Downing Street is growing increasingly 'worried' over a brewing 'winter of discontent' - with Christmas ruined by soaring energy bills, food and fuel shortages and Universal Credit cuts.

More than 40 Insulate Britain activists across two groups have blocked the A20 road in Kent which provides access to the Port of Dover.

The hitmaker, real name Rory Graham, 36, told neighbours in a Facebook rant that the developer behind the 34 homes in Heathfield used 'bully tactics' to try to buy his four-bedroom property.

Frail Margaret McNulty (pictured) was attacked by her trusted Dutch handyman Nicolas Pijnenborgh on November 16, 2019, after he visited to borrow money at her Spanish villa.

Sabina Nessa was hit on the head by an assailant wielding a weapon just yards from her home in south-east London.

Stephen Williams, 45, put up the picket fence outside his his £300,000 semi-detached home in Alnwick, Northumberland, to block off a path and a layby used by customers going to the chip shop next door.

Prince Harry has carried around a laptop bag with 'Archie's papa' written on it during his trip to New York City with his wife Meghan. Their kids - Archie and Lilibet - stayed back in their LA home.

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is believed to be lining up behind an attempt to revive proposals for a site at Wylfa on Anglesey.

Shopping for the best pillow for neck pain? Enter the Ecosafeter Contour Memory Foam Pillow, which Amazon customers claim is 'the best' pillow for easing chronic neck and back pain.

Meghan, 40, and Prince Harry, 37, left The Carlyle hotel Thursday afternoon and traveled to 50 United Nations Plaza. The Duchess wore a warm-looking beige coat over a black turtleneck.

Prince Harry was pictured in New York City's iconic Upper East Side Bemelmans Bar in the lobby of $1,300-a-night Carlyle Hotel for a second night in a row without Meghan Thursday night.

Mother-of-two Sinead Richards, 31, from West Yorkshire, tied the knot with her partner of 12 years Liam McDonagh, 33, on August 19, but died just 22 days later from stage four breast cancer.

Drugs were effectively decriminalised north of the border earlier this week as prosecutors announced police would be advised to issue only a 'recorded police warning' to anyone in possession of drugs.

GPs claim an ongoing two-metre social distancing rule stops them seeing more patients because waiting rooms are too small - but NHS England claims the requirement is necessary.

The bodyguard, dressed in a smart grey suit and black wingtips that had been resoled with comfortable sneaker soles, was spotted outside the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan on Thursday.

The actor, 34, was pictured being held up by colleagues and looking unwell on the course in Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, earlier today.

Temperatures are set to plunge from 21-22C (70-72F) over the weekend to just 14-16C (57-61F) by Wednesday with blustery showers and plunging temperatures on the way from Monday.

The Duchess of Cornwall today highlights how an estimated one million women have missed vital mammogram tests as a result of the pandemic.

Labour MP Stephanie Peacock challenged Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to admit allowing the closure of storage facility Rough was a mistake.

Team Europe's wives and girlfriends put on a stylish show in designer heels and elegant dresses ahead of 43rd Ryder Cup at the event's gala dinner on Wednesday in Kohler, Wisconsin.

Employers in the hospitality industry would face sanctions or tribunal if they tried to pocket any of their workers' tips under new laws due to be set out by the Department for Business today.

DCMS permanent secretary Sarah Healey, said meetings would still be held over Zoom, even for those in the office, in a bid to stop male employees asserting themselves..

The Prime Minister said the Government would press ahead next month with plans to scrap the £20-a-week uplift in universal credit, which was introduced at the start of the Covid pandemic.

Mr Johnson first proposed a bridge to Northern Ireland three years ago, but it was dismissed by many experts who warned that building the 20-mile link from Scotland would be a logistical challenge.

The housemate of murdered primary school teacher Sabina Nessa has said she now 'doesn't feel safe' in her own home after investigating officers warned the killer 'could strike again.'

The Sussexes met with US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield at 50 UN Plaza Thursday afternoon for a 'wonderful' and 'important discussion' on COVID-19, racial justice and mental health.

Celebrity hairstylist Tom Smith told FEMAIL Prince Harry's image appeared to be 'noticeably different' in New York today in contrast to his photoshoot for the Time 100 magazine cover.

The luxury convoy carting them around the city on a 20-mile journey, which included at least two Range Rovers and one dark SUV, has CO2 emissions of 235g/km per car.

The latest report by the Monetary Policy Committee said CPI inflation is now expected to be 'slightly above' 4 per cent in the fourth quarter of the year.

Professor Tim Spector, who leads the study, warned that the UK still had one of the highest infection rates in Europe and called for the Covid symptoms list to be updated.

Around 19,500 people in England with cancer have not yet been diagnosed due to Covid-related disruption to the NHS and it could take more than a decade to clear this 'missing patients backlog'.

The whistleblower has agreed to work with Congress and plans to appear before the Senate Commerce Committee Consumer protection panel to discuss Facebook's flaws.

Yesterday, the 56-year-old model, revealed she had been suffering a 'cycle of deep depression' and 'self-loathing' so severe it had made her a recluse because of a rare reaction to a cosmetic procedure.

Until the events of last month, here in Kabul, this MBE cross was his family's proudest possession. Now Mohammed, 46, is terrified it might be discovered at a Taliban checkpoint.

A frisky gorilla gave onlookers an X-rated show when he performed oral sex on his partner in front of a group of zoo-goers.

The record for the most migrants to cross the Channel in a month is currently 3,509, set in July, but observers in Dover believe that number might have been surpassed today.

As a boy, Robin-John Gibb travelled the world with his famous father, standing in the wings at sell-out stadium gigs, as Robin senior and his brothers - the Bee Gees - prepared to run on stage.

In a show of traditional trans-Atlantic diplomacy, President Biden wanted his first call to a foreign leader to go to German chancellor Angela Merkel, but she turned him down.

The wholesale price of gas has risen six-fold in a year, meaning most energy companies are now making a loss on every customer on their books.

Energy bosses have blasted successive governments for failing to invest more in building gas storage facilities amid a worsening energy crisis.

Latest data shows Britain is 'over the worst' of the pandemic after the number of virus patients admitted to hospitals in England fell by 15 per cent in a week - with just 557 patients admitted a day this week.

It comes after 459 people in 14 separate incidents arrived on Wednesday, according to the Home Office, making September the busiest month on record for migrants crossings of the Channel.

The actor, 58, vowed that 'no one is safe' from the movement because it has become 'so out of hand,' as he arrived to accept his honorary award at the Spanish festival on Wednesday.

Annabel Wright, 15, had no medical history of depression when she was found dead in her bedroom at her home in Ripon, Yorkshire on May 1, 2019.

An FOI request has revealed the Welsh Government paid £7,000 of taxpayers money to rap group Goldie Lookin Chain to write a song encouraging fans to get the Covid vaccine.

Mullah Nooruddin Turabi dismissed outrage over the Taliban's executions in the past, which sometimes took place in front of crowds at a stadium, and warned the world against interfering.

The Duke of Cambridge was at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday night (pictured) to see Villa lose 4-3 to the home team after a tense penalty shoot-out.

Nikki Batley, 46 and originally from Essex, described holding back tears as she bundled her 11-year-old son John and elderly mother-in-law into a car and fled her house on La Palma.

Department of Health bosses posted 36,710 infections today, up 36.4 per cent on the 26,911 recorded last Thursday. It was the biggest week-on-week jump since July 18, excluding bank holidays.

This year's Strictly Come Dancing was thrown into chaos after reports emerged that three dancers were un-jabbed, with the celebrity cast said to be furious.

It is unknown who is caring for Archie and Lilibet while Prince Harry and Meghan visit New York, although Doria Ragland has been 'helping out' with childcare.

Boris Johnson said he is determined to 'sort something out' after admitting he and Joe Biden had been 'taken aback' by the extent of French fury.

An international study of 115 mothers who gave birth during the pandemic found more physical abnormalities in the placenta than doctors would expect to see in a pre-2020 pregnancy.

Dale Hannon, 21, died suddenly while on holiday in Tenerife with his partner Chloe Higgins, 26. Just eight days later, Chloe, who was six months pregnant, was found dead at her home in Ireland.

Pregnant women should only take paracetamol when told to by a doctor over concerns it could hamper a baby's development, a group of international scientists have warned.

Fationa Nikolli, who asked for her face not to be pictured, said a doctor told her that her son could have been saved if she was seen earlier. The Birmingham-based hospital has apologised.

Food supply chains have been placed under intense stress in recent weeks because of a shortage of around 100,000 HGV drivers - with empty shelves across most UK supermarkets as a result.

Samuel Mozimbi (pictured) and Derek Dapaah, both now 18, were not locked up because they had 'unique and complex histories'.

Dragged back to be grilled by MPs on the crisis, the Business Secretary stressed the weather is the 'single most important determiner' of costs.

Dee Anderson claims that her stepfather Gerry Anderson 'woefully undervalued' Thunderbirds when he sold the TV rights in 1962 to show that he and his wife, Dee's mother Sylvia created for £110k.

An article about rows leading to the resignation of five Vegan Society trustees said that a blog by one of the trustees describing veganism as cultural appropriation, had 'really stirred things up'.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Haunting photographs show slain dolphins laying with their guts sprawled across the bloodied ground of Kollafjørður port on the south of the Faroe Islands.

The ex-Leicester East MP was reprimanded over his conduct towards a clerk on the Home Affairs Committee, of which he was chairman for nine years.

Residents are furious that cash-strapped Gosport Borough Council in Hampshire has splashed the cash on dozens of the bumps which now cover the seaside car park in Lee-on-the-Solent.

The 115-room Chevening House is traditionally the grace-and-favour country residence of the foreign secretary. But Justice Secretary is said to have claimed it as he is also Deputy Prime Minister.

The pair had parked up in a secluded spot in Derbyshire for a steamy session but their motor rolled down a hill and ended up on its side. Fortunately neither of them were hurt in the incident.

Up to one-in-four UK homes use companies whose wholesale supplies are not 'hedged' or insured against market fluctuations, industry sources said.

Terrelle Graham, 26, from Bradley Stoke, south Gloucestershire, claimed he was subject to racist abuse from his colleagues while he was working at Currys PC World in Bristol.

New Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is continuing her travels after attending the UN General Assembly in New York alongside Boris Johnson.

Tim Loughton, a former minister, was one of nine MPs, peers and academics who were targeted by Beijing for speaking out over its human rights abuses.

UK Government is facing embarrassing legal action after it rejected visa applications from 35 Afghan judges, most of whom are women, who are currently being hunted by the Taliban.

Dozens more brave Afghans are in danger after a second data breach by military officials. Earlier this month the Ministry of Defence failed to use blind copy in an email to 55 recipients.

Troopers Maxwell Nicholls and Declan Coutts, 24, allegedly subjected their Northern Irish roommate Trooper Scott Alexander  to a 'prolonged bullying' campaign by making slurs about the IRA.

Police spotted Norma Cromar, 60, swigging from a large bottle of Desperados - a tequila-infused lager - before getting into her grey Mini Cooper in an Asda car park in Arbroath, Scotland.

Some 85 per cent of Britons believe they should be entitled to an 'in-person' appointment with their GP - and not be fobbed off with a remote consultation by phone or video.

When Gill Dutton, 65, developed a persistent cough at the start of the pandemic, the grandmother of three was only offered brief telephone consultations.

Speaking to reporters in the US, the Prime Minister said in-person appointments were vital in ensuring life-threatening conditions were picked up early.

Millions of families face paying more than £400 extra as the ongoing crisis causes further suppliers to collapse.

The 33-year-old in Texas sought medical help after suffering pain in his testicles for five days, but had been passing a 'substantial amount' of semen and urine from his anus for two years.

Netball Queensland has been accused of turning its under-18 titles into a farce after an all-boys team trounced a girls' team in the final. Some members of the crowd directed abuse at the boys.

Annabel Wright, 15, was found dead in her bedroom at her home in Ripon, Yorkshire, 20 minutes after talking with her father. She was taking the anti-acne drug Roaccutane at the time.

A Whitehall chief told ministers to 'panic buy lager' after a summit on the CO2 crisis, it was claimed yesterday, as soaring energy prices sparked fears of food shortages.

Despite being the UK's largest supermarket chain, and offering new recruits a £1,000 bonus since July, Tesco has been unable to replace 800 HGV drivers and urged ministers to allow foreign workers in.

Laurence Fox, 43, will play Hunter Biden, 51, in 'My Son Hunter,' an upcoming independent film 'exposing Biden family corruption', DailyMail.com has learned.

Megan Swann, 28, is also the youngest magician to take on the role, having joined its children's club at the age of ten. Swann, real name Knowles-Bacon, said she was 'honoured' to take on the role.

Former soldier Donald Bell was among the eco-warrior zealots who joined the campaign group outside the Home Office today.

Sean Connery's Bond was 'basically' a rapist, director of the latest 007 film said. The No Time To Die director Cary Fukunaga is thought to have been referring to a scene in the 1965 film Thunderball.

Insulate Britain ringleader Liam Norton walked off Good Morning Britain mid-debate  after a fiery clash with presenters Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley.

Charlie Gent said he feels like he let down his 11-year-old daughter Connie and 'the hardest thing is I'm not going to get to hold her again'.

Activists blocked off a road outside the central London building in their latest brazen protest (pictured).

Government lawyers were last night examining whether to apply to apply for sweeping powers that could see eco-activists locked up if they set foot on the motorway network.

EXCLUSIVE: Bassa Aspinall, 49, reveals the astonishing story of how he escaped his birthright - his naturalist father John Aspinall's famed wild animal business, the Aspinall Foundation.

Jen Psaki blamed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the chaos in the Oval Office the day before, saying they were not given a head's up he was going to call on the British press.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's rows were meticulously recorded by Albert and are among 22,000 papers and photos relating to his life and legacy made available online for the first time.

During tetchy clashes with MPs, Matthew Rycroft dodged saying when the policy would be put in place, or even categorically that it will be.

Fred Sweenie, 82, says the semi-detached house next door to his Lichfield home is so overgrown it blocks the light to his garden and the situation is now affecting his health.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson continued his U.S. tour with meetings with American lawmakers in the U.S. Capitol building where he praised democracy as 'vital' to the world.

The boyfriend of a mother found dead alongside her two children and one of their best friends after a sleepover in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, was this morning charged with their murders.

The Washington Post's White House bureau chief Ashley Parker is the latest journalist to slam the Biden administration for shutting down questions from American reporters on Tuesday.

Councillor Leigh Higgins, the deputy leader of Melton Borough Council, reportedly made the comments in the closing moments of the Best of Melton Awards event on Friday evening.

The Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 51, was travelling from Leeds to London on a London North Eastern Railway train on Sunday when he was seen without a mask.

The Equalities Minister said that those who lost out most when European states controlled Africa were 'old elites' rather than the regular people, in messages handed to Vice News.

CF Industries, one of the biggest fertiliser businesses in the world, shut its two plants in Teesside and Cheshire as rising prices meant continued production wouldn't be profitable.

Lisa Blagden, 20, from Portsmouth, passed out through loss of blood as she gave birth to Ivory Rose in at home and was unable to revive the baby girl when she came round.

Angela Rayner delivered a series of vicious attacks as she faced off with Mr Raab, who was standing in at the weekly session while Boris Johnson is in the US.

Boris Johnson today insisted Joe Biden does understand the Northern Ireland Protocol as he delivered a slap down to a Cabinet minister.

As Ofgem chief Jonathan Brearley addressed MPs today in a bid to assure them that the gas crisis would not cause winter blackouts in Britain the lights in room suddenly went out.

Students reportedly complained that the the curriculum for the week-long event was 'Islamaphobic' as the final day included a discussion about 'the nature of Islam'.

Gary Goodwin made the successful bid in the High Court over his late father Tom's (pictured) £4million fortune.

Matt Hancock declared in March that he had acquired 15 per cent of the shares in Topwood Ltd, which specialises in the secure storage, shredding and scanning of documents.

Charlotte Charles, the mother of 19-year-old Harry Dunn who was killed in a road crash in Northamptonshire, said she was 'very confident' criminal proceedings would take place.

In a hard-hitting speech to the UN General Assembly in New York tonight, the Prime Minister will warn that mankind cannot continue to act as if 'someone else will clear up the mess we make'.

A poll of 2,000 adults across the United Kingdom by health startup The Gut Stuff found 18 per cent of those surveyed said going to the toilet was the most worrying part of returning to the office full-time.

CF Industries, one of the biggest fertiliser businesses in the world, shut its two plants in Teesside and Cheshire after a large surge in gas prices meant production wouldn't be profitable.

Tuiniua Fine has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death, failing to stop, and doing an act with the intention to pervert the course of justice after the collision in Sydney's CBD in February 2020.

Kering, which also owns Gucci, Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen and Botta Venega, will be completely fur free in all its fashion houses from the Fall 2022 collection.

The model visited the salon, which is part of an established hotel chain in the capital of Delhi, back in 2018, giving specific instructions on how she wanted her hair cut.

Stephanie Rosenberg and Marjorie Hochman filed a lawsuit against the Odyssey Study Group and estate managers for actress Sharon Gans in Manhattan Supreme Court on Monday.

Brett John Callaghan, 39, pleaded guilty to a series of charges, including two aggravated counts of having sexual intercourse with a child and supplying a prohibited drug to a child.

A statement from Victoria Police confirmed a number of officers have been tested and isolated after they were present at the construction workers' freedom rally on September 22.

A draft report of Arizona's election audit confirmed Biden's presidential win in the state with 360 vote lead. The finalized report is set to be released Friday.

South Carolina police are requesting FBI assistance in the double murder investigation of Paul and Margaret Murdaugh as they continue their search for a suspect and a motive.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas gave a rundown of how the United States reduced the number of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas but failed to account for about 3,000.

The treasure known as the Bactrian Treasure is one of the largest collections of gold in the world and represents the history and culture of the Ancient Silk Road.

Javier Da Silva Rojas, 25, was sentenced to 30 years in prison with an additional two years of supervised released for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Valerie Reyes, 24.

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky overruled her own agency's advisory panel in a rare move late Thursday and added a recommendation for boosters for people at risk because of their jobs.

The House voted to authorize the Pentagon's budget, require women to register for the draft, and establish a 12-member commission to review the entirety of the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

After a successful drive and cheers from onlookers, Donald Trump boasted and asked the crowd, 'You think Biden can hit a ball like that?' 'He couldn't get it passed the first tee!'

As the country approaches the 'freedom' thresholds of 70 and then 80 per cent fully vaccinated, Australians are planning a return to normalcy without testing, quarantine periods and venue check-ins.

Nathan Chellia spent a fortnight fighting for his life from a bed at Northern Hospital, in Epping, before he was released on September 13.

The ACT branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed Chief Minister Andrew Barr's support for widespread rapid antigen testing as vaccination coverage rises.

Nine-year-old Sophia picked up her iPad on Wednesday morning when she started to notice a rumbling sound coming from inside her bedroom at the family's Hepburn home in Victoria.

Two people have been found dead at a home in the town of Capel in Western Australia's south west.

A jealous husband has been found not guilty of murdering his wife in a brutal stabbing attack that left the tip of the kitchen knife he used lodged in her head.    

A report by the UK's four chief medical officers says adding the mineral fluoride to water would combat tooth decay, which costs the NHS millions of pounds every year.

The Health before Profits group is set to rally in support of public health workers and Covid-19 restrictions in the Brisbane CBD at 5.30pm on Friday.

McLaren driver Daniel Ricciardo is aiming for back-to-back wins in Sochi after winning the Italian GP at Monza while listening to Majid Jordan's 'A Place Like This' and tapping on the steering wheel.

As NSW inches closer to Freedom Day in mid-October, Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced boozy picnics would be permitted at parks previously considered alcohol free zones.

A 15-year-old girl has been injured after she was hit by a boat in Narrabeen.

Andrew Bosworth had said the company's value to the world was so great, negative consequences should be overlooked even if it causes someone to die or allows terrorist to coordinate an attack.

Commonwealth Bank chief executive Matt Comyn has become the first boss of a major bank to concede he is worried about a surge in Australian house prices and mortgage debt levels.

Representative Adam Schiff warned that more subpoenas may be coming as the House Select Committee on the January 6 Capitol riot continues its investigation.

Footage of Kyle Mitchell howling in pain went viral on Tuesday, with demonstrators and anti-police protesters alleging he died in hospital hours after the incident.

Australian PM Scott Morrison has been left floundering on the world stage after being asked a question in French by a reporter at a Washington D.C. press conference. 

Australian doctor Nicholas Taylor has created a simple first-aid technique to avoid fatalities from an attack.

Australians on average have assets worth more than $500,000 after debt, whether they are single or part of a couple. But in some suburbs, house prices are climbing by 45 per cent a year.

In disturbing scenes, Victoria Police pounced on anyone who entered the Bourke Street Mall on Friday. Just two years ago, the city was a sea of colour for the Grand Final parade.

George Osborne joined boutique advisory firm Robey Warshaw in April and thanks to his contacts the firm is now advising Russian aluminium giant Rusal, a subsidiary of London listed EN+.

A non-partisan government report indicates that President Joe Biden could owe as much as $500,000 in back taxes to the IRS after he avoided paying for Medicare for years

One in ten Britons say they haven't handwritten anything at all over the past year, according to a survey.