The government is set to confirm the HS2 route to Leeds is being axed in favour of a Birmingham to East Midlands Parkway line.

Aimee Jones has been pictured for the first time after she was jailed for a sexual affair she had with a 15-year-old girl while employed as a maths teacher. She was jailed for eight months.

Ministers are discussing opening an asylum centre in the eastern European country, which they believe would act as a deterrent for migrants crossing from northern France.

Boris Johnson repeatedly tried to grill Labour leader Keir Starmer over his past legal work as the pair clashed over sleaze at the weekly session.

Boris Johnson made his clearest statement yet on the case that sparked the sleaze storm, conceding it might have 'helped a bit' if he had publicly stated earlier that Owen Paterson broke regulations.

The 10-month-old died at the Du Plessis family's Krugersdorp, South Africa home on Tuesday night after he fell into the swimming pool, police said, adding officers were investigating the drowning.

Insulate Britain eco-zealot Emma Smart, 44, will spend Christmas in prison after she was jailed for four months for blocking the M25. Her husband said she is planning to go on hunger strike.

As calls grow for an investigation, a supporter of the Prime Minister's 'charming' father vowed it should not be a police matter if he was 'a little over-friendly, indeed handsy' with women.

The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) said the longer wait should reduce the risk of myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation spotted in some vaccinated kids.

Yesterday, MPs backed the Prime Minister's plans to restrict outside work to 'reasonable limits' and ban parliamentary advice or consultancy by 297 votes to zero.

In response to the deal, Moscow complained that the deal would boost Ukraine's navy, which it said showed British military activities were expanding near its borders.

On November 1 2007, Meredith - an exchange student from the University of Leeds - was murdered in Perugia, Italy, where she was studying at the time. Amanda Knox was wrongly convicted.

Data from the REACT study - which randomly tested more than 100,000 people up between October 19 and November 5 - found the third doses provide a significant boost to immunity.

Ian Fleming wore the cultured pearl set to the Dr No post-film screening party in 1962 and the backs are inscribed with the letters 'WUS', 'SIL', 'UDH' and 'NUF' - believed to be secret message.

Smallpox was eradicated with a successful mass vaccination campaign after it killed an estimated 300 million people in the 20th century alone. Samples are only supposed to be in two labs in the world.

An RAF pilot was forced to eject from his F-35B Lightning as it ditched into the sea soon after taking off on 'routine exercise' from the Navy's flagship aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth.

Traces detected at a Liverpool bedsit show Al Swealmeen bought a range of chemicals capable of making more than one type of explosive, including one used by the 7/7 bombers.

Dramatic footage captured by a Ring video doorbell shows the moment that laser sights from officers' guns were pointed at Eddie Croasdell, 56, at his home in St Albans, Hertfordshire.

Princess Beatrice is employed in New York as vice-president of strategy and partnerships at Afiniti, which is fighting allegations that Zia Chishti sexually assaulted a female staff member.

The smallprint of Boris Johnson's cap on care costs reveals that poorer pensioners will lose out as they will have to spend more of their own money on care before they reach the £86,000 lifetime limit

Disney Cruise Line (shown) will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for children (inset) as young as five beginning next January. Some parents reacted with anger at the news Wednesday

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the rate of Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rose sharply from 3.1 per cent in September to 4.2 per cent last month, the highest level since 2011.

More than 61 per cent of those who have made the dangerous journey across the 21 mile straight from France are nationals from countries such as Iran and Iraq according to the British Refugee Council.

The Duke of York is facing mounting scrutiny over whether he broke the Royal Family's conduct rules by accepting money from Tory donor David Rowland days before he paid off a loan.

CCTV images show Emad Al-Swealmeen inside  the Delta taxi on his final journey to Liverpool Women's Hospital on Sunday before the 32-year-old blew himself up using a home-made IED.

Officers said Liverpool suicide bomber Emad Al Swealmeen had planned an attack for seven months but have not found any evidence that he conspired with or was inspired by a terror group.

The Bristol Rovers manager and former Newcastle player, 38, is accused of assaulting Georgia McNeil by beating at a property in Kew, south-west London on June 2 this year.

Home Office minister Tom Pursglove confirmed that more than 23,000 people have arrived in small boats this year compared to around 8,500 in 2020.

Assistant Commissioner Matt Jukes, the head of UK counter-terrorism policing, said the public will see an increased police presence in key locations and officers will boost their work online.

Department of Health bosses posted 38,263 new infections over the last 24 hours, down 2.7 per cent on the 39,329 recorded last Wednesday. It was the first time Britain's cases fell in a week.

The monarch 95 - dressed in a green, orange and white floral dress and wearing a string of pearls - was pictured standing as she greeted and chatted to Gen Sir Nick in Windsor's Oak Room.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who are currently living in a $14million mansion in California, are also expected to miss the Queen's annual Christmas lunch for her extended family.

House of Fraser will shut its Oxford Street shop permanently in January, becoming the third major UK retailer to shut its flagship London branch in the past year after Topshop and Debenhams.

Office for National Statistics data showed there had been 20,823 excess deaths since July, but only 11,531 Covid fatalities. It means 9,292 deaths were down to other causes.

Holly Higgins, 28, refused to take the vaccine ahead of the Government-mandated deadline and said she submitted proof for medical exemption which, she alleges, was denied

Businessman David Rowland, 76, wired the money to a London bank account held by the Duke of York - a long-term friend of his - in December 2017, it was claimed.

Boris Johnson today finally apologised for failing to wear a mask during a visit to a hospital last week - but insisted he broke the rules for 'barely 30 seconds'.

Dr Mazhar Khan, 45, from Langley, near Slough, sent  215 flirtatious messages to his colleague, known as Mrs A, whilst her husband was away on business.

Israeli researchers found people of all ages vaccinated in January and February had a 51 per cent higher chance of being infected in July than those jabbed in March and April.

The ex-wife of a former senator and business mogul jailed in Russia for organising contract killings has been found dead in her £10million London home - sparking a call for MI5 to investigate.

Ella Griffith (pictured), 25, pleaded with bosses at Ysgol Cybi primary school in Holyhead, Anglesey, that she needed to take time off to deal with 'a serious matter at home'.

Emad Al Swealmeen lost his first bid to stay in Britain in 2014 but appealed again in 2017 after he was baptised and confirmed at Liverpool Cathedral.

EXCLUSIVE: French police were today patrolling two beaches after MailOnline revealed they were being used by people smugglers to launch large boats carrying migrants to Britain.

They enjoyed the historic match, which kicked off shortly after a vote on the settlement scheme for EU nationals to stay in Britain after Brexit was taking place in Parliament.

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William Tyrrell's biological grandmother has opened up about the 'shambolic' police investigation into the little boy's disappearance.

Mother-of-two Gemma Waterhouse, 39, moved money from the bank account of Leven Pre-School in Beverley for five years before she was detected when an HMRC bill was sent to the school.

Emad Al Swealmeen, who was baptised and confirmed at Liverpool's Anglican cathedral in 2017, was seen worshipping with Muslims during Ramadan and before the attack.

Maher told Chris Cuomo that he supports CRT protestors, Dave Chappelle, and said he himself has received calls to be cancelled from conservatives and liberals alike.

Joy-Ann Reid has sparked fury with a TikTok post in which she mocked Kyle Rittenhouse for crying on the witness stand on November 10, accusing him of trying to curry sympathy among jurors.

Chinese state TV service CGTN published the English-language email Wednesday, which they claimed was written by Peng and says: 'I'm not missing, nor am I unsafe. I've just been resting'.

President Biden took a dig at his host after touring General Motors' factory in Detroit on Wednesday, playfully suggesting it and its executives should be paying more tax.

The 10-year-old English Mastiff is seen sheltering under the hooded cart before accidentally pressing the gas pedal and sending the vehicle careening into Mallory Kmet's black truck.

Mr Johnson saw off a Labour attempt to limit politicians to a tiny number of permissible outside jobs last night after Tory MPs used their huge majority to vote down the idea.

The Royal College of Emergency Medicine report highlights the deadly crisis facing NHS England A&Es as the health service recovers from the pandemic.

'Cocaine Cassie' Sainsbury has showed off her engagement ring as she opens up about her female lover Tatiana and prepares to return to Australia after four years in a Colombian prison.

Comedian Chris Parker caught the attention of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after sharing a satirical video online demanding clarity about the nation's Covid rules on casual sex.

Home surveillance footage appears to show Zac Stacy, 30, attacking the mother of his child in front of their five-month-old son on Saturday at her Florida home.

The suit names names nearly two dozen defendants associated with the film including Baldwin, Rust producers and production companies, armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, 1st AD David Halls.

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams vowed to resurrect the city's nightlife during his appearance on Tuesday night's Late Show, where he gave Stephen Colbert a bag of 'weed.'

The star crown witness at her ex-boyfriend's trial was a liar and a 'wretched evil little vixen', his barrister has told a Sydney jury.

Republican Colorado Rep Lauren Boebert railed against Democratic Congress members while taking the floor in front of the House of Representatives.

A man who raped a drunk and lost British woman in country Victoria has been jailed for a total of eight years and six months. The woman had been drinking with friends at a pub before heading home.

The bodies of the nine soldiers, who were laid to rest at the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium today, were only discovered in 2018 during engineering works in De Reutel in Belgium.

Richard Archer was found guilty of murdering David Bradshaw at Kendall Towers in Redfern, Sydney (pictured left) in a fight that started over the theft of a laptop computer.

Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn CJ Davis announced Wednesday: 'Tonight we strongly encourage everyone to stay home' and suggested the police department may set a curfew.

Residents living on the Australia's east coast will be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the longest partial lunar eclipse in 600 years on Friday night. 

John Paulson and soon-to-be ex-wife Jenny built an impressive real-estate portfolio in the more than two decades that their marriage lasted.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the £96 billion package as the biggest transport investment programme in a century and said no town or city would be left behind.

Baker Mayfield, a Heisman Trophy winner from the University of Oklahoma, was joined by Jones's family and urged Gov. Kevin Stitt to commute the man's sentence and spare his life.

The woman, 32, was charged after the pursuit in Forbes, five hours west of Sydney, in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The mother of a model from Alabama whose body was dumped on Saturday outside a Los Angeles hospital, after a night partying in West Hollywood, suspects she was drugged.

Cadaver dogs probed underneath William Tyrrell's foster grandmother's house in Kendall on the Mid North Coast of NSW, trying to uncover the missing little boy's remains.

Kathleen Riethmuller, 28, was last seen on security camera footage visiting shops in Sydney's north on October 28. Now, puzzling new details have come to light about the hours before her disappearance.

Two popular cheese snacks are being pulled from the shelves of Aldi stores across the country over concerns of listeria contamination. Food standards Australia issued the recall on Thursday.

A teenage girl, 13, has been seriously injured after allegedly car surfing in the car park of a high school in Adelaide as the 15-year-old driver is charged with string of offences.

Queensland father-of-two Johnny Duncan, 25, has been told he's lucky to be alive after he was stabbed four times in front of his terrified fiancé and young daughter in a heated road rage attack in Logan.

The man from Melbourne took to popular social media discussion site Reddit on Wednesday to share his frustration when he found the unknown vehicle in his car spot.

A Covid-19 conspiracy theorist has avoided a conviction for failing to hand over her driver's licence or state her name and address to police during Melbourne lockdown in 2020.

Newcastle pedophile Bret Anthony Chesworth (pictured) is looking to reduce sentence, saying Covid lockdowns and recent assault that left him in moon boot should count as extra punishment.

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan denounced the intimidation and bullying by anti-vaccine protesters trying to scare schoolkids out of getting the jab in Perth.

'All the stuff you see about inflation... is driven by rich people flipping their s*** because their parasitic assets aren't doing as well as they'd like,' Sarah Jeong tweeted on Tuesday.

Public Café in Adelaide's CBD caught the customer on camera pulling the jar into his bag before rushing out the door, while the barista was distracted making their coffee.

Red Bank Catholic Caseys quarterback Alex Brown had a stellar game just hours after losing his mother. 'I still played in the game because I knew that's what she would want me to do,' he said

Jack Simpson, 17, and Chris Drage, 16, 'made the dangerous decision to swim across the Swan River' in Perth on September 10, 2018, the inquest found.

Christopher Belter was told by the judge in the Niagara courtroom that prison time would be 'inappropriate' and instead ordered him to register as a sex offender instead.

Footage from inside Amazon's almost complete 'robotic fulfillment' warehouse in Western Sydney shows how the robots will zip between shelves fetching orders to be packed by staff.

An Adelaide Indian restaurant that turned a kids play area into a live music venue complete with a spa and outdoor shower has hit a sour note with neighbours and the local council. 

A bold marriage proposal at the Tim Tsuyu boxing bout in Sydney on Wednesday night at Qudos Bank Arena was unforgettable - but not for the reasons you may think.

At least one person was arrested in Kenosha on Wednesday night as BLM protesters clashed on the steps of the courthouse with supporters of Kyle Rittenhouse.

'I've diversified until the new rules are sorted out'

Children's advocate Allanna Smith said William's birth mother, father and grandmother are racked with emotion as police search for the missing toddler's remains in Kendall.

A Rabbitohs fan has dedicated his home to the South Sydney NRL team with an extravagant design but Reddit users argue the homage went too far.

Spending at hairdressers has more than doubled in both the city centre and the suburbs since Sydney's crippling lockdown ended in October.

A calendar featuring nothing but photographs of Victoria's Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton has gone on sale for the new year. 

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday that President Joe Biden's lack of official press conferences is more of a media problem than an issue for the American people.

Ainslee Cardillo from Sydney's Sutherland Shire launched a relentless harassment campaign against her ex after the pair's 18 month relationship turned sour.

Adam Ledgerwood, 43, pleaded guilty to three counts of a carer having sexual intercourse with a client, who has a cognitive impairment, in 2019 on the NSW Central Coast.

Paul Gosar, the Arizona representative who on Wednesday was censured by the House for tweeting a video cartoon showing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez being murdered, retweeted the clip.

Former Labor minister Adem Somyurek said the premier has over-reached in his bid for sweeping powers that would allow him to declare a pandemic for an unlimited time.

DailyMail.com saw as National Guard troops swung batons and practiced maneuvers with clear plastic shields at an Army National Guard battery in Sussex, Wisconsin.

The resilient bear was able to eat and drink through the hole of what the Florida FWC believes was an automatic pet feeder. The bear has since been released in a secure area.

Annastacia Palaszczuk and her deputy have accused Scott Morrison of trying to claw together 'a coalition of anti-vaxxers' for his own political survival.

A Sydney restaurant had diners impressed after unveiling a robot for table service. Social media sensation Adrian Widjonarko then uploaded a clip online, which has had almost 6000 views.

The 42-year-old woman sustained significant head injuries before she was allegedly set alight in the front yard of a home on Dick Street, Deniliquin, near the NSW/Victoria border.

The low pressure system is forecast to cross into South Australia on Saturday before intensifying over NSW on Sunday - bringing with it the risk of flash flooding and heavy rainfall.

The Prime Minister visited Tooheys brewery in Sydney on Thursday where he met several workers and took selfies with them.

The media magnate, 90, made the suggestion Wednesday during an annual shareholders' meeting for News Corp. Murdoch also owns Fox News, Trump's favorite station.

Ronnell and Keinna Burns (pictured) moved to Georgia earlier this year to expand their salon and insurance sales business, but instead died in a murder-suicide inside their Atlanta home

Samuel Scott Jr (left and right), 44, is suing the city of Miami and five of its police department officers for $500,000 after they falsely arrested him in 2018 for stealing his own car, after he called 911.

A model was found dead on a sidewalk in Los Angeles after three unknown men dumped her lifeless body outside a hospital and dropped of her friend off in critical condition two hours later.

Search for missing Victorian teen, Chloe, (pictured) nears the 48 hour mark. Police have reached out to the public asking that anyone with information calls Corio Police Station.

Australian wages are growing at the fastest pace since the start of the pandemic. But CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman said pay rises would have been better.

A concrete slab laid in the garage of a Kendall house after William Tyrrell went missing from the property has become the focus of a new development in the intensive police search.

Cornell professor Saule Omarova faces an uphill battle to lead the agency overseeing the US's largest banks. She'll appear before the Senate Banking Committee tomorrow.

While NSW will drop vaccine passports on December 15, Queensland will introduce them to enter hospitality venues on December 17 and Victoria has vowed to keep them.

World Health Organisation advisor Professor Dale Fisher said transmission in Australia would likely stay low over the summer as the fully-vaccinated enjoy their newfound protection against the virus.

A tentative trial date was on Thursday set for Bruce Lehrmann, charged with sexual intercourse without consent at Parliament House in March 2019.

William Tyrrell's foster mother describes how she drove all the way to a busy road before accepting the three-year-old was gone.

Former President Trump backed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's idea of melting down voting machines from last year's election to make bars for prison windows during a Tuesday night interview.

Abid and Aeisha Shah, 59 and 48, allegedly kept their Pakistani nephew as a slave and forced him to work excessive hours at their cake shops. The young man lived with them in their $4m mansion.

Detective Gary Jubelin has described William Tyrrell's foster mum as a 'very decent human being' as she is named as a person of interest in the missing three-year-old's disappearance.

The annual Gold Coast end of school festivities will go ahead for the first time in two years as planned after Queensland recorded no new Covid cases in the last 24 hours.

The media regulator said online platforms were not 'sufficiently transparent' about their algorithms, which 'control the prominence' given to news sources and stories.

Australians are just as reluctant to accept jobs serving customers as Americans following the end of lockdowns. In one state, available hospitality and tourism jobs doubled in a month.

As ministers consider new rules for parking charges, some of Britain's largest car parks have advised the Government to increase penalty charges to the £120 option being looked at in Scotland.

Imre Pelyva allegedly used an encrypted messaging service to call on protesters to  'bring out rifles and shotguns' and shoot 'Mr Dan f**k in the head'.

Disgraced former Victorian Labor MP Adem Somyurek says he will vote against the state government's pandemic bill, after his parliamentary suspension was lifted allowing him to take part in the vote.

Boris Johnson yesterday hailed the reopening of the 14-mile line between Exeter and Okehampton in Devon for the first time in nearly 50 years, saying it was 'the chance to choose rail over the road'.

A shameless BMW driver has infuriated locals after illegally parking their black convertible at the bottom of a boat ramp at the popular Malabar Beach in Sydney's southeast.

Purchases of large quantities of suspicious materials will trigger an alert, a senior security source said. High street shops are also being monitored in the wake of the Liverpool bombing.

NSW Police have confirmed that the search for William Tyrrell's remains has so far not turned up enough physical evidence for anyone to be prosecuted.

Victoria will finally lift its brutal Covid-19 restrictions from midnight on Thursday with dancefloors back on, house parties allowed and no caps on pubgoers.

Like most library books, it was supposed to be returned after 14 days. Instead, it stayed with its borrower's family for 73 years, racking up almost £3,000 in fines.

The worst offender was a wastewater works in Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales that discharged sewage into the River Lune for a total of 8,490 hours last year.

Black Pearl Café in Palmerston North, New Zealand, has been slammed as sexist for displaying a sign reading 'cute waitress on duty' at the front of its business.

An urgent alert has been issued for a set of popular teething toys sold across Australia, amid fears babies could choke or suffocate on them.

President Biden cruised around in an electric Hummer vehicle on Wednesday as he toured the General Motors 'Factory ZERO' electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan.

Ministers are planning to add dognapping to the Animal Welfare Bill, which had its second reading in Parliament last month, following a recommendation from the pet theft task force.

JANE FRYER: a record-breaking surge in private jet use by the super-rich has fuelled a shortage in planes as operators struggle to cope with demand.

Google and AFP have announced a five-year deal to provide content in Europe - a deal described by AFP's CEO, Fabrice Fries, as 'pioneering'.

Perth Heat baseball team said its employees could now choose to be paid in cryptocurrency and it hoped to soon run the entire organisation on Bitcoin.

A woman who allegedly flew into Adelaide on a fake driver's licence before police claim she did a runner from hotel quarantine by climbing down a fire escape has been found after four days.

Anthony Robert Craven, 54, fronted Townsville Magistrates Court with his wife on Wednesday after allegedly performing a sex act in a handful of popular Townsville cafes in the last 12 months.

Victoria has recorded 1,007 new COVID-19 cases, while NSW has recorded 262 new cases.

Adam Zydek, the principal of Divine Mercy College in Perth's south, has threatened to shut down his entire school of 400 students rather than get a compulsory vaccination against Covid-19.

With vaccines widely available, shares of Peloton have plunged 65 percent this year, and Zoom is down 26 percent, while airlines, hotels and other sectors battered in the pandemic are thriving.

The 42-year-old was found about 5.40pm on Tuesday in a driveway at a home in the Darwin suburb of Malak, NT police say.

Jill Biden offered hugs and stickers to vaccinated kids at Children's Hospital THEARC in DC on Wednesday as she continues her campaign to get children five and up their shot in the arm. 

Yousef Makki, 17, died after a confrontation with his friend Joshua Molnar, then also 17, in March 2019 in the leafy Greater Manchester suburb of Hale Barns.