Sajid Javid is set to lay out plans for an academy-style system in the NHS, giving managers at well-run hospitals more freedom - as a new study suggests NHS bosses need more discretion to have impact.

Counsellors of State are made up of the monarch's spouse and the next four people in the line of succession who are over the age of 21.

Magistrates will get more sentencing powers in an attempt at cutting the backlog in the courts - as figures show more than 60,000 Crown Court cases are pending plus 300,000 in magistrates' courts.

The PM's former top adviser said last night that he discussed a May 2020 BYOB event with Mr Johnson before it happened but his concerns were 'waved aside'.

Employing more health managers or paying them higher salaries does not improve the quality of NHS hospitals, a study suggests.

Frank Lampard was caught on video driving his £250,000 Mercedes G wagon with a coffee in one hand and a mobile phone in the other - but escaped prosecution because of 'insufficient evidence'.

Marnie Clayton, 18,  from Bracknell, Berkshire, was last seen leaving Atik nightclub in nearby Windsor, at around 2am on Sunday morning before suddenly vanishing.

Able Seaman Joshua Cheetham (pictured) nicked a series of the gadgets - which operate at 300m underwater - while working as a storeman on warship HMS Kent.

Officials have told the Home Secretary that the figure may reach 'worst case scenario' and demonstrates why ministers are looking at 'outsourcing' the asylum process to other countries.

Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker welcomed Malik Faisal Akram into Beth Israel Congregation in Colleyville, Texas, on Saturday unaware that he a was carrying a gun.

At least six of the birds are understood to have died from avian influenza amid fears the virus may spread - and another was 'found dead yesterday morning'.

Professor Mike Tildesley, a leading government adviser, said the latest figures were 'cautiously good news' and Britain might have a flu-type relationship with the virus by the end of the year.

Viktor Riedly 28, headed up Marsden Moor, in Yorkshire, on the evening of April 25, where he lit the explosive, igniting the large blaze which raged for three days and covered 285 hectares of moorland.

KATE MUIR: It took me desperate years to get my hands on body-identical HRT. Stonewalled by my GP, and relying on the recommendations of friends, I tried to source my own HRT.

The girl, who is in her final year of her GCSEs at Scott Medical and Healthcare College, was wearing the tight school trousers when she was isolated for her attire in her final year.

The games will mark the first time that Jamaica has qualified for three different bobsleigh events, securing their place in the four-man, two-man sled and women's monobob categories.

Total festive spending using Buy Now Pay Later schemes,, which lets consumers pay for products in instalments, has been put at £3.3billion by financial planning experts Credit Karma.

The remains of a 120-year-old saltwater crocodile have been presented to students in South Wales, after being hidden under the school floorboards for decades.

The Pacific island nation of Tonga was devastated by a huge eruption of the underwater Hunga-Tonga volcano late Saturday, which sent a huge plume of ash into the atmosphere and triggered a tsunami.

The capital's Labour mayor (pictured) wants road pricing to force those who drive petrol or diesel cars to switch to public transport, walking, cycling or electric vehicles 'where necessary'.

In a significant hardening of Royal Navy policy, personnel who continue to decline the jab have been told it could cost them their careers.

The Prince of Wales is yet to see his granddaughter face-to-face, after she was born in California in June last year.

Sir Keir Starmer was accused last night of flouting Covid guidance which banned political campaigners from meeting indoors during last year's local elections.

The family of Muriel McKay, who was killed 50 years ago when her murderer mistook her for Rupert Murdoch's wife, are urging the police to act on information they have about her body's location.

Ministers are said to be drawing up proposals which would see people arriving illegally in the UK sent abroad for processing and resettlement.

A bus driver who was left without a job after a redesign of the vehicles left her unable to operate them safely due to her height has been reinstated following a petition.

The little child, who has been named locally only as Ophélie, never regained consciousness following the collision and died on her way to hospital in a helicopter at around 1pm on Saturday

Omid Scobie said the 'threat to Brand Windsor and the family business' had 'finally forced the institution's hand' after the Queen removed Prince Andrew's honorary military roles last Thursday.

Carly Dear, 46, first met the girl and became 'attached' when she taught at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls in Kent and even followed the teenager to her new university campus.

EXCLUSIVE: Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Blackburn, Lancashire, was branded a 'menace' for raving about the attack on the World Trade Centre in 2001.

GB News announced that it will play the National Anthem to footage of UK scenery every morning from tomorrow following calls from Tory MP Andrew Rosindell for the BBC to do so.

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, from Lancashire, staged a ten-hour attack near Dallas and held the rabbi and three others hostage while demanding the release of a terrorist known as Lady Al Qaeda.

Kuenssberg, is stepping down after seven years, having been the first woman to hold the role - seen as one of the most prestigious in UK journalism.

Lord Grade, said the sum 'may not be a lot for Gary Lineker' but it was for ordinary Britons, as he called the annual, universal levy 'a regressive tax'.

Boris Johnson is believed to have been grilled by civil servant Sue Gray, who could deliver her report on allegations about lockdown breaches in Whitehall within days.

Truro Crown Court heard Michaela Hall worked for a charity that helped prisoners on their release but was sacked when they discovered service user Lee Kendall had moved into her home

Keith Waters (pictured today), 55, is taking Active Learning Trust after he resigned from Isle of Ely Primary School in Cambridgeshire for tweeting the events are 'harmful to children'.

Sales assistant Leigh Best. 52, won an age and sex harassment case after her male boss bellowed at the top of his voice she 'Must be in her menopause' after she mixed up an order at her Essex workplace.

Harry is now a private citizen, domiciled in a foreign country - entirely by his own choice. None of the royals wanted this to happen, least of all his father and brother, but it has.

Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are only liable for a 'benefit in kind' to cover heating and utilities at the official residences in Downing Street, where they live rent-free.

Lacey Haynes, 37, and Flynn Talbot, 40, who live in Sussex, told The Guardian they were 'willing to do whatever it took' to transform their sex life after having kids.

Far-right French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour, 63, was not in the Paris Criminal Court on Monday when judges read out the verdict, and said he would have to pay a fine equivalent to £8000.

Novak Djokovic was deported from Melbourne after the Australian government cancelled his visa for the second time - and banned him from entering the country for another three years.

Chief Superintendent Paul Martin and Chief Inspector Davinder Kandohla (both pictured) were both kicked out of London's Met Police after overseeing a 'boy's club'.

Choudhary called on his supporters to fight for the release of Aafia Siddiqui from her US jail cell in a post to Telegram.

The SNP leader questioned how Mr Ross 'can ever ask anybody to vote for a party led by Boris Johnson' given that last week he said the premier should resign.

The Duke of Sussex (pictured with Meghan) should not be expecting bodyguards supplied to him when he decides to return home, Dai Davies said.

Boris Johnson is planning a mass clearout of his Number 10 inner circle as he tries to save his premiership following the wave of revelations about lockdown-busting parties in Whitehall.

Kelsey Corps (pictured), 20, was seen taking two tablets along with vodka while partying at the Wonderwood Festival near Preston, Lancashire, on July 24 last year.

DOMINIC LAWSON: As he contemplates his undoing, it might accord Boris Johnson bleak satisfaction to see that two of his most persistent adversaries are also facing public humiliation.

To report an inaccuracy, please email corrections @mailonline.co.uk. To make a formal complaint under IPSO rules please go to www.mailonline .co.uk/readerseditor.

Silicon Valley billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya has said he doesn't care about China's human rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims in the country 'Nobody cares about it!' he said in comments on his podcast.

The Blackburn terrorist, 44, was shot dead in Texas on Saturday night after a 10-hour siege at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville where he took a rabbi hostage.

Sharon Gaffka hit her head on a toilet and was found wedged behind a locked cubicle door after her drink was interfered with while out celebrating one of her friend's birthdays.

Barrister turned yoga instructor Joanna Torode, 46, says working conditions at the London office of Ropes and Gray were so 'horrific' that she had a nervous breakdown, bursting into tears at work.

Nick Kyrgios has dominated in the opening two sets of his first round Australian Open match declaring 'I'm back' and 'This is my house' to his shell shocked opponent.

Boris Johnson is fighting for his political life today as ministers desperately tried to defuse explosive claims from Dominic Cummings that he lied to Parliament over Partygate.

The discount supermarket's new site in Greenwich, south-east London, will also allow customers to buy alcohol, using facial age estimation technology to check if they are old enough.

Barbara Stange-Alvarez (pictured) destroyed wine, spirits and beer when she went on the rampage in Aldi, St Albans Magistrates' Court was told.

The ex-Scotland captain was staying in Hamilton with family when the attack happened. Accelerant was poured on the windscreen but the vandals were interrupted before they could set it alight.

The Met Office warned of disruption to flights and trains after it issued a 17-hour weather warning for fog which could freeze in some places, covering most of England until midday today.

Vicki Bevan (pictured), 37, of St Helens, Merseyside, repeatedly sexually assaulted the child and on some occasions did so alongside Paul Rafferty, 62, and a second man, 42-year-old Timothy Hutton.

The family of Michelle Alyssa Go, 40, described her as 'kind and intelligent' in a statement shared on social media three days after she was pushed to her death in New York.

The 323 square foot property in Hackney, north London, boasts modern decor and a clean, minimalist appearance - but has been likened to a 'fancy' shed.

Ultimo underwear founder Michelle Mone is being investigated by the House of Lords Commissioners for Standards over her relationship with PPE Medpro.

According to new NHS guidance to employers, all frontline staff who have not received a vaccine will be called into formal meetings from February 4 and given a warning that they face dismissal.

Hundreds of thousands of people across Ireland are expected to join a minute's silence today when Ashling Murphy's funeral begins at 11am amid an outpouring of public grief following her murder.

Phoenix Group, which is run by the government's business champion for older workers Andy Briggs, will no longer use words 'energetic' or 'enthusiastic' in its job adverts to avoid putting off older workers.

Dr Annette Plaut, 60, alleged it was a combination of her being female and her 'naturally loud voice' that led to her dismissal from the University of Exeter.

In parts of New England, New York state, Ohio and Pennsylvania, a foot of snow was forecast. Another arctic blast is expected to hit the Midwest on Wednesday.

The missiles (pictured) 'precisely hit an island target in the East Sea of Korea' in the test carried out on Monday, state news agency KCNA announced.

Bondage fetishist Gareth Holliday, 37, offered to be the child's 'sex friend' and claimed he enjoyed being bound and penetrated with sex toys, Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester was told.

Two men in dark hooded sweatshirts were captured on CCTV footage smashing at the shop window of Konstan Jewellery in Sydney's Dulwich Hill at about 1:30om on Tuesday.

Astonishing footage has captured the moment Australia and England's cricket stars were kicked out of a Hobart rooftop bar at dawn after partying all night to celebrate the end of the Ashes.

Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps, 36, has reacted to the ongoing debate over trans college athlete Lia Thomas competing on women's swim team saying it needs to be a level playing field.

Footage of the prime minister boogying with a lightsabre-wielding London Assembly member when he was mayor emerged last week amid the ongoing 'partygate' scandal.

ABC's 7.30 host Leigh Sales retweeted a post from SBS presenter Kumi Taguchi linking to an inspirational article by Canadian journalist Jen Garson, calling out Covid doom-mongers.

Tennis Australia has finally broken its silence over the Novak Djokovic visa debacle as the board issues an apology over the scandal.

MPs last week gave HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) powers to probe the financial records of 170,000 middle-income UK households who it suspects wrongly claimed the benefit.

Nick Kyrgios has taken a dig at Bernard Tomic as he ridiculed the world no. 260's return to tennis. Tomic, 29, announced his comeback to the sport in an Instagram video last month.

Thousands of Australians who were hit with fines for breaching Covid rules could soon get their money back as an investigation is launched into whether the penalties were lawful.

Aussies should remain vigilant as recent 'extensive influx' of cockroaches is predicted by experts to remain in full swing until May. Experts reveal what you can do to keep them at bay.

Australian writer Yang Hengjun who has been held in a Chinese prison for three years despite no conviction and was 'subjected to hundreds of interrogations' is in poor health.

The summer trip was the perfect opportunity for mother and daughter to reconnect after Covid-enforced border closures and a jail stint had driven them apart.

Lara Logan has been dropped by United Talent Agency, the LA-based representatives confirmed on Monday, after her November 29 comments likening Anthony Fauci to a Nazi, Josef Mengele.

The Queensland production of Hollywood film Ticket to Paradise has been shut down and its stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts have returned to the US due to Covid cases in the state.

Changes to the pandemic leave disaster payment come into effect. Here's what you need to know.

The number of posts available in the quarter to December was 462,000 above the pre-pandemic level, while unemployment in the three months to November was 4.1 per cent.

The 25-year-old woman who lost her sister and father in the White Island volcano tragedy says she is still asked an ignorant and painful question even two years after the eruption.

New COVID infections in the US dropped by 47 per cent in a week, sparking cautious hopes that the latest surge triggered by the Omicron variant may have peaked.

Michigan Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, were blasted over the weekend for sharing a Facebook post saying 'the client of the public school is not the parent,' but the public.

A TikTok user has spotted the bizarre moment a man is seen wheeling a koala outside an Aldi store in a shopping trolley on Sunday.

A Melbourne marketing graduate has been charged with more than 100 offences linked to an alleged Airbnb drug racket operating across the city in 2021.

DeSantis, a once-loyal member of  Trump's court, told his inner circle that backing Trump is 'too much to ask'. He also said his biggest regret was not standing up to Trump's pandemic restrictions.

An IGA supermarket in Yulara, located inside the Ayers Rock resort, will ban unvaccinated shoppers from entering in a move to protect the guests, staff and the local community amid surging Covid cases.

The broadcaster said Meghan had asked it to 'clarify' that she had apologised for 'not remembering' asking her former PR chief to help with the royal biography Finding Freedom.

Whedon, 57, says the Wonder Woman star misheard a joke he made about her tying him to the railroad tracks. 'I understood perfectly,' Gadot responded.

Construction work is set to start on a huge US fuel storage depot in the Northern Territory to support military operations in the Asia-Pacific region.

Australians haven't been so pessimistic since 1992 when unemployment was in the double digits. ANZ head of Australian economics David Plank said Covid woes could hurt the economy.

Live music events have been given the green light in NSW with public health orders eased to treat them like sporting events and funding provided for cancelled concerts - just don't try to dance.

The survey showed a nine percent increase in Republican affiliation since the beginning of 2021. The favor could be essential for the GOP as America heads into the November midterm elections.

This subway in the middle of an empty field in China is a good sign for Australia. The Communist Party's drive to build more transport infrastructure is driving a recovery in the price of iron ore.

Aussie grand slam champion Sam Stosur has breezed through her first round of the Australian Open defeating America's Robin Anderson.

The number of Covid cases in rest homes continues to rise as an urgent warning is issued by a spokesperson for the sector.

An Australia Post worker was criticised for 'disrespecting' a woman's mail after he was seen tossing her parcel up a set of stairs.

Trendy Melbourne cafe St Ali has been met with a storm of protest after it offered VIP subscribers 'free' rapid antigen tests if they spent $160 with the business, forcing it to offer an apology.

The patient was rushed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital emergency room when they revealed their supposed life-threatening condition was an elaborate ruse.

Toby Mitchell - a big tennis fan who has been pictured at the Australian Open in previous years - is not allowed to attend the event because his bail conditions prevent him from visiting all 'licensed venues'.

In 2015, their father and Ms Faulkner's estranged ex-husband Ali Elamine flew the brother and sister to Lebanon, sparking a failed operation to retrieve them from the streets of Beirut.

An ex-girlfriend of Rep. Matt Gaetz was granted immunity by prosecutors after testifying about a 2018 trip they took to the Bahamas with an 18 year-old girl Gaetz denies trafficking.

A man dressed as Michael Jackson whopped a tourist's butt on the Las Vegas strip after a video of the incident was shared on Twitter two days ago, gaining more than 1.6 million views.

Jeffrey Cohen was among four people held hostage on Saturday in a Texas synagogue by a British terrorist, Malik Faisal Akram, 44. Akram was killed on Saturday evening after the siege ended.

Health Minister Greg Hunt said the surge in Omicron cases meant the pressure needed to be taken off the public hospital system. Private hospitals will now be allowed to treat Covid patients.

The outspoken Queensland MP for Dawson called for parents to keep the jab away from their kids as he advertised his new podcast 'Conservative One: Pandemic Unmasked'.

The brazen rider was captured on dashcam footage sailing into the middle of a busy Newcastle intersection and stumbling off his board, landing just inches from the oncoming SUV.

Former Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara and veteran public relations professional Risa Heller 'have been making calls to people about what Bragg is doing and how to handle the fallout'.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige is currently working to determine what 'actions are necessary' to implement the booster shot requirement in the state's Safe Travels program.

Real estate agent D'Leanne Lewis reveals her tips and tricks for getting the most money out of your property as more Australians look to own a home in 2022.

Threatening messages were reportedly graffitied on Dr Andy Robertson's house over the weekend, just days after WA announced the nation's most stringent proof of vaccination requirements.

NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant has delivered a series of grim predictions for the year ahead as we learn to live with Covid, even with vaccine rates topping 90 per cent.

Forklift truck driver Darren Lamb, 44, died on Monday in the tragic accident at a Melbourne industrial unit. Now his shattered family - with children aged from 1 to 20 - are coming to terms with the devastating loss.

Elizabeth Rose Struhs, 8, was found dead at her home in Toowoomba, Queensland, after her parents allegedly cut off her vital type 1 diabetes medication.

Anthony David Watts, 35, has spent the past three months behind bars over alleged threats against a gym owner and his former long-term girlfriend late last year.

Scott Quiner, 55, who was unvaccinated against COVID and was being kept alive by a ventilator has been moved from a Minnesota hospital to a Texas facility to keep him alive

A ban on non-urgent elective surgery was imposed on January 6 to help free up the state's hospital resources as Omicron cases continue to surge in the state. It is now overturned.

Charlise was last seen at the Wildenstein wedding venue in Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains, on Thursday afternoon.

Stunned onlookers from a nearby vessel feared the worst recently when a pod of orcas headed towards a trapped and injured humpback whale in Western Australian waters recently.

A TikTok user has showed how easy it is to manipulate NSW's rapid antigen test reporting platform - that gives people seven days off work without showing any proof.

Australia has suffered its worst day for Covid deaths since the start of pandemic with 74 people losing their lives so far, smashing the September 2020 record of 58 during Victoria's deadly second wave.

Queensland has announced a record 16 Covid deaths, the highest number since the start of the pandemic.

NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant sounded the alarm as a record 36 people died with Covid in NSW on Monday and only three of them were unvaccinated.

Australia has suffered its worst day of Covid deaths since September 2020 as cases held steady in NSW and Victoria.

Residents across Australia have seen their life expectancy increased by at least eight months thanks to ongoing lockdowns during the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has reported an individual rapid antigen test selling for a ridiculously exorbitant price when they are meant be to available cheaply.

Private school principals were briefed by the Association of Independent Schools of NSW and told as much as 20 per cent of staff could be off sick at once due to rising Omicron infections.

NSW's Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant has warned that Covid-19 deaths are set to climb - but Premier Dominic Perrottet has warned lockdown is 'the only alternative'.

The nine-year-old was staying with her mother Kallista and her fiance Justin Stein at a sprawling estate in Mount Wilson, in the Blue Mountains, on Thursday when she disappeared.

The unidentified woman stood on the roof of her yellow sedan as it sank under the ice of the Rideau River in the suburb of Manotick on Sunday afternoon.

A report released by LinkedIn on Tuesday pinpointed which roles are in high demand from data analysed over a five-year period.

The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Kirrawee in Sydney's south, which its seller says has a modern kitchen and laundry and is about 60-years-old, is listed by its seller as a 'free house'.

A new forensic investigation led by a former FBI agent may have finally solved the mystery of who handed Anne Frank and her family over to the Nazis in 1944.

The video created by the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria focuses on two girls going to the movies on a date together when one isn't allowed in as she hasn't been jabbed.

Cricketer Usman Khawaja could easily be flying planes rather than scoring runs for Australia. The elegant batsman, 35, completed a degree in aviation before he made his test debut in 2011.

Virginia's new attorney general Jason Miyares announced investigations into the Virginia Parole Board and Loudoun County schools, the center of a sexual assault case that dominated the gubernatorial and attorney general's races.

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath launched a savage attack on Prime Minister Scott Morrison over ads spruiking free RAT tests at state testing clinics, asking him to apologise.

The NSW premier has resisted calls to enforce more Covid-19 restrictions or impose lockdown and insists the state is tracking better than the best case scenario based on current health modelling.

Malik Faisal Akram, 44, flew to New York City from the UK on January 22, despite being known to MI5. He had obtained a tourist visa and spent two weeks in Dallas before taking the hostages.

Star tennis players Pedro Martinez and Federico Delbonis raced to the aid of a ball girl who collapsed on court during an opening round match at the Australian Open on Monday night.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The numbers said to have attended Sir Keir Starmer's boozy gathering in Durham last year appear to be swelling.

Todd Kupfer, the father of the UCLA grad student who was stabbed to death while working in a luxury LA furniture store, is slamming politicians for ignoring the recent spike in violent crime.