Hurricane Ida tore through southern Louisiana on Sunday, whipping up sustained winds of more than 150mph while tearing the roof off buildings while forcing the Mississippi River to flow in reverse.

The Met has said its contract with the current uniform provider is due to expire in 2023 and that it is consulting officers ahead of a new contract to see what, if any, changes needed to be made.

Three system failures in April meant that across hundreds of miles of motorway in England, the digital signs which inform drivers of speed limits or lane closures were left 'unusable'.

Henry Tate Mews is part of the former mansion in Streatham, south west London, that belonged to the sugar merchant in the late 1800s for 25 years.

Scores of carefree revellers swapped a night in at home to hit the numerous bars and clubs in Leeds last night and enjoy the three-day bank holiday weekend.

Maddie Durdant-Hollamby was one of two people found dead inside a house in Kettering prompting Northamptonshire Police to launch a murder investigation as tributes are paid to the 22-year-old

Tim Weeks was urged to explain why items including a £2,000 Third Reich banner, a £300 swastika and a collection of badges were due to be sold at his Wessex Auction Rooms this Friday.

'We have to complete third doses for all of our citizens. I call on those aged 12 and up to go out and immediately take the third shot. The third dose of the vaccine works' Prime Minister Bennet said

Shocking figures show that in a quarter of the districts in England, less than half of patients are seeing their GP in person as the NHS continues to deal with the backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The usually reserved minister, 54, was filmed throwing shapes on the dance floor at Bohemia in Aberdeen city centre, pausing only to shake hands with fellow partygoers.

Chaos struck Heathrow Airport today as hundreds of passengers queued for more than three hours to get through Border Control at Terminals 2 and 5 today.

Leslie Evans, the Scottish Government's Permanent Secretary, decided to uphold five charges of sexual harassment against Alex Salmond before he was acquitted of sexual assault.

The C.1.2 strain, which was first detected in South Africa, is linked to 'increased transmissibility' and 'could be more infectious' than other mutations, scientists said.

Volunteers in a study who got behind the wheel with a phone that wasn't on were much more likely to speed or have a collision than those who left their phones at home.

Boris Johnson has described Britain's hasty scuttle from Afghanistan as 'the culmination of a mission unlike anything we've seen in our lifetimes' as the last remaining British troops leave Kabul.

The telecoms giant employs around 50,000 office staff, of whom most have worked from home for the duration of the pandemic, but said offices are 'very much central to the company's future'.

Reading's organisers Festival Republic said a 20-year-old woman with a pre-existing condition had been taken ill and died at Royal Berkshire Hospital on Friday evening.

Danish scientists had been meaning to fly to Oodaaq, which lies off the northern coast of Greenland, and previously held the title of northernmost island. But instead wound up on an unknown patch of land.

Dame Cressida and Home Secretary Priti Patel are reported to have discussed her future last week. Her critics are demanding she step down.

The Scottish First Minister has revealed that she had been 'pinged' by contact tracers and must self-isolate until she can record a negative PCR test because she has been double vaccinated.

Monogenic diabetes is often mistaken for the type 1 or type 2 forms. It means many patients are given the wrong treatment, being prescribed insulin when it might be better to change their diet or take tablets.

Working with Keep Britain Tidy, the firms will invest the money over the next five years to encourage people to bin it instead. Gum wastes millions of pounds of taxpayers' money every year.

15 fire engines and over 100 emergency service personnel were needed to extinguish the fire which broke out around 5:30pm local time at the Torre dei Moro building in the southern outskirts of Milan.

US officials reaffirmed the 'close relationship' with the UK when it comes to 'legal assistance' in criminal matters as investigators probing associates of Epstein want to speak with the Duke of York.

Euromillions winners Adrian and Gillian Bayford's son, 13, is believed to have been hit by a car Adrian bought for his daughter at his £12m Cambridgeshire mansion.

Parents must take responsibility for stopping their teenagers getting 'carried away' as Covid restrictions are lifted, Gavin Williamson has said.

Thousands of Wigan Athletic fans held an applause in memory of Keith the duck who belonged to loyal fan Daryl Ravden but had died ahead of Saturday's 1-0 victory

Father-to-be Marcus Birks, 40, was hospitalised with flu-like symptoms and blood clots in early August. Previously a Covid sceptic, he admitted he was 'ignorant' on vaccines and urged others to get jabbed.

A headline published on February 7 reported that scientists had released anthrax on the Northern Line. In fact, it was B globigii, a different bacterium from the same family.

Aaron Campbell was 16 when he snatched six-year-old Alesha MacPhail and murdered her. Sources claim he is writing to a sex offender in England while serving his 24 year prison sentence.

Lower wages, the closure of a tax loophole for drivers and Brexit complications around hiring have all contributed to the crisis, along with an ageing workforce and the coronavirus pandemic.

The ex-Royal Marine Commando is understood to have landed in London Heathrow Airport from Kabul early this morning before taking a connecting flight to Oslo to see his wife Kaisa Markhus.

Emma Sugrue-Lawrence, 43, couldn't move normally for two days after her electronic cigarette was laced with suspected mamba spray while on a night out in Wolverhampton.

JO MACFARLANE: The question is whether I should have had any symptoms at all. Like over three-quarters of the UK population over the age of 16, I am fully vaccinated against the virus.

Rod Stewart, 76, and his son Sean, 40, had been facing the possibility of up to a year in prison over a scuffle with a hotel bouncer in Florida. They both denied charges of 'simple battery'.

Police have not revealed what the ride was but there was a waltzer and several inflatables at the event in Barrow-in-Furness.

Alexander Hicken, from Basingstoke, who is now a coach at a renowned Hampshire gymnastics school, preyed on his intoxicated victim after she was put to bed at a party in August 2019.

The man, identified as 'Carl,' has helped the American military as an ally for at least 10 years but has not been able to secure a Special Immigration Visa in order to come to the U.S.

Ministers said they were prepared to 'take action' to deal with the terror threat as the death toll continued to rise following the suicide bomb blast on Thursday.

Byron Eugene Pollock, now 18, has been named as the teenager who was found guilty of murdering Hertfordshire father-of-two Christopher Hewett, 31, in February this year.

The event in November is expected to attract 120 heads of state, including US President Joe Biden, Pope Francis and climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg.

The mother-of-four candidly discussed her late daughter's mental health struggles on Friday, leading up to her suicide in 2020.

The memorable scene unfolded at the end of Biden's press conference on Thursday, as Fox News reporter Peter Doocy pressed him on the disastrous pullout from Afghanistan.

Former translators and their families reacted with fury yesterday after they were left behind by Britain as the mercy flights ended and Kabul's airport gates closed on them.

A solicitor, 37, has appeared in court charged with contaminating or interfering with goods with blood at three supermarkets in west London.

On Friday afternoon United announced that they have agreed a deal to bring the 36-year-old back to Old Trafford. That gave a major boost to the shares of United.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki fielded a question about Biden's vow to 'hunt down' terrorists who killed 13 U.S. troops at the Kabul airport - saying he doesn't want them on this earth.

TOM LEONARD: The deaths of at least 13 US servicemen and more than 150 others in suicide bomb and gun attacks in Kabul has plunged Joe Biden into the greatest crisis of his presidency.

The reproduction rate - which measures how quickly the pandemic is growing - is between 1.0 and 1.1, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

The Michael family first appeared on Channel 4 series Gogglebox in the debut episode in 2013, but were dropped in 2014 because Mr Michael was running for Ukip in the 2015 General Election.

Boris Johnson will only reimpose coronavirus restrictions if the number of deaths is heading for 50,000 a year, it was claimed today.

The house in Callow Farm, Worcester - named Tiny Blue - belongs to gin distillery manager Grace Stringer, 26, and her DJ partner Craig Jukes, 32, and was built in six months during the pandemic.

A desperate search is underway to track down a middle-aged man in Sydney who allegedly performed a 'sex act' while lurking outside a childcare centre.

The US Marine Corps posted a photo to Twitter of the flag-draped caskets of their fallen brethren killed in Thursday's suicide bomb attack in Kabul. The photo was taken ahead of their transfer to US soil.

Dominic Raab will be 'toast' at Boris Johnson's next Cabinet reshuffle because of his handling of the UK's withdrawal from Afghanistan, it was claimed today.

More than 200 people in the small Louisiana town of Jean Lafitte are in 'imminent danger' due to flash floods caused by Hurricane Ida, after heavy rain and storm surge over-topped the levee.

Mark McGowan said WA has helped pump 'countless billions' into the federal treasury which has then been used to support the 'catastrophic' Covid situation in NSW.

Fears are now growing that the apartment block in the southern outskirts of Milan is facing the risk of collapse, after temperatures blazed through the outer shell, making it less stable.

President Joe Biden drew criticism from conservatives and veterans after he appeared to check his watch at Sunday's ceremony honoring the 13 US soldiers killed in Kabul.

Radja Ferreira de Oliveira was killed at her family home in Santarem, northern Brazil, on Sunday when lightning struck the property as she used her phone which was plugged into the mains.

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller published a new video online on Sunday addressing his resignation just days after he went viral for calling out his superiors for not 'accepting accountability,'

Roohullah, who worked for five years with UK forces, said he almost gave his life for Britain but has been left behind. His comments came as Britain's final evacuation from Kabul was concluded.

Michael Lelko, 45, and John Lelko, 41, were taken into custody on Saturday after bodies believed to belong to their sister and mother were recovered from their backyard.

All prisons across NSW will go into lockdown after Covid clusters emerged in Parklea Correctional Centre and Bathurst Correctional centre, as officials scramble to limit inmate exposure.

New Zealand will ease some Covid-19 restrictions two weeks after the whole country was plunged into lockdown. But Auckland will remain in lockdown for another fortnight after 53 new cases.

As Ida continued to make its way through Louisiana Sunday evening, Gov. John Bel Edwards warned that first responder crews might not be able to reach stranded residents until Monday morning.

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has been rushed to hospital with an undisclosed illness after becoming unwell at his Launceston office.

James Cleverly, the Foreign Office Minister, said this morning that it is 'impossible' to put a number on how many people failed to make it out after the Taliban took power.

Muhammad Niazi, a taxi driver from London who had travelled back to Afghanistan to try and help get his family evacuated out of Kabul, died following the suicide bomb attack outside the city's airport.

An Aboriginal man from Dubbo has become the first Indigenous person to die from Covid-19 in Australia. He was one of four people to die from the virus in the last 24 hours to 8pm on Sunday.

Mother-of-two Gig spent five days in ICU and a further nine in the Covid-19 ward in Sydney's west. She weighed 50kg when she was sent home on Monday, with only 80 per cent lung capacity.

Munir Sirhan (left) was seen for the first time since his brother, Sirhan (right), 77, was granted parole nearly five decades after being convicted of killing Bobby Kennedy (bottom right inset)

The terrifying moment a car is hit from behind and flipped three times before crashing beside the motorway was posted to Dash Cam Owners Australia Youtube channel.

Brett Sutton said 'everything is up for review' including Melbourne's 9pm to 5am curfew, whether playgrounds will reopen, and relaxing rules in other 'lower risk settings'.

The distressed father, 31, had been stopped by police on a walking path in Garrison Point Reserve, in George's Hall in Sydney's south-west and arrested as they spoke to him for not wearing a mask.

Molan alleges Daily Mail Australia defamed the 38-year-old in an article and two tweets published on June 4 and 5 last year by accusing her among other things of being a racist.

An investigation into why a worker who sat outside a Covid ward in a Brisbane hospital was unvaccinated has found that she was not required to have had the vaccine in the job.

Australian brain tumour expert Charlie Teo spoke for 47 minutes with conspiracy theorist Pete Evans discussing his experience with drugs and his research into medical marijuana.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr has labelled plans to reopen the country before 80 per cent of over-16s are vaccinated as 'unsafe'.

Molan alleges Daily Mail Australia defamed the 38-year-old in an article and two tweets published on June 4 and 5 last year by accusing her among other things of being a racist.

Mainland China has scrapped all direct commercial flights to the UK but students can travel to London via Hong Kong, which is on the UK's green list for travel. They will quarantine for 10 days.

The United States has seen a fresh spike in COVID-19 numbers as the daily average cases increased to 142,006 on Friday amid the continued alarming rise of the Delta variant.

A driver captured the unusual sighting of a cow in the backseat of a Buick sedan while the filmer was waiting on line at McDonald's drive thru in Marshfield, Wisconsin on August 26

Natalie Mendez, 44, has become a habitual protester during the Covid pandemic, attending regular rallies against lockdowns, vaccines and border closures.

Nurse Christiane Gottbrath (inset) posted a video of the roof being torn off a building at Ochsner Health's main campus hospital in Jefferson, a suburb of New Orleans

With kind eyes and still chubby cheeks, this is Jason Galleghan - the boy, 16, who was allegedly beaten to death by a pack of teenagers in Sydney's west four weeks ago.

A woman walking her dog in a Tennessee nature reserve fended a man who allegedly tried to kidnap her by smearing a bag of the dog's feces in his face, Knoxville police reported.

Florin Marin, 35, is also accused of flashing another child in the weeks before he allegedly kidnapped the young girl in Toddington (pictured), West Sussex, last Monday.

Australians are so sick of lockdowns they would prefer vaccine passports to be served at a restaurant or pub as an alternative to never-ending business shutdowns.

Two weeks ago the Prime Minister bought 1million doses from Poland. Daily Mail Australia understands a second deal is expected to be announced within days.

The car was pulled over in Surry Hills, next to the CBD, about 8.45pm on Saturday during a routine patrol after it was found to be registered 15km away in Sydney's Covid outbreak ground-zero.

Maisy Evans, 17, from Newport, South Wales, was rushed to The Grange University Hospital after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this month.

Mr Gallacher, a married father of four and grandfather, has represented South Australia in the senate since 2010. He died of lung cancer overnight.

Annastacia Palaszczuk's plans to boost her social media presence backfired after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a glaring detail in a selfie she shared of her new hairstyle and makeup look.   

Kylie Fisher witnessed the devastating impacts of the virus first hand on patients and colleagues at Western Health hospital in Melbourne and made an impassioned plea for Victorians to vaccinate.

Rising case numbers in Sydney's east has prompted a push of Pfizer vaccine for 16-49 year olds after a beach party in Maroubra became a superspreader event.

Self harm attempts have surged as lockdowns are extended. Teenagers aren't the only ones with the elderly and same-sex attracted people among the at-risk groups.

The new cases - of which only 24 were in isolation during their infectious period - deals a further blow to the Victorian government's goal of driving case numbers back down to zero.

NSW has recorded 1,290 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths with more than 80 per cent of the new infections recorded in western and south-west Sydney. 

Australia's other major airline Virgin will follow the lead set by Qantas and make Covid vaccines mandatory for all their staff. 

A Covid outbreak has hit Uniting Edinglassie Lodge aged care facility in Sydney's western suburbs. Four residents contracted the virus after a cleaner at the Penrith facility tested positive.

Antony Blinken revealed Sunday that there are still 300 American citizens waiting for evacuation out of Afghanistan as the August 31 deadline for a full troop withdrawal nears.

Biden snapped at a reporter who tried to ask him about security at Kabul airport on Sunday after spending much of the day paying tribute to 13 fallen service members killed in Afghanistan.

A surprising number of suburbs in Sydney's east, north and west have remained relatively unscathed by the rapid spread of the virus even as daily case numbers continue to skyrocket.

A young man, 21, has died after being struck by a car while helping a ride-share driver change a tyre on the side of the Mitchell Highway in Perth around 5am on Sunday.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (left) said on Sunday that residents felt 'less scared' of COVID-19 because they believe in 'eternal life,' as new infections in the state break new records

The withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan has left the Taliban with hundreds of aircraft and helicopters, thousands of weapons and armoured vehicles and tailored tactical uniforms.

Former Australian deputy chief medical officer Dr Nick Coatsworth told the Today show's Karl Stefanovic the current restrictions in NSW are keeping the outbreak under control.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was vacationing in the Hamptons hours before Kabul fell to the Taliban, despite warnings that the city was vulnerable to capture by the group.

Deputy Premier John Barilaro is working on a plan to hand back freedoms to fully vaccinated residents once 70 per cent are jabbed, a target expected to be hit in six weeks.

Mr Roberts-Smith and Matt Locke were both awarded the MG for their heroism during two days of fierce fighting on a mountain range south of Chora in Uruzgan province in June 2006.

Former counter-terrorism adviser and commander of British troops in Afghanistan Col Richard Kemp said the UK faced the 'greatest danger from terrorism since Islamic State was at its height'

The Federal Government has been urging cautious states such and Western Australia and Queensland to stick to the national re-opening plan which phases out lockdowns.

Senior government ministers are considering rolling back a number of measures after being briefed by the public health team on Sunday.

Hurricane Ida could overwhelm levees strengthened to protect New Orleans as it barrels down on Louisiana on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

The mother of a Marine killed in the Kabul airport attack called Biden a 'dementia-riddent piece of crap' as the president meets with families of the 13 fallen service members on Sunday

The demonstration is being held on the M1 in Reedy Creek, south of Brisbane, by furious truckies promising to bring the major highway to a standstill.

The WA healthcare system is already 'on its knees' despite having no Covid cases, according to one of the states top doctors who slammed Mark McGowan for chronic under spending.

Pen Farthing praised the 'phenomenal' efforts of British troops in getting his animals to the UK. He revealed almost all of his 170 Afghan strays have already been lined up for homes.

The CouriersPlease worker filmed himself at a sorting facility when he came across a package addressed to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian, which he then threw across the floor.

HARRY MOUNT: You never forget your first M&S suit. I bought mine when I was 22, fresh out of university and making a disastrous attempt at being a banker in the City of London.

Consumer champion Which? questioned 2,000 of its members in its search for the top spots. Avebury and Castle Combe - both in Wiltshire - have topped a list of the best countryside villages.

Ida's wind speed and date of landfall are similar to Katrina's, but the new storm is smaller, which means stronger, and it's expected to pummel the state's industrial corridor with more rain.

Louisiana's levees - reinforced in the wake of Hurricane Katrina - have come under fresh scrutiny over fears Hurricane Idas 16 foot storm surges could overcome them.

Mitch McConnell wouldn't say whether he thinks GOP Governors Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis should reverse their bans on schools and private entities implementing mask mandates.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the timeline is 'flexible' for COVID-19 booster shots for those adults who have already received both vaccinations, after officials gave an 8-month time frame for the shot's rollout.

Al Roker was pummeled by angry waves alongside Lake Pontchartain as he and the TODAY team reported live from New Orleans hours before record-setting Hurricane Ida made landfall.

The German social media star, 22, who hosts a YouTube channel that translates as Thunderstorm in the Brain, posts funny videos about his condition to his 2.2million subscribers.

Isabella Emma Pearce died on her 18th birthday in the Alexandria Hospital in January this year, two days after she rode off on her bicycle and told her heart-broken father 'I'm never coming home Dad'.

Former New York Times journalist and writer Alex Berenson, 48, has been permanently banned from Twitter after posting an anti-vaccination COVID-19 related tweet.

Emergency services were called to Hideaway Drive in Salt Ash at about 1.45pm on Sunday August 29 after reports a Ford Ranger ute had struck a tree.

The family of a missing 17-year-old girl are fearing for her safety, saying her disappearance is 'very out of character'. The teenager was last seen on August 19 in Eagleby, south of Brisbane.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton, 41, was spotted on a solo jog in the Hamptons on August 26 after keeping a low-profile during the pandemic

A few months after being indicted for the death of Michael Ramos, 42, Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor is facing new murder charges in the death of Mauris DeSilva, 46.

Aaliyah Ramirez, 14, of Indiana, was last seen going to her bus stop on April 27. Police found her in the custody of her grandmother, Elizabeth Sands, and aunt, Allissa Sands, in Florida.

Surveillance footage revealed the violent nature of Rikers Island prison in New York after a series of videos showed inmates brutally attacking officers- with one not being able to stand up afterwards

Jamal 'Shyne' Barrow was once a rising star and prodigy of Sean 'Diddy' Combs before his arrest for a shooting at a night club in 1999 and his subsequent deportation to Belize.

Malique Long was arrested outside his home on Friday, then held without bail after he appeared in court on Saturday for the alleged murder of 70-year-old Yvonne Ruzich in Chicago

Dominic Raab faced more pressure to quit last night over claims hundreds of vulnerable Afghans who helped the British may have been needlessly left behind.

The latest figures show GPs can get paid as much as £100 an hour for virtual appointments as concern grows about the shift away from face to face visits while the NHS deals with the Covid backlog.

Raphael Rosado, 45, picked up his dying son's gun and shot at the officers who killed him in the Bronx early Sunday morning. Michael, 24, was fatally struck in the torso after shooting at the officers.

A new guide on 'inclusive communication' has been published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in order to promote 'health equity.'

Ben Sasse said President Joe Biden doesn't have any plan in place to get American citizens and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan after the withdrawal deadline of August 31 passes.

Father-of-two Paul Ellis had his legs removed in 2008 to treat pain for an existing injury but that didn't stop him from climbing Mount Snowdon in Wales in a gruelling nine-mile feat.

A new study revealed what could be cancer's 'Achilles' heel,' after researchers at the University of British Columbia discovered an enzyme that fuels tumor growth when oxygen levels are low.

British troops have already left Kabul and US military personnel will be out of Afghanistan before the August 31 deadline set by US President Joe Biden.

The unidentified man, who Miami-Dade police say was a veteran in crisis, could be seen screaming at the American Airlines terminal when he suddenly picks up a metal pole and threw it at airport workers..

Doorae Shin, 29, a vegan from Hawaii who was seriously ill with COVID asked young people on social media to get the jab. She thought she would get mild symptoms, and wasn't vaccinated.

Sixty cats and dogs landed near San Diego on Saturday from Louisiana as local shelters are overrun. Hurricane Ida is expected to make landfall from the Gulf Coast with near Category 5 winds.

Caleb Wallace, 30, who was fighting to end 'COVID-19 Tyranny' died from the coronavirus on Saturday and leaves behind his pregnant wife and three young daughters.