Southern England experienced its third cloudiest August since records began, with the region receiving only 129 hours of sunshine this month.

Maddie Durdant-Hollamby, 22, believed to have been murdered by her boyfriend Ben Green, who was almost 20 years older than her, had spoken about leaving him, family friends have told MailOnline.

In the last phone call between Joe Biden and his Afghan counterpart the American president said they needed to change perceptions of the Taliban's rapid advance 'whether it is true or not.'

The notorious murderer will taste freedom after the Parole Board rejected the Government's legal challenge to his release. But Pitchfork will be subject to extremely strict licence conditions.

Former paramedic Scott Sutherland, 47, (pictured) from Ivybridge, near Plymouth, pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and two counts of burglary after raiding supplies at ambulance stations.

Official figures show that at the end of June there were 10,882 foreign national offenders who had been released from jail but not deported, despite receiving prison sentences of at least 12 months.

Doctors warn that the pandemic has had a 'very detrimental effect' on youngsters after paediatric staff were redeployed to treat adults with Covid. It means young patients had operations cancelled.

British officials have opened talks with the Taliban about getting UK citizens and allies out of Afghanistan, it emerged last night.

Damion Simmons, 45, broke into the northwest London house he had shared with Denise Keane-Simmons, 36, to pour petrol over her head and set her alight.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Pet owner Katie Louise Oldridge, from Hull, who left her dog to starve to death in her home has been banned from keeping animals for life.

Maisy Evans was hospitalised with a Covid-related blood clot and shared her message online in a bid to encourage teens to get the jab but says she was targeted by online trolls.

Detectives have issued new CCTV images of a man they want to identify over a series of assaults that took place on one day in north London.

Footage shows a huge human caravan, stretching as far as the eye can see, moving across desert on the Pakistani border as tens of thousands are set to flee Taliban-held Afghanistan.

Surveyors with high-tech £100,000 backpacks have begun the task of scanning headstones at 19,000 sites. 'It does look a bit like Ghostbusters,' said Tim Viney of Cumbria-based Atlantic Geomatics

The long-promised reform - potentially paid for by a 1 per cent hike in National Insurance - could be announced this month to boost the Prime Minister's bid to 'level up' the North of England

A think-tank suggested charging motorists per mile could help plug the vehicle tax gap left as the UK converts to electric vehicles and the Government did not reject the idea.

A collector was duped into buying the fake via a link to an online auction for a non-fungible token (NFT) - a digital form of art - which was posted on a now-deleted part of the graffiti artist's site.

Benjamin Mendy, who is charged with four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against three people, allegedly had a meltdown after he arrived at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool.

Teaching unions warned individual schools could re-impose rules such as masks and 'bubble' system. However, experts warn further loss of learning would be a disaster for millions.

The UK's approach is in contrast to that of America, which has abandoned dozens of working dogs in Afghanistan along with military equipment, according to an animal charity.

JULIET CONWAY: He's being sued over sex abuse allegations in New York, but Prince Andrew is nevertheless deemed fit to represent the country.

Judge Timothy Spencer QC told Ben John, 21, he could stay out of prison as long as he steered clear of white-supremacy literature and and read classic literature.

A vintage gun dealer shot his corporate lawyer wife dead their Ipswich home after becoming psychotic over tissues she left round the house during lockdown, a court heard today.

The plastic shelters left in the fields of Berkshire will be added to the tonnes of rubbish being cleared from the site, including dirty underwear, used condoms and even broken false teeth.

Scarlett Attari, who is originally from Louisville, Kentucky and now studies History at Edinburgh University has become a viral sensation sharing the differences across the pond,

Charles George Courtney struck up a friendship with bellboy Taskin Dasdan after staying at the Korur De Lux Hotel in Turkey every year, before leaving him a fortune in his will.

Sally-Anne Shipp won a £30,000 lawsuit against her former company City Sprint after male bosses asked whether her baby was planned, an employment tribunal has heard.

A rope rescue team from Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service managed to get the man out of the structure in the village of Milton Ernest after being called at noon.

Appearing on Good Morning America today, Finding Freedom author Omid Scobie said the Duke, 37, and Duchess of Sussex, 40, 'don't want to disappear or not be seen'.

Mark Thompson was behind the wheel of his Mercedes when he reached the staggering speed as he drove along the A19 near Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland.

Up to four million Britons visited Italy each year before the pandemic, before the industry was battered in the past 18 months due to international travel restrictions.

Older adults who don't regularly get seven to nine hours of sleep may have elevated risk for dementia and other brain issues, a a new study from Stanford University finds.

Pen Farthing, 52, who landed in Heathrow with around 150 dogs and cats from his animal shelter, described how he passed the Taliban-controlled barbed wire into Kabul airport.

Roddy Thomson, 40, from Liphook, West Sussex, had risen through the ranks to become Chief Operating Officer of investment giant M&G while maintaining his family life.

Kim Jong Un appeared on state TV walking in front of a stand filled with hundreds of seemingly adoring school children as he waved during Youth Day celebrations in Pyongyang.

The system generates magnetic fields while surpassing harmful electric fields to allow devices to charge from anywhere within the room, according to the team from the University of Tokyo, Japan.

EXCLUSIVE: Travel industry figures vented their fury today after Sunday's scenes, which saw elderly people and exhausted families with young children waiting for hours.

The UK is averaging more than 33,000 new infections every day which is the highest since the second wave was still raging in January, excluding a blip during Euro 2020.

Researchers from the University of South Wales tested players from a United Rugby Championship team in pre-season, mid-season and post-season.

Murray blasted the Greek star for the 'nonsense' and said he had lost respect for him after Tsitsipas disappeared off court for almost eight minutes at the start of the fifth set.

Police were called to EuroMillions jackpot winner Adrian Bayford's Cambridgeshire estate after the quad bike accident that has left his teenage son fighting for his life.

The under-pressure Foreign Secretary blasted 'irresponsible' leaks against him as No 10 denied reports that he is facing a humiliating demotion at the next Cabinet reshuffle.

Locals heard a huge 'bang' when the HGV became wedged under the low arch in Plymouth yesterday afternoon and the mainline won't be fully open again until Wednesday evening.

Nikita, 27, from Newcastle, appeared on the first episode of the hit dating show Married at First Sight UK last night as she walked down the aisle to meet her new husband Ant.

A hairdresser from Coventry who moved to Dubai for a better life has died following complications after going to Iran for cosmetic surgery.

The joint general secretary of the National Education Union Mary Bousted said: 'My prediction is that very shortly we are going to see schools all over the country... operating contingency framework.'

The mother asked whether it would be unreasonable to send her son in wearing Kickers on his first day despite the policy, which many parents from around the UK branded as 'ridiculous'.

Ben Perry, a special constable from Worcestershire, lost his leg in a road accident but parking officials wanted more proof of his disability, sparking a snarky response from his GP.

Pauline and Roger Fitter, from Haslemere, West Sussex, have finally retired from fostering children after deciding from an early age they wanted to help as many parent-less children as they could.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston, the Chief of the Air Staff, said the UK must be able to 'play a global role in the global coalition to defeat Daesh' and that could include strikes.

Retired opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, 77, told how she made the decision to move back to her native New Zealand after the pandemic meant she was unable to see her grandson for months.

Police say they are certain the unidentified minor made a deliberate attempt to avoid self-quarantine in Tenerife. Local health chiefs and a judge have been made aware of the incident.

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.

The large SUV lost control while taking a sharp bend in Samut Sakhon, Thailand on August 28. The motorist narrowly avoided a woman pushing a cart before bringing their car to a halt.

Australia Post has been forced to stop all collections from shops after 500 staff members were plunged into self-isolation after being exposed to coronavirus.

Tanya Borg, 42, of Pewsey, Wiltshire, has been fighting to get Angel, 21, and Maya, nine, back since Mohammed El Zubaidy claimed he was taking the girls to Tunisia to 'meet their gran'.

British journalist Syed Taalay Ahmed, 31, was shot and killed by a group of armed robbers while on deployment in Ghana in August 23. He had been on deployment for Muslim Television Ahmadiyaa.

Officers stopped the Lamborghini Aventador en route to South Mimms, Hertfordshire, on Monday. Police said the driver had decided not to tax the supercar because it was 'too expensive'.

The 38-year-old has said she often used foreign accents on 2GB's Continuous Call Team rugby league show but had never intended to mock other people or cultures.

Mr Tugendhat, who served in Afghanistan, accused the Taliban 'lying' about Britons being allowed safely out of Afghanistan - saying the group has been hunting people down and killing them.

Elena Tanase, 22, is accused of getting behind the wheel of Rangers star Ianis Hagi's car and allegedly causing the crash on Saturday near the Dumbreck turn off on the M8 in Glasgow.

The president said on Tuesday that the operation to evacuate U.S. troops out of Kabul - that left 13 US service members dead - was an 'extraordinary success'.

Lockdown-weary locals in Sydney's Covid-riddled west say Premier Gladys Berejiklian is living in an ivory tower and dividing the city after she snubbed a chance to meet affected communities.

The 82nd Airborne Division was the last military contingent to leave Kabul, and on Tuesday night new photos showed the moment the troops left Afghanistan to end the 20-year war.

Dr Omar Khorshid, the president of the Australian Medical Association, said hospitals around the country were at breaking point from the surge in Covid-infected patients.

Actress Zhao Wei (pictured) was wiped from the internet last week, with films and TV shows she starred in being removed from streaming services, without the government providing any reason.

One school district near Sacramento on Tuesday said 29 of their students remained in Afghanistan, while another school district, near San Diego, said three of theirs remained in Kabul.

Angie Ugarte posted the sign in the window of the DeBary Diner in DeBary, Volusia County, tells customers to turn around if they back President Joe Biden and his administration.

Dominic Raab will be grilled by MPs this afternoon over his handling of the UK's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan amid a worsening Whitehall blame game.

Fast food restaurant Red Rooster has responded to a series of questions on social media as to why their stores across Australia always appear empty - and if any 'sinister' activity is unfolding.

Mem Fox was contacted by fellow Adelaide resident Nicole Erfurth who wanted to show her support after a rescue flight carrying about 100 refugees arrived in the South Australian capital about 4am Wednesday.

Residents say the Taliban have cut off phone and internet connections in the Panjshir province 100 miles north of the capital where resistance fighters have gathered and vowed to fight the Taliban.

The truth is finally out. Playgrounds were shut down to punish the parents, not because kids were spreading Covid.   

Adrian Tynrell Horne, 43, is wanted on two counts of first degree murder after two people were shot dead in Wilson County, North Carolina.

Professor Sutton explained, after announcing 120 new Covid cases on Wednesday - the most in a year, why he couldn't ease lockdown even as locals struggled to cope.

Cops trying to arrest an elderly woman at one of NSW's 79 anti-lockdown rallies were heckled by protesters who surrounded and screamed at them.

Six, Long Island residents are dead from cocaine overdoses that were laced with fentanyl - a synthetic opioid similar to morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.

Connally Independent School District closed its five suburban Waco schools until after Labor Day, following the COVID-19 deaths of teachers Natalia Chansler, 41, and David McCormick, 59.

Tough Covid restrictions enforced in Victoria will not be lifted as planned, Premier Daniel Andrews has confirmed following 120 new cases in the state - but playgrounds will reopen.

New details have emerged about the violent attack of a Rikers Island correction officer whose skull was fractured by an inmate who has been charged with attempted murder.

The Afghanistan cricket team has been given approval to play a historic first test in Australia - and the Taliban has even invited Aussie players to visit. Cricket Australia is pushing ahead with plans.

Gillian Sturgeon, 46, was arrested on August 11 over a domestic incident in Ayrshire and has now claimed police officers told her she was charged because her sister was Scottish First Minister.

Well-known anti-vaxxer Monica Smit has livestreamed the moment she was pulled over and arrested by police outside her five kilometre radius.

The NSW Rural Fire Service declared on Tuesday the beginning of the bushfire danger period for coastal NSW from September 1, which included 21 local government areas.

Tahitians, an unfinished artwork which depicts a 'stereotypical colonial Tahiti scene', was acquired by the Tate in 1917 and was included in its 2010 blockbuster exhibition, Gauguin: Maker of Myth.

An Afghan interpreter was saved because he was told by the UK authorities to head to the Abbey Gate but decided it was 'madness to go there' given warnings of an imminent terrorist attack.

The new research study, set to be published in the Lancet, suggests any talk of introducing compulsory Covid passports make vaccine sceptics even more reluctant to receive a jab.

'Nothing will go wrong, you said. They'll realise they've been duped before we're euthanised, you said...'

Over the course of a few months, Virginia Tech has disenrolled almost 400 students for failure to comply with the school's vaccine mandates and uploading proof of vaccination.

A homeless man has defied the efforts of some very powerful people to move him on from his Covid cave home directly opposite millionaires who live beside one of the world's top beaches.

A truck driver from New South Wales has tested positive to Covid-19 in Queensland. A public health alert for the Archerfield area in Brisbane's south-west and Goondiwindi was issued.

High profile lawyer Ahmed Dib, 33, has sent a stern message to Covid sceptics as he battles the virus in Sydney's Concord Hospital.

NHS England figures showed the biggest waits were for trauma and bone and muscle deformities, with 57,488 people waiting longer than 52 weeks.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk let fly at political opponents in parliament over whether the state's hard border closures would continue until all of the population was vaccinated.

A semi truck driven by Texas man Daniel Canup was smashed into by an oncoming train in Luling on Sunday afternoon after the vehicle was stuck on the tracks while carrying a wind turbine blade

Fashion retailer Mosaic Brands has revealed 288 stores have been forced to close since the start of the pandemic, only a day after the much-loved stationery brand kikki.K collapsed in Australia.

The notorious 'collarbomber' who broke into the home of a Sydney businessman and strapped an explosive to a schoolgirl's neck has walked free from prison.

TOM LEONARD: As the last US soldier walked up the ramp of a US transport plane on Monday night, the Taliban wasted no time in highlighting the scale of America's downfall by flaunting their acquisitions.

Channel 7 Post Game co-host Jacqui Felgate's Disco Dancer outfit was mocked as 'her pyjama suit' on radio. But 3AW followers disagreed - instead pointing to the three blokes on with her.

Australian property prices have surged at the fastest annual pace in 32 years despite a series of lockdowns. In another surprise, Sydney house values are surging even with open home bans.

A senior doctor from Sydney's south-west Covid hotspot has warned people not to listen to social media for information on Covid in a direct attack on anti-vaxxers.

Police in Gulfport, Mississippi are seeking Ohio man Benjamin Eugene Bagley for an alleged assault caught on video in which he interrupted an NBC report on Hurricane Ida Monday.

Before and after satellite images reveal the extent of damage and flooding that Hurricane Ida has left in its wake in Louisiana. Ida was the fifth-strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in the U.S.

Dylan Alcott produced what looks sure to be one of the enduring images of the Paralympics with a classy show of sportsmanship after beating his teen rival in their singles semi-final.

A light-hearted meme from NSW Police comparing the Covid-19 Delta strain to the Titanic has divided the internet.

Police stopped the woman after she was spotted gathering with at least at six others in a Bankstown park in the city's Covid-hit south-western suburbs on Tuesday. 

A woman has claimed in a Facebook post her in-laws West Ryde property was broken into earlier in the week with the intruder leaving strange symbols marked on the walls outside the home.

NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro announced thirty motorhomes have been delivered to families in the state's far north-west to give close contacts of those fighting the virus somewhere safe to isolate.

Playgrounds will finally reopen for Victorians in lockdown but night curfews and wearing of masks are here to stay.

Mark McGowan has banned footy stars, commentators including Eddie McGuire, fans from NSW and Victoria, and even players' WAGs, from the AFL Grand Final. 

One person was missing Tuesday evening and more than 20 homes destroyed after heavy floods hit Buchanan County, Virginia Monday. It came as additional rain is forecast from Ida.

An Australian anti-lockdown mum has filmed herself hysterically sobbing after turning up to a non-existent truckie protest - and leaving her sick child at school so she could support the cause.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki dodged a question on whether President Biden looked at his watch during a transfer ceremony in honor of the slain 13 U.S. service members in Kabul

Gladys Berejiklian has revealed a raft of freedoms locked-down Sydneysiders can enjoy once NSW hits a 70 per cent vaccination target.

They call themselves the 'lucky ones': four among hundreds of former British military interpreters whisked to safety in Britain as the Taliban returned. Scores more are left behind.

Gladys Berejiklian has revealed one of the last restrictions to be lifted in NSW will be hosting gatherings in homes as other freedoms are given the green light.

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has likened Australians who call the police because someone isn't wearing a face mask to informers calling the secret police in a communist country.

A new photo shows the final remaining American diplomats crowded together with Amb. Ross Wilson carrying the folded American flag before they boarded the US last flight out of Kabul.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has given a glimpse of what life will look like once the 70 per cent of the state's population has received their second Covid-19 jab as NSW recorded 1116 new cases.

A clip of a Virginia School Board meeting has gone viral showing a board member reading off a list of joke names including 'Phil McCraken' and 'Suck Mahdick' as he unknowingly gets pranked.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk appears to have backflipped on the pause to the state's hotel quarantine program, re-opening it from this Saturday.

The Virginia DOE posted a training video on Friday instructing teachers to avoid promoting American exceptionalism during lessons leading up to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

President Joe Biden defended his decision to remove the U.S. from Afghanistan, claimed the evacuation from Kabul was an 'extraordinary success,' and pushed the blame on Donald Trump.

An unidentified woman was fatally stabbed in Brooklyn, New York this afternoon. She was transported to Brookdale Hospital, where she was pronounced dead around 3.30pm.

The Today show host was overcome with emotion after interviewing the family of young Sydneysider Daisy Long, 19, who tragically ended her life on August 6.

Rep. Markwayne Mullin reportedly threatened U.S. officials in Tajikistan after they refused to help him bring large quantity of money into the country to fund his Afghan rescue attempt.

The hardline WA premier has vowed to keep his border ban in place to stop Covid-19 entering his state even after the vaccination thresholds which allow restrictions to be relaxed are met.

More than a dozen employees at Mount Druitt Police Area Command ins Sydney's Covid-hit west gathered together in a brightly decorated common room to share buffet platters of food.

TikTok user Ella Cas has revealed the method she used to score a $2,800 Covid support payment from the government, instead of a $750 'disaster' payment, saying 'bring on another lockdown'..

The first annual performance test run by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority in 2021 found $56.2billion worth of taxpayers' super funds were invested in underperforming products.

Elaine Welteroth is leaving the The Talk after just one season, becoming the second full-time panelist to depart the CBS show in the last two weeks and the third since Sharon Osbourne quit in March.

The shattered mother of a young man who died after being struck by a car on the side of a busy freeway has paid tribute to her son and thanked those that tried to save him.

Police had arrived at a unit on Taylor Street, in Lakemba, south west Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon to find the 33-year-old wanted for fraud and driving offences.

Australian filmmaker and ocean enthusiast Brodie Moss was on a paddle board in the Australian ocean when a large venomous sea snake, which live in warm coastal waters, approached him.

The woman in her 30s remains in hospital after being set upon by the dog on her street in Gawler South, in northern Adelaide on Tuesday morning.

Antonio Ferrigno Jr, 26,(pictured right in main image) and Francis Connor, 23, (pictured left) left the Brooklyn Federal courthouse today after their arraignment hearing over the Capitol riot.

NSW Police said officers approached the men about 11.30am on Monday after spotting them sitting at a table on the footpath on Optimism Street in Leppington in Sydney's south-west.

The story of an Australia teenager living with anorexia is bound to strike fear into the heart of any parent, as her devastated family reveal the signs they missed as the evil illness took hold of her.

Victoria has hit more than 100 more cases of coronavirus for the first time since its deadly second wave, just as it plans its way out of lockdown.

The Home Office said the coveted status which allows those who helped the UK to stay indefinitely would be granted immediately and automatically to around 10,000 refugees

Researchers have found that the number of children being homeschooled in the US doubled from 2.5 to five million amid the pandemic, and families of colors have led the shift.

Kevin McCarthy told telecoms companies on Tuesday not to turn over records to the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack saying they risked losing their ability to operate in the U.S.

Jamie Wood, 31, from Brisbane, died in the early hours of Sunday at his Bowen Hills apartment after a long battle with mental health. 

Not a lot is known about the South African C.1.2 strain which is yet to make its way to Australia but has world leading experts on edge.

RICHARD KAY: Unauthorised it may be, but Finding Freedom does provide one valuable service: come what may the Duke and Duchess of Sussex must always have the last word.

The Afghan interpreter who helped rescue President Biden from a remote Afghan valley in 2008 has been left behind after the last US evacuation flight took off on Monday.

Carmel Sepuloni, 44, New Zealand's minister for social development, was in the middle of a live interview when her son entered the room waving a carrot to show off the phallic-shaped vegetable.

The shivering terrified teenage girl was clinging to the branches of a fallen tree in a flood-swollen river as the sun set when she was plucked to safety in a daring police rescue by helicopter.

Long-suffering Victorians will enjoy some well-earned respite from brutal Covid restrictions as Daniel Andrews abandons the state's tough Covid-zero strategy.

In his first address since the US' historic and chaotic final withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Biden again brought up his late son, Beau.