The woman brought her six-feet-long snake into a newsagents in Tuebrook, Liverpool - only for it to slither over the counter and 'try to steal mints.'

Britain's greatest long distance runner has said he was trafficked into the UK when he was around eight or nine and spent his early years as a domestic slave for a woman he had never me before.

Karen Carey (pictured), 64, did not convince Judge Heather Baucher she slipped in a puddle just because she claimed she had a wet bum after her fall while at H10 Taburiente Playa Hotel in Tenerife.

The Home Office has insisted it is in the process of planning the next flight to the East African nation but has not provided a possible departure date.

Would-be PMs have just hours left to rack up the 20 nominations needed to feature in the first round of the contest, with voting due to start tomorrow.

Deborah Daisy was confronted by an 'aggressive' man who refused to wear a mask at the Teesside branch of M&S at the height of the pandemic and went off on sick leave.

Super bright Aditya Verma, 18, was held after he sent friends he was going on holiday with to the Spanish island of Menorca, a Snapchat saying: 'I'm going to blow this plane up. I'm a Taliban.'

Family and friends of the former Japanese Prime Minister gathered at Tokyo's Zojoji temple today for a private service honouring the life of Shinzo Abe, four days after he was shot dead.

Spetsnaz GRU, operating within the north-west city of Makariv, wired a bomb to the pooch (highlighted left) so its rescuers would be blown up along with the dog when they came to help.

The used market remains bereft of battery-powered models, meaning millions of drivers who can't afford the premium price of new EVs are priced out of making the switch.

People across the country were sharing their pain as they struggled to sleep last night as the country continues to endure scorching temperatures amid a potentially record-breaking heatwave.

The 23-year-old man, believed to be the front seat passenger of the Range Rover, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said as they appeal for witnesses to the incident in Manchester

A council official was dubbed 'Martin Mugabe' and a 'mini-Hitler' before being fairly sacked after whistleblowing about safety, an employment tribunal has heard

Labour sources said they will table a motion today intended to force a Commons showdown on whether the PM still commands a majority.

Accounts for Zahawi & Zahawi Ltd, a company he and his wife set up, show that £23million in loans were approved by banks in 2021, while £32million in loans came from 'other creditors'.

Repeat hospital visits in the final months have previously been linked to poor end-of-life care, delirium and falls. They also cost the NHS vast sums.

Mr Chisti has raised eyebrows in Westminster by becoming the 11th candidate to officially throw their hat into the ring to replace Boris Johnson.

Daredevil bridge jumpers have risked their lives and thrown themselves into a busy stretch of London's River Thames, somersaulting on the way down, as temperatures rise across the country.

The Ministry of Defence has claimed the BBC has put troops at risk 'in the field and reputationally', following its new 'death squads' documentary about the SAS and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be in New York City on Monday with the prince set to address the United Nations. The speech, as part of Nelson Mandela Day, will see the Duke speak at the GA.

The former defence secretary, 49, was backed by 20 per cent followed by ex-local government minister Kemi Badenoch, 42, on 19 per cent and Rishi Sunak, 42, on 12 per cent.

Lord McDonald, 61, (pictured) - the former civil service mandarin who helped bring down Boris Johnson, has insisted his only agenda was to get No 10 to 'come clean' about Chris Pincher.

Aslef general secretary Mick Whelan said strikes are the 'last resort' but said his union wants a pay increase 'in line with the cost of living'.

In a swipe at Tom Tugendhat, Bank of England Govenor Andrew Bailey stressed that he did not 'subscribe to the view' that quantitative easing (QE) is to blame for current high inflation.

Brexit is partially to blame for travel chaos at airports like Heathrow (pictured) by keeping out foreign workers, an aviation chief said. Philipp Joeinig blamed 'predictable' staff shortages.

RMT union bosses were accused of 'bullying' members into going on strike yesterday as a threatening letter sent to a worker who refused to walk out emerged.

Almost ten million people were still working from home at the start of this year, official figures show as the number remote working doubled during the Covid pandemic

The first leadership debate will air on Sunday July 17 on ITV, with the second on Sky News on Monday July 18. Rishi Sunak (pictured) has won the most nominations from Conservative MPs so far.

Dover will expand its border capacity if flight cancellations cause a spike in holidaymakers looking to take ferries across the Channel after signing a deal with the French border force

Hayley Keating, 31, told the court that 45-year-old Matthew Wormleighton choked her regularly with his hands and belt causing her to 'pass out' during sex.

A surrogacy app that uses artificial intelligence to match hopeful partners with potential surrogate mothers is set to launch this summer. Rainbow asks users to specify their preferences

Teenage killer Cam-Ron Dunn, 18, has been jailed for life after being caught on chilling CCTV chasing a 17-year-old boy with a 'Rambo knife' before hacking him to death in the street in Smethwick.

The mother of murdered 12-year-old Ava White broke down in court as her teenage killer was locked up for at least 13 years. Leanne White, 39, said time has stood still since her daughter was slain

Two women swapped blows and rolled around on the floor of Primark's flagship store in Birmingham on July 9.

EXCLUSIVE BY SHEKHAR BHATIA: He was detained over claims by a young woman, who had been celebrating her 18th birthday with friends, that she had been sexually assaulted.

A World Population day report revealed that the pace of mortality slowing means the population will reach eight billion in just over four months time, 8.5 billion by 2030 and 10.4 billion by 2100.

Health minister Lord Syed Kamall said if 'it gets to a point where it is affecting the backlog then clearly measures may well have to be introduced'. It comes as England's daily Covid admissions near 2,000.

Birmingham Airport was ranked the worst in the UK for flight delays last year, an analysis has found, while the pay of its chief executive officer Nick Barton rose by 49 per cent to £595,000.

The LBC presenter opened up about the PM who finally conceded he had run out of options after ministers and MPs' forced Mr Johnson into announcing his resignation last Thursday.

At least 12 MPs are expected to battle it out to become the new leader and PM in the autumn, from all wings of the party. And the fight is likely to get very very dirty, with such a huge prize on offer.

The NHS is facing its own 'Me Too' movement after Oxford GP Dr Becky Cox and emergency medicine trainee Dr Chelcie Jewitt launched a new campaign called 'surviving in scrubs'.

A rise in borrowing costs is already fuelling 'sharp downturns' in housing markets across advanced economies including the UK, according to Capital Economics.

Cheryl Sutcliffe was found to have let a prisoner kiss and touch her without challenge in May 2018 while she was employed at Her Majesty's Prison Leeds in West Yorkshire.

A Co-op in West Bridgford outside Nottingham has put some 'high value' meat items in GPS tracked security cases and blocks of cheese have also been security tagged.

The posh wellies chain, which has 132 stores and 7 concession and franchise outlets across the UK, has seen its share price drop by 90 per cent in the last 12 months.

Self-styled Lord Brett McLean (pictured) who says his mother changed her will and left him her £300,000 home so that he could look after her parrots, is being sued by his three half-siblings.

A couple with ten children have been fined over a 'petty' two-year feud with their neighbour in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, which saw them block her car in.

Rebecca Hansell, 33, was spotted by another motorist swerving across the road, bumping a curb and narrowly missing an HGV as she travelled from the A189 near Newcastle Racecourse on March 23.

The ambulance service is suffering huge delays amid problems as workers warn they are suffering 'serious pressures' as a West Midlands crew was held for 26 hours in boiling heat on June 6.

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A 55 year-old man was fatally shot near a parked vehicle in Melbourne. Police have urged anyone who witnessed anything or has CCTV or dashcam vision of the incident to come forward.

The former foreign minister posted pictures to Instagram of herself happily attending a function held by Mineral Resources mining services company after splitting with David Panton.

Australians are set to pay more for their groceries despite a halving in fuel excise. Fuel prices have surged again despite the tax relief and trucking companies are now facing a bigger tax burden.

The Olympic champion completely overturns the already extraordinary story of his life in a BBC documentary, The Real Mo Farah, which will be broadcast tomorrow night.

As Jason Roberts spends his first full day of freedom in more than two decades, questions are turning to whether he could receive compensation for his time behind bars.

The telecommunications giants announced the move on Tuesday, saying it has come after the company heard from Aussie customers 'loud and clear' that they wanted the change.

A banned gambler who lost $950,000 in Sydney's The Star casino has lodged a lawsuit to be allowed back in in the hopes of recouping the money she lost.

The residents of the flawed Mascot Towers have settled with the developer who they claim caused the cracks in their building that forced them out of their homes for three years.

Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel and Tom Tugendhat enjoyed wine and conversation on the Terrace Pavilion at the Houses of Parliament on Monday evening.

Pilot Emily Collett, 35, who taught Carol Vorderman to fly on the One Show (pictured), and her trainee Thomas Castle, 30, both died instantly in the crash in south Oxfordshire on August 24, 2019.

Mobile providers will soon be hit with strict new rules to stop cruel scammers from rinsing millions from unsuspecting Aussies, after more than $2billion was in scams in 2021.

The wife of Australia's third richest man has bought a Queensland resort island for more than $23 million with plans to restore and preserve its natural beauty after years of damage and neglect.

The CEO only moved into his spectacular new Mosman home on Sydney's lower north shore in May but it was targeted by furious protesters overnight on Monday.

The video, recorded and posted to Twitter by a driver named Bianca, showed the animal calmly strolling down the road, believed to be near Macedon Ranges in Victoria.

Victoria's chief health officer and the AMA have called for the dreaded mask mandates to make a return as case numbers rise in Victoria but have been rebuffed by the health minister.

Chief of Staff for the 22nd Army Corps of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Major General Artem Nasbulin, is said to have died in the attack on a mobile command post.

NSW Police enforce new rules for under 18 patrons to be accompanied by an adult at Splendour in the Grass music festival at Byron Bay later in July.

Footage has been released that was shot on the streets of St. Paul, Minnesota that sees young children hitting and cursing at police officers. The cops were on site in order to conduct a search warrant.

Suella Braverman urged fellow MPs to vote for her because she loves Britain - rather than because she is 'brown'.

The Home Secretary has spent days trying to decide whether to run - and was yesterday sounding out the support of Brexiteer backbenchers in the European Research Group (ERG)

Hundreds of thousands of Australians are facing soaring premiums after recent years have seen the country battered by a series of bushfires, floods, and severe winds.

Cafe owner Miguel Dantas De Sa jailed for nine years after he was found guilty of two counts of rape of young employee on a trial shift. He and his family now faces deportation from Australia..

A Park Slope writer made their grievances against a neighbors' young daughters and their encouraging parents known in an anonymous letter.

The men, who were from Guatemala, told how they were forced to live in tents, on mattresses or under canopies due to rental prices in the exclusive seaside resort.

Stunned cops allegedly found women's underwear stacked to the ceiling inside the home of a Melbourne 'pervert' accused of stealing more than 5000 pieces of clothing.

Residential construction costs have surged by 10 per cent in a year, almost double the 5.1 per cent inflation pace. Costs of timber and metal in particular are becoming much dearer.

Anti-corruption watchdog ICAC is set to look into how former premier John Barilaro landed a plum New York trade posting following explosive testimony it was to be a 'present for someone'.

The 32-year-old woman, who has not been named, has yet to be arrested over knifing Jose Alba three times during the violent assault in Manhattan on July 1.

The Prime Minister is set to travel to the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Fiji, on Wednesday, before returning to Australia on Friday.

The Aussie who complained about having to go to work has hit back at his critics who claimed all millennials are 'lazy', after his TikTok video sparked a war of words between generations.

Tashi Gye was walking through Manly, in Sydney's Northern Beaches, on Thursday when she spotted the little tortoiseshell being chased by a flock of birds near Carlton street.

People who attended two festivals in Queensland last weekend have taken to online forums to express frustration after major queues for parking, entry and toilets.

A bizarre sea creature that squirts a purple liquid has baffled some beach goers in Sydney after the 'alien'-like animal was spotted washed up on the harbour city's southern beaches.

Ffion James, 30, and Ben Hill, 31, suffered heartache when their dog Luna - who attended their wedding - died later that day after kennel staff in Baldock left her in a hot van for two hours.

The White House has stepped up COVID protocols around Biden to ensure that the oldest President to take office does not become infected.

Qantas and Virgin struggled through the first week of July holiday rush as more than half of their domestic flights were delayed or cancelled due to bad weather and Covid staff shortages.

Julian Carbone, who sits on Burnside Council in Adelaide's east, sent the teenager the 'inappropriate' message over Instagram about 5am on Saturday, November 27.

Officially named BA.2.75, the sub-variant is being monitored by the World Health Organisation with experts warning it could be more transmissible than Omicron.

A man has been shot twice by police at a busy petrol station in Sydney 's inner west after the driver allegedly tried to run down one of the officers at the Ampol petrol station on Liverpool Rd in Croydon.

Magistrate David Degnan ordered that Sydney man Daniel Brighton, 33, spend a maximum of 38 months behind bars for his cruel attack on a bull terrier at 3am on January 14, 2016.

Day was found guilty last month by a jury of more than 30 of 47 charges after he was accused of stealing almost $900,000 from Sebastian.

An Indian Ocean weather event is about to inundate Aussies with even more rain into the summer months, meteorologists predict, but one city misses out.

Rebecca Louise Burden told a Brisbane court on Tuesday she had a 'lapse in judgement' when she grabbed the cushion while she chatted with her dad at his aged care home.

New York City officials have released a new 90 second video about what to do in the event of a nuclear attack without specifying the reason behind the timing.

The payments for workers who needed to spend time away from work while they isolated ended on June 30 - and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will not bring the payments back.

Sloane Howard, whose son's real name is Charlton Howard, had pleaded not guilty to one count of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception but did not appear in court.

Ministers are drawing up plans for Britain's first national heatwave emergency response following a Met Office 'amber heat warning', despite critics claiming alarmism.

The incident happened at the notorious Superbank break off Snapper Rocks at Coolangatta on the Gold Coast and was caught on camera by a magazine surf filmer.

A gigantic sinkhole has swallowed the entire front yard and parts of a cottage home just days after heavy rains and a third flood thrashed the New South Wales suburb.

Jose Alba, 61, is back at home in New York City after being released from Rikers Island on a lower bond last week. On July 1, he stabbed Austin Simon in the neck and chest in self-defense.

A string of messages shows Chiara Passari being contacted by a Sydney woman who took it upon herself to inform the young model that Nick Kyrgios, 27, had a new flame - Costeen Hatzi, 21.

President Biden mistakenly said that the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that killed 17 people occurred in 1918 during a speech advocating for red flag laws.

Mark Hanna, 34, plunged to his death in Connewarre, 70km southwest of Melbourne, at 10.30am on Sunday and was declared dead at the scene.

The incident, which occurred Saturday at Charlotte International Airport, saw dozens of travelers escorted off the plane without warning after boarding the Boston-bound aircraft.

The president met the once-in-a-lifetime occasion by repeating a favorite line of his about the country leading 'not by the example of our power, but the power of our example.'

Amazon is developing cancer vaccines together with Seattle's Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and has started an FDA-approved clinical trial looking at the development of personalized vaccines.

The offender pleaded guilty to six charges dating back to the mid 90s including aggravated indecent assault.

The Singapore-bound Scoot TR9 flight left Perth just after 6pm on Monday evening, but turned around 90 minutes later.

Joycelyn Savage, woman who was one of R&B singer R. Kelly's alleged victims, claims they are now engaged. Savage wrote a letter to the judge on June 13 before Kelly was sentenced

Former Melbourne Labor politician Philip Dalidakis revealed that surgeons had discovered a lethal blood clot blocking an artery in his heart after a Shane Warne-inspired check up.

More than 100 passengers and staff were infected on the Coral Princess as it travelled from Port Douglas in Far North Queensland to Brisbane on Sunday.  

A second ballot is planned for Thursday. If the number of candidates has not then been narrowed down to two, ballots are expected to begin again on Monday next week.

President Biden renewed his call for an assault weapons ban as a Manuel Oliver, whose son was killed at Parkland, interrupted his event celebrating the new bipartisan gun law.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, who presided over the world's longest lockdown in Melbourne, is now ruling out a return of compulsory face masks in all indoor settings despite a surge in Covid cases.

Benson Parks, who lives in Los Angeles, recorded the aftermath of the attack on Kim Glass by Semeon Tesfamariam, a 51-year-old homeless man.

The rule change means NSW residents who previously had Covid, will have to test for the virus again, four weeks after their isolations ends, if they are suffering fresh symptoms.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: No one suggests that the burly ex-Scots Guards captain and defence secretary Ben Wallace has anything to hide.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: No one is a more passionate believer in lower taxes than the Mail. But unless the promises are credible and costed, the candidates and the party will look foolish.

JAN MOIR: Two authors are facing each other in court this week, in a landmark plagiarism case that centres on one of the most romantic heroines of all time, Lara Antipova from Doctor Zhivago.

Pearce, 40 (left) and Brandt Osborn, 42, (right) face homicide charges in the November 13 deaths of Christy Giles, 24, and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, 26 (inset).

Yusuf Nazlioglu died when he a hitman pumped him with ten bullets in a basement parking complex underneath his apartment in Rhodes, in Sydney's west - in front of his new wife, Jade Nazlioglu.

Coleen Rooney, the wife of UK soccer legend Wayne Rooney, made it clear that she would not be joining him in Washington, D.C. because she hates the country and finds the lifestyle boring.

Liz Truss (pictured yesterday as she left her London home) warned the Tory Right it risks handing Rishi Sunak the keys to No10 unless it unites behind her.

Documents, texts and videos obtained by DailyMail.com show Hunter Biden spent a staggering $30,000 on escorts in a five-month period

Some 14.9 per cent of homes that went under contract in June fell through - the highest rate since the housing market ground to a halt at the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bannon reached out to the January 6 committee via his lawyers over the weekend, but a DOJ court filing suggests prosecutors think he reversed-course in a bid to save his own skin.

Speaking ahead of the formal launch of his leadership bid today, the former chancellor lashed out at rivals making 'fairy tale' promises.

Of the 26,000 migrants apprehended, according to Monday's report, 10,000 were in the Texas border town of Eagle Pass. The Del Rio border sector saw 12,000 migrants apprehended there.

The Project hosts clashed over calls for mandatory masks and work after health chiefs warned of a new spike in Covid cases as two virulent new BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron grip the nation.

A court hearing due to begin next Tuesday has been put off until September after campaigners argued they needed more time to prepare.

A 59-year-old man has been issued with a notice to appear in court on the offence of manslaughter after a 40-year-man died in a workplace accident at a St Marys business in Sydney's west last year.

Julian Carbone, a local member at Burnside Council in Adelaide's eastern suburbs, is accused of sending a 17-year-old girl an 'inappropriate' message on Instagram in November.

Underworld boss Mark Buddle was swooped on by agents identifying themselves as FBI - but the US crime bureau has since denied they were behind the sting operation.

The Australian Tax Office is warning millions of Aussies to keep an accurate record of their deductions - and to understand the what they're entitled to before making dubious claims.

The Victorian government will offer early childhood teachers up to $50,000 to relocate to a regional preschool, after the state announced three and four-year-old's will receive an additional year of school.

Sloane Howard, whose son's real name is Charlton Howard, had pleaded not guilty to one count of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception.

Britons are throwing away almost 100billion pieces of plastic each year, according to a new survey. Greenpeace UK described the findings as 'jaw-dropping'

The SAS is facing a war crimes probe over claims its troops executed Taliban suspects while in custody. Soldiers revealed they were aware of the practice.

Kemi Badenoch told how Whitehall officials tried to thwart her recently announced plan to ensure all new public buildings should have separate bathrooms for men and women.

Launching his Tory leadership campaign, Mr Javid was repeatedly asked where he was domiciled for tax purposes during his career as an international banker.

Brett Rosenau, 15, who Albuquerque police say was barricaded in a house with a murder suspect died of smoke inhalation when the home caught fire after cops fired munitions into the building

San Francisco's new district attorney Brooke Jenkins, who was appointed by Mayor London Breed to replace the recalled Chesa Boudin, was sworn in on Friday at City Hall.

Two men were severely injured after a s'mores incident went wrong at Hollywood actor Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop store in Sag Harbor Village, New York

Kathleen Rowe, left, has been forced to put her home in Cypress, Tex, on the market after being issued with a lawsuit by the HOA after she and her husband George refused to stop feeding the ducks

Miguel Carrasco, of Mexico, made sure he had his favorite professional wrestler's attire to ward off any fears when it came to getting jabbed with the COVID-19 vaccine last week.

Ramiro Gonzales, 39, a Texas death row inmate has asked the governor for a 30-day reprieve so that he can donate a kidney before his execution 'to atone for his crimes,' according to his lawyers

A child suffered a cut to his head while an older couple were shaken by the storm and were also checked by paramedics after several lounge chairs by the pool of the Luxor Resort took air due to strong winds.

Fernanda and Jesie Gil, left, both died during the horror accident which also killed their friend Ashley Rodriguez, right. The trio had been passengers in the 'speeding' Ford Mustang on Staten Island.

Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker couldn't help but pack on the PDA on Sunday as they stepped out to grab iced lattes in Malibu, DailyMail.com photos show.

Video obtained by DailyMail.com shows the moment security guards at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri attacked Hughie Robinson, 52, as he looked for his car.