President Joe Biden for the first time on Friday said he believed President Vladimir Putin had made up his mind to invade Ukraine.

Eamonn Holmes, 62, took aim at Phillip Schofield in an interview with the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine, calling him 'passive-aggressive' and claiming he has a habit of 'snubbing people'.

The popular arena in London's Greenwich was hard-hit by Friday's fierce winds, which hit a record 122mph, with large sections of the canvas roof being torn away.

A grooming gang who raped a 14-year-old girl and 'abused her systematically and repeatedly' in the Keighley area of West Yorkshire have now been jailed.

The areas that have been declared at 'water stress risk' include Severn Trent, Wessex Water and South West Water in Bournemouth and the Isles of Scilly.

Jacob Rees-Mogg said at the very least he wanted to reduce the number of civil servants from 470,000 full-time staff to below 425,000 - the size of Whitehall before the pandemic.

ANDREW NEIL: It speaks volumes for the sad state of Scottish politics when Sarah Smith says she's looking forward to escaping the 'criticism, bile and hatred' she's endured as BBC Scotland editor.

EXCLUSIVE: Sarah and Richard Stoute say they simply run a well-placed business and used their know-how to secure giant orders for masks, gloves and other equipment before Covid hit the UK.

Political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Radio 4 Today programme host Mishal Husain and newsreader Sophie Raworth are thought likely to be among four under consideration.

Wind power in Britain has significantly outpaced gas over the past week with turbine energy generation averaging 11.48 gigawatts, well above the 7.2GW for gas.

The Great Storm of October 1987 was brushed off by forecaster Michael Fish hours before it arrived. Pictured: A car crushed by a fallen tree in London.

Jerry Dyer's Big Jet TV had more than 200,000 viewers spending more than six hours watching stomach-churning footage of airliners touching down almost sideways at Britain's busiest airport.

Nestling on the edge of the Chiltern Downs and just a short drive from the upmarket towns of Henley and Caversham, there are fewer more desirable places to live than the rural hamlet of Cane End.

Dr Adam Towler was dragged from his house into the street and knifed in a random attack by Chanz Maximen. Maximen knocked on his door and shone a light through his letterbox in October 2019.

For four days and nights, 56-year-old Paul Robson, serving two life sentences, was on the loose after absconding from open prison HMP North Sea Camp in Boston, Lincolnshire.

A BBC editor has spoken of her relief at moving to America after suffering abuse covering Scottish politics - prompting a Scottish politician to call her ordeal 'imaginary woes'.

Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Royal Mail have confirmed they would shut down services in areas covered by the red warning for Storm Eunice amid safety fears as wind gusts reached 122mph today.

Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak pay the levy at their grace-and-favour residences in No11 and No10 Downing Street respectively.

Relative to the size of the storm, a sting jet is narrow, often 30 miles across, and only lasts 3 to 4 hours. But with gusts of wind sometimes exceeding 100mph, they risk causing significant damage.

Thrillseekers in the UK have been told to stay away from the coast during Storm Eunice after a girl had to be rescued from the bitterly cold waves.

Rare 'red warnings' for 100mph winds run from 7am until 12pm in the South West and 10am until 3pm in the South East with forecasters concerned over 'flying debris'.

Boris Johnson received his formal questionnaire last Friday, and the Met has given all those contacted seven days to respond.

Mr Packham, pictured, said he 'wept' after finding his dead friend, pictured, in the road near his home in the New Forest.

Lorna Hewitt, 43, and her husband Craig (pictured together), 42, were caged after being found guilty of falsely imprisoning Matthew Langley, 24, at their home in Sheffield.

Pictures show how the ferocious winds, reaching more than 75mph in London,  uprooted a huge tree just down the road from the chef's £7million mansion.

The Real Charlie Chaplin, released in cinemas today, tells the hidden story of the world's first superstar comedian, who was married four times and is alleged to have slept with over 2,000 women.

In September five judges, including the president of the UK's Supreme Court, Lord Reed, ruled on legislation protecting peaceful protests by members of Hong Kong legislative's council.

Goole residents were originally delighted when the 'It's a People Thing' campaign by the bank chose their town but were stunned when they did not recognise it. Pictured the real and fake Goole.

The Isle of Man government has been slammed for 'sexism' and 'misogyny' after telling the public Storm Eunice had 'changed her mind like most women'

Nonsuch House, a 10-bedroom 18th Century house in Westbrook, Wilts, went up in flames shortly before 7pm last night. Around 75 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze.

Posting under the handle @mumlifechoseme, Kelsi Burns, from Yokrshire, explained that she was left frustrated after her husband refused to put her laundry away when asked.

A Swedish hitman who murdered a reality television star's brother in a tit-for-tat gang war has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years.

The Government released guidance on Thursday aimed at helping teachers avoid 'promoting contested theories as fact' in England. Pictured: Pupils at Welbeck Primary School in Nottingham.

The actress arrived at Mayfair address Claridge's on the arm of lookalike son Damian ahead of the event, held in honour of legendary Joan's milestone.

Plans were lodged with High Peak Borough Council for a new takeaway on the site of the former Wren's Nest pub in Glossop, Derbyshire, last November causing some local concern.

British socialite Lady Victoria Hervey, 44, took to Instagram last night to continue her rant against Virginia Giuffre, wrongly claiming she lied about when she attended Naomi Campbell's birthday party.

The £950,000 Birmingham apartment was developed as part of an award-winning regeneration project that honours the site's past life as a West Midlands base for MI5.

A conwoman who stole diamonds in Mayfair worth £4.2 million by swapping them for pebbles in the biggest theft of its kind has been ordered to pay back less than £250.

Logan Davis from Lancashire was found by his older brother, while his father and step-mother were out of the house. He died four days later, a Preston Coroner's Court, pictured, heard.

Dr Christopher Woollard, 64, took the light aircraft from a Kent flight instructor in after his terminal diagnosis specifically with the intention of crashing it, an inquest heard.

JAN MOIR: The Queen told visitors this week: 'As you can see, I can't move.' Well, Ma'am, that is so very true in so very many different ways.

Leaders at Newnham College say there has been a recent spate of students selling off tickets to the events - known as 'formals' - to people from outside the college.

Harry Day, 24, and his partner Chloe Brooks, 33, were left 'humiliated' after Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth flashed blue then pink during their gender reveal party in front of 100,000 people.

Jamie Connolly said he was bullied by bosses at the Dairyman pub in Brentwood, Essex as well as being mocked for his sexuality.

Two men narrowly avoided being ploughed into by an out-of-control car that smashed into a green BT cable box right next to them on Ashmore Lake Way, Willenhall, West Midlands on January 28.

Conwoman Laura Watson, 29, left children crying after she peddled fake tickets for a holiday club offering bus excursions to the Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling in Scotland.

The Duke of York (pictured in Inverness in 2016) was told 'to do the right thing' and forfeit the rank amid fury over the civil sex allegation against him.

Kayleigh Pepper, 35, defrauded the Rich Foundation, set up for her brother who was stabbed to death in Hull in 2015, out of £20,000 from its launch in 2016.

The three new graphics are a modern take on the Bristol Stool Chart which has been used by UK medics since the 1990s to assess the seven types of stools.

Kiran Nasreen was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, which can leave women bedridden and vomiting, and told her boss, Dr Akbar Ali Malik, she was unable to work.

Shane Jessop, pictured, from Hull, admitted raping the girl in a late night attack  in September 2021. The court heard Jessop supplied the alcohol before launching his horrific attack.

A whistleblower told The Telegraph that the UK Security Vetting department is conducting interviews online using video software as officers work from home.

Heidi Mullis, 32, who was pregnant at the time, was charged with assault and using threatening behaviour towards two Border Force officers at Manchester Airport in March 2020.

British diving instructor and former RAF engineer Simon Nellist, 35 - described as a 'kind, considerate man who loved life' - died just 500ft from horrified beachgoers just east of Sydney .

Volumes surged in January driven by DIY and fuel, following a 4 per cent dive in December that was even worse than thought.

Andrew is, for the time being, one of four counsellors of state who could step in temporarily to take the Queen's place on official duties if she is unable.

A tree blew down a powerline which fell onto the kennel block at Cuckavalda Gundogs, near Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, electrifying the runs and killing 13 dogs.

ROBERT SKIDELSKY: For the UK, the combination of WFH and a four day week spells disaster. It defies common sense and reveals a lack of understanding of basic economics.

Blinken on Thursday said Russia's plans for a false flag operation could include a chemical attack on its own people as it tried to manufacture a pretext for invading Ukraine.

April Grierson, 20, from Liverpool had chronic itching in June, and doctors thought it was scabies, but after a lump later appeared on her neck, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

After comforting Deacon Glover, 11, during a visit to Burnley, Prince William, 39, told the youngster he would 'see what he could do' about arranging a meeting with his football hero Nick Pope.

Double jabbed UK travellers heading to India will not need a pre-departure test or have to quarantine. Unvaccinated visitors will continue to need the former.

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Travel chaos caused by Storm Eunice yesterday will continue through today as the clean-up begins and hundreds of thousands of homes across Britain remain without power.

Scott Morrison inadvertently risked permanent eye damage during a visit to an engineering factory in Alice Springs on Saturday.

Boris Johnson will make a plea to avoid 'unnecessary bloodshed' in Ukraine by pursuing a diplomatic route in the Eastern Europe crisis as he joined allies at the Munich Security Conference today.

A chimney stack collapsed (pictured) at a power station during Storm Eunice. The central tower, one of three at Grain Power Station near Rochester, Kent, crumbled yesterday.

Nevalea Alpacas, an alpaca farm in New Zealand, took to social media to share the happy news that La Cherie, the daughter of Geronimo, had given birth to a boy.

The eroticism in the works will pay homage to the discovery of a mosaic depicting Priapus, the fertility god, weighing his penis on a scale which allowed discoverers to unearth Pompeii's ruins.

Experts have warned an absence of testing and self-isolation will lead to a surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.

Russia's separatist allies in eastern Ukraine have ordered a general mobilisation amid mounting fears of a full-scale war in Europe after Joe Biden warned of a Russian invasion.

The 49-year-old will make his comeback to the pitch this year in a part-time mentoring role for the Greater Western Sydney Giants. He has been candid about his previous mental health battles.

Former Australian Of The Year Grace Tame has opened up on her controversial bong photo, outlining how being sexually abused as a teenager led her down a path of self-destruction.

Four LA Rams players became separated from the rest of the team on Wednesday, at the end of their celebration parade. The four needed to get to LAX airport and so hitched a ride.

Western Australia has broken its daily record for Covid-19 cases reporting 257 new infections just as the state announces its plans to finally reopen.

Regenerative artist, Edward, has shared the inspiration behind his ethereal sand artwork. Edward creates intricate drawings on beaches that are washed away by the tide just hours later.

NatWest's annual report revealed plans to overhaul its pay policy for the CEO and finance chief positions, following bumper pre-tax profits of £4bn.

The huge mast, dubbed the 'Jack and the Beanstalk' pole by disgruntled residents, was put up by BT in Hereford to help improve internet speeds in the area.

Shimon Heyada Hayut, 31, also known as Simon Leviev, was exposed in Netflix's 'Tinder Swindler' for allegedly scamming women out of millions, is speaking out for the first time.

Ross Roggio, 53, of Pennsylvania, was arrested on federal charges that while he was running a weapons factory in Iraq's Kurdistan region, he allegedly tortured an employee.

Hillary Clinton and her longtime aide Huma Abedin were seen out and about in Manhattan on Friday, with the pair stopping in the street for a discussion before Clinton left in a waiting car.

Lindsey Pearlman, a 43-year-old actress who had been reported missing over the weekend was found dead in the Hollywood Hills area of LA on Friday morning.

Thomas set a meet record with a 1:43.12 on Friday night. Second-place Samantha Shelton of Harvard came in second with a 1:45.82.

Designed over the course of a decade, it's the most expensive house in America. It is currently the seventh most expensive house in the world at its current asking price.

According to police, the attack happened before 11 a.m. at 100+ Abandoned Dogs of Everglades Florida in the Broward County town.

SMART drumlines could have been deployed in Sydney beaches after a Simon Nellist was killed in a horrific shark attack of Little Bay Beach on Wednesday.

A large explosion has rocked the separatist-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine with a car bomb detonating near the headquarters of the pro-Moscow government, Russia's state media said.

More details have been revealed as to why Allison Gollust, 49, was forced to resign as CNN 's executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer after allegedly 'violating company policy'.

A Western Australian teen has been charged with arson after spreading pleas for donations through media outlets for help recovering her property.

Over 100 people had been arrested by 6:20pm on Friday night, and 21 trucks seized, as riot police moved in to the protest zone in Ottawa - some on horseback forcibly clearing the way.

Scott Thompson fell into the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of California. He was only wearing shorts and a T-shirt at the time, in the middle of the night and swam five hours to a rig.

Former US president Donald Trump fired back at the National Archives Friday night after the agency said he took classified documents from the White House to Mar-a-Lago when he left office.

The FDA said it is investigating four reports of infants who were hospitalized, including one who died, after consuming the formula that was manufactured at an Abbott plant in Michigan.

Residents of several Melbourne suburbs have been warned to stay on high alert for symptoms of mosquito-spread diseases as wet weather sees populations soar.

Canadian MPs were told on Thurday night that due to the 'exceptional circumstances' of police closing in on Freedom Convoy protesters they needed to avoid the area.

Julian Lee, a personal trainer and husband of Sydney based Instagram pole dancing sensation 'Dirdy Birdy', has been jailed in relation to commercial drug supply charges.

Queensland and New South Wales are on alert for possible severe storms bringing heavy rain and strong winds, as Western Australia swelters through a severe heatwave.

South Australian mother-of-five Hannah Pech, 35 (pictured), was at her unhappiest when she weighed 111kilograms.

Naomi Hunte was found dead in her flat on February 14 after police were called to an address on Congleton Avenue in Greenwich, south-east London.

Nick Clegg was enthroned on Wednesday as the all-powerful president of global affairs at Meta, the $560 billion [£412 billion] company formerly known as Facebook.

The Shark Hotel, located on Liverpool Street in Sydney, advertised its weekly party event on Facebook on Friday.

Pictures from London, Brighton and Cornwall showed pedestrians clinging onto signs and trees to try and stay upright.

Around 700 NHS managers are taking home salaries of more than £150,000 - just as Boris Johnson prepares to puts up taxes to fund hospitals.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, prime minister Scott Morrison said Russia invading the Ukraine was looking 'regrettably inevitable'.

Zeynep is expected to hit northern Germany Friday afternoon and sweep eastward overnight. A flood warning was issued for Germany's North Sea coast, with others also issuing weather alerts.

The coffee shop chain said there were 'uncertainties' that may cast 'significant doubt' over its ability to continue trading in accounts filed earlier this month.

Furious relatives who lost loved ones to Covid-19 slammed a health board yesterday over claims photographs were taken of dying and deceased patients without their knowledge.

As the first serving Director General to open up to the Daily Mail in its 126-year history - Ken McCallum, 47, today offers a compelling insight into his role as the custodian of the nation's secrets.

IAN BIRRELL: Vladimir Putin made a series of unsubstantiated claims at a press conference, including that Ukraine was guilty of 'mass and systematic violation of human rights'.

Thousands of customers who have paid for funeral plans risk losing 'significant' sums of cash following a major industry clampdown.

The details emerged in a survey by Which? of more than 1,300 households against the background of a huge surge in online grocery shopping during the pandemic.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said yesterday that the buyout of a chain of eight vets by the multi-million pound CVS Group could harm services and hike prices.

Post Office bosses are said to be preparing to sue the computing company whose IT glitches led to postmasters being wrongly jailed after the conclusion of a public inquiry into the Horizon system.

Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club (CUADC) - whose alumni include Stephen Fry - says producers should prioritise 'marginalised' actors in 'tie-breaker' castings.

Many Tears Animal Rescue charity, based near Llanelli, Carmarthenshire found itself with an influx of 57 of labrador pups, set to be trained as sniffer dogs, all at once.

Jade Crane, 39, and her husband Steve have welcomed Harley and Harry, who are believed to be the youngest premature twins in the UK to have survived.

Charmayne McEwen, 22, was sentenced to six-and-a-half years jail on Friday following a 10 day torture spree in 2020. McEwen terrorised Geelong for mistakenly believed vigilante justice.

The hit cooking show and all of its various spin offs will relocate up the M1 to Birmingham to the new Digbeth Loc Studios which were founded by Peaky Blinders creator, Steven Knight.

AMANDA PLATELL: One my friends called me last week and told me I had to watch The Tinder Swindler. Now! 'It's your Ali!' declared Jane, who has been privy to my love life.

The prestigious Academy of Fine Arts said paintings had been banned online because of overly stringent rules on what is allowable.

Frustrated Victorian bosses have called for Premier Dan Andrews to cease working from home recommendations for thousands of workers based in and around the CBD.

Family First Party have set up headquarters at a building once occupied by South Australian doomsday cult Agape Ministries.

The agency has informed Congress and is now in talks with the Justice Department about an investigation after the sensitive material was found in 15 boxes seized from his Florida home.

Dubai's Princess Latifa has been pictured meeting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet in Paris.

Victoria Police consulted with the Police Association to bring in sweeping changes to the department's uniform and appearance policy last Friday.

The boy was walking home from St Monica's Primary School at Moonee Ponds, in Melbourne, at 3.45pm on Wednesday.

The Captain Tom Foundation, set up by the family of the war veteran after his fundraising efforts, reportedly tried to appoint Hannah Ingram-Moore as its CEO on a salary around £150,000.

Victoria has recorded 6,280 new Covid-19 cases while NSW has recorded 7,615 as both states begin the first weekend of eased restrictions. 

EXCLUSIVE: Polygraph tests have been imposed on terrorists for the first time after the law changed in June last year, and have already been used in 14 cases.

Alec Baldwin purchased a historic 50-acre farm in Vermont for $1.7million Tuesday - the day he was hit with a wrongful death suit by the family of the cinematographer he shot dead in October.

In an exclusive interview with the Daily Mail, Ken McCallum warns Russia and China are waging a 'contest' for international supremacy and are seeking to interfere in Parliament.

Luxury interior designer Adriana Weiss has faced court on multiple charges of destroy, mutilate or falsfy books after stoush with millionaire clients and global business went belly up.

Divorce records indicated that wealthy financier Bradley Palmer sought access to messages and videos of anyone his estranged wife, Hadley Palmer, was sexually involved with.

The accused shoplifters that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended as struggling families forced into crime by a lack of federal support are actually repeat offenders.

In 2018, basketballer Alex Bunton was on the podium in Spain with her teammates as they snared a World Cup silver medal. Twelve months later, she a broken woman, a victim of domestic violence.

AOC blasted Manchin accusing the conservative Democrat of condemning millions of children to poverty based on rumors that parents would spend tax credits on drugs.

Boris Johnson last night urged Russia to avoid 'unnecessary bloodshed' as Vladimir Putin prepared to personally oversee missile drills close to Ukraine's border.

The New York Times was slammed this week for an ad that appeared to celebrate the separation of Harry Potter from J.K. Rowling, who has faced calls for cancellation for her views on gender.

Police in Peru are searching for Luis Alfredo Orozco Olivero, an American from Los Angeles, who was captured on camera kidnaping his four-year-old son Thursday.

The body of Dr Luqman Jubair, 35, was found in waters off Mermaid Beach on Saturday morning after he was swept out to sea while trying to rescue a distressed swimmer on Thursday night.

Apple employees at stores across the country are secretly plotting to unionize as dissent continues to grow among hourly workers, with the move set to be announced in the near future.

Jackson Mahomes, the younger brother of NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes, has been seen snorting a suspicious substance, in video obtained by DailyMail.com.  

Cynthia Monteleone, 45, is speaking out against  'male-bodied' athletes competing against women, detailing her daughter's loss to a trans athlete and the 'psychological toll' on young girls.

A joint operation between the Mexican military, U.S. Border Patrol and the FBI led to the February 8 rescue of an American woman abducted in Tamaulipas, Mexico, and held with 14 migrants.

PETER TOWNSEND: I first set eyes on the Princess on February 16, 1944, when I found myself in the green-carpeted Regency Room at Buckingham Palace.

The Joe Rogan Experience, which has been at the center of a firestorm over COVID misinformation claims and the host's use of the n-word, was gone from Spotify for a short time.

The term 'ghost children', those who miss over half of school sessions, was first used when it emerged 100,000 youngsters who had been at school before Covid failed to make it back (stock image).

North Carolina political candidate and dad-of-three Brian Echevarria delivered a viral speech at a Cabarrus County School Board meeting this week, in which he railed against Critical Race Theory.

Home-services website Angi used 3D rendering technology to digitally construct three unfinished works by Frank Lloyd Wright, showing what they might look like had they been built today.