The company had a number of major contracts for supermarkets and employed around 1,000 workers in warehousing and HGV driving roles and adds to concerns of severe food shortages.

It came as Boris Johnson prepared to U-turn on demands to change visa rules to offer visas to 5,000 foreign lorry drivers in a bid to tackle the shortage and stop the economy grinding to a halt.

The Sussexes headed to local Harlem soul food restaurant Melba's for a bite to eat on Friday afternoon. Prince Harry tried chicken & waffles for the first time declaring the dish to be 'delicious'.

The Sussexes arrived at Harlem's PS 123 Mahalia Jackson school late Friday morning for an event aimed at promoting early literacy.

Footage shot by Richard Mavor, 54, shows a mysterious black shape on the banks of the lake in Scotland. He said the shadow had 'the same shape as previous sightings of Nessie'.

The channel, named RE:TV, will also feature a direct plea from the Prince of Wales to 'act now' in addressing issues facing the future of the planet.

Steve Strange, founding partner of X-Ray Touring, was hailed as a 'legendary figure' following his death after a short illness.

Stand-up comedian Kae Kurd (left) has reportedly launched libel proceedings against Darius Davies, who claims he plagiarised his routine when performing on Jonathan Ross's Comedy Club.

Raised in a quiet cul-de-sac in Emmer Green, Reading, Olly enjoyed a happy, middle-class childhood. But he was stabbed to death after an ambushed organised on Snapchat.

The former Countdown star has lifted the lid on her struggles to teach son Cameron.

Kate, 39, who has returned to work following her annual summer break, looked appropriately sporty in a blue tennis skirt and matching zip-up jacket for the visit at the National Tennis Centre in London.

The Duchess of Sussex, 40, stepped out in a $5,840 Loro Piana cashmere coat and matching $1,685 wide-leg pants in New York on Friday.

Covid infections have plummeted despite fears that the new school term would fuel an autumn surge. One in 90 people in England had the virus last week.

Many of the Church of England's 16,000 buildings - some of them hundreds of years old - need work done but the Church has a huge deficit in its maintenance funds.

EXCLUSIVE: Dr Victoria Male, from Imperial College London, is monitoring the menstrual cycles of 250 women before and after they get the Covid vaccine. Results are expected this year.

Dozens of supporters flocked to Kidbrooke Village to honour the of the 28-year-old Primary school teacher who was murder a week ago today. The campaigners shared their out-pouring of grief.

Councillor Rabina Khan made the smear on the Today programme this morning, saying that Twitter users had been complaining about the lack of 'attention' the case had allegedly received.

Lawyers for the Duke of York have asked to see a document signed in 2009 by Miss Roberts to resolve a civil case she brought against Jeffrey Epstein, which they claim could release him from liability.

Ningdong Energy and Chemical Industry Base, is one of the biggest industrial complexes in the world. Sprawling in semi-desert far to the west of Beijing, it covers an unimaginably huge area.

Photos from Dover show several of the same protesters who were previously at Insulate Britain's M25 protests which hit the motorway five times in over a week.

He's been on IRA and jihadi hit lists, and is also a formidable boss. So it comes as a surprise when Andrew Neil starts to cry and confesses to me how he nearly succumbed to mental collapse.

Donna Jones, a crime commissioner, believes short jail sentences for low-level criminals with drug addictions do not work and prison should be reserved for more serious violent and sex offenders.

The latest research, by scientists from Imperial College London and Kingston University London suggests the hormone can curb the appetite.

Two senior soldiers at Sandhurst military academy are being investigated ahead of the inquest into the death of 21-year-old Cadet Olivia Perks who took her own life in February 2019.

The Treasury paid out the sums from its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to his companies despite their shoddy or non-existent websites and no evidence of any actual staff.

Actor Michael K. Williams (pictured) died inside his New York apartment after consuming fentanyl-laced drugs, an autopsy showed.

According to figures, the average cost of a pint of lager in the UK could rise from £3.88 to more than £4 by Christmas.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: In many ways, the woman who went from working in an East German laboratory to commanding Europe's largest economy seems an implausible political phenomenon.

The disgraced head of Scotland Yard's shambolic VIP sex abuse inquiry, Steve Rodhouse, has been blocked from taking over as head of the National Crime Agency.

Carole Middleton rarely gives interviews. But she is rightly proud of the business she built from nothing, long before Prince William fell for her daughter Catherine at St Andrews University

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

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'.

Protesters glued themselves to tankers as they blocked roads at the Port of Dover this morning. The group previously shut down parts of the M25 around London five times in just over a week.

Louise Taylor (pictured), 41, from Sandbach, Cheshire, said her friend brewed the drink using yeast and mushrooms and that she 'didn't believe it was alcoholic'.

Tech professional Malcolm Young was put on the radar of Northumbria Police when he attempted to import the 3ft2, flat-chested doll, with clothing and accessories, in 2017.

Naveed Patel, 32, who treats boxing champion Tyson Fury, has been spared jail after he killed pensioner David Eyre, 76, in a 2019 road smash whilst speeding in his luxury Range Rover.

Avro collapsed on Wednesday in the biggest failure of a British household supplier, leaving 1.2million customers in limbo and prompting scrutiny about how the business was run.

Fly-tippers Bradley Lynn, 23, and Connor Williams, 28, were caught on camera carrying stacks of waste to dump at deserted roadsides in Newport, South Wales.

Lorry drivers can pick-up £78,000-per-year - more than double the £32,500 average for HGV drivers in the UK - under job vacancies being listed online.

Job market data from Recruitment and Employment Confederation shows firms across the UK need more than 36,000 chefs, around 32,000 sales assistants and 6,500 bar staff.

Despite suggestions that buy-to-let interest may have peaked, mortgages available to landlords have increased to 3,031, Moneyfacts has revealed.

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.

Following hearings that began on Wednesday, a special criminal court in Paris confirmed the life sentence for a 1974 grenade attack on the Publicis Drugstore, an upmarket shopping centre.

Lewis Roberts, then 18, was rushed to hospital following the crash in his home town of Leek, Staffordshire, on March 13 and doctors said he had suffered a 'brain stem death'.

Melanie Weatherby, co-chair of the Care Association Alliance, said the soaring price of wholesale gas in the UK could be the 'straw that breaks the camel's back'.

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.

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.

A NSW council who euthanised 15 rescue dogs due to Covid restrictions in August has been formally cleared of any wrongdoing following two official investigations into the matter.

The Duchess of Sussex, 40, debuted a 'dramatic' look for her first public trip with the Duke, 37, since moving to California last year, according to Laura Kay.

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.

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

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.

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 Duke and Duchess of Sussex were treated like royal visitors, even though they are - supposedly - very much private citizens.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Footy great Greg Parke has died just hours before seeing two of his former teams compete for premiership glory in the 2021 AFL Grand Final.

Motorists ignored UK Government pleas for calm as they jammed roads and police had to be called in to marshal drivers amid fears that fuel shortages could bring the economy to its knees.

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath has a blunt message for interstate travellers wanting to return home to the Sunshine State - you knew the requirements before leaving.

Melbourne Demons and Western Bulldogs AFL players have arrived at Optus Stadium for the biggest game of their lives ahead of a historic night for the code.

Labour party's deputy leader Angela Rayner said Sir Keir Starmer's bid to end the one-member-one-vote election system won't be voted on at party conference in Brighton this weekend.

Detectives are urgently to appeal for information about a mystery man who was captured on CCTV in Pegler Square, London, on the night Sabina Nessa, 28, was allegedly attacked.

NSW is on track to fully vaccinate 70 per cent of its adult population by October 11, but the state's crisis cabinet is reportedly considering waiting on the next milestone to ease travel restrictions.

GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell got in a shouting match on the front porch of the U.S. Capitol Building Friday - over abortion, civility and Christianity.

West Midlands Ambulance Service and Staffordshire Police were called to reports that a child was seriously injured at the SnowDome in Tamworth, Staffordshire, at around 6.40pm.

Perth has been blanketed in a sea of blue, red and white ahead of the AFL grand final between Melbourne Demons and Western Bulldogs.

Angela Merkel is stepping down as German Chancellor 16 years after making history as the first woman elected to the post, and having racked up the second-longest term in office.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) are having to ration chemotherapy to cancer patients with the best chance of survival due to staff shortages.

Magic circle law firm Linklaters is offering newly-qualified solicitors in London a starting salary of £107,500, although US-based firms with offices in the square mile are offering £153,500.

The two-time premiership AFL player leased his Brighton property, in Melbourne, to Fridcorp founder Paul Fridman and his partner Kestie Lane.

The parents of stricken soccer player Danny Hodgson, Peter and Nicola, completed their mercy dash from England to be with their boy after he was the victim of a one-punch assault.

Authorities have raised fears that Victoria's Covid case numbers could spike due to illegal AFL grand final celebrations on Saturday night, with fans urged to stay home and 'eat cheese.'

Sydney café owner Anthony Milotic who owns Bare Wholefoods in Mona Vale and St Leonards had pledged his business will only operate as takeaway after NSW hits its 70 per cent vaccination target.

Broad Street in Birmingham was packed with freshers as they formed huge tightly packed lines to get into the party strip's most popular venues, including Rosie's Laundrette and Pryzm.

Hugo Holzer, 11, was being photographed enjoying an ice cream on Brighton Pier in East Sussex by his mother Kasia when a greedy seagull stole a bite of his treat.

Republican-backed review of the 2020 presidential election in Arizona's largest county officially concluded found no proof the election was stolen from Trump.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Consumer Commission announced that the Boppy Hug & Nest Newborn Lounger had been listed for a recall on Friday.

Danielle broke her silence on the marriage breakdown with the Richmond coach after spending 25 years together and raising three children.

The image has since gone viral after many users of the social media platform pointed out the attractiveness of the police officer and began to swoon.

The design of the medal has been revealed and Nadine Dorries was given the first glimpse when she visited the Birmingham workshop of the company commissioned with making the items.

Scott Morrison met with Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and India for The Quad, enraging China which mocked the four and claimed the US would 'dump them like trash'.

The social media star, who goes by the name of Uncle Nathan, said he sympathised with students after their end-of-year exams were pushed back because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

NSW has recorded 1,007 new Covid-19 cases with the state government to soon release more details of what restrictions will be eased over the coming weeks. 

A Toyota Hilux was seen driving from McMillians Road towards Darwin City in the Northern Territory at around 5pm when the incident happened.

The Sussexes arrived at Harlem's PS 123 Mahalia Jackson school on Friday morning hugging dozens of kids in the playground. Masks are mandatory in schools across New York.

Billionaire Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk is splitting from his pop star wife Grimes after just three years of marriage.

The gruesome discovery happened outside of a storage business Wednesday morning. Body parts were 'unaccounted for,' according to police, who are asking the public for help finding the killer.

President Joe Biden met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday and said the Indian press 'is much better behaved' than the American press.

The View's Ana Navarro told CNN's Anderson Cooper that the 'show must go on' after she was whisked off stage. She has since tested negative for COVID-19 twice.

The alleged assault took place on Sunday, at around midnight. At least three men attacked the soldier near her car after she arrived for work at the Dona Ana Complex, in New Mexico.

The 'Light the Night for Gabby Petito' event took place in Blue Point and West Islip as neighbors lit candles throughout the towns in memory of the late Gabby Petito ahead of her funeral services.

A jury of seven men and five women began deliberating federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges against the R&B superstar on Friday in Brooklyn.

Dozens of anti-lockdown protesters have been arrested on Saturday as hundreds of police swarmed the St Kilda foreshore.

Lindsay Boylan took aim at CNN host Chris Cuomo and his employers after Cuomo's old boss at ABC, Shelley Ross, revealed that he had grabbed her but during a party 16 years ago.

Chris Cuomo was seen for the first time in DailyMail.com-exclusive photos since the sexual misconduct allegations surfaced. In the photo, he was leaving the Hamptons Airport for New York City.

Veteran NFL coach Greg Knapp, 58, was wearing a helmet and riding in the bike lane in San Ramon, California on July 17 when an 'inattentive' 22-year-old driver hit him. He died five days later.

'This is a national security risk. Had Sunny and Ana actually met Kamala, she would've been at risk. What an utter waste of her time,' the insider told DailyMail.com.

Sydney woman Mariel Tan, 27, says she hopes to retire when she is 40. But that comes at a cost.

Residents of 432 Park Avenue sued the building's sponsors and developers CIM Group and Macklowe Properties in New York Supreme Court on Thursday, asking for $250 million.

The ACT now has 233 active cases with 492 patients having recovered. Ten remain in Canberra hospitals, four of them in intensive care and three requiring ventilation.

Situation at the Ramstein Air Base, which is housing 10,000 Afghan evacuees including 2,000 pregnant women, has become 'dire' as freezing temperatures approach and necessities become scarce.

Amid tense scenes a dozen police vehicles swamped the family residence in North Port Florida at 6:45pm on Friday and ordered onlookers to stand back.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said preventing future pandemics remained a priority and pushed for 'accelerated efforts' to identify how Covid-19 first emerged.

During the Quad meeting at Washington DC, the Prime Minister said stranded expats would be able to return home once 80 per cent of Australians are double jabbed.

Five men linked to the Alameddine network were charged with allegedly assaulting officers outside a petrol station in Sydney's west on Friday.

Health Minister Martin Foley has conceded the state is unlikely to hit 80 per cent first dose coverage of the eligible population by the end of the week as initially forecast.

Price, 48, who had released a new album earlier this year, has been listed as a missing person following a welfare check conducted at her home last Saturday at the behest of her family.

In a letter to her district, AOC explained why she wept after the Iron Dome funding was approved. She claimed the bill was 'unjust' and opposing would 'not defund' the system 'in any way.'

IKEA Australia has issued a repair recall for its popular Hemnes bookcase and glass-doored cabinet that was sold in stores across the country for more than seven years.

Today Biden gives all the signs of having totally forgotten who and what got him to the White House. He is not a man I recognize any longer.

Conservative lawyer John Eastman drafted a six-page memo with 'scenarios' for the Jan. 6th joint meeting of Congress, including one where VP Mike Pence would adjourn to stop the counting.

First Lady Jill Biden visited Oakland Community College in Michigan on Friday along with Education Sec. Miguel Cardona to praise the return of in-person learning.

Angela Rayner, the deputy leader of Labour, also said Sir Keir Starmer was the 'right person' to lead the party in an election but admitted he could 'lose the tie... because he might come across as a lawyer'.

Like her predecessors, the Queen is no stranger to the real world of spies. Nor is she shy about expressing her opinion. She knows more state secrets than any living person.

As well as being a natural entertainer Tom Felton, 34, is a keen golfer and just three weeks beforehand had taken part in another pro-am event at the BMW PGA Championship in Virginia Water, Surrey.

Andres Jesus Morales (upper right) and Christine Ponce (lower right) were arrested after police in Southern California discovered enough carfentanil (inset) to kill 50 million people.

Some have opted to diversify with shares, with seven per cent shifting money into micro-investing apps like Raiz and seven per cent using some of their savings to top up super.

The 291-hectare northern NSW farm property where a 15-year-old schoolgirl is accused of murdering her 10-year-old cousin in July of last year has sold recently for more than $6 million.

Thousands of Haitian migrants have been seen purchasing tickets at the Ciudad Acuna bus station in the past two days and say they plan to disappear.

Wongel Estifanos, six, of Colorado Springs died while riding the Haunted Mine Drop on September 5 at Glenwood Caverns Amusement Park after she sat on the seatbelts.

Sam Palmer told how he was confronted by the man near London's King's Road who pulled out a ten-inch blade.

In a significant victory for the Daily Mail's campaign, the Health Secretary stepped in and said he would slash red tape to give family doctors time to undertake more appointments in person.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was not impressed by President Biden's speech earlier this week and made views clear during a climate change rally in Berlin on Friday.

Encouraging trees to grow on and around river banks can block run-off of pollutants into waterways and slow the flow of water to manage flood risks, officials said.

Joe Rogan told Amanda Knox on the latest episode of The Joe Rogan Experience that he thinks Trump will make another presidential bid and 'will probably win.'

Will Knowland , 35, lost his English teacher job at £44,000-a-year Eton for refusing to remove a 'sexist' talk from his YouTube channel but now faces further backlash for 'anti-Semitic' clips too.

Jared O'Mara, 39, who unseated Nick Clegg at the 2017 general election, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of fraud and an eighth charge under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

The Army said they fired Lt. Col. Richard Kane Mansir after investigations found he carried out  multiple affairs and lied about his deployment all the while being married with three children.

A petition launched by the Humane League UK and the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation demands cages be phased out by no later than 2026.

Joe Biden has concluded 'it would not be appropriate to assert executive privilege' over requests by the Jan. 6th House select committee, which subpoenaed four former Trump aides Thursday.

PAUL THOMAS on... the fuel crisis

Keir Starmer's first proper conference as Labour leader this weekend risks being overshadowed by his unpopular attempt to rewrite internal rules as his deputy Angela Rayner also opposes it.

Press Secretary Jenn Psaki said that her and President Biden believed big tech could do more to address issues of misinformation and how young girls are affected by toxic social media.

Police have identified the gunman responsible for leaving one person dead and another 15 people injured after opening fire inside a Kroger grocery store near Memphis on Thursday.

Boris Johnson is under pressure to deploy soldiers to drive petrol trucks as a major shortage of HGV drivers threatens to wreak havoc this winter.

One of Labour's frontbenchers, shadow digital minister Chi Onwurah is due to speak at a Huawei event at the conference after it banned from the UK's 5G networks over espionage fears.

National security adviser Jake Sullivan (left) is referenced in the indictment of Michael Sussmann (bottom left). Both worked on Hillary Clinton's (top left) 2016 presidential campaign.

A clip of the violent altercation, that is believed to have taken place in Dagenham, east London, this morning, shows two men fighting before one body-slams the other.

Richfield Public Schools heard parent's complaints about a sex-ed curriculum dubbed the 3R's, in which children as young as four years old are told to refer to a female as a 'person with a vulva.'

Jewish delegates at the Labour Party Conference have been warned they could face intimidation from hard-Left activists during a vote on a new anti-Semitism disciplinary system tomorrow.

The incident, which took place at the college's Phoenix campus on Thursday, was recorded by one of the activists before it was shared to their Instagram page.

TIM BOUVERIE: For every day that UK lockdown lasted, I would send a small group of friends a link to a piece of much-loved classical music.

Harry and Meghan released a statement saying they had partnered with the WHO to host a 'dialogue on the urgent need to achieve global vaccine equity'.

Legendary newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald, 82, has finally sold his sprawling seven-bedroom Richmond home that had been listed on the market for two years after he cut the price by more than £800,000.

Scott Morrison's biggest supporters believe he can win several more elections and become one of Australia's great prime ministers - but others say he will step down.