After the Premier League confirmed the struggling Newcastle United had been sold to a Saudi-backed consortium, fans began celebrating wildly outside the St James' Park stadium.

Experts fear a massive surge in flu cases this winter because social distancing measures kept infections low last year, reducing population immunity.

The Treasury agreed in March last year to book the entire capacity of 7,956 beds in England's 187 private hospitals along with almost 20,000 staff. The move cost around £400million a month.

The shocking dash cam footage was captured in Blackpool by motorist Angela Johnstone, 54, who was sitting at traffic lights at the junction on Watson Road on September 30.

University College London researchers say the shared experience of the Covid pandemic has brought neighbourhoods together. 32 per cent of said they felt an increased sense of 'shared values'.

NHS bosses revealed on Thursday that 1.7million people in England have been given a booster since the programme was signed off last month. But figures suggest nearly 5m are eligible.

A lack of green spaces in UK cities is killing about 7,000 Brits every year. Researchers ranked cities across Europe with 113 in the UK. Blackpool was the 3rd worst city in Europe for green spaces deaths.

Infections exploded among children in England in the wake of classrooms reopening at the start of September - with up to one in 20 secondary school pupils infected at any time.

Huw Pill, who was appointed to the role in September, told MPs that 'inflationary pressures' pushing prices higher 'should subside' as the economy recovers from the coronavirus crisis.

EDWARD LUCAS: With characteristic ruthlessness, Russian president Vladimir Putin is exploiting the energy crisis to bully his neighbours, strengthen his autocracy and intimidate the West.

Patel reportedly told Dick she must address knife crime in London, the police response to violence against women and girls, and that police must cooperate with an inquiry into Sarah Everard's case.

Travellers will now have to take a photograph of the negative lateral flow test result on a mobile phone and send it to the private provider from whom they bought the test for verification.

Ilayda Tomes, 27, of Wilmslow, Cheshire, claimed she had been 'pressured' into downing wine at a restaurant by her friends before she was stopped for drink-driving on August 13.

Hannah Jean Elizabeth Martin, 25, was found dead at her home in Bilsborrow, between Preston and Garstang, Lancashire, in January 2019.

The First Minister's remarks were branded 'chilling' yesterday after she said she has got 'time on my side' because of the demographics of support for Scotland breaking away from the UK.

A survey by the Petrol Retailers Association shows that 12 per cent of filling stations have run out of fuel in London and south-east England, while 17 per cent have one grade of diesel or petrol.

The National Grid said the incident at a connector station in Kent had cut the amount of energy that can be imported via the 1FA undersea cable by half.

Seventeen years ago the UK produced enough gas for all its domestic needs, but we are now reliant on an international market and the whims of Russian President Putin.

Kathleen Stock, 48, an expert in gender and sexual orientation who works for the University of Sussex, has been branded a 'transphobe' by some outraged students.

The chief executive of UK Government office Ofgem - which sets the cap for consumers - warned that its level would have to 'adjust' in April next year following months of rising wholesale gas prices.

Here, mother and daughter Bel Mooney and Kitty Dimbleby write with painful honesty about toxic sexual attitudes in their own times - and wonder if things will ever change.

Explaining the reasoning behind the re-brand, Reverend Sarah Yetman said that she wants the 148-year-old church in Bournemouth to be 'attractive and engaging for younger generations'.

A lucky individual with the winning numbers would beat the £170 million British record, won by an anonymous player in 2019.

The newly appointed head of the UK's Armed Forces undermined a Royal Marines general who killed himself at the weekend, according to messages from the officer.

The 17 parents of kids in years seven, eight and nine at a school, in Newquay, Cornwall, have served a 'cease and desist' legal notice on a school if kids are given Covid jabs without parental consent.

Sir Peter Bottomley said hiking wages to £110,000 would attract 'good' candidates into the job, because doctors and other highly qualified professionals are currently paid more than a UK MP.

A study, published in the journal The Lancet Planetary Health, revealed that most British people are eating less red meat and processed meat than a decade ago.

Former chief medical officer for England Dame Sally Davies (pictured) commissioned the report which was released under freedom of information laws.

A disabled English teacher has been hospitalized after student Larianna Jackson, 18, punched her in the face as part of a TikTok trend. The incident happened at Covington High School in Louisiana.

Private school pupils in England have almost twice as much money spent on them as their state sector peers, a study shows. The Institute for Fiscal Studies found the gap has doubled over the last decade.

They are sensitive creatures, the young, and I must tread very carefully to avoid giving offence to our one remaining resident son, who remains at home at the age of 28, writes TOM UTLEY.

Around 17,150 temporary staff are needed in mail centres, distribution hubs and data centres in England from the end of October until the new year, with Parcelforce looking for seasonal drivers.

Five Cabinet ministers have told the Mail they want the UK Prime Minister to adopt a more 'pragmatic' approach to helping firms cope with staff shortages this winter.

The goal is to help Spain's culture sector recover from the pandemic. Pictured: A file photo of a bullfight this week.

France had been asking the EU to restrict the UK's access to energy and impose trade tariffs but the Commission told Macron to stop making threats so an 'amicable' solution can be found, sources say.

Woody Harrelson punched a fan at a bar at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, when the man took photos of the star and refused to delete them, eyewitnesses say.

Veronica Green, 58, is accused of six offences against two young girls, dating back more than 40 years, when she was a teenager living in North Staffordshire.

The Aldine Independent School District in Houston called the teacher's actions 'unacceptable' and said it has removed her from the classroom. They are considering all options, including termination.

One fourth-generation dairy farmer in central England who asked not to be named said he's been forced to dump 40,000 litres of milk over the past two months after no one turned up to collect it.

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the UAE is seeking planning permission to extend his luxury Berkshire property Tittenhurst Park which was once owned by John Lennon and Ringo Starr.

Sky Glass has been billed as a way to 'buy your TV like you buy your mobile phone', with the Ultra HD television available in five colours and three sizes when it is launched in the UK on October 18.

Ex-PC David Henigan of the London force's Road Transport Policing Command faces a misconduct hearing Friday following the claims. Pictured: Campaigners outside Scotland Yard.

Industry leaders said they had been 'emptying their tanks as fast as we could' ahead of the rollout - which left them short during the recent panic buying across Britain.

The Queen will no longer play host to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at the Royal Box at Ascot - after a judge ruled he ordered phone hacking of his ex-wife and a Tory peer.

Dr Rym Alaoui suffered life changing injuries when a former colleague and boyfriend threw acid in her face in a horrific, premeditated and planned attack on her doorstep in Brighton.

The Department of Health recorded 40,701 new infections across the UK over the past 24 hours. Death and hospital numbers lag a few weeks behind cases.

Cameron Ford, 31, from Cambridgeshire, has taken part in repeated blockades of the M25 to highlight climate disaster. But he helped contribute to global warming with trips to Canada and Europe

Less than half of UK staff have returned to the workplace - and even then only part-time - while a third of businesses have decided to cut their office space as bosses prepare for another Covid surge.

Justin Trudeau has been mocked online for using the latest sexual identities acronym, 2SLGBTQQIA+, in a tweet - which includes the number and letter '2S' which stands for 'Two-spirit'.

Helen and John Attlesey decorate their house in Soham, Cambridgeshire, every year in aid of charity, but this year there will be no switch-on event due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Ben Lister, 36, described to jurors at Bradford Crown Court how he had sex with the woman at a house after going out for drinks with friends, but denied it was without her consent.

Egyptian scientists claimed Covid patient with poor oral health have a high 'viral load'. Typically, the more virus someone has in their body, the more likely they are to become severely ill.

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'Reservations are the most insane I've ever seen': short of staff, but raring to go, Sydney's bars and restaurants prepare to reopen on Freedom Day. Only fully vaccinated are allowed the new freedoms.

Jake Sullivan, US national security adviser, has warned Russia not to use Europe's gas crisis as a 'political weapon' after Putin was accused of choking supplies and driving prices up.

Australian netball greats Liz Ellis and Caitlin Bassett have engaged in a war of words following the latter's contract snub by Super Netball clubs.

Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, said the White House has significant concern' about UK threats to unilaterally suspend Northern Ireland Protocol before Christmas.

Insulate Britain this morning targeted Old Street roundabout - in the heart of London's hipster haven Shoreditch - and again the M25.

Jed Martin, 27, Eriks Valants, 23, both of Southampton, were each jailed for ten years last year after they ransacked the £1million pound home of Susan Hunt, 72, along the south coast.

The state's chief health officer Dr Kerry Chant confirmed on Friday that the new form had been found in eight Covid-infected residents.

French police on Thursday ordered the bin men to clear the rubbish from the beaches at risk of being blown into the sea in a bid to avoid an ecological disaster in the Mediterranean.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would be relying on 'people's common sense' when asked how authorities could ensure the lateral flow test result belonged to the right person.

Brian Laundrie's father Christopher, 62, and FBI made 'no discoveries' as he joined the federal investigators in the search for his son in Florida's Carlton Reserve on Thursday.

Sayer Hamood Jaber Alenezi, an Iraqi refugee, has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years after raping a drunk 22-year-old woman in a Sydney laneway in 2019.

President Joe Biden is coming under criticism for using a newly-constructed set that includes fake windows and digital views of the Rose Garden.

A poll by YouGov found that more people believe the Tories would raise taxes if they were re-elected than believe Sir Starmer's opposition would push them higher, by 64 per cent to 56 per cent.

The principal of a Christian school has passionately defended his institution after it was mocked over plans for a new 'medieval, cult-like' uniform.

The wounded were part of a larger group of 11 migrants who were crossing the Rio Griver near to Hidalgo, Texas, at 12.40am on Monday.

Notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf lost his temper with reporters just 48 hours after he walked free from prison.

At least six Texas clinics resumed abortions after US District Judge Robert Pitman temporarily blocked Texas's near-total ban on abortion, which prevents the state from enforcing the law.

Charlotte Fattahi, 30, was caught almost twice the legal drink-drive limit when she moved her VW Golf, that was 'trashed' by her ex-boyfriend days before, closer to her Stockport, Greater Manchester home.

Australia Post has issued a recall for The Nice & Nifty LED String Lights and Nice & Nifty Light Up Bunny Sign over fears button battery compartments are not adequately secured.

Nicholas Kraus, 35, told officers he was Jesus and Tim Burton on his way to the Super Bowl when he crashed into a car, pushing it into a nearby protester. His trial is starting March 21 in Hennepin County.

Children in grades three to six will be forced to wear masks in Victorian schools as Premier Dan Andrews bring in a raft of new strict rules. Students age 12 and above are already required to wear masks.

Yellow Pages publishers Thryv Australia, previously Sensis, once occupied an entire office building of nine levels in the Melbourne CBD before they scaled back to only two floors before Covid

The woman purchased the White Glo toothpaste product from the supermarket in Glenelg, Adelaide.

The Seattle Seahawks live mascot, an actual hawk, soar into the stands and swoop down onto one man's head during Thursday's game.

The state's chief health officer faced the camera alone on Friday morning as she announced the 646 new Covid-19 cases detected statewide in the 24 hours to 8pm on Thursday night.

Posting a series of images to her Instagram page on Thursday, the Prime Minister showed her followers around the humble but 'happy' home in the town of Murupara, south of Auckland.

Justin Ruddell of Oregon, 40, was 'looking forward to a... relaxing ride across the country' when he boarded an Amtrak train on September 25 - now, he is suing for his injuries after the train derailed.

Images of the 30-metre deep excavation for the site of Sydney's new Barangaroo Station have emerged, showing the futuristic tunnel ready for contractors to fit out the project.

The stunning efforts of children would lead to restrictions easing sooner. In less than a month over 600,000 youths have received at least one dose of either Moderna or Pfizer.

Victoria's weirdest and most despised Covid restriction ends at midnight on Friday - the requirement to keep a facemask on even when drinking alcohol.

The state recorded zero new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19 on Friday after 15,704 tests in the 24 hours to 6.30am on Friday.

A thief robbed a 10-year-old girl of her cell phone in Queens on Wednesday, and then made a getaway on a pink children's bike with butterflies on it.

Biden is restoring for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments. The move is expected to take place on Friday.

Chelsea Manning, who was sentenced to 35 years for leaking documents about U.S. wars and activities abroad, was stopped at the Canadian border in 2017. She is still fighting to enter.

Zacchaeus Selby, 15, was shot 'seven or eight times' by Timothy George Simpkins after the pair fought on Wednesday morning at their Texas high school. Selby's family insist he was not a bully.

Christopher Ramirez's mother was unloading her car while he played with a neighbor's dog in Texas on Wednesday. He ran into the woods after the dog, and vanished. His mother fears he was abducted.

Anna Acevska, 50, has been jailed for two years and three months after stealing more than $1.4million from her employer Williamstown Crane Hire.

At least five reproductions of Hunter Biden's art sold for $75,000 each at his show at the Georges Berges Gallery in Los Angeles. It is unclear what prints sold or who bought them.

In one of his first acts as NSW Premier, Dominic Perrottet sacked Jim Betts from his $644,850 post as the state's most senior public servant before he had even started. A group email was then sent out.

Perseverance rover took photos of the Kodiak Butte which indicates a closed lake system existed. Organic compounds in the area could hold fossilized evidence of extraterrestrial life.

An 800-page report into the July 30, 2020 tragedy was published on Wednesday. The authors concluded that, while there were inexcusable lapses in training and command, there were other factors.

Shelley Meyer, the wife of Jacksonville Jaguars coach Urban Meyer, is defending him after he was caught groping a young woman's backside in a pair of viral videos last weekend.

Timothy Murphy, 36, allegedly received $300 as part of an 'jab for cash scheme' in Melbourne's south-east last month.

A popular social media influencer has gone to town at a portion of US residents who have recently questioned how Australia treats scores of patients who are Covid positive.

A homeless man named Ray, had a witty response to an anti-vax protester asking why homeless people were not dead with Covid in a viral video filmed on Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday.

A source said that ESPN anchor Sage Steele, 48, will to return 'sometime next week' after she was taken off-air for comments on Obama's blackness, vaccine mandates and female journalists' attire

The 15-year-old and one of her parents were confined to an isolation ward at the Gold Coast University Hospital after a cluster of Covid-19 cases emerged in Queensland's south-east.

Evergrande's debt woes are expected to cause a sharp economic slowdown in China - the world's second biggest economy. That also means far less demand for Australia's most valuable export.

The Victoria Premier failed to wear a mask outside Parliament on Wednesday and Thursday. Police investigated after footage taken by journalists showed him walking without a mask.

The Australian Capital Territory's Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee introduced the amendment to the existing Crimes Act in April, which was unanimously passed on Thursday.

The pair had just returned from a shopping trip on Sunday, October 3 when the terrifying incident occurred on Clarence Road in Hackney.

Horrifying photos show NRL premiership trophy 'badly damaged' amid fears the Penrith Panthers destroyed it during wild Grand Final party. The NRL is investigating.

Australia's vaccine scientists have recommended booster shots for severely immunocompromised Australians.

The KNP Complex wildfire caused by a lightning strike on September 9 has burned into 15 giant sequoias. Only 11 percent of the 134-square-mile blaze has been contained as of Thursday,

Penrith Panthers star Tyrone May (pictured left) has again become a controversial talking point with footy fans - this time for using offensive language in a live Instagram video.

NSW has recorded 646 new Covid cases as Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant warned of a new mutation in the highly-contagious Delta strain detected in eight cases across the state.

The Senate voted to pass a bill to increase the debt ceiling for less than two months on Thursday evening, narrowly avoiding a government shutdown.

Elon Musk confirmed Thursday that Tesla will be moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin, Texas.

In a speech in the Taipei City on Friday, Mr Abbott criticised Beijing for launching 'intimidatory sorties against Taiwan' and urged democracies to show 'solidarity' with the island of 25million people.

Shannon Frandreis, who is an amputee, posted a clip on Tik Tok showing a friend catching a fly ball with her leg at the Chicago White Sox's game against versus Detroit Tigers on Sunday.

Tyress Williams, 22, was sentenced to nine year in prison Thursday for the 2018 robberies of homes in LA.

Police opposed the release of Oscar Newman, who is charged with assisting Ms Hamka's alleged killer Toby Loughnane, in the belief he might move the Melbourne woman's body.

Daniel Andrews has been called out after he was caught not wearing a face mask while walking to his office.

Victoria's coronavirus outbreak continues to grow as the state recorded 1,838 cases and five deaths overnight with residents anxiously waiting for restrictions to ease.

TikTok footage shared on Thursday shows dolphin spotters being greeted by a different marine animal, a baby shark measuring about one-metre long swimming in the Swan River in Perth.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is being blamed after the state missed a chance to house Ford's new EV plants (composite pictured). The automaker is based in Dearborn, Michigan (inset)

India Walton's car was towed and she attributed it to a possible 'deliberate act of harassment and intimidation' executed by her defeated Democratic rival Mayor Byron Brown.

The Labor deputy leader and federal minister gave their tick of approval after they were shown the photos from Hot Australian Politicians.

The video, posted to TikTok on Thursday, shows the woman explaining her best purchase from Kmart before panning around to show her young daughter sitting on the mat as it floats on a river.

Timothy George Simpkins is in police custody on three charges of assault with a deadly weapon. The 18-year-old opened fire in his classroom at Timberview High School on Wednesday morning.

Police are still looking for two muggers who weren't satisfied with the $100 in a 19-year-old's pockets on September 14 at a Manhattan subway station then made him take out $800 at an ATM.

In a virtual speech to the National Press club last week, Mr Turnbull slammed Mr Morrison for scrapping a deal to buy 12 French-made submarines in favour of eight nuclear-powered boats.

Three insiders told Axios Google Ventures did not reach an agreement with the failed media startup to lead its new funding round.

I am vaccinated. Moderna, double shots. My husband is vaccinated. In fact my entire family is vaccinated. But I was hesitant before getting Moderna

The 16-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the leg while 3D printing a glock-style pistol in his bedroom Saturday, as local police in Virginia investigate the first-ever case of its kind citywide.

Harley Bartolo was charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder and resisting a police officer in the execution of duty.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk will head the ministerial team overseeing planning for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics following a swearing in ceremony at Government House.

The FBI and Riverside Police Department say that the Zodiac Killer case remains open, despite veteran sleuths claiming to have identified the killer.

A customer named Rob took to Facebook on Wednesday night to voice his concerns over the blunder that occurred at the South Fremantle Woolworths store in Perth.

Joseph Santiago, 33, has been charged with the murder of his pregnant wife Meghan, 33, and the injury of their unborn child. She was murdered on Fort Campbell Army base, but the motive is unknown.

Doctors are concerned that NSW's revised 'roadmap' out of Covid-19 restrictions could see the state relaxing too quickly.

Police have issued an Efit of a man they wish speak to after two teenage girls were sexually assaulted in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire on August 14.

The kids went missing Thursday after they wandered off the main trail to play in a dry creek in the Sam Houston National Forest. They were found by a good Samaritan on Friday morning.

A Massachusetts state trooper has been put on paid leave after a video emerged which appears to shows him fighting with a group of women on a Boston sidewalk while off duty.

The Springwatch presenter and a group of leading school strikers will tomorrow deliver a 100,000 signature petition directly to Buckingham Palace.

Starting with her workshops and books in the 1980s and '90s, Gwen Shamblin drew people to her and her faith-based diet. She then founded a new church called Remnant Fellowship.

Ms Bertarelli, 50, is now living alone in a breathtaking £52 million mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva. She was awarded it as part of a £400 million divorce settlement.

Las Vegas father Mykeal Rangel, 20, is accused of killing his four-month-old son Levi, who died from abusive head trauma on September 16 after he sustained multiple severe injuries.

Cherie Blair says she is a human rights lawyer who wants to make the world a better place, but she also advises a secretive firm selling military-grade hacking software, writes IAN BIRRELL.

The CIA's new 'China Mission Center' was unveiled as a report claimed that U.S. special operations forces and Marines had been secretly operating in Taiwan to train military forces for a year.

PAUL THOMAS: 'That speech has prompted a change of policy, Sarge.'

About two dozen members of U.S. special-operations and support troops are training small units of Taiwan's ground forces, while Marines are working with maritime forces, a report said Thursday.

WeWork chief executive Sandeep Mathrani (right) says the embattled company is on the upswing following a tough start to the year. WeWork (at right), lost $2billion during the first quarter

President Biden admitted that he personally called a hospital desk on Wednesday night to see what was going on when a friend's wife could not bee seen at a Pennsylvania hospital.

Dash cam video shows a car careening through the median and pummeling the side of a police SUV, which is pushed back and narrowly misses Virginia officers Jessica McGraw and Matthew Stewart.

Google and YouTube sparked controversy after announcing they will prevent anyone who denies climate change from monetizing their platforms with ads or creator payments.

Meggan Gray, a 14-year anchor on WLOX in Mississippi, was ousted from her job on Friday after she refused to get the COVID vaccine.