The number of posts available spiked again despite unemployment continuing to fall - down 0.4 per cent in the latest quarter to August.

The draft law would ban all private investment in any company involved in 'news gathering, editing and broadcasting' within China - including online outlets that were largely exempt from previous bans.

Dennis Reed, the director of Silver Voices, a campaign group for the over-60s, said: 'This needs to be investigated. How many of the figures have been fiddled in this way? It is really worrying.'

Insulate Britain protester Cathy Eastburn, 54, has vowed to 'unleash hell' on London's drivers even though her husband is public transport boss Benedict Plowden, 58.

The shocking video from the school in Nigeria shows the girl kneeling while she is beaten by four men armed with sticks. Local reports suggest the head of the school has since been suspended.

Tributes have poured in for the four men, aged 18, 19, 25 and 44, who died after the Toyota Hi Lux truck they were in smashed into trees on a remote country lane in Headcorn in Kent at 1am on Sunday.

Magic FM host Emma Wilson - better known as Emma B - revealed she was flashed by Couzens in 2008 while walking in London with her son and that officers laughed at her when she reported it.

Monika Czarnecka, 41 and her husband Piotr, 42 were photographed running together during the London Marathon wearing the same registration number on their vests.

Suspected bike jackers have been pictured speeding off on a motorcycle after robbing three high-end bicycles in six days by driving into cyclists and threatening with machetes.

Scotland Yard has decided to take no further action over her allegation that she was trafficked to London as a 17-year-old and forced to have sex with Andrew when Virginia was 17.

The Pension and Lifetime Savings Association's 'retirement living standards', published today, give savers a picture of how much money they will need to maintain their lifestyle.

A new study from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia found 43% of babies born during the pandemic had short hospital stays compared to 28.5% of babies born pre-pandemic.

The PM last night sided with Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng following his extraordinary spat with Chancellor Rishi Sunak over the extra funds.

Just 0.7 per cent of rapes reported to Wiltshire Police resulted in a charge or summons, while Durham had over 10 times the success rate in bringing prosecutions at 7.1 per cent, official data show.

A WHO report said climate change threatens to undo 50 years of progress in global health and poverty reduction and that 'the burning of fossil fuels is killing us'.

Tory councillor and member of a Derbyshire MP's staff Jake Gilbert, 20, (pictured) apologised after he swore at NHS nurses wanting a pay rise for battling coronavirus in a series of tweets.

Up to 600,000 Mercedes vehicles in the UK are estimated to have been affected by defeat devices alleged to have been installed in diesel vehicles manufactured between 2008 and 2018.

Nigel Farage congratulated Brian Ó Céileachair on his birthday before raising his drink and saying 'up the RA' in a personalised video messaged bought on the Cameo platform.

The first major inquiry into the Covid crisis says the tragic losses in care homes were among the highest in Europe, just one of a catalogue of failures detailed in the report from the committee.

UK households may have to fork out another £19billion in the coming years to meet the needs of caring for an ageing population, experts predicted.

Former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal slammed Tory MP James Gray tonight after he declared two of his party's Asian ministers Nadhim Zahawi and Sajid Javid 'look the same to me'.

Senior black scientists have claimed that research culture in the UK is 'institutionally racist' and is failing them after a Royal Society study found they hold just 3.5 per cent of professor posts.

Terra Field wrote a lengthy Twitter thread about Dave Chappelle's special spanning more than 40 tweets. Field, who identifies as trans, has now been suspended from Netflix as an engineer.

Sally Rooney, 30, was asked by Israeli publisher Modan to translate her new book into Hebrew but the author allegedly rejected the request due to her views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

MasterChef judge William Sitwell found a painting by 18th Century Venetian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo in the attic of his family home and is expected to sell for over £250,000.

Jacinda Ardern's government recorded a $NZ4.6 billion ($A4.3 billion) deficit for the year ending in June, according to the Treasury's financial statements released on Tuesday.

In the UK financial year ending April 2021, fraudsters trousered a shocking £535 million from investment cons, making them the most costly of all scams.

Shoppers face gaps on shelves at Christmas. At the same time, concerns triggered by the recent petrol crisis, soaring energy bills and the rising cost of living are sapping consumer confidence.

Dozens of refuse workers from the GMB Union walked out as part of industrial action last Tuesday, after a dispute with the Green-led council over pay and working conditions.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not christen their daughter Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, in the UK and are likely to opt for a ceremony in California, royal sources have claimed.

The inquiry into the Covid crisis said the UK's failure to lock down the country stemmed from 'false groupthink' and said the deadly delay was because of official SAGE advice, not in spite of it.

The report into the Covid crisis found that Britain helped save millions of lives in the pandemic and that the vaccine initiative was 'one of the most stunning scientific achievements in history'

Ten people in London and Kent were arrested by police today on suspicion of supplying fraudulent passports to hundreds of criminals.

A report has found the UK's Ministry of Defence's approach to managing its land and buildings 'disastrous', with 30 per cent of its properties in an unacceptable condition.

No10's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance claimed science doesn't 'lead the way', insisting that there were other complex matters that needed to be factored in for crucial decisions.

A Sports Agenda item in early editions of yesterday's paper wrongly claimed that Manchester United footballer Luke Shaw is 'the latest big name set to drop his agent and entrust his family...

The Government has brokered a deal with the carbon dioxide industry to ensure vital supplies of CO2 continue amid fears higher production costs will inevitably be passed onto consumers.

Penelope Jackson stabbed her husband of 24 years to death earlier this year and told a 999 operator 'I thought I'd get his heart but he hasn't got one', Bristol Crown Court heard today.

Former translator Mustafa, 31, says Italian authorities have warned him he will be deported - even though Britain promised that ex-interpreters will have their cases processed from third countries.

A family from Clare in Suffolk wanted to sell two stone sphinx statues that they thought were replicas. When they were sold at Mander Auxtioneers they were found to be real and fetched £195,000

Cason Hallwood, 12, from Winsford, Cheshire, went into respiratory and then cardiac arrest after he suffered an allergic reaction to his family's Christmas dinner.

Justin Welby failed to alert police when Canon John Roberts was accused of sexually assaulting a worshipper - despite knowing that he was a convicted paedophile.

Mark Lee, 43, had travelled 20 miles to Cwm Idwal with his partner and her autistic child on December 29 last year, when Wales was an Alert Tier 4 area.

Tory MP James Gray was tonight fighting for his political life over a racism scandal - after he declared two of his party's Asian ministers  Nadhim Zahawi and Sajid Javid 'look the same to me'.

Downing Street today said targets will not be set for the return of civil servants to Whitehall despite Boris Johnson urging the nation to ditch working from home.

Department of Health figures showed 40,224 Covid cases were recorded today, which was up 15 per cent on the same time last week. It marks the sixth day in a row they have risen.

A 12-hour flight from London to Hong Kong saw 100 passengers diverted to Manila amid Typhoon Lionrock before eventually landing in Hong Kong a massive 36 hours after leaving Britain.

Data from a Government-backed study shows the average GP - who earns £100,000 a year - is now working 6.6 sessions each week, following a startling drop in working hours.

The seeds were unearthed at the 'Wishbone' hunter-gatherer site in Utah's Great Salt Lake Desert by experts led from the Far Western Anthropological Research Group.

Kelly Pendry, from north Wales, has vowed to battle the disease 'make memories' for her two children Sam and Isla, and to warn other women who may be in her position.

Mendy, 27, who has been in custody for around seven weeks, was denied bail by Judge Patrick Thompson at a 50-minute hearing at Chester Crown Court, from which the media was excluded.

Kelsey Ridings, 26, celebrated outside Tameside Magistrates Court after she was cleared of drink-driving by claiming she had 'necked' two glasses of vodka to 'calm herself down' after.

Dominic Cummings said today that the Prime Minister was a 'joke'. A Covid inquiry today revealed thousands of care home residents died needlessly during the pandemic.

Newly freed Sydneysiders will have to wait another two weeks before hitting the road, with holidays to regional New South Wales unable to go ahead due to sluggish vaccination rates in country communities.

According to Professor Elena Rodriguez-Falcon this country 'needs to wake up to what engineers actually do' claiming that the word has been hijacked by people who fix TVs, cars and boilers.

Australians earning $48,000 to $90,000 are set to be the big winners when they submit their tax returns this year. They stand to get back $2,160 but must fill out the online form by October 31.

Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme, a woman claimed 'flirtatious' Met officer James Mason asked her out on a date while taking her statement after she was mugged in London in October 2011.

Major General Matthew Holmes, 54, was found in a bedroom at the home in Winchester, Hampshire, on October 2 - and his body was formally identified by his wife Lea, the inquest heard today.

Now a group of transgender people have written a letter voicing their support for Kathleen Stock, who has been warned to stay away from Sussex University amid a 'transphobia' row.

Mavys Alvarez, from Cuba, is seen looking uncomfortable in the intimate videos taken in 2000 at the start of their alleged three-year relationship.

Energy-intensive businesses insisted cutting taxes and levies was more important than a bailout, after an extraordinary bout of wrangling in Whitehall.

The third straight day of canceled and delayed Southwest flights left passengers stranded and steaming from California to the East Coast. Over 2,000 flights have now been cancelled.

The shocking incident made headlines around the world and raised questions about the heavy-handed tactics of cops tasked with keeping a lid on Melbourne's anti Covid lockdown protests.

The former Manchester United star, 35, and wife Coleen only moved into their luxury £20m mansion in Knutsford, Cheshire, earlier this summer after four tumultuous years of delays and planning rows.

A homeless man tried to abduct a little girl walking with her grandmother in the Bronx by wrapping her in a comforter and snatching her from the sidewalk on Monday.

Maud Maron is a former public defender who claims to have been wrongfully dismissed earlier this year because she is white. She sued Legal Aid Society earlier this year.

Rachael Larkman, 38, acquired the images and sent them to 35-year-old Steven Kearsley after he became 'obsessed' with the idea of chatting online with a young girl.

David Jenkins, 31, who had worked with diving star Tom Daley, was part of Team GB's Tokyo 2020 training squad - which helped secure a joint-record medals haul at this year's Olympic games

Jason Bell was arrested on suspicion of stabbing to death his girlfriend Nicole Hurley (pictured), 37, in a flat in Primrose Hill at around 1am on Sunday.

It is believed that thousands of drivers have quit in the past 18 months, with many now working for takeaway delivery firms or services like Amazon or DPD.

A twin-engine aircraft crashed into a UPS truck and two homes near the grounds of a San Diego area high school on Monday afternoon, killing the driver and at least one other person.

The wife of a Navy submarine engineer is a leftist but also organized to get a babysitter to carry out her husbands last secret drop of stolen intelligence before being caught by the FBI

The council area, located west of Melbourne on the Victorian coast is home to Port Fairy, a family friendly destination. If passed, the local laws would ban dogs and toy vehicles from parts of the CBD

Some prestigious Sydney private schools are making their own rules about when students can return to class despite the NSW government wanting every student back in class before November.

Bar owner Hayden Burbank, 49, and finance boss Mark Babbage, 38, allegedly used fake documents to obtain Northern Territory drivers licences so they could enter WA.

The VP took part in 'Get Curious with Vice President Harris,' a video made to celebrate World Space Week that debuted Thursday.

Scientists want to visit a series of caves and wildlife farming areas in the Enshi prefecture of Hubei province - six hours west of the city where Covid-19 was first reported.

The ACT will end its lockdown at 11.59pm on Thursday while it's on track to hit 90 per cent double-vaccination coverage by the end of October.

Ricardo Cruciani, 63, allegedly hooked dozens of women on painkillers before sexually abusing them - according to a new lawsuit, he was protected by staff who 'looked the other way' at 3 hospitals

The federal and Tasmanian government on Tuesday announced 10,000 vouchers worth $300 each will soon be up for grabs.

Tim Tszyu is looking for a new venue for his upcoming fight after Queensland's strict border rules forced him to relocate his November bout.

The Last Week Tonight host - who's show is broadcast on AT&T-owned network HBO - on Sunday attacked AT&T for their support of OAN. Oliver said that OAN promoted dangerous conspiracies.

Health Minister Greg Hunt said Australia had secured enough doses to vaccinate five to 12-year-olds if approval was granted by both the Therapeutic Goods Administration and ATAGI.

Body modifier Brendan Leigh Russell, 40, has pleaded not guilty to the woman's manslaughter after inserting a plastic snowflake under her skin in the weeks before her death in April 2017.

A 43-year-old woman has tragically died after being struck by a truck while using her phone and wearing headphones in Sydney's inner west. 

Michelle Ananda-Rajah tweeted on Saturday that a junior doctor may have taken their own life as a consequence of working in an overwhelmed hospital system in Sydney.

Lower Covid case numbers and increased vaccination rates set the date for the reopening of NSW with residents at their 'peak protection', says epidemiologist Catherine Bennett.

Jordan King from Doubleview, Perth, said the mystery vegetable dumping first occurred two weeks ago and said at first he just thought someone was playing a joke.

An unexpected guest has ruined festivities at a picnic in Mt Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens, as guests were unable to sit back down at their picnic after it was taken over by a huge two-metre carpet python.

A public inquiry into alleged corruption within Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' government has moved closer to directly involving him. 

Britney Spears on September 29 won the right to remove her father from her conservatorship, but she had not been out in public since the ruling - until now.

Ibtihaj Muhammad, who won bronze in women's team sabre in Rio, claimed on social media last week that Seth Boyden Elementary School teacher Tamar Herman 'forcibly removed the hijab'.

Why Barnaby Joyce is the most powerful person in Australian politics ... and Scott Morrison, Facebook and koalas should be worried. His child's encounter with trolls shows how powerful he is.

The scathing attack by China's The Global Times was a direct response to comments by former prime minister Tony Abbott during and after his trip to Taipei last week.

Telstra chairman John Mullen told investors at the company's annual general meeting, held via videolink on Tuesday, that Telstra had reached a turning point.

The annual Columbus Day Parade returned to New York City on Monday after being canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic amid the boos directed at New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio.

The pair live on the NSW side of the border in Tweed Heads while their celebrant was stuck on the opposite side in Queensland, so she officiated the wedding over the barrier.

Although bullfighting has long been associated with Spanish culture the country could phase it under plans supported by left-wing politicians.

More than 60 State Emergency Services volunteers and police divers have returned to Fernhook Falls near Walpole in Western Australia's south-west.

Sarah Mills, from the NSW mid north coast, is among a minority refusing the Covid vaccine - and therefore was unable to celebrate Freedom Day on Monday after 106 days in lockdown.

Anti-vaxxer roars abuse at coffee shop for following the law and threatens the barista, saying 'I'm very powerful and I will come back'.

The Victorian premier was put on the spot during a press conference on Tuesday with reporters firing off several questions about the IBAC hearing.

Jaydon, 23, listed his 2006 Toyota Yarris on Car Next Door in March last year and has made $9,000 from it already, over $5,000 more than the car initially cost him. He used the profits to buy three more.

Hugo Ball, 23, has been trying to clean up his act after he was spared jail time for robbing an elderly lady of $400 at an ATM in May.

An incredible image has captured the moment a cyclist is bitten on the cheek by a swooping magpie mid-bike ride.

Emergency services were called to Sydney's northern beaches about 11.20am on Saturday after the woman was found near a popular pedestrian strip in Manly.

Sydney teenager Dakota Stephenson went to hospital with a high temperature and back pain last September, seven months after she first started vaping with friends at school.

The Panthers stars have dominated news headlines the last week over their wild partying antics and controversial posts shared on social media.

Bars, shops, cafes, gyms and hair salons were overrun with fully-vaccinated customers on Monday as Sydneysiders enjoyed their 'Freedom Day' after three months of being stuck inside.

Patrick Blumenthal, a Drexler University student, interned with Goldman Sachs in San Francisco from September 2017 until February 2018. He filed a lawsuit alleging he was violently hazed.

A highly excessive rule for plane passengers aged 12 and over during the pandemic involving the mandatory use of face masks has been widely panned by scores of people on social media.

Ben Walsh, the owner of Miss Moneypenny's in Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, has banned a customer from the popular restaurant after they left a bad review calling the venue a 'rip off'.

Thousands of cooped-up revellers braved the rain and chilly conditions across Sydney on Freedom Day, as they partied for the first time in 106 days.

Bunnings has finally revealed when its trademark sausage sizzle will return outside stores after lockdown was formally lifted in NSW on Monday, October 11 after 106 days.

President Trump reveals his Republican hit list in a new book, including Liz Cheney, Pat Toomey, James Mattis, Larry Hogan and Mitt Romney.

Australian Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku - known for his bestseller 'the Happiest Man on Earth' - has died at the age of 101.

Tim Jordan, the CEO of Australia's new affordable airline Bonza designed for 'teachers and tradies' has revealed his predictions on travelling after the pandemic.

An elderly man aged in his 70s was left with a head injury after he was the victim of a carjacking on Monday night. The offender, who used a hammer in the attack, remains at large.

The University of New South Wales Social Policy Research Centre on Tuesday released a report based on a survey of 6469 Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Association members.

Sixth-generation farmer Oscar Pearse is part of a growing chorus of farmers who want a 'fair go' in return for supporting an economy-wide aspiration of net zero emissions by 2050.

According to the Guatemalan Institute of Migration, the 129 migrants who were rescued from a tractor trailer Saturday will be expelled to Honduras.

A devoted elderly couple have been able to reunite on Monday after spending 106 days apart in Sydney's lockdown - with the pair overjoyed they were able to 'hold hands again'.

Felix Dean was already on bail following two incidents earlier this year when he allegedly attacked a Surry Hills tobacco store employee about 11.15pm on Monday.

Hillary Clinton said Monday she will never leave politics because she feels that 'democracy is at stake.'

The care worker, who is of Somali origin, was slapped on the bottom and shown the Netflix film Layla M, which centres around a young Muslim girl who is radicalised in Amsterdam, by her boss.

Queenslanders will soon be able to get a Covid jab at their local Bunnings in a bid to encourage people to have a 'sausage sizzle and a jab', after the state hit the 70 per cent single-dose mark on Monday.

After a 30-month absence, the 125th Boston Marathon took place in the Massachusetts capital with Kenya's Benson Kipruto and Diana Kipyogei capturing the men's and women's titles.

New York woman Leticia Bravo, 39, was arrested and charged with murder on Thursday after she allegedly locked the seven-year-old son of her boyfriend in his room and starving him to death

NSW is on track to hit the 80 per cent vaccination milestone this weekend - meaning house parties and regional holidays could be allowed again as early as next Monday.

EU member states refused to be suckered in to France's attack and instead recommended that 'further technical work' needed to be carried out to reach a deal acceptable for both parties.

Protesters wrote the words 'Expect Us' on the side of the monument on Monday. Hundreds of activists descended on DC to demand Biden declares a climate emergency before the UN summit.

'The highly partisan Unselect Committee is just a sideshow to distract America from massive failures by Biden and the Democrats,' railed Trump in an emailed statement on Monday evening.

Holiday-starved Australians keen for domestic and overseas getaways can maximise their breaks by using strategic planning to take time off around 2022 public holidays.

The stand-off between Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers is on the verge of ending - with the Australian point guard likely to swallow his pride and stay with the team he is desperate to leave.

'He was trying to siphon off the white wine content from your petrol tank'

Holiday-hungry Australians are soon to be gifted with a brand new budget domestic airline called Bonza. The airline, that promises 'new routes' and 'ultra low prices' will take to the skies early next year.

Touching photos captured the moment four young men pushed an elderly woman in her scooter down a Florida neighborhood after it broke down during a rain storm.

Denis Handlin was at the helm of Sony Music for 37 years and helped launch the career of some of Australia's biggest stars, with the industry rocked when he suddenly left the company in June.

Bobby, an American Bully, disappeared while on a walk with owner Simon Kitchen, 51, near Sedbergh in Cumbria. He was found six days later downstream near Dowbiggin.

The first couple spent the holiday Monday attending the wedding of their nephew Cuffe Owens and Meghan King, a former star of the reality TV show Real Housewives of OC.

Only two Australians have made the list of the richest people on the planet - a pair of university mates who started a company because they 'didn't want to get real jobs'. 

New video reveals dozens of stacked columns of steel worth $100 million dollars left to rust after President Biden canceled plans to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.

In an anti-corruption hearing on Monday, federal Labor MP Anthony Byrne admitted paying for people's party membership fees to boost support for his moderate faction.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk last week said she wanted a more 'even spread' of Covid-19 vaccination rates across the state before she would consider allowing interstate travel again.

Two school board associations have panned plans for the FBI to step in to protect teachers against protesting parents, it emerged on Monday, amid an increasingly heated political environment.

Marquisha 'Kiki' Wiley (pictured) was fatally shot Sunday after being caught in a 'hellish situation' when three men opened fire early outside a packed bar shortly after midnight Sunday,

NSW has recorded 360 daily Covid cases and five deaths on Tuesday after Sydneysiders celebrated their first day of freedom after 106 days in lockdown.

TV star Dog the Bounty Hunter has ended his hunt for missing Brian Laundrie after injuring his ankle - and hints funds are running low in his search of a huge Florida nature reserve.

Republican senator condemned the Biden administration for asking the FBI to help tackle violence and intimidation at school board meetings.

Victoria's new Covid cases have dropped again to 1,466, about 500 below a peak of 1,965, raising hopes the outbreak might be on the way out.