Those aged 40 and over who had their second dose three months ago will today be able to book their booster for as early as tomorrow.

Gavin Williamson is said to have held a 'drinks and canapes' event for two dozen staff in the Department for Education offices on December 10, when London was in Tier 2.

The Prime Minister yesterday warned the Cabinet that the new Omicron variant appears to be 'more transmissible' than previous strains and is spreading quickly across the UK.

Satellite imagery posted online purports to show the naval warship, the Talayieh, on its side at a dry dock in Bandar Abbas, a port in southern Iran. It is thought the ship was in its final stage of construction.

The five officers penned a rambling statement in a bid to oust South College principal Professor Tim Luckhurst (pictured).

Venetia Smith, known as Netia, went missing from her home in Blandford, Dorset. The 80-year-old's stroller was found at a bridge crossing the River Stour near a Morrison's supermarket.

The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial was shown photos on Tuesday of Maxwell massaging Jeffrey Epstein's feet and another of the pair kissing.

Football dominated the search engine's 2021 list, with 'Premier League' and the Danish player Christian Eriksen, who collapsed on the pitch during the tournament, coming next.

PC Francis, 33, from Tongham, Surrey, was chasing after another car that had thrown a firework when he ploughed into Andrew Brown, 23, in Hounslow, West London at around 12am.

Ex-civil servant Raphael Marshall revealed in an astonishing testimony to MPs on Tuesday how some staff were unable to access to emails from Afghans pleading to be airlifted to security.

The World Of Stonehenge will include elaborate gold hats depicting the cosmos and an ancient wooden monument - dubbed 'Seahenge' - that emerged on a Norfolk beach.

A poll published by Survation gives Sir Keir Starmer's party a three point advantage over Boris Johnson and the Conservatives.

Priti Patel (pictured) said opposing her Nationality and Borders Bill, which faces a Commons vote today, could endanger more migrants' lives during perilous Channel crossings.

The £100million F-35 fighter jet plunged into the Mediterranean Sea last month while conducting routine flying operations in the region, triggering an underwater race against Russia.

Under a major Government crackdown, inmates will be offered special rewards as part of a new drive to have a 'zero tolerance culture' to drugs in prisons across England and Wales.

Costs have already 'increased by a staggering 68 per cent to £1.1billion' from £671million. The Home Office has 'wasted both vital time and scarce funding without making any meaningful progress'.

The National Tutoring Programme, which schools can use to get subsidised extra teaching for the neediest pupils, has enrolled fewer than 10 per cent of the children it needs to reach this year.

The Countess of Wessex (pictured) has warned that online giants such as Facebook and WhatsApp present 'new and very dangerous threats to our children'.

I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here's crew cheered behind the camera as Declan Donnelly branded Boris Johnson 'the PM, for now'.

Lab studies have shown that the drug, called sotrovimab, is effective against the 37 currently known mutations of the new strain.

A deadly tree disease, a wood-eating beetle and climate change are among looming threats to Britain's trees, the National Trust has warned.

The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore, who died in February earlier this year, want to set up an annual day in his honour in a bid to create a 'Children in Need for older people'.

Campaigners like Maya Forstater (pictured) warn the legislation is so badly drafted teachers could end up in court if they do not allow children to use opposite sex toilets or let boys play girls' sports.

His comments came as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and top scientists hit out at travel restrictions as 'pointless' and 'too late' as 'Omicron is already everywhere'.

Transgender women have been included in the BBC 100 Women list 'many times' since its launch in 2013, according to the broadcaster. None of the women pictured are transgender.

Sir Philip Barton revealed that he did not return from a break until August 26, nearly two weeks after the government collapsed and handed the Taliban control.

Robert Wilkinson, 22, of The Wills Building, Newcastle, left his victim feeling 'worthless, useless, dirty and guilty' and boasted about the attack to a friend, a court heard.

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman warned that many of the youngest children's progress and development 'faltered' amid the pandemic, with some regressing in basic language and social skills.

Scott Benton, Conservative for Blackpool South, says he has been inundated with emails from constituents calling for the 'ultimate punishment' for Emma Tustin and Thomas Hughes.

Downing Street has vowed to strike off anyone found to be exploiting travellers but firms are already cashing in and charging families of four up to £376 for arrival tests up until day 2.

Tensions along Ukraine's border have been simmering since Putin annexed Crimea in 2014 and have been threatening to boil over since Moscow began massing forces in the region in April.

Dominic Raab struck an optimistic note about Christmas in a round of interviews, saying the tougher restrictions are 'not required' due to the success of the vaccine programme.

The Duke of Sussex risked another public rift with the Prince of Wales after he said he had 'severed ties' with Mahfouz Marei Mubarak bin Mahfouz a year before Prince Charles presented him with a CBE.

Kay Meredith-Hughes (pictured), 34, who played for Hawkinge Town Ladies Recreational Football Club, woke up at her home in Folkestone, Kent, on August 4, complaining her heart was beating rapidly.

Speaking to RTE, the actress - best known for her role as Maria Brown on the hugely popular sitcom - claimed they had 'grown apart' and insisted the split was a mutual decision.

Physicist Dr Annette Plaut - described as a 'Marmite character' - was unfairly fired after 30 years at Exeter University, an employment tribunal found.

Jewish teenagerss were dancing and clapping moments before they were targeted by the gang who performed Nazi salutes and shouted 'Free Palestine' during a hostile anti-Semitic attack.

Researchers asked 90 people to drink beer or wine or both and speak up when they thought they were over the limit. The experiment found up to 53 per cent wrongly believed they were safe to drive.

Rick Fisher, of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, believes Beijing could use the system to weaponise its huge fleet of shipping vessels or else hide the launchers in foreign ports.

Lord Justice Leggatt suggested at the ruling that the firm would have to accept a contractual obligation to its customers, rather than passengers only having a contract with their driver.

British scientists, including SAGE, have warned against the narrative that Omicron is a weaker strain, claiming that it could put significant pressure on the NHS because it's so infectious.

EXCLUSIVE: The Corporation's media editor (pictured) told friends he does not want the job whenever Laura Kuenssberg steps down, the insiders said.

A company run by Saudi Olympic showjumper Kamal Bahamdan owns HC-One - which, with 265 facilities and bed capacity of 16,116 in England, is the country's largest care home operator.

Banksy has offered to sell the stencil he used to create the HMP Reading artwork earlier this year which has an estimated value of up to £15million and would help convert the prison into an arts centre.

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Police in the Falklands capital of Stanley were forced to close a road on Sunday evening to stop drivers from hitting two sea lions that were having sex in the middle of it.

Another twist has unfolded in the mysterious kidnapping of former Test cricketer Stuart MacGill as a man wanted by police was dramatically arrested.

Met Police detectives will consider launching an investigation over the leaked film showing Boris Johnson's former press secretary Allegra Stratton giggling and laughing.

The Government scientist, whose modelling bounced No10 into the original UK lockdown last spring, said the return of stay-at-home orders 'certainly might be possible' to protect the NHS.

The 28-year-old woman was accompanied by her family members to the Church of Saint Mary of Mount Berico in Vicenza, northern Italy, at around 11am on Sunday for confession.

Protesters last night chanted 'no vaccine mandates' and 'my body, my choice' as they blocked traffic, including a garbage truck, outside the New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's Brooklyn address.

Britain's hospitality sector had been set for a boost over the festive period, but faces fresh frustration as new waves of punters continue to cancel their pre-planned Christmas events.

James F Jonell posted the video of the elk visiting his home in Estes Park, Colorado which was captured on his motion sensitive doorbell camera.

New Test captain Pat Cummins is setting an example to his teammates by drinking not beer but Kombucha in the sheds - unlike Aussie cricket heroes of yesteryear.

A new 'sister' lineage of Omicron has been discovered in Australia, with cases also found in South Africa and Canada. Officials say the new type is not as easy to detect as the original Omicron.

A New York Supreme Court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Bill de Blasio's October 20 order that all city workers must be vaccinated. De Blasio's team has until December 14 to respond.

Saudi Arabia has demanded that a citizen arrested at Paris's main airport on Tuesday as a suspect in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi be released, saying police have got the wrong man.

Ian Bennett behaved in a 'paranoid, obsessive and controlling way' when he launched the vicious attack on mother-of-two Kerry Woolley at her home in Olton, Solihull, on July 12 last year.

Kamil Biecke, 34, was last seen on the morning of December 8 2018, in Luton. Six days later, his disappearance was reported to police by his estranged wife from Poland.

The Australian Open has included Novak Djokovic in the competition's entry list, and he is expected to pursue a medical exemption to compete in the grand slam as a loophole.

Gutsy Long Island waitress Sondra Albert jumped into action when an alleged pervert tried giving his number to underaged girls and went off on a homophobic tirade on Saturday night.

Colin Knapp, 30, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder for the death of her 34-year-old on-and-off girlfriend Kathlyn Moore in Pasco County.

Owner Megan Sand said Nixon becomes 'very excited' when anyone comes to the house in Minnesota and is particularly fond of delivery people who give him treats.

The Foreign Secretary will deliver a major speech at Chatham House in central London in which she will urge people to 'wake up'.

Edward Brennan was charged with assault and his mother Bitsy, who was recently listed as a wealth management associate at a UBS division, is 'no longer employed' there, the company said.

Shocking CCTV footage shows the man entering the Chevron store in Memorial, Houston, at 9.30pm on Monday. The employee is expected to survive the point blank shooting.

Mike Wittstock, 75, said that although Charlene, 43, is 'vulnerable' because she has had 'so many medical interventions', he is sure that she will 'come back much stronger'.

A raging out-of-control bushfire in a national park in Western Australia's southeast will threaten homes and lives near tourist town of Margaret River in just two hours.

Footage last night emerged of Downing Street aides joking about branding their own Christmas party as a 'business meeting' to hide the fact it broke Covid laws.

Gavin Williamson was today accused of holding a Christmas party for 'up to two dozen people' within the Department for Education at their offices in London in contravention of social distancing rules.

Devid R, 40, was found dead at his family home near Berlin on Saturday alongside the bodies of wife Linda, also 40, and daughters Leni, 10, Janni, eight, and Rubi, three.

Alec Baldwin charged at a reporter who questioned the claim that he'd never pulled the trigger of the gun that shot dead Halyna Hutchins outside Woody Allen's UES townhouse on Monday night

Former WA Nationals MP James Hayward, who is facing child sexual abuse charges, is still able to claim his $168,000 salary while he prepares for his next court appearance.

Sydneysiders have been warned to brace themselves for severe thunderstorm and flash flooding as heavy rainfall disrupts the opening day of the Ashes Test being held in Brisbane.

Tucker Carlson stood up for Vladimir Putin over his unwillingness to let Ukraine join NATO on Thursday, comparing the situation to Mexico and Canada becoming satellites of China.

On her second day of cross-examination Holmes spent five hours on the stand denying prosecutors' claims that she made misleading statements about Theranos to investors.

Jeff Zucker, who has been the president of the network since 2012, said in hindsight he wishes he had fired the disgraced anchor sooner but that it was 'easy to criticize CNN.'

Inside billionaires' shock split after CEO walks out on 'rock star fund manager' photographed on James Packer's yacht in St Tropez, and the chairman confirms he has broken up with his wife of 30 years.

Seven MPs have already confirmed they will be quitting Parliament at the next election, and a redraw of electoral map has created further rifts within the ranks.

Emmanuel Macron said he does not 'totally adhere' to Eurocrats explaining the words 'people can and can't use' just a week after Brussels withdrew its controversial guidelines for inclusive communication.

Dramatic video shows the moment a police car is clipped by a white van after proceeding through a Perth intersection with its siren on - sending the vehicle skidding on its side.

Storm Barra moved in from the west on Tuesday, and a yellow weather warning for wind is in place until 6pm today for the west coast of Wales and south-west England.

The PM is following health advice after being caught up in a Covid-19 alert issued for the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama in western New South Wales last weekend.

Dean Papas and his pregnant wife purchased their 'forever home' for $1.8million in Canberra's prestigious heritage suburb of Reid during an auction in May this year.

West Virginia Democrat Senator Joe Manchin has warned he'll frustrate Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion Build Back Better spending plan and vote to ax the private sector vaccine mandate.

Mr Morrison has called on the ex-premier to run - despite an Independent Commission Against Corruption probe into her relationship with disgraced MP Daryl Maguire still yet to deliver its findings.

Newly released figures are a reminder of the havoc the most recent COVID-19 lockdowns caused Australia's labour market.

The NSW government first said it was looking into a plan for the high speed rail service back in 2018, which would see travel time cut by 75 per cent.

Dr Samuel White said his IT organiser, publicist and lawyer all viewed the clip before it was uploaded without any offending material, but hackers subsequently accessed his website.

Shahmir Sanni, 27, was seen telling the female fan to 'Shut the f**k up, you dumb b***h,' as she filmed herself running up to the singer Sam Smith on Oxford Street last week.

A young woman from Newcastle, Sienna Davis, claims she knows six victims that have come forward within the past two weeks, with NSW Police confirming they are investigating the matter.

Fredrik Blencke, 48, is accused of assaulting his wife Annabelle Price at their home in Vaucluse in Sydney's east on the night of August 16.

Theo Hayez, 18, disappeared on May 31, 2019 after he was kicked out of the Byron Bay nightclub Cheeky Monkey's on the NSW north coast.

Warne is a strong critic of Starc and argued he should have been left out of the team in favour of the in-form Jhye Richardson for the First Test at the Gabba.

Three senior White House officials have been dispatched to newsrooms to try and drum up more favorable coverage of Joe Biden, according to a report on Tuesday night.

Olympic silver medalist Madeline Groves has sat down for an interview detailing the abuse she suffered as an underage swimmer. Groves has alleged that she was abused by several people.

The 34-member commission released its 288-page report Monday after six public meetings and the testimony of 44 witnesses.

The woman and her husband - who have not been identified - were in a black X model Tesla at around 4 p.m. in traffic in front of 585 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, according to police.

The health department on Wednesday said genomic testing confirmed a traveller who arrived from the Netherlands via Abu Dhabi on Friday has the variant.

An outraged mother is claiming that a California school offered her son a pizza to get vaccinated and told him not to tell anyone about it, which an attorney claims broke the law.

'If you don't have time to read it, here's a quick ask: we're just weeks away from our $75,000 End-of-Year goal and we've still got 20% left to rise. Can you chip in a donation today..?' the email read.

TikTok clip shows the bizarre moment a pedestrian held up a bus full of passengers during a standoff with a bus driver in the middle of a road in Dee Why, Sydney.

Researchers examining social media pictures found tourists visiting Indonesia breaching national park rules of maintaining a 10 metre distance and stroking the endangered apes.

A member of Navy SEAL team 8 died Tuesday after he was wounded in a Saturday training exercise at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Virginia Beach. His identity hasn't been released

A team of experts have been studying the Mars Coral Reef Restoration Project in the Spermonde archipelago in Indonesia to determine whether aquatic wildlife is returning to the reef being restored.

A brazen San Francisco man bragged that it was 'easy' to shoplift from a crime-hit Safeway store while being interviewed by a TV crew about its new security features.

Legal analysts appeared on back-to-back CNN shows Monday night to slate the Empire star's testimony that he was the victim of a racist and homophobic hate crime.

Dramatic footage shows the moment a Nashville officer responding to the scene of a car wreck that injured a child shoots a 20-year-old driver reaching for a gun on the dashboard of his Camaro.

Almost 2,000 public servants face possible termination after ignoring the vaccine mandate deadline. However, Western Australia's premiere says there will be 'no impact' to services.

Collingwood AFL superfan Jeffrey 'Joffa' Corfe will stand trial accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy.

President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday he had accepted Saule Omarova's request to withdraw her nomination to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has vowed to take cryptocurrency from 'out of the shadows' as part of a world-first plan to regulate and license digital finance and buy now, pay later apps.

Young Australian female traffic controllers have taken to TikTok to answer questions about the job as part of a viral craze, including one everyone apparently asks them.

Foster failed to appear in a Sydney court in May accused of a multi-million-dollar Bitcoin scam, and was on the run from police until his arrest on Tuesday near the Macedon Ranges town of Gisborne.

Larissa Beilby's body was found stuffed in a plastic barrel on the tray of a ute found abandoned at Stapylton on the Gold Coast.

Millie Ford, from Sydney, quickly rose to social media fame for her uncanny imitations of everyday Aussie teachers, parents and shop assistants.

Australia's current La Niña event has triggered a mass outbreak of Eczema throughout Australia's east as skincare sales soar. Experts give advice on how Eczema sufferers can lessen their symptoms.

A taxpayer-funded staffer for Australian politician Andrew Laming has shared a picture of himself dressed as Kyle Rittenhouse who shot three people during Black Lives Matter protests.

Anyone over 18 can have the jab as their third shot at least six months after their second jab. Until now only the Pfizer vaccine has been used as a booster shot.

Counsel assisting Kirsten Edwards made the claim in her opening remarks in Byron Bay, NSW on Wednesday.

The risk-averse financial advisor has refused to push new digital cryptocurrencies to his followers despite them making astronomical increases over the last few years.

An appeal against a court order validating laws requiring some NSW workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has been dismissed.

Luke James Lambert, 42, has finally been unmasked as the man behind horrific assault on four staff and shoppers at Countdown supermarket, Dunedin on May 10 this year.

The Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (inset) will take possession of a contentious Robert E. Lee statue (pictured) after city council awarded the relic to the museum

A couple have warned Australians about the dangers of investing in cryptocurrency after losing more than $100,000 to online scammers.

Tennis Australia last month announced only double-jabbed players would be allowed to play at Melbourne Park in January, throwing Djokovic's title defence into severe doubt.

The Australian Federal Police intercepted the drug haul at the Port of Melbourne on March 11, 2020. Three men were arrested and sentenced to up to 11 years in prison for their role in the syndicate.

Judge Stan Baker in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday blocked the final remaining vaccine mandate ordered by Biden, which would have made federal contractors get their COVID-19 shot.

Chinese media has hit back after Australia joined the US's diplomatic boycott of the winter Olympics in Beijing .

The relatively unknown Gold Coast singer ended the anthem with a dramatic, high-pitched flourish.

Provocative One Nation leader Mark Latham has unleashed an extraordinary attack on activist Australian of the year Grace Tame, saying she 'disgraced' the role.

Cuomo, who resigned as governor in September after a sexual harassment investigation, posted a photo of him blowing out the candles with daughter Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo at his side.

Sobbing tears of apparent relief as she was spared jail, fraudster Tanya Rowe, 42, insisted that this time she really would 'go straight' after Judge Simon Berkson gave her another chance.

Power stations, hospitals, banks and logistics firms - among many others - could be vulnerable to an all-out attack which would bring the nation to a grinding halt.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Yet even as we drift closer to lockdown, the evidence becomes more reassuring. Covid deaths have plunged in a week.

The South Australian government will partner with four companies to set up the Australian Space Park with the government investing $20 million in the new facility.

The group's leader, Damien Richardson, who played Gary Canning on the hit soap, was seen hassling one of the workers outside the op shop on Bourke Street, in Melbourne on Wednesday.

Newsom is beginning the tour for Ben & Emma's Big Hit in NYC. Locals were angered by the news, with one tweeting 'As California crumbles, hey buy my book'

Matt Livingston's life changed the moment his beloved 42-tonne semi-trailer veered out of control on the Calder Freeway in Victoria and hit five cars at about 2.30pm on Monday.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and a group of Trump loyalist allies said Jan. 6th defendants are being 'abused' at the D.C. jail where dozens are being held pending trial.

Urban farming is taking the world by storm as Melbourne's Urban Forest Fund invests in new 'Skyfarm' that will transform an old car park into a sustainable food source.

Three senior executives at online mortgage lender Better have resigned following a December 1 mass firing of 900 people by the CEO, Vishal Garg.

The 80-year-old will hold a press conference at Sydney's Hilton Hotel on Friday to reveal his next move, sources told Daily Mail Australia. The broadcaster left Sky News Australia last month.

An eager magpie recently spotted a worn out tennis ball in a suburban street in Western Australia - and soon began chasing the item enthusiastically in a bid to enjoy some morning exercise.

They they took part in a fake press conference just days after the alleged December 18 event last year which has raised legal questions and denials of wrongdoing from No10.

Nicola Sturgeon yesterday told firms in Scotland to ask their staff to work from home until the middle of January wherever possible. But No.10 played down reports that the same will happen here.

Shocking footage revealed the moment three people entering a home believed to be in the Fairfax area last Thursday night were approached by two men dressed in black vests labeled 'police.'

A removalist working on a Perth street has died after he ran alongside an out-of-control semi-trailer as it careened towards a house and fell underneath.

Australian Federal Police officers smashed down the door of Peter Foster's home near Gisborne, in Victoria's Macedon Ranges, on Tuesday.

NSW has reported 403 new cases of Covid-19 - the highest number in months - amid an Omicron scare on a Sydney Harbour boat cruise that saw five attendees test positive.