A staggering £11.8billion was lost to fraud and error in the Government's business support schemes during the pandemic, the House of Commons library estimates.

The disgraced Duke of York will attend his father's memorial service despite fears that his attendance could dominate press coverage of the event next week at Westminster Abbey.

Merseyside Police said officers received a report that a child had been attacked by a dog at an address on Bidston Avenue in Blackbrook, St Helens at around 3.50pm on Monday afternoon.

Bosses at P&O Ferries have been accused of hiring £1.82-an-hour foreign agency workers to replace 800 sacked staff - with some of the temps living in tents to save cash.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps urged Britons to ditch P&O Ferries after the scandal-hit firm sacked 800 British crew and hired agency workers on a fraction of the wages from abroad.

William and Kate began the third date of their trip learning about the history of the site, located in the Chiquibul Forest, and took in the country's tallest man-made structure - known as the 'sky palace'.

Fiona Beal, 48, was today charged with murdering Nicholas Billingham (pictured together), 42, between October 30 and November 10, 2021. They were living together when the picture was taken.

The Prime Minister (pictured with Tom Samson, Rolls Royce chief executive) has set a target of increasing the share of the UK's electricity produced by nuclear from 15 to 25 per cent by 2050.

In return, the UK will drop retaliatory tariffs on American brands such as Harley-Davidson. The trade dispute has been a longstanding thorn in relations between the two allies.

The Chancellor is said to be considering an increase in the rate workers start paying National Insurance tax to soften the burden of a tax hike accused of being 'the worst-timed tax rise in history.'

The Met said officers were called to reports of the crash on Green Street in Newham, east London, at around 1.35pm. Paramedics attended the girl but she died from her injuries, police said.

Swedish police said Monday at least two people were injured and one person has been arrested in Malmo, Sweden's third largest city, after an incident at a high school.

The Home Office confirmed yesterday that pubs, bars and clubs will get an extra two hours to serve alcohol for three nights in a row to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Scotland Yard's ballooning Partygate probe came under fire from MPs yesterday after the number of suspects under investigation doubled to more than 100.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to cut fuel duty for the first time in more than a decade in his spring statement this week, but a new toll system could be set up amid fears the UK will miss out on tax gains.

Home Secretary Priti Patel confirmed yesterday that Andrew Cooke is her preferred candidate to be Chief Inspector of Constabulary. But Cooke can no longer take the top Metropolitan Police job.

The state pension 'triple lock' will be honoured again until at least the next general election, Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey (pictured) said yesterday.

Jamie Carlisle can be seen abseiling out of a window and dropping down using a makeshift rope in Preston, Lancashire before running away to evade police officers hunting him.

Charles Goodwin, 21, a mixed martial arts fighter and business management student, was convicted in January of raping two women and sexually assaulting another.

Elsa De Jager (pictured), 37, said she received up to 40 messages within 15 minutes of offering a rent-free room in her south-west London home on a Facebook site.

Jonah Fisher, 43, a BBC correspondent reporting from war-torn Lviv, has been wearing a jacket with the logo of his son's youth football club while on air in a silent shout out to his family in Cardiff.

With 100 billionaires on the annual list, China's capital narrowly beat New York City's 99 entrants, which has previously held the top spot for seven years running on the Forbes' World's Billionaires List.

Nottingham University withdrew the offer after Dr Sewell wrote a controversial report for the Government which concluded there was no evidence that the UK was institutionally racist.

A British Army corporal has been found guilty of going into a female soldier's room for a cup of tea before kissing her neck, pushing her onto the bed and exposing himself.

Nigel Diakite (pictured), 20, launched a brutal attack on young mother N'Taya Elliott-Cleverley after she planned to leave him.

Sareena Suman, 34 and her Ajay, 33, both pictured, were refused a viewing of a £375,000 house and told 'there are many other properties you can waste people's time on.'

Ali Harbi Ali, 26, allegedly stabbed Sir David to death at a constituency surgery at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex on 15 October last year.

Jade Fitzpatrick, 26, who worked at a children's home in Wrexham, had acted 'deplorably' in breaching the profession's code of conduct, according to a fitness to practice committee.

Ian Lester, from Pontypridd, caught Covid in December 2020 and suffered from chest tightness headaches and extreme fatigue during his seven-and-a-half-month-long infection

Roger Selway, 53, was found dead in the barn on Mill Road in Ynysybwl, Pontypridd, by his partner Ruth Ayres. He had shot himself in the face with a shotgun and set the house on fire after an argument.

New Forest locals are fighting back against proposals that could bring 'unsightly' and 'common' wheelie bins to their doorstep in a bid to increase recycling rates and meet new legislation.

The stunning six-bedroom properties, built on in the beautiful West Pennine moors, Lancs, on the outskirts of Bolton, have now been torn to the ground.

Worcester College in Oxford apologised for hosting a Christian Concern youth training camp and cancelled a further booking after students said it had left them 'distressed'.

The late Dame Vera Lynn's memorial service welcomed the great and good today as Westminster Abbey threw open its doors to celebrate the 103-year-old legend's career.

Fisherman Chris Attenborough, 34, of Herne Bay, Kent, has said he can save up to 70p per litre if he uses white diesel, which is used by motorists across Britain to fill up their vehicles.

Fiona Beal, 48, was today charged with murdering Nicholas Billingham, 42, between October 30 and November 10 2021.

The Queen is using a wheelchair and is cancelling engagements because she is 'proud' and 'doesn't want to be seen' struggling, Christopher Biggins told GB News.

A pensioner who mysteriously went missing ten years ago has been found dead in a freezer in a disused pub by stunned builders renovating the Forest Gate property.

More than 200 people were injured at the accident on Saturday evening in Wandoor in the Malappuram district of Kerala, southern India, with five in serious conditions.

Thomas Cadman, 42, pictured, has avoided being put on the sex offence register after a court was told he squeezed victims' buttocks.

Mark Potter, 47, from Essex, was given less than 18 months to live after he was diagnosed with stomach cancer that had spread to his spine.

The driver was handed six penalty points and a £200 fine. National Highways said he 'took one hand off the wheel and both eyes off the road' on the A1 near Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

Researchers from Myongji University in Korea conducted lab experiments with the roundworm C.elegans, and found it wriggles its way towards cancer cells by following an odour trail.

Mohammed Atif Khan, from Chesham, abducted the teenager from Hemel Hempstead town centre on August 28 last year, before raping and sexually assaulting her in a vile attack.

During the operation to save Derbyshire-based Daniel's life, doctors had to painstakingly dismantle and rebuild Daniel's skull piece-by-piece and rebuild it like a jigsaw puzzle.

Pranksters got through to Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel via the Microsoft Teams platform using a fake email.

Craig Young, 35, from the Scottish Ambulance Service spent two hours at a musical theatre group rehearsal while on duty and in uniform. He told bosses he was at a health care meeting.

The actor, 62, best known for his portrayal of Phil Mitchell, was found doing 35mph in a 20mph zone in London on October 7, last year. He has now been fined and had five points put on his driving licence.

Lords committee criticises the Department of Health over ongoing silence on if the 40,000 care home sacked in November over the then 'no jab no job' Covid vaccine policy should get their jobs back.

Richard and Trudy Howell have come out on top over their neighbours Craig and Jasbir Collins, after a judge refused the Collins permission to build a horse arena on their property in North Huish, Devon.

PC David Carrick, 47, from Stevenage, was first charged with raping a woman in a hotel room on 5 September 2020 after meeting her on a Tinder date.

The 10ft reptile was hiding in a broken car engine in a family's garage in Chanthaburi province, eastern Thailand on March 15.

Newly released footage shows 17-year-old knifeman Joshua Molnar telling police how he had found injured Yousef Makki lying on the ground.

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Joe Biden said warnings out of Moscow that Ukraine is storing biological and chemical weapons is a 'clear sign' that Putin is thinking of using both in an attempt to restart his faltering war.

Russia launched a hypersonic missile at Ukraine 'because it's the only thing that they can get through without absolute certainty,' President Joe Biden said Monday.

UK Border Force authorities intercepted 213 men, women and young children in six dinghies on Monday and brought them ashore in Kent, according to the Home Office.

When the end came for Retroville's brief existence as Ukraine's newest, largest and most sophisticated shopping mall (pictured) the whole of Kyiv felt it.

DAN WOOTTON: Seeing Lia Thomas tower over biological women at the NCAA championships was madness... transgender people should not be allowed to compete outside their sex.

One Nation NSW leader Mark Latham has led an anti-vaccine rally outside parliament house a day after a fiery rant claiming teachers were sacked for attending similar rallies. 

An intruder, wearing the strange disguise, entered the RSCPA Dakabin shelter, north of Brisbane, on Saturday around 2am.

Work on the proposed Cambo oilfield development off the west coast of Shetland was paused in December after the energy company decided to withdraw from the project.

The Duke of Cambridge has said the 'vigilance' needed to safeguard democracy was being tested in Ukraine during his trip to Belize as his wife Kate wore a beautiful gown for a reception.

Ms Clarke, 31, and children Aaliyah, six, Laianah, four, and Trey, three, were killed at their hands of her ex-partner Rowan Baxter when he doused them in petrol and set them alight in 2020.

Christopher Rantall, 55 miraculously survived a fall of 10,000 feet in Torquay, Victoria, when his skydiving instructor Arron Toepfer, 35, cushioned the fall - a sacrifice Mr Rantall can't forget.

Anticipation is growing that Rishi Sunak will heed demands from Tory MPs for a reduction - perhaps as much as 5p - in response to soaring pump prices.

The vile incidents occurred when the elderly man lured the seven-year-old to his home with the promise of feeding the horses before sexually abusing her, later claiming the little girl had 'led him on'.

NT cops have called for witnesses to the bashing of a bartender by four men outside Club Eastside on Undoolya Road between 5.40pm and 6pm on March 21.

Judge Advocate Alistair McGrigor made the comments after British Army soldier Sergeant Arjunkumar Limbu (pictured) took £21,000 in fraudulent payments.

Blake Whell, 22, passed away in hospital on Tuesday after suffering serious burns to 95 per cent of his body while shielding his heavily pregnant wife from the flames of a caravan fire.

The long-time host of ABC's 7.30 has revealed when she'll air her last episode before taking six months off to spend time with her two sons.

Australian property prices doubled in capital cities and major regional centres the last time interest rates steadily increased. A property expert says the doomsayers on house prices in 2022 are wrong.

A woman who worked with the couple compared Darryl Smith to American cult leader Jim Jones who oversaw the murder-suicide of 909 people in Guyana in November 1978.

CCTV of a Toyota LandCruiser travelling along Argyle St in Picton, NSW, has been released to help locate over $1million worth of silver bullion that was stolen from a truck last year.

Australia's most decorated soldier has for weeks been publicly accused by former comrades of committing war crimes but on Tuesday he faced a onetime lover who claims he punched her in a hotel room.

A pregnant woman and a man are fighting for their lives after their caravan in Logan Central burst into flames. Both needed significant resuscitation at the scene and were later rushed to hospital.

Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Russia of 'abducting' children and warned the alleged deportations 'are a gross violation of in particular international humanitarian law.'

Round-trip flights within the US currently cost around $300 on average, a 36 percent spike from the beginning of this year, while being roughly equal to 2019 figures

A rising rapper who terrorised Melbourne during a wild crime wave finally came undone after robbing one of his own fans. 

Cryptocurrency regulations in Australia could be completely overhauled under a series of proposed reforms set out by the government. 

Queensland's chief health officer John Gerrard said state infections jumped by 15 per cent in the past week, with more than half the cases in the past fortnight identified as sub-variant BA.2.

A decade-long legal saga has finally come to an end after the sides racked up tens of thousands in legal fees and one man almost lost his $1.5 million home over a car repair bill of less than $500.

Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has been caught in a bizarre moment during a press conference where he appears to ask himself a question in front of reporters.

Senator Lidia Thorpe said she'd been racially profiled when she tried to check in, and used the incident as the first case in a new anti-racism register - but now doubts have been raised about the clash.

The Labor leader has batted away calls for an inquiry into alleged bullying of Kimberley Kitching before her fatal heart attack at the age of 52.

One Victorian town is seeing a dangerous new trend emerge with children as young as 11 being caught using illegal vapes they buy online or from unscrupulous retailers.

In a statement issued on Monday, Trump celebrated the news and said that 'all I have to do is wait for all of the money she owes me.'

Gennadiy Druzenko, 49, told Ukraine-24 channel: '[I gave] very strict orders to castrate all [captured Russian] men, because they are cockroaches, not people.'

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It really is beyond parody. Seven weeks into the Partygate inquiry and police have now decided they need to conduct face-to-face interviews with 'key witnesses'.

The money - in US dollars and euros - was spotted by Hungarian customs in the baggage of Anastasia Kotvitska (pictured), the spouse of controversial ex-MP Igor Kotvitsky say reports.

Christina Garner, 42, and Jeremy Jones, 49, had already been charged with murder after last week's shooting, which left 30-year-old Justin Peoples dead.

A nine-year-old girl who was visiting Manhattan with her family was punched in the head in Midtown on Monday morning. The girl was with her 36-year-old mom when she was hit in the head.

Gareth Ward has been charged over allegations of sexual violence. The New South Wales MP for Kiama has denied the claims and was granted bail on Tuesday.

A promising Aussie soccer star who passed away in an accident overseas has been remembered by friends, family and colleagues for his sporting talents and kindness.

Senator Lindsey Graham has said a no-fly zone should be enforced in Ukraine. Speaking on Fox News, Graham suggested President Biden's response to the Russian invasion had been weak.

Victoria's State Revenue Office is holding over $100million worth of unclaimed money from utility companies, local councils, and even lottery and TAB ticket winnings.

Former AFL star Dani Laidley has received a payout from Victoria Police after an officer secretly took her photo in custody and sent it viral. 

Middle-income Australians have been getting up to $1,080 at every Budget since 2019. But with inflation now on the high side, a major bank is tipping there will be an alternative to tax rebates.

More than 11,000 people have signed a Change.org petition created by a CUNY John Jay College student claiming that the opera show is all about 87-year-old playwright Clare Cross' 'white guilt'.

Naomi Irion, 18, was last seen in parking lot of a Walmart on March 12 at 5am. On Monday, new surveillance footage shows the man pacing back and forth in the parking lot.

The law will be proposed to the Victorian Parliament this week, with the fines enforced from 2023. 'Anything that is going to support road safety,' Police Commissioner Shane Patton said.

A small three-bedroom home in Sydney's north has sold for $500k more than the owner paid for it three months ago - despite doing nothing to the property.

Troopers Martin F. Mack III, 33, and Branden T. Sisca, 29, were on the shoulder helping a man into the back of a cruiser when a woman tried to drive past the three men.

RSPCA officers visited a Benalla home in regional Victoria following reports tenants had vacated the property but left two dead kittens inside.

News reporter Tegan George will make a sexual discrimination complaint against Network 10 as part of her allegations she was the victim of bullying while working at the station's Canberra bureau.

The bosses of some of Australia's leading day care centres have raked in millions from the $14 billion a year industry, funding lavish lifestyles of Lamborghinis and luxury yachts.

Demolition has finally begun on Mohamed Hadid's notorious Bel Air mega-mansion after years of legal disputes and feuds with neighbors.

Rain is forecast for large areas of NSW up to the Queensland border over the next week with weather experts warning of flooding in already soaked areas.

Christina McFadden said her daughter and her 5-and-4-year-old classmates were denied the chance to form their own beliefs and did not fully understand what was going on.

One-year-old Lisa is safe and warm at last after a terrifying week under Vladimir Putin's bombardment thanks to Daily Mail readers - in a shelter funded by Mail Force.

The young woman was driving 600km drive home to Pinjarra from Carnarvon through Western Australia' s mid-west last Friday when she endured the terrifying ordeal.

Perth's Skyworks which attracted as many as 300,000 people every year for a city-wide firework display will be restricted to a much more modest show in Langley Park from 2023.

Australia will soon scrap pre-departure Covid testing, Scott Morrison said on Tuesday.

A superyacht belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has docked in Turkey, despite efforts of protestors who reportedly tried to stop it (pictured).

Former Attorney General Bill Barr slammed President Joe Biden for lying about the authenticity of Hunter Biden's laptop.

The Aussie teenager who knocked out his neighbour twice his size has revealed why he has no regrets about the brutal punch after the pair fell out over a bright backyard light.

Awab Farhan boarded a bus in Sydney's northwest at 4.30pm on Monday heading towards Blacktown and has not been seen or heard from since.

Ten fishermen were on board the Enchanter when it started to sink after it was caught in a storm off New Zealand's North Cape. Nine are feared dead after a similar incident off WA.

Western intelligence suggests the Kremlin's troops were not prepared for a protracted military conflict, and are running out of food and fuel thanks to Ukrainian ambushes

The housemate of Susan Walker, 74, has been charged with murder after she died from severe head injuries inside her Molendinar home on the Gold Coast in Queensland on Sunday.

Allies of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny have shared a video of luxury assets in Europe which they claim are the property of Vladimir Putin and his family.

Lake Macquarie State High in Booragul, NSW assigned 14 and 15-year-old students in year 9 the task, which would make up 25 per cent of their overall grade.

While Senator Kitching's heartbroken friends and family were mourning, Senator Keneally was speaking at a lavish dinner to raise money for Labor.

A viral video of a woman planting kisses on the backs of unsuspecting men during St Patrick's Day celebrations in Sydney has been slammed online.

Australia is set to follow America's lead in creating a 'Space Force' to protect critical satellites from the threat of authoritarian powers like Russia and China .

William Tyrrell's foster dad to face lengthy two day-hearing for allegedly lying in a secret NSW Crime Commission hearing after 'unsolved homicide' squad charged him in January.

First Lady Jill Biden, 70, released a video Monday with some of the cast of Sesame Street to spread some 'kindness' and told kids to be nice to 'monsters' in sharing the word of the day.

Doctors are confident two-year-old Sydney boy Carter Cheung dies from Covid, with his father speaking out thanking the community for it's kindness and support.

Witnesses to the Camp Hill tragedy in Brisbane's south recalled how Hannah Clarke's ex tried to stop them from extinguishing the flames as his children died in the the burning car.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she was open to running for the House seat that belonged to the late Republican Rep. Don Young, who died Friday at the age of 88.

A mother who shared footage of her daughter's car accident to a public dashcam Facebook page has received backlash from concerned parents.

Russia has released footage showing the moment a missile slammed down on a shopping mall to the north of Kyiv, killing at least eight people and levelling much of the building.

Research recently found as many as three million mammals, two million reptiles and one million marsupials are dying every day in Australia from feral and pet cat attacks.

Senator Kitching, who died on March 10 aged 52 of a suspected heart attack, was farewelled by her family and MPs from across the political spectrum in Melbourne.

Australia is set to ramp up its offensive cyber warfare capabilities with Peter Dutton warning that China now has the ability to launch an 'unprecedented digital onslaught' on Down Under.

A 52-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman have been shot dead at a Caloundra West property on the Sunshine Coast on Monday.

'I and the leadership team are determined to use this moment as a catalyst for more meaningful and lasting change,' Chapek said during a rushed virtual town hall meeting Monday.

The Government has revealed it will be offering 'targeted' support - expected to take the form of one-off cash handouts - to Aussies struggling with cost of living pressures.

Author Graham Hoyland and his girlfriend were determined to enjoy spring in all its glory, so they set off on foot from the south coast and followed the warm breeze all the way to the Scottish borders.

Australians are set to see massive price increases for fruit and vegetables as a result of national and international crises - with some products to skyrocket as much as 75 per cent.

China is producing new billionaires, especially female billionaires, at a much faster rate than any other country in the world, although there are richer Americans in Forbes' Top 400 than Chinese men.

Heather Easton, 32, of Rugby, Warwickshire, is trying to save the Ukrainian surrogate who had her baby weeks before Russia's invasion. She hit out at ministers' treatment of refugees.

Jen Psaki said Monday that Biden will consider ending Title 42 as early as next month, but admits once the pandemic-era provision ends it could mean a large influx of illegal border crossings.

Cradling his eldest daughter and smiling broadly, this father-of-five Edward Bronstein, 38, pictured 20 years before he died screaming 'I can't breathe' during a bungled DUI arrest in 2020.

The Epic Pass went on sale today and offers skiers and snowboarders up to 20 percent off their tickets for next year's season.

'If Russia initiates a cyber attack against the United States, we will respond,' warned Senior White House cybersecurity official Anne Neuberger at the White House Monday.

Ukrainian-born NYC councilwoman Inna Vernikov recalls standing in long lines for a grocery ticket only to find 'bare shelves' under the Soviet Union, and is terrified about the 'comeback.'

The Pentagon said on Monday it had seen clear evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine as it emerged that the U.S. was shipping Soviet-era air defense systems to bolster Ukrainian resistance.

Climate activists have caused major traffic delays after blocking off a major highway in Port Botany in Sydney's south during peak-hour on Tuesday.

Sen. Ted Cruz said that only Democrats smeared potential Supreme Court justices, as he assured Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson that her hearings this week wouldn't feature any 'disgraceful behavior.'