EXCLUSIVE: After 21 difficult months, Kate Garraway has finally been able to enjoy a family outing with her husband Derek Draper in London as he continues to battle the ravages of Covid.

Discussions between the Department of Health, NHS England and No 10 have looked at a national drive to send vaccine teams to areas with low uptake rates as a crucial way to avoid lockdown.

A 19-year-old man from from Southampton was allegedly carrying a crossbow and is now being held in police custody after triggering an alarm on Windsor Castle grounds on Christmas morning.

Richard Curtis's star-studded film Love Actually has been attacked in a volley of hate comments from young, woke critics who have lambasted it as creepy, 'rapey' and misogynistic.

Figures from the ICNARC show that between May and November the rate of admission for double-jabbed Covid sufferers in their 60s was just 0.6 cases per 100,000 people per week.

The Prime Minister will tomorrow be presented with the latest data on hospital admissions and could rule on whether to clamp down further to limit the spread of Omicron.

The survey, taken over a three-week period from December 1, suggested Sir Keir Starmer would win a general election with a 26-seat majority. The PM would lose his seat in Uxbridge & South Ruislip

Chris Whitty, Emma Raducanu and Daniel Craig are among the household names who are set to recognised for their work in the Queen's New Year's Honours.

NIALL FERGUSON: The British public seemed - and seems - impressively determined to keep calm and carry on in ways that recalled earlier and more admirable periods in its history.

The Prime Minister and Mrs Johnson were pictured sitting on a sofa next to their scruffy dog in a living room in Chequers, Mr Johnson's official country residence, speaking to NHS 'heroes'.

Richard Osman likened the urge to secretly consume snacks to alcoholism, saying he has accepted he will face a lifelong struggle with the compulsion.

People living in Embassy Gardens, in Nine Elms, south London, say the water is too cold for people to swim in during the winter months when the temperature drops.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center -named after the famed Nazi-hunter - has placed the BBC at No 3 on its annual 'Global Antisemitism Top Ten' list, just behind the terrorist group Hamas.

Home Secretary Priti Patel unveiled plans to let drinkers toast Her Majesty's 70-year reign by extending licensing hours for three days over the special Bank Holiday weekend in June.

DAN HODGES: The last 12 months have been brutal for the Government. Brutal, in fact, for almost every member of the Cabinet save one. 2021. It was The Year Of The Truss.

MOS COMMENT: The arguments for restricting our daily life to fight Covid were first put forward in March 2020. They were powerful and convincing and backed by respected experts.

England footballer Jamie Vardy and his celeb wife Rebekah (pictured) have won planning permission for a new dressing room as part of a two-storey extension at his plush £3million mansion.

Ministers have singled out 'dangerous force' Michael Gove as the Levelling Up Secretary has been one of the most consistently pro-lockdown members of the Cabinet since the pandemic began.

The plans, which would see parliamentarians 'decanted' into temporary premises, are based on the most intensive survey work yet on the crumbling 19th Century World Heritage Site.

The serving, once a favourite of Winston Churchill, who hailed it the 'ideal size', was outlawed in 1973 when Britain joined the Common Market.

The government announced a raft of changes on Friday including that people who have been in contact with a confirmed Covid case no longer have to isolate if they show no symptoms.

Bakhtiar Shoresh, his wife and their four children, aged between two and 14, were evacuated to Britain more than four months ago.

Buff billionaire Jeff Bezos, 57, lounged on a boat in St. Barts on Friday with his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, 51. The pair looked loved up in the 81-degree heat as they celebrated the holiday with friends.

ESTHER RANTZEN: Today there will be many of the more vulnerable among us who feel similarly cut off from the rest of the world.

PETER HITCHENS: For once, these panic-driven ninnies sucked at their knuckles and wondered: 'Is burning down the house really a sane and rational response to finding a wasps' nest?'

Sources say that negotiations with Vodafone have been going on for some weeks but Emma Raducanu, 19, signed on the dotted line with a contract claimed to be worth £3 million a year.

SIR GRAHAM BRADY: There must be no new unnecessary restrictions this week whether the PM sees fit to recall Parliament or whether he resorts simply to more 'guidance'.

The bodies of gunner Jaysley-Louise Beck, 19, and Lance Corporal Michael Joseph Miah, 28, were both found on December 15, at their respective bases in Wiltshire.

MailOnline analysis revealed that nearly 900,000 people could be forced to spend Christmas Day in self-isolation after catching Covid in the past 10 days and celebrities are of no exception.

Scotland Yard's Madeleine McCann team has 'more open thinking' and is still treating her disappearance as a missing person's investigation - despite German prosecutors insisting she is dead.

The UK is about to be hit by a large wave of Covid hospitalisations and the peak could be even higher than last winter despite the reduced severity of the Omicron variant, SAGE have warned.

Wicks first rose to prominence as a fitness coach and author of 'Lean in 15: 15-minute meals' which became a best-seller in 2015, But his popularity skyrocketed during lockdown.

At 9am on July 13, 1955, Ruth Ellis was led out to the scaffold at HMP Holloway to meet the legendary hangman Albert Pierrepoint and became the last woman hanged in the UK.

This Christmas Eve, cities across Britain were left practically deserted as party goers stayed at home - or were locked up in self-isolation - amid the surge of the Omicron Covid variant.

Shoppers across the UK bought more wine last year than in 2019 - as people were urged to 'stay home' amid a string of Covid lockdowns - with rosé wine seeing the biggest increase in sales.

Ministers are said to be watching admission rates in London before pulling the trigger on more national curbs because the capital is a few weeks ahead in its Omicron outbreak.

London is being battered hardest by the new variant, with ten of the worst hit postcodes in England located within a mile between Wandsworth and Lambeth.

In 2020, the most recent figures available, some 460 accidents involving e-scooters were reported to police across England, Scotland and Wales, according to newly released figures.

The fashion designer, 47, and the football ace, 46, were getting into the spirit of the Christmas Eve celebrations, as David wore a Santa hat and cooked up some festive treats by the flames.

One in four NHS workers on Covid wards developed PTSD during the pandemic as a direct result of working with patients who had the virus, such as 37-year-old health assistant Shane Longton (pictured).

LadBaby has made chart history by securing the Christmas number one for a fourth consecutive year, becoming the first musician to do so in 70 years.

Departments stores like Fenwick and Selfridges have started their major clearances and Harrods began discounting as early as December 17 with Christmas Eve shopping down 21%

The television presenter, 54, read Love Came Down at Christmas by Christina Rossetti at Westminster Abbey in London at the service.

The Queen's Christmas speech has evolved since the days when her grandfather, King George V, used the radio to address his imperial subjects for the first time back in 1932.

Desperate New Yorkers spent their Christmas Eve scrambling for COVID tests as infections driven by the Omicron variant surged across the Empire State.

A festive 'Dickensian' scene of widespread snow on the ground could be consigned to British history due to climate change, the Met Office reports from its Exeter HQ.

From William Barlow's magnificent 1860s roof over St Pancras to the £550million King's Cross redesign finished in 2012, 'London's Great Railway Stations' covers a wide breadth of different styles.

Beth Coldrick, 37, (pictured) from Dorset, went from a 34D bra size to a 40HH in three years because of medication she was taking for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease.

Sarah Cooper, 42, was hailed as an 'amazing, kind and caring person' by one devastated colleague at the Wolverhampton Refugee and Migrant Centre as tributes flooded in after her death.

The rapid rise of Omicron has resulted in 766,000 people across the UK testing positive for Covid since December 16 and current trends mean 125,000 more Britons could be diagnosed today.

Jeremy Farrar, a former SAGE member, pointed out that while another booster is already being mooted in the UK, many around the globe have yet to receive a first jab.

Harry Beardsley met John, 28, on the street and took him for lunch and for a game of pool at a pub in Reading, Berkshire.

Police Scotland have been accused of 'arresting people for making jokes' after a man was charged over an alleged Facebook post inviting revellers to a Hogmanay party at the home of Nicola Sturgeon.

Nearly two-thirds (60 per cent) of 18-24-year-olds in the UK think it is 'acceptable' for Father Christmas to be gay, while half said they were happy for an ethnic minority Santa, YouGov has found.

Dr Zudin Puthucheary, a member of the Intensive Care Society and doctor in London, said the number of patients coming into hospital who 'happen to be Covid positive' is skewing hospitalisation statistics.

EXCLUSIVE: Consumer giants Which? blind taste-tested 11 frozen tatties from leading supermarkets and big brands to see which was the tastiest treat to go with your turkey.

A gang of urban explorers have accessed an abandoned Debenhams store after the shop closed down. The retailer, who was founded in London in 1778 closed for good in May.

SIMON WALTERS: If Boris Johnson does not move to sort out his dysfunctional administration, he has little chance of fighting the next general election, which could be just two years away.

Prince Albert of Monaco, 64, and the couple's children Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriela, six, will visit their mother Princess Charlene during the holidays, according to a palace statement.

Retired businessman Charles Ryan, has been accused of knocking through a dry stone wall beside his house in Quebec, Co Durham without appropriate planning permission.

Klaudia Soltys, 30, was living in Hull with boyfriend Amadeusz Sekula who stabbed her to death on March 27 after becoming jealous. The pair began a relationship in Summer 2020 after meeting online.

The three-year-old girl was rushed to hospital in a critical condition as the horror unfolded in Yardley, West Mids, on Wednesday.

Sohna and Mohna Singh, 19, who were abandoned by their parents at two months old, have been employed by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited as electricians.

Governments across Europe are racing to contain Omicron's rapid spread, urging citizens to get vaccinated while implementing new measures as infections rise.

US intelligence and new satellite images dated between October 26 and November 6, 2021 show Saudi Arabia has a base capable of building ballistic missiles near Dawadmi, in the country's centre.

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Hugo, six, was left while owner Amie popped to the shops in Plymouth, Devon. When she returned, she found all of her chocolate gone and wrappers on the floor. Her dog needed life-saving surgery.

Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, and fatally shot more than 30 and burned the bodies, according to a witness and other reports.

MailOnline analysis revealed on Friday that nearly 900,000 people could be forced to spend Christmas Day in self-isolation after catching Covid in the days before December 25.

Swimmers across the UK have headed to the coast for Christmas Day dips, with both humans and pets braving the cold waters while donning a variety of festive hats including elves, Santa and turkeys.

Thousands of motorists driving home from Christmas celebrations interstate have been issued an urgent warning as brutal double demerit penalties continued to be enforced in NSW and ACT.

The five-year-old boy was housesitting with his family at a Varsity Lakes property on Queensland's Gold Coast when he was mauled and killed by by the dog just hours before Christmas Day.

A tornado whipped through Santa Barbara County on Christmas Day night The tornado appeared to down trees which in turn knocked over metal awnings.

Painter Conrado Estrada, 57, was suffering from Rhinophyma making his nose large and bulbous making it hard to eat and breathe. Dr. Thomas Romo, a New York plastic surgeon helped him out.

The video - which has gotten 4.2 million views since it was posted on Twitter Friday as well as a passenger on Instagram - starts off with the two squaring off over the man not wearing a mask.

More than 100 aged care centres across Australia suffered outbreaks over Christmas, with 385 cases detected across residents and workers as the super contagious Omicron strain sweeps across the nation. 

South Australian authorities have ushered in a raft of Covid restrictions ahead of New Year's Eve after the state recorded 774 new cases.

Beloved midwife and nurse Rachel Wake, 52, has been identified as the woman allegedly stabbed to death at a home in Hobart's east as a man, 60, faces court charged with murder on Sunday.

Backpackers posted videos of themselves partying shirtless and without wearing masks on the buses used to take them from a hostel in Fremantle to a luxury hotel in Perth's CBD.

Audience footage captured the moment Jackman, the star of the show, took a moment during the cast bows to highlight Kathy Voytko's performance, who filled in for Sutton Foster on Friday.

Nearly 500 flights have been canceled and more than 1,600 more were delayed for Sunday due to staffing shortages caused by the ongoing COVID-19 Omicron surge.

In a lawsuit filed against the New York Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Deborah Keller claimed she was targeted by administrators after she assisted doctors struggling to help a rectal patient on February 2020.

NHS England has said that thousands of first, second and third jabs will be given on December 25 as the Government races to boost national immunity against the Omicron Covid variant.

As the traditional Boxing Day sales get going, The Mail On Sunday has scoped out the best winter sale bargains without having to sift through rails or pilver shelves for what you want

A negative PCR test within 72 hours of arrival is required to enter Tasmania but the state government is allowing sailors to take part in the race and get their results while en route.

A father and two of his children were found dead after an early-morning fire consumed their eastern Pennsylvania home on Christmas Day. It's thought the blaze started after tree lights malfunctioned.

Idaho Sheriff Craig Rowland, 62, is being pressured to resign after threatening a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints youth group with a gun and making racial slurs on local Indian tribes

A man enjoying a day at the beach has been airlifted to hospital suffering spinal injuries after a horror accident saw him crushed between two cars on Fraser Island.

Alec Baldwin, 63and wife Hilaria, 37, escaped to the Hamptons to celebrate a 'quiet' Christmas with their six children despite the ongoing investigation over the actor's accidental shooting on the set of Rust

Christmas Day COVID figures show that the United States has recorded a total of 151,915 new infections - just 39,000 fewer than on December 25 2020.

The big banks are predicting a housing market slowdown next year and falls in 2023. But one expert who worked in the housing industry says falls aren't a certainty and advised the young to buy.

A major Sydney hospital wrongly told more than 400 people their Covid test results were negative when they were actually positive and potentially spreading the virus at family Christmas events.

Sarah Degier, now aged 12, holds 'no grudge' against the teenager who ran into her with his SUV last May and thought he just hit a bird in Dalby, in Queensland's Western Downs.

Renee Monroe was looking forward to a first Christmas with her husband Aaron Thomson and their daughter Havana, but Mr Thomson died after being thrown from a jet ski.

The fall in Covid case numbers in Queensland has been put down to a testing lull on Christmas Day, according to the state's Chief Health Officer John Gerrard.

President Joe Biden and the First Lady sent their Christmas well-wishes in a pair photos on Saturday, showing the couple in front of their fireplace lined with stocking adorned with their grandchildren's names.

Arnold Schwarzenegger personally donated $250,000 to build 25 tiny homes for homeless veterans in West Los Angeles on Thursday, giving dozens an early Christmas gift.

A Colorado backcountry skier died on Christmas Eve when he got caught in a 250-feet wide avalanche in Colorado on the northeast-facing slope on the South Diamond Peak near Cameron Pass,

The NYPD released body camera footage from Oct. 7 showing a shoot-out near Barclays Center in which two police officers exchanged fire with Nasir Fisher, 21, who was driving without a license.

Jared Schmeck, a 35-year-old electric company worker from Oregon who told the president the phrase code on the right for 'f**k Joe Biden' - after his kids spoke with Biden Friday.

Virginia police are looking into Washington Football player Deshazor Everett's 2010 Nissan GT-R car crash, which can go up to 193mph, after Everett's girlfriend Olivia S. Peters, 29, died in the accident.

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has urged residents to hit up Boxing Day sales and enjoy New Year's Eve celebrations as authorities declare 'we are all going to get Omicron'.

On Wednesday, 1.06 million vaccines were administered in England, the highest number ever as new data shows a huge jump in the number of people receiving their first Covid jabs over Christmas.

Robert Maudsley, 68, is being held in a private underground cell beneath the general population of HMP Wakefield, after killing four men between 1974 and 1978.

Language expert Adam Jacot de Boinod presents his annual list of the new words that entered the lexicon in the past 12 months, from Lockdown Foot and Boffices to Dragging Sites.

In a recent incident in Christchurch, Dorset, in November, Emma Blehs cat Alley went missing and was found decapitated afterwards. She believed it was also the work of the 'Croydon Cat Killer.'

The Prime Minister has told Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi he is 'absolutely determined' to see children back in the classroom after the festive break despite rapidly rising Omicron cases.

The UK saw 2,208 helicopter rescues over from April 2020 to March 2021, with search and rescue helicopters saving 1,226 people and assisting 232 others.

Covid cases in NSW have surged to 6,394 despite a huge drop in testing as Victoria's count dips to 1,608.

NHS doctors are to trial a new 'three-in-one' pill for high blood pressure which they believe will save lives and lead to fewer patients having to switch between drugs.

John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Next and Argos, along with a host of supermarkets, have decided not to open, giving workers a day off after a year dominated by the pandemic.

They will be barred from attending matches under extended ban orders, which are already available for violent thugs and those convicted of racist or homophobic chanting.

It was a White Christmas for a lucky few in parts of Northern England and eastern Scotland. But forecasters have predicted more snow arriving today as the Met Office issued a weather warning last night.

36 managers working within the National Health Service's trusts or clinical commissioning groups now earn more than a quarter of a million pound,  compared to just 23 within the same bracket in 2020.

Valentina Orellana Peralta, 14, was shopping for a quinceañera dress with her mother at the store in North Hollywood before noon when an officer shot at Daniel Elena Lopez, 24.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev Justin Welby, used his Christmas sermon to celebrate the work of volunteers helping refugees.

Its latest World Economic League Table, which looks at the prospects for all 193 countries, forecasts the UK economy will be 16 per cent larger than France's by 2036.

In a new 566-page document, bosses at the Courts and Tribunal Judiciary advised judges to be more 'gender-neutral' in the language that they use in the courtroom.

It followed a three-and-a-half-year case that saw the High Court throw out an attempt to ban the charity's trustees from holding senior jobs amid claims of mismanagement.

The risk of Omicron was considered too great for the Queen so she remained at Windsor Castle for a celebration with Prince Charles and Camilla and Prince Edward and Sophie.

The three-year-old's body was pulled from Lake Macquarie by neighbours about 6.30pm on Saturday after playing in front of his home, then fell into the water and drowned

James Franco, 43, has been subpoenaed to appear in 58-year-old Johnny Depp's $50 million defamation case against Amber Heard, 35, over an op-ed article she wrote in the Washington Post.

In the seven days between December 18 and 24, the UK recorded 707,306 new confirmed Covid infections.

Following a hearing on 19-20 January 2021, and a further hearing on 5 May 2021, the Court has given judgment for The Duchess of Sussex on her claim for copyright infringement. 

The president and first lady were joined by new first dog Commander to wish a happy Christmas to soldiers across the world on a livestream from the White House Saturday.

Former NSW State of Origin star Michael Jennings, 33, was ordered to pay his ex-wife Kirra Wildren $500,000 in damages after she sued him in civil court for rape.

ITV presenter Kylie Pentelow mistakenly began announcing the leader of the Catholic church's death, before swiftly ending the segment in a toe-curling exchange on Saturday evening.

A white elephant is a possession, or in this case building, which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness.

Lucia Guo appears on China Hour, a series broadcast on Sky TV that showcases Chinese culture to a UK audience that is made by the state-owned China International TV Corporation.

Nottinghamshire Police bought the boy £130 worth of presents including a football kit and a golf putting set after he had turned up homeless at the Radford Road station before being fostered.

Petito, 22, was was discovered dead in September on the edge of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming , with an autopsy later concluding she died by strangulation and was ruled a homicide.

Test your knowledge on some of the biggest events of this year with the Mail on Sunday's 2021 end of the year quiz.

As part of The Mail on Sunday's War On Food Waste, we asked Britain's top chefs for ways to turn your Christmas dinner leftovers into delicious Boxing Day dishes for the whole family.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow, Essex, announced last week that women would have to attend all antenatal appointments alone.

Mac has a remarkable gift to turn a few deft pencil marks and an accompanying caption into a mini-masterpiece.

Children as young as 16 are being offered cut-price obesity surgery in Turkey that they would not be permitted in Britain as medical tourism clinics are openly advertising complicated procedures.

More than a quarter of British TikTok users are aged between 15 and 25, and children aged between four and 15 who sign up spend an average of 69 minutes on the app each day.

George Linnane, 38, is speaking for the first time about his fight for survival in Britain's longest and most extensive cave-rescue operation, involving a 300-strong army of volunteers.

Vera Mekuli, 26, (pictured) has apologized to the lieutenant Nick McGarry's wife Mellissa (both pictured) after giving her husband a lap dance. 'I really had no knowledge of your marriage,' she said.

The show of strength - coinciding with Christmas celebrations in the West - comes as Vladimir Putin maintains 100,000-plus troops and heavy military equipment on Ukraine's border.

The Queen has delivered her most emotional Christmas message ever, paying tribute to her 'beloved' late husband the Duke of Edinburgh, following his death in April aged 99.

The monarch sat behind a desk adorned with a solitary photograph of the Queen and the duke in 2007 as she spoke to the nation from the White Drawing Room in Windsor Castle.

The New York Times has blasted a judge who ordered the paper to return documents they obtained from the conservative activist group Project Veritas.

Vice President Kamala Harris, 57, wished Americans a 'very merry Christmas' on Saturday with Biden's beloved Amtrak train circling the Christmas tree on her Twitter message.

This is the dramatic moment fireworks exploded (pictured) in a supermarket crowded with 500 shoppers - although one shopper continued unperturbed.

Washington, Nevada, Oregon, and Arizona are experiencing a wonderful white Christmas, but will have to battle dangerous road conditions, while the South experience summer temperatures.

Lebron James posted a controversial meme on Christmas Eve asking the difference between COVID and the cold after admitting he'd been vaccinated despite skepticism of the shot.

Over 900,000 Brits are spending their Christmas in isolation this year, including a warehouse worker and upset grandmother after testing positive for Covid as the cases continue to soar.

Bluff House, a grand waterfront home in the exclusive enclave of Sandbanks in Poole Harbour, Dorset, has gone on the market for £5.5million.

Domestic travelers are facing a nightmare this holiday season as airlines on Christmas day cancelled over 850 flights and delayed 520.