Boris Johnson is fighting multiple fronts after the row over the No11 caught fire again, with an Electoral Commission probe revealing that he personally messaged a Tory donor.

Emergency services were scrambled to Faslane on the Clyde at around 12.30pm yesterday following the tragedy.

Tougher restrictions have been branded a 'necessary evil' by a scientist advising the Government, who said the new approach 'absolutely is not an overreaction'.

Clive Watson, chairman of the City Pub Group, which owns around 50 pubs, said people are already cancelling nights out to avoid catching Covid-19 after Boris Johnson revealed new Plan B rules.

GDP rose by just 0.1 per cent in October, lower than analysts had expected. UK plc is still 0.5 per cent smaller than pre-pandemic levels.

Beijing's state media said pledges to defend Taiwan are not credible because the US 'cannot afford' war with China, while vowing that troops sent to defend the island will come under 'heavy attack'.

A team led by King's College London reviewed 77 research papers from five countries, including the UK, looking at mental health care provided by phone and video calls in the pandemic.

Christopher Guest More, 43 - who was yesterday convicted of the murder of Brian Waters - and Jimmy Raven, 61, received almost £52,000 from the BBC for just one show.

JASON GROVES: Some Tory MPs are whispering about sending letters of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee - the first step in triggering a leadership contest.

Jack Doyle, then the PM's Deputy Director of Communications, is said to have made a 'thank you' speech to up to 50 people who attended the bash on December 18 last year.

Environment Secretary George Eustice today announces plans to protect thousands of the world's threatened species. The legislation is expected to be introduced in spring next year.

Heydon Prowse, a writer who worked on the BBC's Bafta-winning series The Revolution Will Be Televised, slammed Australia as a 'wasteland' that he wishes the world could get rid of.

It meant 28-year-old Freddie De Tommaso (pictured) became the first British tenor to sing the role of Cavaradossi at Covent Garden in almost 60 years.

The warship arrived at Portsmouth Naval Base on Thursday afternoon while destroyers HMS Defender and HMS Diamond returned earlier, with frigate HMS Richmond going to Plymouth.

The Tories have slumped to their worst rating in 11 months after a poll by The Times and YouGov put the party on just 33 per cent, down three points.

The software has been sent to Tesla drivers in the UK and the US and allows games to be played on a car's central touchscreen while it is moving.

The Greatest Snowman, which will air over the festive period, is said to have 'uncanny similarities' to an idea with the same name that format creator Tim Shaw offered to the broadcaster in 2019.

With businesses reeling from the impact of Plan B measures announced this week, it emerged that further rules could be introduced in the New Year if the variant proves more dangerous than feared.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed 140 military engineers will be sent to Poland, and that a separate team was en-route to Lithuania, to help quell fears over eastern Europe's migrant crisis.

Sources claim a high-profile TV and radio star has been 'rocked to his core' after his brother was recently arrested and charged with child sex offences.

The 40-year-old woman, from Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, said she tried for months to get enough food for both children but was forced to admit defeat and sell her infant son for $104.

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Scores of revellers were seen descending upon Britain's streets for a night of heavy partying in a bid to continue the festive celebrations on Boxing Day in Wigan.

The Water Services Regulation Authority splashed out £179 on one HDMI cable while the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency spent £499 on eight footrests (stock image) - or £62 each.

The Scottish musician, who was born Steve Forrest in Glasgow, co-founded the 80s synth pop group with Somerville and Larry Steinbachek in 1983.

Professor Christina Pagel, a mathematician at University College London, said infections in Guateng have dipped below the 25 per cent daily growth rate that had been seen since November 15.

Solihull council revealed the plans for the permanent memorial, which will mark each year of Arthur's short life, after being approached by residents who wanted to pay tribute.

The dashcam footage was captured at Shaftsbury Lights crossing on York Road in Leeds just after 3pm on December 6 as people have said the group have been spotted in Armley and Yeadon.

Diana Ledkova took a discrimination claim to a London tribunal after she returned to work after having a baby to find her appraisal rating had dropped and some of her duties were taken off her

SAGE member Professor John Edwards, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said jabs for children aged five to 11 should be brought in 'as soon as possible'.

West Northamptonshire is at the centre of England's Covid outbreak, official figures reveal today. But eight of ten areas with the most cases are in London.

Susan Foster, 60, from Scunthorpe, deliberately laced a chunk of meat with anti-freeze and chucked it over the fence into Colin Stark's garden where his German Shepherd Roxy ate it.

Sir Richard Dearlove, head of the intelligence service from 1999 to 2004, believes many universities in the UK have become dependent on Chinese funding over the past two decades.

Chris James, a one-time BBC newsreader, was brought in by No 10 for three months last November to ensure the smooth launch of Boris Johnson's £2.6million media briefing room.

Boris Johnson activated England's coronavirus contingency plan last night in response to the highly-mutated variant after being warned it would overwhelm the NHS if left to spread unchecked.

The dying and unstable Monterey tree, killed by Robert Page, collapsed overnight between November 26 and 27 in Dorset amid ferocious gusts.

Speaking to Sky News, the UK Health Secretary said: 'No, I've got no interest in mandatory vaccinations, apart from in high-risk settings in the NHS and social care'.

Demands are growing for more pledges to tackle gambling-related suicide. Members of 18 bereaved families gathered outside Parliament to demand regulators investigate all future gambling deaths.

Oxford students have accused the Union of 'selling out' after discovering that Monday's debate was in fact part of a Sainsbury's advertising campaign with reality TV star Gemma Collins.

The tourist hotspot next to St Michael's Mount on the Cornish coast is seeking urban status in a competition for the Queen's platinum jubilee next year.

Heather Bird, 51, said her ex-husband Robert Tchenguiz, 61, wanted his son to sleep with a sex worker to 'make him a man'

Hundreds of homes and businesses were without electricity again yesterday in the wake of Storm Barra just as properties were finally reconnected 12 days after Storm Arwen.

Outdoor exercise, such as running, tennis or football, helps to reverse some of the brain ageing linked to an increased risk of dementia.

After a huge backlash from parents and teachers, they are looking at delaying plans that could criminalise those who want to prevent children from changing gender.

Photographs shared online show hundreds of passengers waiting outside the station following the evacuation at 8pm.

Annabel Wright was found in her bedroom by family members at her home near Ripon, North Yorkshire in May 2019 after being prescribed a drug to treat her acne six months previously.

A Government source said it was 'very likely' care home residents could be banned from seeing more than three visitors over Christmas to prevent another explosive outbreak in the sector.

The worker, a woman in her 20s, was twice bitten by an infected rat in mid-November at Taiwan's main bio-lab, and tested Covid positive this week having had no contact with any other known case.

Adam Howard, 29, pictured, attempted to befriend his 19-year-old victim over Facebook. He was described as a 'monster' at Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester.

The Mayor of London said his role as police and crime commissioner meant he had to 'preserve the operational independence' of the police and not order officers what to investigate.

Alicia Watson, 30, and her boyfriend Nathaniel Pope, 31, deny murder charges after Kemarni Watson Darby was found 'lifeless' in West Bromwich, West Midlands, on June 5, 2018.

Geronimo's owner Helen Macdonald, 50, was adamant that the alpaca was not infected and launched a campaign to save him. But he was dragged from her farm in Wickwar, Gloucestershire.

A TikTok user has unknowingly filmed himself playing with a poisonous blue dragon sea slug at a Queensland Beach - before followers warned him of the danger.

A family leapt out of a moving train's path seconds before it sped through as they tried to cross railway tracks on a motorcycle in East Java, Indonesia on December 9. No one was injured.

Luna Tavares-Fenner, from Florida, had a huge nevus birth mark covering her nose and eye lids, and she made regular trips with her mother to Russia for more than two years for treatment.

Liberal Democrats, including President Biden and VP Kamala Harris, have been exposed over staunchly defending Jussie Smollet online as their old tweets backing the actor resurface to light.

Owsley County Sheriff Brent Lynch was arrested and charged with assault on Thursday after a brawl involving players broke out at a Perry County high school girls basketball game on December 3.

The poaching took place at the Inverdoorn Game Reserve near Ceres in the Klein Karoo a two-and-a-half drive from Cape Town, South Africa, this week and has angered the wildlife team.

For today, the Met Office says daytime showers will ease during the evening and turn increasingly light and patchy.

The unnamed man fell down the stairs while walking from his bedroom to his office and broke his back but his employer's insurance refused to cover the claim.

It has been almost three years since Jussie Smollett told multiple Chicago police officers that he had been the victim of a heinous, violent, racist and homophobic attack in Chicago.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor has admitted Australia's existing supplies of refined urea - needed for diesel engines to start - were likely to run out by the middle of January.

The inquest had heard heartrending testimonies from the missing teenager's mother and brother before Coroner O'Sullivan was overcome with emotion as she tried to address the hearing.

A woman sang an anti-COVID mandate version of All I Want For Christmas during a San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting to oppose the extension of a local health emergency order.

Lion and Carlton & United Breweries have warned of delivery delays and supply shortages of some of Australia's much-loved beers in the lead up Christmas.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Boris Johnson has been lurching from crisis to crisis. And - to his supporters' intense frustration - they have been solely of his own making.

Alex Murdaugh, the suspended South Carolina lawyer who's already facing 27 criminal charges, has been slapped with 21 new financially-related charges for stealing more than $1million from clients

Some carparks in Sydney's CBD charge as much as $49 per hour, meaning a day of parking would cost more than a $116 fine.

The brawl between cricket fans at the Gabba took place directly above the corporate boxes where Australia and English WAGs.

As many as 80,000 South Australian government workers may have had their personal details hacked after a ransomware cyber attack directed at an external payroll provider.

Natasha Vrany, 39, from Alberton, claimed she and her cousin Belinda Newman, 62, were both attacked by a hippo while visiting Jessica's Place in Hoedspruit, Limpopo, on November 14.

Alan Jones, 80, had been invited to attend the glittering bash with high-rollers from showbiz, politics, media, business and sport at Lachlan and Sarah Murdoch's mansion home in Sydney's east.

A rescue helicopter was sent to the trio after an emergency beacon went off just before 7am on Friday near North Stradbroke Island.

Officials in Number 10 had been planning their lockdown-busting Christmas party up to three weeks before the event took place, it was claimed last night.

Alec Baldwin shared an open letter from the Rust staff on Instagram slamming the idea that the culture on set was 'chaotic, dangerous and exploitative.'

Carrie has called the newborn their 'rainbow baby' - a term used by parents having a child after losing an infant. It signifies the arrival of something beautiful after a storm.

Woke Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón (left) denied that crime was rising in his city just days after philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, 81, (right) was shot dead in her Beverly Hills home.

The Queen has been given the go-ahead by doctors to throw her annual private pre-festive season party for extended family members for the first time since 2019, the Mail can reveal.

An official report revealed that the Prime Minister had texted Tory donor Lord Brownlow asking for more cash more than a year ago.

Don Lemon on Thursday night said that Jussie Smollett, his old friend, was a liar, and was making life hard for legitimate victims of hate crimes.

A flight from Washington DC to Los Angeles was diverted on Thursday evening to Oklahoma City after an 'unruly' passenger attacked a flight attendant and then an air marshal.

Matthew John Davey doused his then-girlfriend in petrol before setting her alight in the back of his parent's house. He has now been found guilty of attempted murder but shows no remorse.

Thirty-four-year-old Augustin Santiago was fatally shot in the chest in Williamsburg, while 28-year-old Aaron Vincent died after being struck in the throat during a triple shooting in Canarsie.

The moment that burglars stole 34 wigs worth $13,000 from Sassy Sistas in Florida on Monday night was caught on camera. Three men rip wigs from the shelves, sending mannequin heads rolling.

Bitcoin has fallen after the International Monetary Fund said cryptocurrencies were risky and hinted Australia's crackdown on decentralised finance was likely to fail.

NBC said the interview will air on the 11.35 pm ET show. The president, who has been criticized for his scarce interactions with the media, will appear on the show virtually.

Melbourne based Unity Adams, who told her social media followers she earns over $5000 a week as a lollypop lady, has outlined the reasons why she is instead pursuing a career in nursing.

Heydon Prowse took aim at Australia comparing it to a wasteland and questioned whether it was possible to just 'get rid of' the country.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a 'game changing' plan to abolish smoking in New Zealand by 2025. Anyone born in 2011 or later will never legally buy cigarettes.

VIP Dr Wong Yew Choy lost a staggering $43, 209, 853.34 during his week-long losing streak playing cards at the luxury Star Gold Coast in July 2018.

Auckland psychology graduate Geneva Wilson, 26, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2019 but believed she had beaten the disease after battling through six months of chemotherapy.

An elderly Victorian man has crushed to death on Thursday. The 79-year-old was unloading a 600kg water tank when it fell on top of him. The investigation into his death is ongoing.

Alec Baldwin emceed a human rights event in New York City on Thursday night, his first public event since he fatally shot Halyna Hutchins in October

A man has been injured after being hit by a light rail tram on a busy street in Kingsford in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Paramedics rushed to the scene on Anzac Parade about 2pm on Friday.

The mother of a young Afghani woman killed by her cruel husband has been warned not to pursue any kind of vendetta against the woman who introduced her to him. 

Jussie Smollett has been convicted of faking a racist and homophobic hate crime, and faces up to 20 years in jail. He was found guilty of five of the six disorderly conduct charges he faced.

Mogo Wildlife Park on the NSW south coast has been inundated with water after heavy rain battered the region, forcing animals to flee to higher ground.

Alayna Albrecht-Payton took the stand at the start of the second day of the trial of ex-cop Kim Potter Thursday, in testimony so emotional that the 20-year-old was at times almost unintelligible.

Former Opposition leader Bill Shorten has expressed his doubt over New Zealand's radical proposal to completely eradicate smoking from society by 2025 as part of a government plan.

The 44-year-old was a passenger and had been visiting the fast food restaurant with her 52-year-old partner and driver at Aspley, in Brisbane's north, on Thursday.

Heavy rainfall and storms are due to strike Sydney imminently, the Bureau of Meteorology says.

A Michigan diocese issued a sweeping rule that members of the LGBTQ+ community cannot be given holy sacraments until they have repented.

The Salvation Army will be opening the doors to its new 'O by Salvos' next Thursday. What could be Australia's fanciest op-shop will be offering high-end brands like for discounted prices.

A former music conductor and rugby coach who took advantage of a dozen young boys at a Catholic college will be jailed in Sydney.

Rachael Rollins made history on Wednesday as the first black woman to be confirmed in the role by the Senate, when Vice President Kamala Harris broke a 50-50 tie along party lines.

So far Trump has endorsed at least 66 candidates in state and local races ahead of the 2022 election - and all appear to support his claim the 2020 race was rigged for Joe Biden.

Alphonso Joyner, 23, was described as a 'real and present threat and danger to the community' by Judge Maryam Ahmad in Chicago Thursday. She denied bail after shooting of Woom Sing Tse.

A three-judge federal Appeals Court panel ruled against Trump's suit asserting privilege as he fights to keep the government from giving documents to the House Jan. 6th Committee.

English Rob proposed to his Australian cricket tragic girlfriend Nat during the morning session on day three of the Ashes Test at the Gabba in Brisbane

Newly released footage shows an unidentified gunman pull up to the Slim 400's Inglewood driveway with a gun and shoot the rapper eight times.

Capitol Police whistleblowers who raised the alarm about intelligence failures that led up to the Jan. 6 insurrection have raised retaliation for their actions, according to their lawyer.

The UPenn coach who is supporting transgender swimmer Lia Thomas boasted about changing the losing culture at the Ivy League school and is obsessed with making a winning team.

The unusual weather phenomenon, which resembles a tornado, cut a swathe through the Tyrrhenian Sea, near the Roman town of Fiumicino, in Ostia.

A man who's admitted bludgeoning and stabbing his former partner to death in a Sydney driveway will face a sentence hearing in April.

A Massachusetts cannabis dispensary says it broke a world record with its 850-pound cannabis-infused brownie (right). Its ingredients include marijuana (left), eggs, flour and sugar

New York Attorney General Letitia James wants Donald Trump to testify in person as part of her investigation into the Trump Organization, The Washington Post reports.

The Human Resources Institute carried out the survey of 760 human resource professionals in November.

The 2GB radio broadcaster announced on Friday he would no longer be writing his Top 10 lists on news topics of the week for The Daily Telegraph.

Vincenzo Lirosi, 22, a University of New Hampshire who was found dead in a wooded area on Sunday after getting into a fist fight at a frat party died of drowning, according to a Wednesday autopsy.

Downing Street even said shoppers would be allowed to remove their masks in supermarkets if they walked around singing. But later a spokesman said this would be 'hard to justify'.

The 'Godfather of Soul', who died in 2006 aged 73, claimed he was the subject of a spying campaign after he intervened following the murder of Martin Luther King in 1968.

Queensland has announced six new community cases of Covid as the state's border prepares to re-open to travelers from hotspots next Monday.

The outspoken broadcaster left Sky News Australia last month after the network cancelled his weekday show from its TV line-up.

One person is dead as New York State Police are figuring out how to retrieve a car found floating 30 yards from the edge of the Niagara Falls, after it was deliberately driven into the river on Wednesday

The Senate voted Thursday on cloture for a bill that will allow lawmakers to lift the debt ceiling before the December 15 deadline using only Democratic votes.

Wellington will effectively make it illegal for anyone born after 2008 to buy cigarettes or tobacco in their lifetime, with the minimum purchasing age - which currently stands at 18 - rising year after year

Empire Star Jussie Smollett faces up to 20 years behind bars after being convicted of faking a violent attack he claimed was racist and homophobic.

Andrew Abdo - who was appointed as the league's CEO last year - has been widely credited with keeping the league on the field during the pandemic despite repeated state border closures.

Before founding SpaceX and Tesla, and amassing a fortune of $277 billion, Musk was a student and Teacher Assistant at UPenn's famous Wharton School of Business.

The Australian prime minister on Friday morning said the emergence of the seemingly less harmful variant was a promising sign the virus was 'stepping down' in its severity.

Cook County State Attorney Kim Foxx - at the behest of MeToo leader and former Michelle Obama aide Tina Tchen - liaised with the Empire star's relatives.

The federal government has removed the $10,655 childcare subsidy cap which Women's Economic Security Minister Jane Hume said would allow 18,000 families to work more.

Joseph has worked in Australia for almost 60 years but was denied pension by Centrelink. He was told they were unable to identify him due to a name change some 70 years ago.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has flagged Covid booster shots could be brought forward as launched the vaccine rollout for children as young as five across the country from January 10.

President Joe Biden is speaking to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the phone Thursday amid the threat of Russia invading Ukraine.

A woman has been hit and killed by a truck after she stopped her car on the side of a busy Melbourne freeway.

State Treasury's mid-financial year budget update, released on Friday, shows the 2021/22 deficit increased by $7.9 billion as much of Victoria remained in lockdown.

NSW recorded 516 new cases and zero deaths on Friday, the highest daily spike in two months before lockdown ended.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton confirmed the Army and Navy will scrap the 47 troubled MRH-90 Taipans which have been running since 2007.

Amtrak's president told lawmakers that it will not have enough employees to operate all its trains when the administration's vaccine mandate takes effect next month.

Australia's Director of Rugby Scott Johnson is depart the organisation while Tim Walsh and John Manenti will swap coaching roles in the Sevens set-up following a post-Olympics review.

Gladys Berejiklian has cleared up speculation about her political future by finally announcing that she is not returning to politics, ending weeks of rumours about what she would do next.

Sen. Lindsey Graham warned his Senate GOP colleagues in a private lunch Wednesday that they would face the wrath of President Donald Trump if they voted in favor of the debt ceiling deal.

Immunologist Professor Peter Collignon said the new rollout would be critical to ending the cycle of mass school closures that have so far characterised Australia's response to the pandemic.

The document was reportedly leaked online, though a spokesperson for Rep. Liz Cheney, a member of the committee, declined to verify or confirm its validity to DailyMail.com.

Lia Thomas, 22, broke her silence amid widespread outrage over her smashing women's swim records, praising IOC rules for trans athletes and saying she has lost muscle and strength.

His assailants used a staple gun on his head and body and seared him with caustic chemicals. They whipped him with canes, and beat and sexually assaulted him with an iron bar.

The name change honors slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi and serves as a reminder that 'free press is fundamental to our democracy'. It also looks to shame the diplomats for his killing.

Wrestler Jeff Hardy has reportedly been released by the WWE because he refused to go to rehab to battle issues with substance addiction.He was sent home from a show in Texas last week.

Jennifer Clyburn Reed was confirmed by Senate voice vote to be the federal chair of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission after being nominated by Joe Biden in August.