Clement Beaune, one of President Emmanuel Macron's most trusted aides, called on the EU to start legal action as he accused the UK of refusing to grant enough fishing boat access.

Simon Case is expected to recuse himself from the investigation after the latest extraordinary revelations - which emerged as he was due to deliver his conclusions.

Health experts and business chiefs warned the ten-day isolation rule was 'lockdown by stealth' - keeping people at home even when their symptoms and infectiousness had eased.

Martin Thomas, 58, a friend of Boris Johnson, stepped down from his new job after it emerged he had resigned from a previous post after being found guilty of 'inappropriate' conduct.

A consultation document from the university's race equality taskforce reportedly states the importance of embedding EDI - equality, diversity and inclusion - into 'all recruitment'.

Anne, 66, turned from the kitchen sink to see her son Thomas, 35 - with a 'wild' and 'determined' look in his eyes - holding a 20cm knife from a block on the island, with which he stabbed her moments later

ALISON BOSHOFF: Author J.K. Rowling walked the red carpet with 'her' Harry - actor Daniel Radcliffe - and noticed that the 12-year-old was trembling.

PIERS MORGAN: As I prepare to focus on my new global daily TV show launching in 2022, I'm packing up my gossipy quill and giving celebs and public figures a break from my beady eye.

The 34.1 per cent swing from the Tories to the Lib Dems in North Shropshire gave newly-elected Helen Morgan a majority of nearly 6,000.

If Boris Johnson was up with a baby bottle when the North Shropshire by-election came in just after 4am he might be forgiven for thinking it was a nightmare.

The turnaround triggered a bitter day of recriminations and fresh questions over the Prime Minister's authority yesterday, with Tory MPs telling him to urgently 'get a grip' of the No 10 operation.

The guidance update comes four months after self-isolation for vaccinated close contacts was dropped in England. It has raised questions over why it took so long to make the update.

Next week, Rasuili Zubaidullah, 23, will face a London extradition hearing when Austria demands his return to Vienna for questioning about what court papers state is Leonie Walner's 'murder'.

Adrenaline junkies are going to need seriously deep pockets for the latest extreme getaway - it costs £15.3million - and polar survival training to cope with -34C temperatures on the trip.

JASON GROVES: The scale of the Shropshire by-election defeat is dire for the Tories, even by the standards of governments suffering mid-term blues.

The meeting will raise fears that more curbs could be imposed before Christmas - despite the opposition of Tory MPs and Downing Street's apparent determination to get through without them.

The NHS is 'pulling out all the stops' to make it as easy as possible to get a booster jab, said the NHS's medical director Professor Stephen Powis.

The Bank of England's decision to increase the base rate from a record low 0.1 per cent to 0.25 per cent yesterday will add an extra £144 a year to the cost of a typical home loan.

It has resurfaced that model Beverly Johnson, Chris Noth's girlfriend from 1988 until 1993, had taken out a restraining order against him in 1995. She reportedly accused him of beating her and more.

ANDREW NEIL: North Shropshire wasn't a normal by-election. It was a referendum on Boris Johnson. A referendum the Prime Minister lost. Catastrophically.

Homeowners the length and breadth of Britain are reporting an unprecedented outbreak of 'porch piracy' - a term given to the theft of deliveries left outside homes.

The UK Health Security Agency had assumed infections were doubling every 1.9 days but it now says this has become 'less valid' due to 'behaviour change'.

Ghislaine Maxwell's second day of defense got off to a rocky start Friday.

Blackburn council has launched a formal review into the deaths of two children after their father Jordan Monaghan was today jailed after being found guilty of murdering them, and his girlfriend.

A robin redbreast hopping around a frosty garden is one of our most beloved sights over the festive period.. But sightings may be confined to Christmas cards this year, a charity report has found.

Forces are funded by a combination of direct grants from the Home Office and money raised through council tax.

Matt Hancock claims he stopped Covid from causing 'a tsunami of death and deprivation' that would have destroyed the NHS, according to a synopsis of his planned political memoir.

The Queen is still keen to go to her beloved 20,000-acre estate at Sandringham, where she normally stays until early February. She is spending her first Christmas without her husband of 73 years.

Rishi Sunak was pictured arriving at London Heathrow on Friday evening as the Chancellor faces renewed criticism over his 'long-planned' Government trip to meet tech bosses in California.

Kevin Moran, 81, pulls the pints at The Nag's Head pub in London's exclusive Belgravia district which is located opposite to the home where Ghislaine Maxwell used to live.

EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline analysis of NHS England statistics shows eight of London's worst hit hospitals have seen their number of Covid admissions double over the past week.

In an explosive interview Kieran, 34, said Katie, 43, needed to be behind bars and that a custodial sentence would send a clear message to their two kids.

The UK Health Security Agency said Omicron, which today officially became dominant in the UK, has a 'transmission advantage' on its predecessor.

Health minister Joe Phaahla said 1.7 per cent of cases were hospitalised during the second week of the current wave. For comparison, he said it was 19 per cent in the second week of Delta.

The UK has only ordered 250,000 courses of 'game changing' new anti-Covid pill that slashes the risk of serious disease by up to 90%, less than half of the doses ordered by smaller countries like Australia.

A study by Columbia University found Omicron's extensive mutations make it 'markedly resistant' to antibodies from a previous infection and vaccines, including boosters.

The announcement sent the company's shares down by $173 to $168 at opening bell on Monday - a drop of 2.8 percent. J&J's one-shot vaccine was popular in March and April.

Lancashire County Council posted the controversial post on Thursday morning highlighting Government rules around face coverings and warning of a £100 fine for non-conformity.

England on Friday had no lateral flow tests available for home delivery as punters flocked to pharmacies to get checked before heading out for end of year parties.

Cameron Cheshire, 18, fatally wounded his former school friend Jack Barry, 19, in the Hamstead area of Birmingham on March 7.

Louis Wain became famous for the thousands of sketches and paintings of cats which he produced in his lifetime. Often seen with large eyes or human-like smiles, the depictions proved hugely popular.

Taking to the British parenting forum Mumsnet, a woman revealed she's 'fuming' at her mother, who is triple vaccinated but 'technically' clinically vulnerable - for the change of plans.

The overhaul, coming into force on January 29 subject to parliamentary approval, means motorists will have to give way to cyclists and pedestrians at junctions.

Kim Jong Il ruled North Korea for 17 years, from 1994 until his death in December 2011, passing on power to his son Kim Jong Un, who watched over the ceremony on Friday.

The calculator, by Brussels-based Sortlist, asks you to enter your daily screen time, before calculating how much that equates to over the course of the year.

Peter Dodt, 12, was celebrating his last day at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport on Thursday morning when a freak gust of wind lifted the bouncing house off the ground.

F1 champion Verstappen expects Lewis Hamilton to be back next season to battle for a record eighth title despite the Briton's disappointment at being beaten this year on the last lap of the last race.

Alleged child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell argued that three witnesses lined up to speak in her favour might pull out unless they were granted the same right to secrecy as her alleged victims.

Sherrilyn Speid, 34, will appear in court in January accused of dangerous driving and assault after she was filmed driving into Insulate Britain activists on the M25 stopping her taking her son to school.

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The festive season is in the balance as SAGE experts raise alarm that the number of infections could reach two million by the end of the month without tougher restrictions.

Up to one centimetre of snow could be seen to fall within just one hour in the north of the UK just after Christmas.

The Chancellor is under fire from hospitality firms having only just returned from a 'long planned' trip to California to meet tech bosses, despite the Omicron variant spreading rapidly across the UK.

Architect Richard Rogers who changed the London skyline with the Millennium Dome and 'Cheesegrater' Leadenhall Building has died at the age of 88.

Michael Fawcett, who was the closest ally of the Prince of Wales before being forced to quit over a 'cash for honours' scandal, has left roles at four more businesses associated with the future King.

The state's health authority, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), announced last night that Britain had been added to its list of Covid high-risk countries as a 'virus variant area'.

Footy star Brett Finch has been very open about the depths to which he has sunk, but if new charges against him are proven in court, his demons are deeper and darker than anyone imagined.

One person has died and two are critically injured after a horror storm tore through Sydney's Northern Beaches on Sunday.

The 11 men and one woman worked for Afghanistan's now disbanded National Directorate of Security, which conducted surveillance for UK forces.

The Met Police said the man - who it did not name - was arrested in south London in the early hours of this morning, following a video of Piers Corbyn, 74, encouraging anti-vaxxers to 'burn down' MPs offices.

Urban Meyer is 'devastated' after being fired as coach of the Jaguars during brief pro career that was marred by scandal, including a video of him groping a young woman at a bar.

Although it remains unclear what form the Royal festivities will take, or where, a source said there was 'a strong desire' from the Queen to gather her family together at Sandringham if possible.

The Queen has had 'several conversations' with William, 39, asking him to 'stop flying himself, particularly in bad weather' amid fears an accident could threaten the line of succession.

A 12-year-old girl has been stung by one of the deadliest creatures in the ocean - an Irukandji jellyfish. She had to spend two nights in a north Queensland hospital recovering.

White House clarified VP Kamala Harris's remarks about the Omicron and Delta variants just a day after she got into a heated exchange with Charlamagne Tha God (left) on Comedy Central.

Miranda McLaughlin, from South Australia, hadn't seen her son Peter Dodt in almost a year because they live with their father Andrew in Tasmania and state borders kept closing due to the pandemic.

As a result of a petition, thousands accused of being witches under the Witchcraft Act (1563 to 1736) are set to have their names cleared. More than 85% of those convicted were women or girls.

The emailsshow Fauci and Francis Collins attempting to coordinate a 'devastating takedown' of the Great Barrington Declaration, an alternate theory of prevention that abandoned lockdowns.

Queenslanders will be allowed to remove their masks when having their picture taken with Santa in an exception to mask rules, just days after the state reintroduced mask mandates.

US hospital COVID admissions have spiked by 50 percent within the last month as 60,000 newly treated patients have been admitted as cases continue to spread amid the presence of Omicron

The wall, which will take up $1billion in state money and $54million from private sector gifts, is being started by Abbott after President Joe Biden paused federal border wall construction for a review.

Davidson was seen at the cinemas in his native borough with Kardashian and her former brother-in-law Scott Disick at around 6 p.m. Saturday night. It was unclear if they were arriving or leaving.

A Melbourne testing clinic has been forced to close over fears anti-vaxxer protesters will harass the hordes of people waiting to get swabbed so they can spend Christmas with family interstate.

A shortage of workers caused by border closures and a lack of backpackers due to Covid restrictions has led to Zafferano in Perth to make a huge pay offer.

Two additional positive COVID cases have been revealed in connection with US Secretary Antony Blinken's eight-day international tour after a journalist had previously contracted the virus.

The rescue of 39, orchestrated by the Project DYNAMO, comes nearly four months after America's chaotic withdrawal from the Taliban-controlled nation in August

The Australian Antarctic Program is currently seeking up to 200 skilled tradesmen and women for the 2021-2022 season in a place where there's little Covid and can enjoy the company of penguins.

Insiders told the publication that executive producer Lorne Michaels had tested positive, adding that the 'show must go on but don't expect to see Colin Jost, Sarah Sherman or (Aristotle) Athari.'

School districts across the US are returning to remote learning due to staffing shortages and a surge of COVID as cases of the Omicron variant double in just 24 hours ahead of the holiday break.

Former Army Major Gen Paul Eaton, former Brigadier Gen Steven Anderson and former Army Major Gen Antonio Taguba warned of another coup attempt similar to the January 6 Capitol riot.

President Joe Biden received backlash for deciding to wait until Tuesday to announce new Covid measures to fight the Omicron variant as some called out his apparent lack of urgency.

In the absence of government intervention, and with bans on the unvaccinated being lifted, huge numbers are putting themselves into mini-lockdown by cancelling restaurant bookings.

The USS Russell fired five shots at a swarm of drones on July 20, 2019, new documents revealed. The Navy dealt with drone attacks throughout the month of July.

Bravus Mining and Resources claim the protesters have caused chaos at the Adani's Carmichael coal site in Central Queensland, where miners now wear cameras.

Teachers who refuse to get vaccinated against Covid-19 will lose thousands of dollars worth of holiday pay after they were given a one-week deadline to finally get jabbed.

Two Quidditch leagues are changing the name of the sport in response to Harry Potter author JK Rowling's comments about biological sex that have caused a stir of controversy over the past couple of years.

Tasmanian police commissioner Darren Hine confirmed that 11-year-old Chace Harrison died on Sunday afternoon - three days after the horrific accident.

The surge in demand has stretched the city's testing capacity to the limit, with wait times of more than two hours at some city testing centers and pharmacies running out of test kits.

The passengers were on a joy flight near Redcliffe, north of Brisbane, at about 9am on Sunday when the aircraft plunged into the water.

The Air Force made it clear that allowing for emails to end with he/him, she/her and they/them would be allowed in a memo on December 9 providing guidance on writing emails.

The 27-year-old Wollongong-bred swimmer has opened up about what it takes to become Australia's most decorated Olympian.

The number of confirmed Omicron cases in the US has nearly doubled in a period of 24 hours, and six Northeastern states saw a record number of daily COVID cases this week as the variant is in 44 states.

Ellie Aitken, 42, has tried to keep a low profile since her estranged husband Charlie Aitken, 48, admitted his romance with Ellie's former best friend, Hollie Nasser, last month.

Former and current No 10 staff fear more tapes might be in circulation. A source told the MoS the recorded sessions included mock questions aimed at Ms Stratton referring to 'mistresses' of Mr Johnson.

Choirs, dancing, camps and band practice will also return term one next year for all all NSW students, regardless of their Covid-19 vaccination status.

Ruthless gang leader and killer Abuzar Sultani kept five safe houses stashed with dozens of guns, ammunition, and even police uniforms before police sneaked inside and found his big mistake.

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein has announced all residents will be required to wear face-coverings in all indoor spaces after the island state reported three new Covid cases on Sunday.

Isaac Alabdallah, aged 15, was last seen by his family at their western Sydney home in Aster Street, Greystanes around 7pm on Saturday night.

NSW Health confirmed on Sunday morning that 313 people have the Omicron variant. There are 227 people in hospital, 28 of whom are fighting for life in ICU.

A large group of people opposed to Covid-19 restrictions has gathered in Westminster to demonstrate against Boris Johnson's Plan B announcement.

Federal health minister Greg Hunt does not anticipate a return to Covid-19 lockdowns as Australia reaches the 90 per cent vaccination rate for people aged 16 and older.

Omicron tightened its grip on the nation as the UK recorded 90,418 new infections on Saturday, as SAGE advisers warned cases could hit one million infections each day by December 25.

MAIL ON SUNDAY EXCLUSIVE: Cabinet Minister Lord Frost has sensationally resigned from Boris Johnson's Government, The Mail on Sunday can exclusively reveal.

On Saturday, the number of genetically confirmed cases jumped by about 10,000 to just under 25,000. But the UK Health Security Agency also records likely cases which soared by around 23,000.

It has sparked fears that he might not have been vaccinated, which would prompt a similar crisis to the one on the BBC's Strictly show earlier this year.

Free family calls for male prisoners have been scrapped - but women will keep the perk. Jail bosses introduced the system after lockdown restrictions meant visits were banned.

Have you ever railed at corrupt politicians or megalomaniac business leaders? Are there times when you think your boss is selfish, power-hungry or even a bona fide psychopath? 

The 86-year-old joined the church choir at St John's in Perth in 1941 when he was six, and only National Service and a stint working away from home have stopped him taking his place in the stalls.

Sydney's entire rail system is hours away from a network-wide shutdown to last from 8pm on Monday to 4am on Tuesday as frustrated train workers strike for improved pay and safer work conditions.

The number of coronavirus cases has risen by 36,345 or 67 per cent in seven days while experts call for a two-week ban on household mixing.

Actress Zoe Lister-Jones was seen out for the first time attending a Pilates class after she made accusations against Sex and the City star Chris Noth.

Before fame and fortune caught up with Fleetwood Mac, you could have hired them to perform for just £500 a night, or £8,640 in today's money, a newly uncovered booking list has shown.

Karen Dakin, 54, and her husband Jeff, 60, from Ipswich, Suffolk, won £1million on the National Lottery just hours before Mother's Day this year on March 13.

The cyber-criminal gang Clop has released some of the material it plundered from an IT firm that handles access to the police national computer (PNC) on the so-called 'dark web'.

Bloodthirsty British hunters have been killing reindeer on a pre-Christmas shooting trip to Iceland. The £2,000 'Icelandic Safari' was organised by Ian Farrington, a deer stalker from Devon.

Almost 100 serving or former inmates are working in the poultry and hospitality sector as part of a Government drive. Bernard Matthews and Greene King are taking part.

The heartbroken family of Kyson and Bryson, four, and Leyton and Logan, three, who died in a Sutton house fire after being left home alone visited the scene to pay an emotional tribute.

The Sun treated Rebekah Vardy and her agent Caroline Watt to a glitzy night out just months before fellow WAG Coleen Rooney accused her of leaking stories to the newspaper.

Two-year-old Navid was injured in August during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan when a suicide bomber killed 183 people at Kabul airport.

The 35-member squad, reportedly escaped Kabul and they arrived in the UK with their families on November 18. But flight data showed just 15 footballers out of a total of 132 total passengers.

A legal source connected with the case told The Mail on Sunday that with the Manhattan court breaking for Christmas at the end of Wednesday, a verdict this week is 'highly likely'.

Police repeatedly insisted MacGill had nothing to do with drugs, but a court heard he allegedly made introductions and facilitated drug deals being made in his Sydney restaurant.

Bake Off judge Dame Prue Leith also tells today's BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that while she is still supportive of Brexit, some of the issues it has created could have been tackled sooner.

Kamala Harris on Friday night spoke to Charlamagne Tha God for his Comedy Central show, in an interview which became increasingly tense as he questioned who was really in control.

Shop assistant Sophie Nutter, 29, was told by a judge she was lucky not to be spending Christmas behind bars after the test showed 52 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.

Sources said that after last week's revolt by nearly 100 Tories over Covid restrictions, the Prime Minister was planning to 'clear out' the Whips Office, in a small, targeted reshuffle.

Over a dozen students nationwide have been arrested amidst a 'school shooting TikTok challenge' after copycat threats following the tragic school massacre in Michigan last month.

World-renowned oncologist Professor Justin Stebbing admitted failings over 12 patients between 2014 and 2017, including over-treating some close to death or failing fully to explain risks.

Sadiq Khan was last night accused of 'playing politics' with the Covid crisis by announcing a 'major incident' in London in a bid to 'bounce' Boris Johnson into ordering further restrictions.

5 Hertford Street, a £2,850-a-year private members' club in Mayfair, has been used by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to host 'Fizz with Liz' meetings to schmooze Tory MPs.

Spotty has been renamed Scotty for the comic's December issue. In May, publishers DC Thomson changed the name of heavy-set character Fatty to Freddy over similar fears.

This photograph was taken on Christmas Day 1956, thousands of miles from home in the southern seas as the Queen prepared to make her annual festive broadcast to the nation back at Sandringham.

Bob's Burgers actor Jay Johnston, who voiced the character Jimmy Pesto Sr., was banned from the FOX animated TV show because of his alleged involvement in the January 6 insurrection.

Savannah Brockhill, 28, twice collapsed and suffered cardiac arrest while on remand at the all women's HMP Styal in Cheshire just days before the Star Hobson murder trial was set to begin.

For almost 1,000 days, Stanislav Aseyev was held in a secret torture camp in the heart of a bustling European city, listening to the screams of men being electrocuted and women being raped.

Jeremy Hunt was Boris Johnson's final opponent in the 2019 Tory leadership contest. But in the end, Tory members backed the Brexit-supporting Mr Johnson over Remainer Mr Hunt.

Alice Temperley's glamorous midsummer parties in Somerset were the perfect opportunity for slender A-listers to show off her whimsical 'boho' gowns.

The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Bridgend MP Jamie Wallis is under investigation by police over a road accident last month in a quiet village.

Nearly 27,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far this year, after more than 900 more completed the crossing on Thursday and Friday last week.

Shane Martin, the father of superstar Richmond AFL player Dustin, died on Friday at the age of 54 after a life spent inspiring his son to become a footy great and rising to the level of a Rebels bikie captain.

Poll found that 64 per cent would support a vote on the BBC licence fee, while only 13 per cent said they would not support the plan. And 62 per cent said they would vote to scrape the fee.

Prince Edward has not been seen riding in Windsor Great Park for at least four months amid signs that members of the Royal Family are keen to distance themselves from Prince Andrew.

McVitie's has warned customers to brace themselves for price hikes across their range, which includes Jaffa Cakes, Penguins, Hobnobs and the best-selling chocolate digestives.

Mr Kwarteng's Business Department are looking at claims that Microsoft's offer during the pandemic - providing Teams software free to the NHS - has led to a 'takeover by stealth' of its IT systems.

Noof al-Maadeed, 23, was last heard of on October 13 when she spoke of receiving threats. Fears have since grown for her safety, with some reports last week suggesting she had been murdered.

George Osborne - like many new parents before him - has found that coping with a baby and a playful pet dog at the same time is rather taxing outside a newsagents in Notting Hill, West London.

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) also says girls should be able to have surgery to 'masculinise' their chests when they reach 15.

Graham Linehan, whose writing credits also include The IT Crowd, has been attacked by trans activists for his defence of women's rights and the importance of biological sex.

PIERS MORGAN: Sharon Stone invited me to a movie screening at her Beverly Hills mansion, rushed forward, kissed me fervently on both cheeks, and gushed: 'Darling! How lovely to see you again!'

Amy Schumer said taking the abortion pill is on par with getting liposuction in an Instagram post Friday, a day after the FDA permanently allowed the pills to be sent by mail.