A juror in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial has revealed how the jury viewed her as a 'predator' and claimed that she 'might have seemed more human' if she had taken the stand in her own defense.

The misery of staff shortages that has led to reduced timetables across the UK was compounded by faults with trains and points this morning for those travelling to work in London and Birmingham.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is thought to be pushing for relaxed measures. The 'Covid O' Cabinet meeting is likely to see pre-departure tests scrapped.

Criminals are running online 'scam schools' teaching swindlers how to steal bank details and use them to splurge on purchases with major retailers.

The British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing have urged the Government to put health workers first for rapid tests to ease staffing issues in the health service.

Intensive care admissions are half the levels of previous peaks - with Boris Johnson insisting this means he is 'confident' the NHS will not be overwhelmed.

Actress Dame Maureen Lipman said Dame Helen Mirren should not have been asked to play the Israeli leader Golda Meir, adding that she was uncomfortable with the casting.

Sports fans have voiced their anger after the decision to grant Novak Djokovic a medical exemption from Covid-19 vaccination requirements in the Australian Open.

Roy Morton, 80, (pictured) from Cricklewood, who suffers from a heart condition, was woken by officers who smashed through his front door, fired the stun gun, pinned him down and handcuffed him.

Early signs were not good for Prince Andrew after Judge Lewis Kaplan put his legal team through a bruising encounter during a make-or-break hearing in New York yesterday.

Geoff Hoon says he was ordered by Downing Street to burn a secret memo that said the 2003 invasion of Iraq could be illegal.

Benjamin Mendy was moved to the notorious HMP Prison Manchester, commonly referred to as Strangeways, on December 23 amid fears over his safety.

'The unvaccinated, I really want to p*** them off. And so, we're going to continue doing so, until the end. That's the strategy,' Macron told Le Parisien in an interview published yesterday.

People have been evacuated from Oldham town centre after a man entered a police station and assaulted a police officer.

Former trade secretary Liam Fox said it was the 'wrong time' to launch a leadership challenge that would result in 'division and paralysis'

Hare coursing (pictured) will attract tougher sentences of up to six months in prison as part of a crackdown.

Tory MP Richard Holden (pictured) is bringing draft legislation today to make the 'auto-enrolment' reform to benefit all workers aged 18 and over. Current rules only enrol employees over 22 years old.

Experts have warned the energy price cap could jump by £600 - around 50 per cent, when it is updated in April. A Government source said the price cap held back 'a tsunami of bill increases'.

'No worries' has now been included in an annual list of sayings that academics argue should be banished for being 'ineffective, baffling or irritating'.

Female patients are also at higher risk of complications and readmission and are more likely to stay in hospital longer when a man carries out their surgery, researchers said.

Sir Chris said 'misinformation' on the internet, 'a lot of it deliberately placed', about vaccine efficacy and the potential side effects from jabs was leading to vaccine hesitancy.

Jonathan Chew (pictured), 24, stands accused of assaulting the Chief Medical Officer and obstructing a police officer at an antivaxx march he attended on June 27 last year.

The 'heartbroken' mothers claim the former prime minister caused 'untold misery' when he sent British troops to fight in Helmand Province and Iraq 'on a bed of lies'.

SIMON WALTERS: He was defence secretary as Britain edged towards war - which means Geoff Hoon had a front-row seat for the most controversial moments in Sir Tony's premiership.

Tributes have been paid to a 'wonderful and loving' mother and her baby son who were found dead at a property in Wellington Row, Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Several planes were reportedly forced to circle before landing on Heathrow Airport's 27R runway or redirected on the ground after the creature was spotted walking across the turf.

The Labour leader spoke after plans were revealed for a pilot that would see young adults caught with cannabis offered speeding course-style classes or counselling instead of arrest.

Thomas Lee, 21, and James Lee, 27, opened fire at Emma Robinson through her window in a revenge attack in Newcastle following a fall out between the brothers and her son.

Ms Watson (pictured), 31, shared an image of a pro-Palestinian rally with the phrase 'solidarity is a verb' with a quote from scholar Sara Ahmed to her 64.2 million Instagram followers on Monday.

Political commentator Jon Stewart slammed already-embattled J.K. Rowling for the goblins that run Gringotts bank in her Harry Potter film series, calling them out as an obvious antisemitic trope.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle spent more money on legal fees for their charities than they raised for their new non-profit Archewell in 2020, filings obtained by DailyMail.com reveal. 

Sir Keir Starmer has dismissed criticism of Sir Tony Blair's knighthood, insisting the former British prime minister deserves the honour.

Ms Birbalsingh, 49, who founded the Michaela Community School in Wembley in 2014 told Twitter children might 'get lucky' and be taught well at school but parents should teach them at home 'daily'.

Three months after a Mail investigation exposed the lax policing of drug dealers on Instagram, the kingpins are still able to push highly potent drugs onto kids without bans.

Sub-zero conditions and wintry showers are expected to dominate for most of the week in Britain, with a cold weather alert in place for northern England until Thursday lunchtime.

Between 60 and 100 schools are taking part in the pilot scheme, organised by the examination board AQA, which provides three fifths of all GCSEs and A-levels in England.

An Essex school specialising in performing arts has quietly cancelled Harry Potter author JK Rowling - replacing her as a house name over her 'comments and viewpoints surrounding trans people'.

Unvaccinated refuse collector Andrew Pugh, 52, spent three weeks in intensive care at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after catching the virus at the start of December.

The Rodong Sinmun newspaper said the father of current leader Kim Jong-un invented the 'wheat wrap' and claimed their sales are booming despite a food shortage.

Disruptive Nanotechnology Ltd, owned in part by shoe seller Kim Thonger (pictured) rocketed in value from less than zero to more than £20m after the largest government Covid deal on record.

Princess Beatrice was seen wearing a necklace in tribute to her family as she stepped outside for a post-Christmas shopping trip in Chelsea, west London.

Fresh food prices rose 3 per cent year-on-year in December - their fastest rise since April 2013 amid soaring inflation and tax rises alongside a hike in energy bills.

Olivia Kolek, 14, (pictured) had not long wished her mother happy New Year before being hit by a grey Mercedes outside a train station as she headed off to see in 2022 with friends.

The Fetch trial in Milton Keynes, operated by start-up firm Imperium Drive, allows customers to use an app to summon a car that is driven to them by a control room operator.

In the eyes of purists, it was bad enough that David Baddiel put cream on his scone (pictured) before jam, let alone using cranberry sauce instead of strawberry or raspberry jam.

Analysis of Church of England data found that 940 of its churches were shut between 1987 and 2019. And the figures show that 423 were closed from 2010 to 2019.

Balmy record temperatures on New Year's Eve have meant that daffodils have sprung much earlier than usual in Somerton, Somerset - brightening up wintery landscapes in the West.

Hundreds of thousands of fans are playing online brainteaser Wordle - in which the aim is to guess a single five-letter word known as the 'Wordle' within six attempts.

British rail passengers pay up to seven times more for rail fares than other Europeans. According to fare analysis, an off-peak single between Prague and Ostrava is just £9.36.

Sharing the challenge on US-based trivia platform Quizly, the creator of the quiz claims only an expert can score at least 15/20 correctly. So, do you have what it takes?

In a further sign that the Omicron variant is less severe than other strains of coronavirus, figures from London hospitals suggest a lower rate of mechanical intervention is needed among patients.

Paid roles have seen 17,500 people register their interest so far as the NHS launched a recruitment drive in the face of the spread of the Omicron variant.

The Mail was able to order one set of plates from a firm based in Jersey for just over £30 including delivery. A second firm allowed our reporter to order a set without asking for ownership documents.

Ministers and civil servants are able to wipe their mobile phones by repeatedly entering the wrong password, according to research that raises fears of future scandals.

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A Labour spokesman revealed the leader has contracted the virus and deputy Angela Rayner will fill in for the Commons session later.

A number of schools across Britain are shut today due to outbreaks of the virus.

The man, identified only as Rizki, got his head stuck as he leaned over the escalator rail to joke with a friend on the floor below at Mangga Dua Mall in Jakarta on December 23.

District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who took office over the weekend, revealed his progressive new approach in a 'day one policies and procedures' memo released on Monday.

Ambulance Victoria was forced to call a 'code red' on Tuesday night after one in five triple-0 calls did not require an ambulance - leaving paramedics unable to treat serious emergencies.

The world number one is due to arrive in Melbourne on Wednesday night to defend his Australian Open crown, 24 hours after he announced he was on his way Down Under.

Scott Morrison has confirmed the federal government will provide 6.6million vulnerable and low income Australians free access to rapid antigen tests.

Thousands of Coles supermarkets will reintroduce product limits as staff shortages interrupt supply chains across Australia.

Arianna Delane is expected to survive but had to undergo surgery in Houston over the weekend after bullets punctures her lung and liver, leaving her with three broken ribs.

Matthew Taylor, head of the NHS Confederation which represents hospital trusts, said it should be slashed to five days as long as it is backed up by the science.

The House's January 6 committee revealed new text messages written by Fox News host Sean Hannity and asked the prominent pundit to voluntarily cooperate with the ongoing investigation.

From February 1, federal employees in Belgium will have the 'right to disconnect' enshrined in law. It is expected the move will be rolled out to the private sector.

Seema Patel, 21, was  last seen around the Astley Bridge area of Bolton just after midnight on Sunday, January 2. She drives a silver Toyota Yaris and has links to the Preston and Chorley areas.

On Tuesday Gregory 'Brent' Dennis Henderson, 59, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the 2015 killing of his 48-year-old attorney wife Susan Winters with antifreeze.

The NSW Premier doesn't believe the surge of Covid infections will force schools to shut down, despite the current closure of 325 childcare centre due to the virus..

Crazy queues for Covid-19 testing look set to end with the new that the Prime Minister has backtracked to make home testing kits free for vulnerable Australians.

Grace Crow, 17, captain and dux of Queensland private school Cathedral College, scored 99.65 out of a maximum 99.95 in her ATAR and could have walked into any university degree course in Australia.

Jeff Hoeyberghs, 60, was given a ten-month prison sentence, half of which is suspended, after the 2019 rant in which he said women exist to 'satisfy men sexually and perform household chores'.

State Highway Patrol Trooper James Horton killed his brother Trooper John Horton and a driver after smashing into his cruiser while helping him respond to a traffic stop.

Ricardo Cesar Guedes, 49, left, is facing federal charges for allegedly stealing the identity of William Ericson Ladd, of Atlanta, who died in a 1979 car crash.

Stephen Peddie, 61, wrote the 'menacing' tweet on February 21 last year, in response to another post by social commentator Toby Young about Labour Brent MP Dawn Butler, 52.

RICHARD EDEN: As a keen fencer who once worked for Christie's auction house, Jamie Theakston (right) is seen as a quintessentially middle-class broadcaster.

An emu has been spotted chasing away a pesky pack of seagulls as amused locals watch on at a caravan park in Exmouth, Western Australia.

Footage shows a group of men throwing fists during the 2am brawl on the 16th floor of the 4-star Park Regis Hotel in Birmingham. Police and paramedics attended.

England's tour of Australia as they strived to wrestle back the famous Ashes urn has been shambolic in the eyes of many. Some even believe it is the worst squad to ever grace Australian shores.

A one-year-old Shiloh Shephard in Hartford New Hampshire saved her owners life on Monday after she ran down where Interstate 89 and 91 meet to prompt motorist to alert highway patrol.

The Home Secretary will unveil a scientific committee to scrutinise ways of analysing migrants who claim to be under 18.

Zac Morey, aged nine and from Bristol, lost vision in his left eye less than a week after testing positive for Covid and being diagnosed with orbital cellulitis - a bacterial infection of the eye socket.

Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic may still be banned from entering the country to defend his Australian Open crown, despite being granted an medical exemption.

'We recently went to Florida, where Republicans developed an obsession with Riley's feet,' she said in the video. 'So give the people what they want!' Her boyfriend laughs in the background.

A boyfriend is likely in the doghouse after sending his partner's pet pooch flying when making some enthusiastic hand gestures as he told a tale about watching the Ashes cricket test in Melbourne.

Western Australia has locked out Tasmanian and ACT residents with even the most compelling compassionate cases after a spike in Covid infections.

Three men were allegedly fleeing after delivering wat they thought was $100 million worth of meth to a stash house in Perth, but cops already found the shipment in port and switched it all out.

An FBI search-and-response team is searching underwater areas looking for any sign of three-year-old Lina Sardar Khil who disappeared in San Antonio on December 20.

Texas Realtor Jenna Ryan, 50, has compared her treatment over the last year to that of Jews in Nazi Germany. Ryan began her 60-day prison sentence on December 21 after pleading guilty.

'There's no excuse, there's no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated,' said Biden on Tuesday. 'This continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated.'

The map was used for a segment about housing prices in each state.

Tasmania has recorded 867 new COVID-19 infections, another new daily record for the island state which now has 3118 active cases.

Former NRL star Blake Ferguson's, 31, actions have seen his Japanese football club issue and apology and terminate his contract. News follows his arrest and alleged possession of cocaine.

The Australian government urges anybody who tests positive on an at-home kit to present at a clinic so their positive result can be included in official daily tallies.

Beachgoers at Goolwa Beach in Adelaide got stuck in a traffic jam for hours on New Year's Day after two 'all-wheel drive' cars got stuck in the sand just before the exit ramp.

DailyMail.com photographers captured as the actor came out late Tuesday afternoon, bundled up with a black mask and dark green winter hat on, with his hands in his winter coat.

President Biden, 79, was speaking from the White House during a briefing on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 'There's a lot of reason to be hopeful in 2020,' the president said.

Record-breaking 'Jeopardy!' contestant Amy Schneider, 42, the highest earning woman on the show since last Friday, has revealed she was robbed over New Year's weekend in Oakland.

Lotto Australia is urging Aussies to check their old tickets as 23 division one or major prizes worth nearly $25 million have gone unclaimed. Each state has different expiration dates on prizes.

Amtrak's poor communication, failure to clear Virginia's train tracks and challenges within the state Department of Transport all combined on Tuesday to create hellish travel conditions.

A shortage of supermarket goods as Omicron surges is fuelling fears shoppers could start panic buying again. The trade union for retail workers is worried about aggressive, violent shoppers.

Australia is signing an historic defence treaty with Japan which from February 1942 dropped bombs on Darwin, killing 252 people. China's aggression has brought former foes close together.

David Lean (pictured), 53, was groomed by paedophile football coach Barry Bennell, 67, when he visited a Butlins Holiday Park in Pwllheli, north-west Wales, with his family in 1979.

The campus is on a quarantine until February 7 and is banning students from eating at local restaurants, even outdoors, and even visiting businesses in the city of New Haven.

Ffion Barnett, from Tonypandy, Rhondda, found out she had Covid-19 just two days after her 22nd birthday and began struggling to breathe just a week later.

The latest report on Food Fraud by AgriFutures Australia, found Australians are deceptively being sold up to $3billion worth of products containing low-quality ingredients.

Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley has clarified why tennis superstar Novak Djokovic was granted an exemption to defend his title at the Australian Open on medical grounds.

Cohen cited White's death and the COVID-19 pandemic as reasons for needing to 'kick it into gear and have fun'. He also said: 'I will not be shamed for having fun on New Year's Eve. That is my job.'

The majority of Australians infected with Covid-19 should be able to cope with the virus well at home, infectious diseases expert Robert Booy says.

Social media star and comedian @wippa_snippa uploaded the video to TikTok after her followers dared her to perform the viral dance trend in just a bright red bikini in local hardware store Bunnings.

Employees - who were informed of the mandate in July - had until Monday to either get their first shot or obtain a medical or religious exemption. 99 percent of the Mayo Clinic workforce complied.

Embattled 'Waterboy' actor Peter Dante was caught on camera throwing a profanity-laden fit on an Los Angeles hostess who wouldn't serve him for not wearing a mask on Monday.

The ACT will overhaul its COVID-19 contact definition and isolation requirements, and set up a second mass vaccination hub, as it battles soaring case numbers.

Hordes of Sydneysiders lapped up the sunshine at popular Bondi Beach on Tuesday but woke up on Wednesday to a drenching - and it's only going to get worse.

Adam Neumann, 42, who was ousted as WeWork CEO in 2019, has been buying up majority shares in more than 4,000 apartment complexes worth over $1 billion.

Jeff Weaver, who served on Sanders' 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, said the threat of a Biden primary opponent came into the conversation after Manchin derailed BBB.

Marjorie Taylor Greene has declared Twitter to have declared war on the GOP. She is urging her followers to join her on Gab, Gettr and Telegram platforms.

Queensland has recorded 6,781 new Covid-19 cases, a significant uptick from the 5,699 cases detected on Tuesday - as the state's health chief says majority of people will have 'mild' symptoms.

South Australia has recorded 3,493 new Covid cases as the premier reveals half of the patients being cared for in ICU are unvaccinated.

Academics at Lake Superior State University in Michigan have targeted the beloved Australian phrase, 'no worries' in its 'banished words' 2022 list because they don't understand it.

Covid-19 vaccines will go into the arms of five to 11-year-olds from Monday, but parents as of Wednesday can now book their children in for their vaccine online or over the phone.

Just days before the New Year, South Australian Premier Steven Marshall brought back a string of Covid-19 restrictions which left owners of pubs and restaurants reeling.

Donald Trump mysteriously canceled his January 6 Mar-a-Lago press conference, sending out a statement that he would be discussing 'those topics' instead at a January 15 Arizona rally.

Holmes, 37, was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud by a California jury on Monday after deceiving investors into sinking more than $945 million into her faulty blood testing machines.

Americans agree that democracy is in trouble, but members of the two political parties have starkly different opinions on the January 6 Capitol attack.

Capitol Police officers are said to be unhappy that a black colleague who became a figurehead in the wake of the January 6 riots talks too much about being racially-abused during the violence.

Brisbane was Australia's best performing housing market in 2021 with prices surging by more than 30 per cent. Migration from other states for lifestyle reasons is set to see prices keep rising in 2022.

DNA has helped solve the 1995 murder of a 14 year-old girl raped and shot dead on the way to school - but cops have discovered that her killer died before being brought to justice.

At the age of 19, Holmes had set up Theranos, one of Silicon Valley's most successful new business ventures, raising billions of dollars and being hailed as the 'next Steve Jobs'.

A man has died in the surf after hitting a sand bank while bodyboarding at a Gold Coast beach. 

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Tony Blair, via his chief of staff Jonathan Powell, allegedly ordered ministers to destroy advice from the attorney-general that the Iraq war could be illegal.

Angus Scott, 55, said he was 'astonished' by the response to his online petition aimed at stopping the former Labour Prime Minister from being elevated to the Order of the Garter.

A group of beekeepers were arrested in Santiago, Chile, when police officers were stung at a protest outside the presidential palace calling for support for the beleaguered industry.

Three people were arrested after a 17-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were shot Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot at Auburn High School in Rockford.

President Joe Biden will direct officials to double the  government's purchase of Pfizer's antiviral COVID-19 pill from 10 million to 20 million in his remarks on Tuesday.

Joe Biden's disapproval rating hit a new low of 56 percent in a poll published on Tuesday, as enters the new year under fire for his handling of COVID and the economy.

'Talk about being inspired,' Biden said during a roundtable with Holmes. 'This is inspiration. It is amazing to me, Elizabeth, what you've been able to do.'

A USA Today/Suffolk University poll taken Dec. 27-30 shows only 40% of voters approve of Biden's job as president while 54% disapprove. Only 32% approve of Kamala Harris' job as VP.

Rep. Eric Swalwell said Monday night that the 2022 midterms could be the country's 'last election' if Republicans win and blasted the GOP for choosing 'violence over voting.'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tore into Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer over the New York Democrat's desire to get rid of the filibuster to pass voting rights bills.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told donors that Democrats need to brag more about President Biden's accomplishments in a call on Monday.

Adams, speaking with CNN's Brianna Keilar Tuesday, said he was unhappy with many places like Goldmann Sachs and JP Morgan beginning 2022 with remote work.

Boris Johnson (pictured) said the Government was 'acting to protect critical national services, keep supply chains open and fortify our NHS to withstand the pressures ahead'.

Australia spent $89 billion on JobKeeper many big businesses used to make giant profits and never repaid, But free tests for average Aussies? That's where Prime Minister Scott Morrison draws the line.

Scotty David said he had helped the other members of the jury understand things from a victim's point of view. He also claimed the five guilty verdicts returned last week, were for 'all the victims'.

By Tuesday afternoon, 1,500 flights were cancelled and more than 4,000 were delayed across the country as airlines cite a shortage of pilots during the latest outbreak.

England's chief scientific adviser said jabs had to be dished out every three to six months because the virus was relatively new. But that over time this would no longer be necessary.

Taj Burrow, an Australian champion surfer who shares two young daughters with his wife Rebecca, said he still has doubts about the vaccine in a 20-second Instagram video.

Derek Kammerzell an assistant police chief in Washington was suspended and ordered to take cultural sensitivity training after hanging an SS Opergruppenfuhrer insignia on his office door