The CBI said 76 per cent of firms had reported access to staff as a threat to the UK's competitiveness, the highest proportion since the annual survey began 24 years ago.

The FBI announced that they have discovered human remains consistent with the description of missing van-life girl Gabby Petito at a press conference Sunday afternoon.

Emergency teams were called to the property in Chandos Crescent in Killamarsh, at around 7.25am Sundayamid concerns over the safety of those at the address.

Fears are mounting about the consequences of soaring wholesale gas prices - up 70 per cent since last month - that are sending providers to the wall and causing chaos for a range of industries.

Eco-warrior Liam Norton's south-west London home is single-glazed, has no cavity wall insulation and uses gas central heating, according to the Sun.

A string of deaths has heightened fears that cancers and other illnesses are being missed because of the rise of phone and video consultations since the pandemic.

An urgent appeal was issued last night after Carson Shephard, 7, vanished from New Cumnock, East Ayrshire. Police are urging locals to check their garden sheds and their garages.

Around 10,000 men a year in the UK have an aggressive form of prostate cancer, which is treated with hormone therapy and radiotherapy. A new drug could halve death rates over six years.

Doctors at the London Royal Marsden hospital are this week set to treat the first patient as part of a trial looking into whether it is safe to give radiotherapy in two large doses instead of lots of smaller doses.

The stomach-churning pictures of the house in Wirral, Merseyside, showed mountains of rubbish piled up in the kitchen, the sink and bathtub filled with discarded cans.

Sacha Dench fell from the sky after colliding with Dan Burton, a member of her support crew who was in a separate paramotor and died after the mid-air crash in the Scottish Highlands this weekend.

Jonathan Lewis, 32, had picked up the keys to his new home in Walton, Liverpool, when he decided to examine the void underneath the stairs that had been boarded up.

Boris Johnson will press Joe Biden to lift the ban on travel from the UK during talks at the White House tomorrow after the US failed to reciprocate when Britain reopened its doors to Americans in July.

ALEX BRUMMER: Both ordinary households and big energy users such as the steel industry face horrendous price increases which could trigger a catastrophic rise in inflation.

Sources have suggested Prince Andrew is considering whether to continue instructing his current legal team as there is deep concern over how the Virginia Roberts lawsuit has been handled

DOMINIC LAWSON: No one does pique quite like the French. And this great nation's government has thrown a fit of pique over the Australia's decision to scrap its agreement to buy French submarines

ANDREW PIERCE: Several figures embroiled in the party's anti-Semitism crisis will be at The World Transformed alternative conference held in the seaside resort at the same time as Labour's.

CAMILLA CAVENDISH: When Brian Mottram died from Covid-19 pneumonitis last November, he had been prescribed antibiotics by a GP over the phone.

DR ARUN GHOSH: There is a case from the pandemic that will always stay with me of a man given appointments remotely. He was 24 and suffering from lower-back pain after exercising.

Researchers said the prints, which were found in Tibet, were deliberately formed in a pattern. If they are seen as art, the prints are more than 100,000 years older than the earliest cave paintings.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Jimmy Greaves' haul of 357 goals in 516 games has never been equalled in the top tier of English football. He was the youngest player to score 100 goals.

Surging into the sky and swooping back down over the water in Dartmouth, Devon, flyboarder James Prestwood is everywhere you look around - just like the song.

William Bortrick, a paid advisor to tycoon Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz - is said to have met the Prince in Britain and abroad on at least nine occasions, according to the Sunday Times.

BETH HALE: John Challis was only supposed to be in one episode. But as in all the best comedy, sometimes you simply can't predict what, or in this case who, is going to be a hit.

With two-thirds of ballots counted, the pro-Kremlin United Russia party had retained its parliamentary majority with nearly 48% of the vote, while the Communist party sits in a clear second with 21%.

Two pilots were ejected from a military aircraft in a crash that damaged three homes in the Lake Worth, Texas area on Sunday and left one pilot critically injured and another in stable condition.

Detectives have launched an urgent investigation after a member of the public reported that they had seen a young girl screaming for help in a black Mercedes in Haringey, north London.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to hold talks in New York on Monday before heading to Washington for his first White House summit where he hopes to mend fences with Joe Biden

The Government has declined to say how many ex-translators who risked their lives beside UK troops were airlifted to safely in Operation Pitting.

About the size of a golf buggy, two specially designed vehicles will be assessed for six months delivering letters and small parcels in Edinburgh, Crewe, Liverpool, Swindon and London.

The model, 51, has been announced as The Queen's Commonwealth Trust Platinum Jubilee Global Ambassador, where she will be involved with championing the work of young leaders.

There is disagreement over whether French President Emmanuel Macron was notified one hour or five hours before Australia announced the AUKUS pact with the US and UK.

The series' producers hired Scottish National Party councillor Feargal Dalton, who opposes the Trident system, to act as a script consultant and to provide advice on nuclear submarines.

Facing exposure by MI6 and almost certainly the death penalty, Kim Philby had fled to Moscow - from where he wrote to his wife pleading for her to join him.

The Government has decided folic acid will be added to both white and brown flour in a bid to reduce the risk of birth defects caused by folic acid deficiency by up to 20 per cent

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Maura Irwin, 77, from New Cross, southeast London, had the nasal feeding tube misplaced into her lung after suffering a stroke in February 2018, which then filled up and killed her, an inquest heard.

The 53-year-old, named in Portugal as Maria Silva, also scammed the football star's super-agent Jorge Mendes out of more than £14,000 and former Man U winger Nani out of more than £1,500.

Challis was best-known for his portrayal of second-hand car dealer Boycie in the beloved British sitcom Only Fools And Horses, starring alongside Sir David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst.

A 73-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a 'domestic' incident in Wolverhampton and died this afternoon prompting police to launch a murder investigation.

Joe and Jill Biden took a leisurely bike ride during their weekend in Rehoboth on Sunday as a new poll emerged showing more than half of Americans believe the country is less united under Biden.

Tesco, Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer and Co-Op have already started putting out Christmas items on their shelves. It comes as today fears were raised of meat shortages due to a lack of CO2 gas.

The Brazilian football star, 35, dubbed Hulk for his upper-body strength, announced the news via an Instagram post alongside his ex-wife's niece and now wife Camila Sousa, 32.

Jamie Heywood, Uber's general manager for northern and eastern Europe, has admitted that the app is suffering higher driver cancellations as drivers ditch jobs they don't think are 'worth it'.

Natasha Adams was discovered hanged at her flat in Solihull, on August 12. She had sought help from the mental health team at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham the day before.

SpaceX founder and multibillionaire Elon Musk has promised to donate $50 million to SpaceX's Inspiration4 fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Manny Pacquiao has revealed he will run from president of the Philippines next year, less than a month after losing to Yordenis Ugas in the boxing ring.   

Prince Charles, 72, donned his full military uniform while the Duchess of Cornwall, 74, wore a chic mid-length dress is shades of blue as they arrived at Westminster Abbey.

More than 800 men and women of all ages stripped down in Druridge Bay to enjoy a naked frolic in the North Sea.

Jack Schofield, 27,  escaped with his life after colliding with a car which appeared to cut straight across a mini roundabout in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire on Thursday.

Images appear to show militants riding swan-themed vessels on the water at Band-e Amir National Park - once a hotspot for international travellers and domestic tourists.

Justine Mills, owner of Cricket in Liverpool, told The Sunday Times the couture-selling store was lucky to survive the Covid-19 pandemic because it didn't have an online presence.

The victim, a woman in her twenties, was walking along Church Green, in Witney, Oxfordshire, just after 1.30am, when she was approached by a man she did not know.

Ealing Council in London studied nine LTNs following public outcry from local residents, who gathered in their thousands outside the town hall in April to demand they be axed.

The woman was spotted by a fisherman while she was on jagged rocks on the isle of Krk, Croatia. She had suffered cuts to her face and told authorities she had no idea how she had got there.

EthicsFirst, a group of veterinary professionals, said dogs and cats are able to receive complicated treatments, often covered by insurance, but cannot give their consent.

Bored Panda has rounded up a selection of objects from around the world that been marked by time.

The woman's body was found near a community centre in Greenwich, south-east London on Saturday. The Metropolitan Police said officers had been called to the scene at around 5.30pm.

Tributes have been paid to legendary Tottenham and England star Jimmy Greaves MBE who has died at the age of 81.  Spurs announced the news on Sunday morning.

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As tributes flooded in for the beloved British actor, who died at the age of 79 after a battle with cancer, Ice T joined in to voice his appreciation for his 'internet friend'.

Melbourne's tradies have waged war on the city throwing projectiles and kicking in the window of the CFMEU union office after attacking its boss and even kicking a dog on Monday.

Shots were heard at Perm State University in Russia's Ural mountains today, and a lone gunman was seen walking into a building with a clearly visible firearm before reportedly being killed.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palasczczuk has refused to sign up to the national plan to reopen state borders once 80 per cent of Australia's population is fully vaccinated.

A group of 15 activists from Insulate Britain are sat in the road at Junction 18 at Rickmansworth, near Watford, this morning.

Labor senator Kristina Keneally has confirmed she is house hunting in south-west Sydney after being imposed as the candidate in a safe seat that is 44km from her northern beaches home.

The Met Office has said we can expect a 'settled' start to the week before 'very blustery and wet conditions' and gales and washouts for many in parts of northern and eastern England and Scotland.

Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (pictured) has been soliciting advice from his allies, leaving them with the impression that he plans to run in Texas' 2022 gubernatorial race.

Nicholas Drummond, a graduate of Sydney's elite Knox Grammar has had all convictions erased after initially being charged with assault after punching a woman and a man on a drunken night out.

The Fairfax School Board in Virginia is is facing calls to ditch board member Abrar Omeish after she claimed a moment of silence to mark anniversary of the 9/11 attacks 'causes harm.'

Alan Braid, an OB/GYN physician, said he did the procedure while treating a woman at his San Antonio clinic on September 6 - five days after the restrictive new law known as SB8 went into effect.

A protest against construction restrictions in Melbourne has spiralled into violence with demonstrators clashing with union officials and hurling a bread crate. 

Hadi Skaf, whose older brothers Bilal and Mohammed committed a series of rapes on young women in western Sydney 21 years ago will face sentencing next month for supplying cocaine.

Larin Kayatas claims the decision to dismiss her was purely political and an attempt to discourage members of the country's LGBTQ+ community from pursuing careers in medicine.

The Labor leader, 58, dramatically transformed his physique by giving up alcohol for three months, cutting out carbs and installing a treadmill in his Canberra office.

Two-time killer John Edward Harris took his own life at the Townsville Correctional Facility in 2019 because he couldn't face 'an eternity' behind bars, the Queensland Coroner has found.

Sarah Jayne Ellis spotted the scaly creature, dubbed the 'Castleford Croc', in her neighbour's garden near the River Aire in West Yorkshire. said the creature appeared to be around four-foot-long.

The collapse of China's second biggest property developer Evergrande as it drowns in debt is a threat to Australia's biggest export. Iron ore survived China's trade sanctions but things could change.

Three Texas women who were seen in a video allegedly attacking a NYC restaurant hostess after their vaccination cards were questioned said they were racially profiled and called the n-word.

Mr Porter resigned as science minister on Sunday over anger that he accepted an anonymous donation to help cover legal costs estimated to be worth $600,000 to $1million.

A New Zealand basketball star playing in the NBL has been dropped from his team because he refused to get a Covid vaccine making travelling across the country for games a huge problem.

The FBI announced a $10,000 reward for information that could lead to Mary Johnson Davis (left), a Native American woman who's been missing in Washington since November 2020

New video has emerged of the moment an elderly woman was pepper sprayed at Melbourne's wild anti-lockdown protest that shows multiple police stopping to help. 

Supermodel Doutzen Kroes said on Instagram that she won't get the Covid vaccine and will 'not be forced to prove my health to participate in society.'

Victoria Police have come under fire for more heavy handed tactics that saw officers pepper spray news photographers and an injured elderly woman. 

Barnaby Joyce expects former federal minister Christian Porter to one day return to the frontbench after quitting for failing to explain who helped fund his defamation case.

Demonstrators were left outraged after footage showed two officers deploying pepper spray at a woman during violent protests in Richmond, Melbourne, on Saturday.

A NYPD cop was seen in a video clip riding on the back of an illegal dirt bike while the rider performed tricks. The NYPD is aware of the video and is investigating.

Comedian Kate Quigley is feeling better as she continues to recover from her nearly-fatal overdose earlier this month, but she shot back at ex-boyfriend Darius Rucker for commenting on her health.

Natalie Wester and her husband, Jose, were asked to leave Hang Time in Rowlett, Texas on September 11 because they wore face coverings to protect their immunocompromised son.

Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents rescued a group of illegal migrants from a swarm of bees near Penitas, Texas, on Wednesday, four of which went to hospital for treatment (left and right)

The fake championship rings represented various teams like the Yankees, the Chicago Bulls, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Eagles. They were bound for a home in Florissant, Missouri.

Kristen Naylor-Legg, 28, from West Virginia, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of a minor. She arranged for her 17-year-old stepdaughter to be raped by a police chief.

Former President Donald Trump said the U.S. is becoming a 'cesspool of humanity' on Sunday as the Biden administration frantically arranges flights to return nearly 15,000 Haitians back to Haiti

Seth Rogen opened the Emmys 2021 by mocking the awards show for packing a 'hermetically -sealed tent'  and calling it outdoors.

Cedric the Entertainer, 57, confirmed that he 'did not have a reaction like Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend.' The rapper, 38, alleged last week that her cousin's testicles swelled after he got a COVID-19 vaccine.

Dan Andrews has announced Victorians trapped in locked-down NSW may soon be able to return home as he flags a 500 per week quarantine cap.

The man charged with the gruesome stabbing murder of a young graduate has officially pleaded not guilty to the killing. 

Surrey Police officers Sgt Molly Edwards and her lover PC Richard Paton's affair was exposed after bosses bugged the vehicle and recorded moaning and 'verbal expressions of sexual fantasies'.

Australian airlines will get a further $183.65 million aviation support package, which includes a new $64 million rebate scheme to help airports offset the cost of security screening.

The UK's biggest power firms will call on Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to help Britons by removing the cost of green subsidies from payments.

Family doctors are seeing fewer patients in person than they did last year, despite the hugely successful vaccine rollout, better Covid treatments and a more stable supply of PPE.

Mr Joyce, who reclaimed the Deputy Prime Minister role in June, said Australia had to build up its military to ward off any attackers, citing China, Russia and Iran as potential adversaries.

The mother of Carly McBride, who was murdered and dumped in bushland in in 2014, read a powerful victim impact statement to the court at the sentencing hearing of her killer.

Lucy Murnane revealed she was at breaking point after working night rotation and pulling 10 hour shifts in one of the busiest emergency departments in Melbourne.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has said that ministers should make face masks on public transport compulsory again. He said the voluntary system in England is not working.

After previously throwing his full support behind the National Cabinet plan to reopen when Covid vaccine targets are reached, South Australia's Premier changed his tune saying restrictions to stay.

Brian Houston said that he will still be the church's Global Senior Pastor, but stepped down as board member so the board could function 'to their fullest capacity during this season.'

Thousands headed for the iconic spot to celebrate mask-free in the sunshine on Sunday as public health orders finally start to ease in New South Wales.

Humberto Anteverde, 29, 'appeared very nervous' when he was stopped for speeding in Port Arthur, Texas Thursday morning. Police found a kilo of cocaine in the car, the least of their discoveries.

The Super 8 on Highway 70 in Portales, New Mexico is closed to guests after its water supply was shut down amid concerns that meth is circulating within it. Tests have come back inconclusive.

Some passengers had to be airlifted out by helicopter as more than 20 EMS units responded to the Sunday afternoon crash in Pennsylvania. It's not known what caused the driver to lose control.

Rising international oil prices have pushed Australian petrol prices to their highest level in nearly three years nationally, and to record highs in some parts of the country.

A man aged in his late 40s or 50s was found in the river near Brisbane's famous Story Bridge at 7.30am this morning by the crew of a Brisbane ferry. His death is being treated as suspicious.

Today show host Karl Stefanovic was in fits of laughter as Employment Minister Stuart Robert mocked Byron Bay - Australia's anti-vaccine capital - for its bizarre locals.

Shocking footage has emerged of a dog being kicked during violent scenes in Melbourne as construction workers took to the streets to protest strict new Covid-19 restrictions.

As Australians look forward to a lockdown-free summer of picnics and barbeques, meteorologists warn it could be a wash out with a La Nina season bringing high temperatures but more rain.

Milford, 27, was arrested at 2am and charged with three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of wilful damage after police were called to reports of a disturbance.

Kara Bell demanded that an Austin school board remove the book Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez from its middle school shelves due to its descriptions of anal sex at a meeting on Wednesday.

Victoria's highly-anticipated freedom roadmap has revealed lockdown-fatigued Melburnians will still be bound by a raft of Covid restrictions even once vaccination targets are hit.

The seven-month-old joey was found on the ground at a property in northern NSW.

One of Australia's top doctors has slammed 'overcautious' modelling that could keep long suffering Melburnians in lockdown until November.

Lauren McDonough from Melbourne, who lost both legs after a suicide attempt, has shared her story in the hope of inspiring others with mental health battles to reach out for help.

Emergency services were called out to the incident, which happened south of Unapool in Wester Ross, on Saturday. Police confirmed the death of one of the pilots of a paramotor.

Kim Marie Ramsay, 49, pleaded guilty in Western Australia's District Court last week to collecting Centrelink carer and pension payments for almost two years after her father Edward's death.

The former AFL star brought Kelley Fergus along as his date to the 2021 Brownlow Medals on Sunday night.

Footage showed four officers subdue the demonstrator as police clashed with hundreds of protestors in Richmond on Saturday.

Canberra has recorded seven new coronavirus infections as ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr takes a swing at the Morrison government over vaccine supply.

Millions of Sydneysiders are enjoying more freedoms as NSW recorded 935 new coronavirus cases. 

The Northern Territory has recorded a new Covid-19 case after a man travelled from NSW, through Queensland and into Darwin and tested positive.

Adam Ghoz was walking with a friend in Casula, in Sydney's south-west when he was allegedly struck by a car which veered across two lanes of traffic on the Hume Highway before mounting the kerb

Australia Post needs to recruit almost 5,000 workers to keep up with demand from people in locked down areas.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has departed for the United States for a series of meetings culminating in the first face-to-face Quad leaders' summit.

Invitations urging Britons to arrange a third jab through the National Booking Service will be sent to 1.5million people in England today as the Government prepares to top-up immunity.

Rob Hodgson, 38, had been working out in his home gym in November, six months after recovering from Covid-19, when he collapsed, the result of scarring on his heart left by the virus.

Support for both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has fallen in the latest Newspoll, while the Coalition has clawed back some ground from Labor.

Retailers struggling to keep afloat as a result of coronavirus lockdowns are being given a glimmer of hope for a busy Christmas trading period.

Mother of missing woman Gabby Petito confirmed today that footage from August 27 (pictured top left) captured her daugher's van days after she was last seen.

Scientists have issued a dramatic warning koalas could become extinct with just 30,000 left in the wild.

Zachary Pickrell (right), of Anaheim, California, claimed that he was a victim of a drive-by shooting in which Danilo Arauz (left), 17, was shot dead before being charged and arrested, police said.

The 16 year old was one of more than 100 at the party on Sawtell Beach near Coffs Harbour when a fight broke out.

The ACT government says it does not feel under pressure to do more to ease its Covid restrictions, with its larger NSW and Victorian neighbours setting out their plans to end lockdowns.

Luke Cook, 37, who had been sentenced to death in Thailand along with his wife, returned home to Sydney on Sunday after winning an appeal against his conviction in Bangkok last week.

The property includes seven bedrooms, 10 full bathrooms and four half baths, with three guest villas overlooking the water in the Palm Beach County town of Gulf Stream.

Guinness World Records has released its 2022 edition, the 67th book since the records first started in 1955. An enduring favourite of kids, the book is an old-world distraction from devices.

Those in Sydney's hardest hit suburbs are set for their first taste of freedom in months, with recreation rules relaxing as vaccination rates continue to climb.

Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, toured the exterior set and the Rovers Return at the ITV studios in Trafford, Greater Manchester.

On the same day Elon Musk Space welcomed back four civilians he successfully sent into space, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was spotted in Los Angeles having dinner with 'Lauren Sánchez.

A 22-year-old unnamed victim died after being shot in the torso on Saturday night at a party in a Bronx park where suspects opened fire on four victims, including an 11-year-old

Detectives have released fresh vision of two hooded men fleeing from the scene moments, the brother of Brothers for Life founder Bassam Hamzy, was shot outside his Condell Park home.