Free Covid lateral flow tests will be scrapped under the Government's 'Living Safely With Covid strategy' which is due to be unveiled next week.

Two-thirds of new smart motorways will open with laybys up to 1.5 miles apart, despite government pledge to reduce the distance to one mile - with extra hard shoulders to be added post hoc.

At least 33 victims of the Post Office IT scandal have died waiting for justice, the Daily Mail can reveal. The shocking figure emerged yesterday as the long-awaited inquiry into the fiasco finally opened.

The Metropolitan Police will confirm the number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) that have been issued for particular events under investigation at Downing Street.

Naomi Campbell has revealed her daughter's face for the first time in a new interview.

Swedish scientists, who monitored women on HRT who tested positive for Covid, found the group were half as likely to die from the virus compared to those not taking oestrogen.

Pickford, 27, was mocked for his 'little arms' and with friends 'furious', a fracas broke out in East Boldon, South Tyneside, with one man left with a broken nose and another with a smashed phone.

A road in Birmingham has been dubbed the Bookie Belt after a cluster of four betting shops opened up just yards from each other.

More than two NHS staff are sanctioned every day for mishandling patient records, with hundreds of nosey staff caught each year snooping on medical histories of friends, family and even celebrities.

A training session held by a pro-LGBT education charity has recommended that school pupils should refer to their tutors as 'teacher' instead of gendered titles such as 'Mr' and 'Mrs'.

A 'woman in white' has been disturbing the peace with foul-mouthed rants, telling people to 'f*** off' as she spooked ramblers at Dead Woman's Ditch, on the Quantock Hills in Somerset.

The BBC has insisted 'no subject is off limits' as its declined calls to apologise over a joke about Ukraine's tensions with Russia made by chat show host Graham Norton (pictured)

The doctor was suspended from Royal Stoke University Hospital when the parents of a vulnerable female raised concerns in 2018, but a police probe was dropped due to a lack of evidence.

Petrol prices hit an all-time high over the weekend, triggering fresh concerns about the cost of living.

Bristol Zoo has provided animal magic to its visitors for 186 years - so successfully, in fact, that it even became the setting for the TV show of the same name.

Only a quarter of children under two, and one in three aged two to five, are meeting international recommendations, according to the study.

A top RAF officer accused by neighbours of parading naked through his garden in Cane End, Oxfordshire, is facing 'discussions' over his future in the military, it was claimed yesterday.

When Tony Sivyer's well-meaning partner bought him a Scalextric set years ago, it ignited a passion within him. Warehouse operator Mr Sivyer, 53, has spent six years building the layout.

A decision over whether five to 11-year-olds will get the jab was mired in confusion last night as an announcement over the rollout was postponed again.

A 54-year-old who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of religious brothers John Farrell, Paul Kelly (pictured) and Gerard Ryan at a Catholic school has secured a record £1.4million compensation.

The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) decided to remove Melissa Tweedie from the teaching register today following an investigation into her behaviour.

The ruling marks the latest twist to the costly legal fight between the two women after Ms Rooney accused Ms Vardy of leaking the stories to The Sun newspaper about her.

Housing Secretary Michael Gove (pictured) announced today that developers who refuse to help end the cladding scandal could be banned from the housing market under tough new laws.

Dr Deborah Staite, 50, a psychiatrist in Stroud, Gloucestershire, has been allowed to keep her job, despite getting behind the wheel after downing three bottles of wine and causing a head-on crash.

The crash occurred at around 4.40pm at the rail station of Ebenhausen-Schaeftlarn, southwest of Munich, Bavaria, with two commuter trains apparently slamming into each other head-on.

Stormont ministers had earlier given their 'unanimous support' to Robin Swann to ease restrictions in Northern Ireland, according to Michelle O'Neil, Sinn Fein's leader in Stormont.

The 'clean-living' half-sister of writer and commentator Toby Young died in London after a sudden unexplained headache an inquest heard today.

Katri Lylynpera, 28, shared videos of the Finland team hotel in Beijing being flooded last Wednesday. The footage shows entire corridors being drenched in water after pouring through the light fixtures.

Loraine Martins, the UK's top-paid public sector diversity chief at Network Rail, earns up to £164,999 a year and previously shared an article accusing Boris Johnson of 'white privilege'.

A 43-year-old Derbyshire PCSO entrusted with combatting online crime has been charged with 10 offences, including allegedly making indecent images of children.

The combination of higher energy prices and fewer grants means owning an electric car is getting pricier, we crunch the numbers.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel took sickening footage of one of its members eating a rivals' heart straight from his mutilated chest in Zacatecas state last month.

A US lawyer working for the Duke of York is said to have arranged for a photographic expert to study the original if they can access it. Ms Roberts has said previously is could be in Sydney.

Matt Hancock and his new partner Gina Coladangelo have launched a media blitz, with the former health secretary taking part in a 'heated' interview with a Dragon's Den star.

Anthony Russell, 39, has admitted murdering Julie Williams, 58, her son David Williams, 32, and Nicole McGregor, 31, in October 2020 in Coventry and Leamington Spa but denies raping Nicole.

A senior RAF officer suspended after neighbours told police they had seen him moon them naked in his garden told investigators he only bent over to 'pick up tennis ball'

Met Commissioner Cressida Dick dramatically quit last week after London Mayor Sadiq Khan withdrew his support.

An announcement was due last Friday but it was pushed back to today, and delayed again over the weekend - this time until February 21. It is unclear what exactly is causing the hold up.

Boris Johnson today visited Scotland to tell voters he is 'getting on with the job' amid the Partygate scandal as the SNP mocked the PM and labelled the trip his 'farewell tour'.

Dr Hakeem Lateef, from Liverpool, was already suspended over his involvement in a crash when he tried to get a finance job by paying a bank worker to take a compliance course.

Health minister Edward Argar revealed plans to recycle Type IIR face coverings - commonly used in hospitals - in an attempt to claw back squandered resources.

James Watson allegedly strangled the six-year-old boy in woodland near his home on the Welland Estate in Peterborough and left his naked body posed in a star shape.

Royal sources said that Camilla, 74, has been triple vaccinated, adding that Clarence House will continue to follow government guidelines and review her engagements.

Sub Lieutenant Scott Ewing and a female officer had consensual sex but Ewing secretly filmed it so he could 'feel like a lad' and share it with his friends on Snapchat as proof of the encounter.

A misconduct panel heard PC Graeme Gale, of North Yorkshire Police, pulled the teenager off a wall after he spat towards him during an altercation while the officer was off-duty and shopping with his wife.

HMRC says the suspects allegedly used 'sophisticated methods' to hide their identities, including using bogus and stolen identities, incorrect addresses and false invoices.

Rob Holley, 39, from London thought a bespoke card and present would be the perfect gift for his nephew but instead he was sent Ann Summers' very graphic Karma Sutra cards

Documents on the death threats, including a batch of messages from users of the Telegram app who appear to be identifiable, were sent to Scotland Yard on Friday.

The former model - who narrowly avoided jail after pleading guilty to drink driving last December - today avoided the bankruptcy hearing for a second time after asking the court to postpone it.

Caroline Flack, 40, killed herself at her London home on February 15, 2020 just one day after she found out the Crown Prosecution Service was pursuing a court case against her.

Defence minister James Heappey said the build-up of Russian forces on the border means that Vladimir Putin can attack with 'no notice'.

Sally and Nigel Rowe were told by their sons' headteacher that pupils could be seen as transphobic if they were unable 'to believe a transgender person is a ''real'' male or female.'

Royal biographer Tom Bower told The Sun the Duchess of Cornwall was 'suspicious' of the Duchess of Sussex's intentions but remained 'tight-lipped'.

With Londoners already facing spiraling gas bills and rising inflation, today Sadiq Khan heaped on more misery by raising prices by almost 5 per cent across the Transport for London (TfL) network.

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Transport for London (TfL) has been putting pressure on Uber and its ride-hailing rival Bolt to rewrite their business plan in response to a High Court ruling in December.

The Serbian, 34, was last month deported from Australia amid a row over his vaccination status, with the government cancelling his visa ahead of the Australian Open.

Olivia Stokes, 23, was stopped by police after driving her Vauxhall Corsa less than a mile in Knutsford, Cheshire in the early hours of January 7 this year.

Russia's defence ministry says some units of the Western and Southern command - which covers occupied Crimea and the Ukraine border region - are being withdrawn after training exercises.

The strain on the labour market was underlined today with official data revealing vacancies hit a new record high of 1,298,400 in the three months to January.

The presenter was panned for whining 'why Novak, why' when the tennis legend from Serbia said he knows he may have to miss matches due to his vaccine hesitancy.

Former Director of National Intelligence under President Trump, John Ratcliffe, has said Hillary Clinton tried to 'frame' Trump under a 'false Russian narrative', speaking on Fox News.

A video link from Russia today showed Navalny in prison uniform embracing his wife, Yuliya Navalnaya, while guards stood on either side of them.

Sources have suggested free tests could be axed as early as next month in a bid to save billions from the eye-watering NHS Test and Trace budget, prompting anger from Nicola Sturgeon's party.

Alex Banky, 36, an officer with the US Merchant Marine, shared footage of the encounter with the grey whale while on a boat tour of Magdalena Bay in Mexico on February 1.

The collision occurred on the A46 at around 1:30am on Friday and two men, who had been travelling in a silver Skoda Fabia which left the carriageway, were pronounced dead at the scene.

US-founded Roblox, which allows users to create and play their own games, is popular with young children between the ages of nine and 12.

The Duke of Sussex, 37, sat with Eugenie, 31, in premium seats at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Sunday which was part of a suite sponsored by tech firm Salesforce, one of the partners of BetterUp.

The New York Times Editorial Board has taken a stance in support of Canadian truckers' right to protest, saying that peaceful demonstrations are a vital part of democracy.

After years of speculation in Honduras, the United States formally requested the arrest and extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez less than three weeks after he left office.

Heather Morgan, 31, has been freed pending trial after being accused of laundering $4.5 billion in Bitcoin along with her husband, Ilya Lichtenstein who remains behind bars due to prosecutors'.

Data showed a 31 percent drop in traffic during traditional peak hours, with some cities having developed a late morning peak and earlier evening rush. Analysts predict patterns will change again.

The co-host of The Project said he 'respected' the fact Novak Djokovic was willing to forego tens of millions in earnings and the chance to become the greatest champion in the sport's history over his stance.

PM Trudeau is being accused of bringing 'martial law' to Canada as he invoked the rarely-used Emergencies Act Monday to bolster police presence to crack down on Freedom Convoy protesters.

Daniel Broadley, 41, used a kitchen pan to trash the innocent woman's Audi in east Hull, causing extensive damage, after he got into a jealous rage thinking it belonged to his ex's new partner

A commercial fisherman was baffled after catching a very unusual looking shark at 12 Mile Beach on the NSW south coast. Mystery surrounded how the shark's nose was clearly damaged.

Lindani Sibanda was offended when Clinisupplies chief executive Paul Cook asked her in a meeting how she kept 'the chimp at bay', an employment tribunal in Watford heard.

Qantas flights to London will continue to leave from Darwin as WA's borders remain closed, though the measure was introduced on a temporary basis in November last year.

A possible war between Russia and the Ukraine is causing a sharp rise in Australia's petrol prices, with some motorists paying well over $2 per litre.

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Bas Javid has admitted racism is a problem in Britain's largest force.

While Hayne is bailed to a western Sydney address with his wife, Amellia Bonnici, his mother and sister appeared to be preparing for a celebration at their home on the Central Coast.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: No one has been properly held to account. Not former Post Office boss Paula Vennells, not a single senior manager and not the software company.

GUY ADAMS: Today, Kamila Valieva finds herself occupying a very different place in Olympic history, amid a spiralling controversy over just how natural that extraordinary talent actually is.

Scandal-hit Olympic ice skater Kamila Valieva may have failed a doping test because of her grandfather's heart condition and the medication he takes, it has been claimed.

'The picture is not in Virginia's possession,' a source close to Virginia Roberts Giuffre has confirmed. The source also argues her case against Prince Andrew does not rest on the image

A man who sexted nuns at five different convents, including one as old as 84, and sent obscene images, videos and told them 'God has blessed me with' very large genitalia will not stop offending, police believe.

Economists at the nation's biggest bank now expect the Reserve Bank of Australia will start lifting the cash rate in June, rather than their earlier prediction of a move in August.

Alan Tudge is set to be sacked by Prime Minister Scott Morrison over reports he attempted to promote the staffer he was having an affair with during their 'undisclosed relationship'.

US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff made the ruling on Monday afternoon as the jury deliberated whether the Times defamed her by linking her to a 2011 shooting spree in Arizona.

DailyMail.com found no links or references to the latest revelations on the sites mentioned by Trump, in a sharp contrast to the wall-to-wall coverage they gave to the now-discredited Steele dossier.

New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern will speak at Harvard on May 26, despite Americans not being allowed to travel to her country until July.

First Lady Jill Biden wore two masks despite being triple-vaccinated as she hosted a group of second graders at the White House on Monday. The children also wore medical-grade masks

The first weather system - due to bring gales tomorrow and Thursday - has been named Storm Dudley. It could bring gusts of up to 90mph across northern England, North Wales and Scotland.

Horrified swimmers at a popular Kiama beach looked on as a woman's body was winched to shore after being washed off the rocks near a popular fishing and swimming spot.

A 7-Eleven service station customer who allegedly had scalding hot coffee poured all over her and assaulted in broad daylight in Melbourne has died.

The inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing in May 2017 heard details yesterday of the exchange between Salman Abedi and Abdalraouf Abdallah.

Queensland has recorded a surge in Covid infections among schoolchildren as the state announced 5.286 cases and 10 Covid-19-related deaths on Tuesday.

A homeless serial criminal accused of murdering an ad creative after following her into her apartment knifed the woman 40 times with one of her own knives - and had a sexual motive for doing so, a court heard.

The ACT has recorded 455 new Covid cases as hospital restrictions in Canberra are set to ease with patients to be allowed visitors from Wednesday.

Police in the Canadian province of Alberta arrested 11 people early on Monday after finding a cache of weapons on the US-Canada border near Coutts.

A die-hard NFL fan from Melbourne who paid a huge amount to attend the Super Bowl in Los Angeles on Monday (AEST) found the bucket list experience for many deflating in some aspects.

The Mazars accounting firm has told the Trump Organization a decade's worth of statements of financial condition can no longer be relied upon.

Titanic may be one of the most romantic films of all time, but a hilarious parody released online for Valentine's Day this year has conquered hearts across the web - especially cat lovers.

CNN parent Warner Media sent out a Valentine's Day greeting picturing anchor Jake Tapper. The company recently saw president of CNN, Jeff Zucker forced to resign over office romance

Jailed 'fake heiress' Anna Sorokin has revealed she's spent the $320,000 she was paid by Netflix to adapt her story on restitution and legal fees.

Sha'Carri Richardson, 21, (right) has slammed the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision to allow Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva (left) to compete.

RAAF veteran Danny Liversidge was surveilled by the military before being forced out of the air force because of his sexuality, leaving him a 'wounded person', a royal commission has been told.

Subway has been forced to close down hundreds of stores across Australia. An industry expert says dietary habits have changed and that the fast-food franchise has been left behind.

Van Onselen has already covered two government leaks including a cabinet argument and texts in which Gladys Berejiklian allegedly called the PM a 'horrible, horrible person'.

The White House on Monday declined to comment on claims that Hillary Clinton's allies tried to smear Donald Trump, and whether internet data collection amounted to spying.

Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching alleged that property developer Chau Chak Wing is the man ASIO claims is behind a plan to secretly bankroll and manipulate election candidates.

Western Australia will finally open up to the rest of Australia, with Premier Mark McGowan saying a new date for the border reopening will be announced 'this month'.

Thousands of nurses are rallying outside NSW Parliament House to take their message to MPs as they return to Macquarie Street for the first sitting day of the year.

New York City's new Mayor Eric Adams headed to Albany for the first time since taking office as he set about having discussions with Democrats about a change to bail reform laws.

Navy nuclear engineer Jonathan Toebbe, 43, turned on his wife after pleading guilty on Monday to selling information about American nuclear submarines to a foreign country.

Grace Tame has finally responded to her widely-circulated bong photo by using the opportunity to launch yet another attack on Scott Morrison.

Footage uploaded to Twitter on Monday shows the disgusting moment Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg appears to pick his nose and eat it.

Jeff Gordon, 50 - who owns Pack A Punch cleaning services - allegedly killed his wife Vanessa, 46, at Pelican Waters Resort on Queensland's Sunshine Coast on Monday.

Victoria's controversial Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee was formally established last week after it was subject to several protests late last year.

Emma Roberts is giving evidence for Nine newspapers, the publisher Mr Roberts-Smith is suing over allegations he committed war crimes while serving with the SAS in Afghanistan.

Kaushaliya Vaghela shared a text message she sent Daniel Andrew's Chief of Staff in Decmeber, 2019 claiming she was being 'bullied, harassed and intimidated' by men associated with his office.

Research shows Kiwis are divided over whether to hunker down amid an Omicron wave - with 54 per cent saying they have stopped eating out or attending events despite being allowed.

The glamorous daughter of one of Melbourne's most infamous gangsters will front court amid allegations she failed to co-operate with police. 

IBM is facing lawsuits from multiple ex-staffers accusing them of age discrimination. Plaintiffs include Denise Lohnn, whose late husband Jorgen killed himself after being ousted aged 57.

Duy Linh Ho, 41, was high on meth when he barricaded himself in the bathroom of his family home at Doolandella, Brisbane, in July 2019 and a coroner has now heard he wanted to die.

The QR code system designed to help the public through the pandemic may instead have put people in danger due to a leak that revealed the addresses of domestic violence shelters.

A shocking report card has revealed how Australian schools in the 1930s forced left-handed children to use their right - as stories emerge of the brutal punishments inflicted on rule-breakers. 

Tia Minhinnick , 20, was scheduled to appear in the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Tuesday over the death of Angela Huata, 41. The mum-of-five was found dead at a home in Springvale, Melbourne.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison marked Valentine's Day by posting this photo of him and his wife Jenny to Facebook (left), adding: 'I'm so glad you didn't 'run' all those years ago.

The former deputy chief medical officer and outspoken medical expert on Tuesday said 'the tide has turned on masks' now 94 per cent of Australia was vaccinated against the virus.

Case numbers, hospitalisations and ICU admissions all continue to decline across NSW and Victoria.

Lisa Wilkinson has jumped to the defence of Grace Tame after an old photo of her pictured next to a bong went viral online as one of Scott Morrison's senior ministers denied it was leaked by the government.

Forensics expert Greg Kelly said the 11-week wait for confirmation of the remains of Carol Clay and Russell Hill was to be expected as the campers had been missing for almost two years.

There were no survivors of a plane crash off the coast of North Carolina on Sunday, police say. Passengers included a group of teens, a successful businessman, and others

A horrified mother has shared the first and second degree her toddler suffered while playing on a playground. Vicki Butler and her daughter Lenny were playing when Lenny fell on metal equipment.

'Multi-energy portals' will zap the cargo areas with high-energy waves, but use safer low-energy screening for the cab, allowing the drivers to remain inside along the U.S. southern border.

Vision of South Australian Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas shirtless at an Adelaide pool left the state's premier, Steven Marshall, green with envy.

Former President Barack Obama's strategist David Axelrod warned President Joe Biden that he needed to show 'humility' in the upcoming State of the Union address.

NSW public hospital nurses will strike for the first time in almost a decade, as frustrations over understaffing, pay and conditions boil over.

The bright red street signs popped up on lamp posts throughout Sydney's wealthy eastern suburbs including Paddington, Rose Bay, Bellevue Hill and Double Bay.

One onlooker in Yagan Square, a restaurant district in the Perth CBD, snapped a picture of the middle-aged couple - a woman who looked prepared in a bathing suit and her tattooed beau.

Hollie Hughes tweeted Rachelle Miller on Monday night in response to what she described as a series of messages on several social media platforms.

A protester among more than 10,000 people who turned out in Canberra on Saturday for an anti-vaccination rally was carrying a gun and a map of Parliament House.

A handful of eagle-eyed anti-vaccination protesters were shocked after discovering what they believed to be a hidden camera wedged inside a tree when marching in Canberra last Saturday.

Nareen Young, a professor for Indigenous Policy at the University of Technology in Sydney , made headlines last week when she took aim at Mr Morrison for his choice of bread.

A diamond head python worth $1,000 has been rescued from a street bin on Monday morning after it was dumped on Sydney's Oxford Street.

The Prime Minister whipped out the instrument to serenade his family and 60 Minutes presenter Karl Stefanovic during Sunday night's interview with Dragon's song April Sun in Cuba.

Tech mogul John McAfee, who was found dead in a Spanish prison in June while awaiting extradition to the US, died by suicide, a court ruled last week - but his ex-wife insists he was murdered.

Father Andres Arango, who was ordained more than 25 years ago, resigned this month after discovering he used the wrong formula to baptize thousands of people in Phoenix, Arizona

The former NRL and American football star appeared in the NSW District Court on Tuesday just 24 hours after he quashed his rape conviction.