group of women on a night out.

Thirteen soldiers from the Special Air Service Regiment were sent show cause notices late last year asking why they should not have their employment terminated.

Tropical Storm Henri is expected to strengthen to a Category One hurricane on Saturday with wind speeds of 85mph and then hit parts of the northeastern U.S. coast and Canada next Wednesday.

The Contingency and Crisis Response Bureau (CCR) designed during the Trump presidency to help Americans abroad was axed in June before the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

Sydney is home to five of the top ten regions of Australia for vaccination. The trouble is the higher immunisation levels are in wealthy suburbs and not the hotspots in the city's west and south-west.

Twin Tasmanian Devil Joeys are Australian Reptile Park's most adorable latest arrivals after being part of Aussie Ark's insurance population for the endangered species.

A petition has been launched by a Queensland MP to move the NSW border further south so residents are able to access the south-eastern towns and northern rivers region with ease.

At least 10 members of 'The Chico Gang' were arrested and charged after being held responsible for 21 shootings in a takedown by NYPD in East Harlem on Wednesday morning

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has defended the unpopular decision to close children's playgrounds in Melbourne, after 50 children tested positive in the current outbreak.

Police are investigating whether a scam asked people to pay $300 in exchange for a vaccination appointment at Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital using Chinese social media app WeChat.

The flight by a UK plane - which dropped 40 Australian soldiers in Kabul to help secure the ongoing evacuation effort - carried 76 people to Australia's airbase in Al Minhad in the UAE.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said modelling showing lockdowns could be scrapped at 70 or 80 per cent vaccination was based on few cases and not infections 'running wild' in a large outbreak.

The mysterious condition was first reported in 2016 when a staffer at the US embassy in Cuba suffered headaches, hearing loss, memory issues and other symptoms.

An Australian soldier who fought in Afghanistan has described the Taliban as blank-eyed, emotionless robots 'hypnotised' to kill - and says that's the reason they have been able to take over the country.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is receiving immense ridicule over his awkward rapping skills during a Bronx hip-hop concert celebrating the start of New York City's 'Homecoming Week.'

The U.S. and 19 other nations along with the European Union inked a joint statement calling on Afghanistan to 'guarantee' rights for women and girls, amid fears the Taliban will roll back gains.

Embattled essayist Joshua Wolf Shenk is again in the hot seat, following new allegations of inappropriate behavior leveled toward colleagues.

Victorian detectives, rescue crews and divers are searching the Jackson Creek area in Diggers Rest, Melbourne, for the body of missing Adelaide man Kerry Giakoumis, 29.

Alan was behind the counter at Cellarbrations in Glenorie, in Sydney's north-west, when the woman waved what she claimed was an exemption note in his face.

Edward Jacques was shattered after a vandal senselessly destroyed his car on the Gold Coast. He is now back on his feet thanks to the generosity of a local community.

For the second time in a year a Sydney woman was the sole division one Oz Lotto winner. This time a Rosebery woman took home over $11million after buying a ticket from her stunned local newsagent.

A mother has praised a stranger for performing a touching act of kindness during Melbourne's lockdown by leaving a note and $20 note on her parked car while she was picking up groceries. 

An Australian on less than $90,329, who works full-time, is now considered to be a below-average earner. Unemployment has also fallen despite the lockdown but statistics can be deceiving.

The celebrated neurosurgeon will face the NSW Medical Council panel on Thursday, when he will strongly deny allegations levelled against him by other doctors.

A wannabe entomologist has shared incredible footage of her backflipping pet cockroach as it launches itself right out of her hand - a talent the insect only has while it's young.

A Sydney man has been arrested after being caught breaching lockdown to travel across the city to the Covid-plagued south-west on four separate occasions.

Shane Fitzsimmons, one of the heroes of Australia's 2019-20 summer bushfires, wants the term "social distancing" to be replaced as NSW records 681 Covid cases. 

Auckland's backdated Covid-19 exposure sites worryingly show the virus has been circulating in the country for more than two weeks as the city records 11 new cases.

A report cited Richards' past remarks on The Randumb Show, a podcast about the game show The Price Is Right, which he was an executive producer on prior serving in the role on Jeopardy!

Mabel, 23, shared a video of herself sitting on a plane to TikTok this week as she announced she was leaving Australia behind for good.

A young couple have filmed the moment a Covid-denying husband and wife duo with British accents begin fighting with them over a table at a cafe in holiday have Byron Bay.

Frustrated Sydneysiders have unleashed their fury at the NSW Premier by sending her a death threat on the side of a city train, as tensions hit a breaking point in Sydney's Covid-hit western suburbs.

Former friends Larry David and Alan Dershowitz got into a screaming match over his support for former president Trump during a run-in at a grocery store in Martha's Vineyard.

A brave Aussie man has undertaken what could be the world's most difficult workout by doing the same number of push ups as the NSW Covid cases announced each day - and it's all for a good cause. 

A suspect who authorities believed ambushed a Southern California sheriff's deputy earlier this week was killed in a 'gun battle' Wednesday

Burnet Institute Director Professor Brendan Crabb said it was clear the state's 'piecemeal' approach to locking down Sydney had not been effective in reducing the spread of the Delta strain of Covid-19.

Joe Rogan launched an attack against Dr. Fauci's credibility, saying he has been '100 percent wrong' and blamed his shifting guidance for the mistrust in the COVID vaccine.

Glenys Kupfer, 34, a mother of six, pleaded guilty to four counts of failing to provide adequate food, clothing and accommodation to a child in the Adelaide Magistrates Court.

A Florida special needs teacher Patricia Schmidt was placed on leave after she was caught on camera hurling racist taunts at a mother and her children who she thought were trespassing.

Former Parkland high school resource officer Scot Peterson broke down outside a courtroom Wednesday saying 'I did the best I could'. He faces charges of child neglect.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said Wednesday there was 'nothing' defense officials saw that would indicate Kabul would fall to the Taliban in such a short time.

The Washington DC blame game over the Afghanistan chaos was in full swing on Wednesday, as the head of the military blamed intelligence agencies - who insisted they had warned about the risks.

Gladys Berejiklian has vowed New South Wales residents will enjoy 'greater freedoms' once 80 per cent of Sydneysiders are vaccinated, but declined to details which restrictions will be lifted.

Coronavirus cases doubled in Victoria on Thursday, likely shattered hopes the Delta outbreak will end anytime soon and rand makes a lockdown extension beyond September 2 highly likely.

Students staying in Campus East at the University of Wollongong, south of Sydney, were busted throwing dorm parties at the start of lockdown.

Police have identified a man suspected of assaulting MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell at a South Dakota hotel last week prior to his QAnon cyber symposium on election fraud.

The family of murdered Australian teacher Shanae Brooke Edwards have broken their silence as her friends embark on a campaign to help repatriate her body from Georgia.

There are still some 11,000 Americans in Afghanistan waiting to be flown home. Some are at the airport but some are too afraid to make their way there through Taliban-controlled streets.

A pandemic-record 681 cases of Covid-19 have been detected in NSW overnight - including 59 who were infectious in the community.

The Immigration Minister was grilled on humanitarian visas after Amnesty International said Australia's offering following the Taliban takeover was 'wholly insufficient'.

The video shows Sandusky EMS workers hurriedly preparing a stretcher for the woman, who is heard off camera crying and screaming in pain. Her cries get louder as they take her away.

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday condemned Twitter for allowing the Taliban to publish messages while he remained banned by the social media.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday went after GOP governors who have used their power to try to prevent local districts from requiring mask usage in schools - as he avoided questions on Afghanistan.

The shocking details of the attack which left the then 16-year-old with a punctured liver and multiple fractures were read to a NSW court on Wednesday ahead of sentencing.

Radio star Gus Worland has claimed more Australians are taking their own lives than dying of the coronavirus and accused the government of hiding the real numbers.

Fifty volunteers are being sought to take part in a global trial of a new Covid-19 vaccine in Queensland.

Desperate to keep the growing Delta outbreak in NSW out of Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk requested 100 solders be deployed on the border between the states.

The UK faces a desperate race to evacuate 6,000 Britons and eligible Afghans amid scenes of stampeding crowds and Islamist fanatics using rifle butts and sticks to beat protesters.

Paul McElhinney, 33, walked out of the Grand Chancellor medi-hotel in the Adelaide CBD on August 3 and spent eight hours drinking at a nearby pub and eating at a McDonalds.

Satellite images show vehicles trying to reach the civilian side of Kabul report as US commanders work to evacuate trapped foreign nationals and Afghans following the Taliban takeover.

On Tuesday, a Philadelphia judge overturned the city's decision to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus. The decision was 'made without legal basis' said a judge.

'On reflection we can confirm that, following the condemnation of Prince Harry, Meghan and British MPs, we offer our unconditional surrender'