The Scottish Government has a £43million contract with Mitie, which collects waste from 70 public buildings, including Bute House (pictured last week) in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh.

The 65,000-tonne warship has suffered an 'emerging mechanical issue' near the Isle of Wight, according to a Royal Navy spokesperson, and is reportedly now at anchor amid investigations.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who last went to Balmoral in 2018, are said to not be planning to attend the Scottish Highlands estate where Her Majesty, 96, is currently likely to remain.

More than 13,500 hospital beds - one in seven - are filled with patients declared fit for discharge by doctors.

In a new thread on anonymous secret-sharing app Whisper , people have been writing up the reasons their other half's family haven't taken a shine to them.

Police removed lesbians from a pride march in Cardiff with an officer telling gender-critical women to step aside due to 'confrontation' with a transgender group and their supporters.

Festivalgoers at Reading and Leeds festival have been enjoying the dry weather as they party at the event's final day - with no wellies or mud in sight in the sun-scorched festival-grounds.

Paula Hudgell, 54, expressed her gratitude that the abusive parents of her adopted son Tony Hudgell, who had to have his legs amputated as a baby, will remain behind bars.

Those who have children at the £21,000-a-year Lambrook School near Ascot believe their 52 acre slice of idylic Berkshire countryside could be transformed when the three royal children attend.

A 16-year-old boy has died today as police suspect he could have taken an MDMA tablet at Leeds Festival on Saturday night. West Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation.

Footage taken on the first day of Notting Hill Carnival shows a group of hedonistic partygoers climb on top of a bus shelter until it collapses.

The child was unconscious but breathing when the ambulance service and fire crew arrived to take her to Alder Hay Children's Hospital.

Helicopters are permitted to take off and land at a 'temporary' site, unless it is used for more than 28 days in any one calendar year,

DOMINIC LAWSON: Perhaps I was more affected by it than some, because our younger daughter, now 27, has Down's syndrome.

The horse collapsed at around 9pm and died at the scene. In a statement posted on social media tonight, the force said it was too early to determine the cause of the animal's death.

Water firms are illegally dumping sewage through more than 870 discharge pipes without permits, a probe has found, as the industry body says it agrees more needs to be done to tackle damage.

An elderly woman was forced to certify her husband's death over a video call after being told her GP would not visit her home.

Police recovered the body of the man believed to be in his 40s from the water at Chichester Wharf, Erith. The man has not yet been identified but officers are working to do so and and inform his next of kin

Young people are praying more often than older generations due to the popularity of mindfulness and spirituality, the Church of England has suggested

The 34th annual World Bogsnorkelling Championships took place in Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales on Sunday 28 August, with a bog snorkelling triathlon also taking place on Saturday.

The Savanta ComRes survey, which was carried out before Ofgem announced its price cap rise, asked 2,000 adults how they would deal with soaring bills.

A 72-second silence has been held at Notting Hill Carnival this afternoon to commemorate the lives lost during the Grenfell fire disaster.

Chief Executive of the Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, wrote in the Sunday Times that Britons need to become 'less squeamish' about the possibility of drinking recycled lavatory water.

The former air hostess is allegedly being pursued by streaming giants, Discovery, Netflix and Apple, who want her to speak on-the-record about her version of events.

Police hunting a man who raped a woman in Gloucester on Friday evening shortly after meeting her at a bus stop have issued CCTV of a man they would like to speak to (pictured).

This was MailOnline's live blog on Notting Hill Carnival as it returned to the streets of west London after a two year gap.

Notting Hill Carnival kicked off this morning with colourful celebrations and dancing as the parade made a return for the first time in three years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A woman - who had regularly visited Peter Sutcliffe in jail - travelled to the Canary Island with his remains in an urn and tossed them into the Atlantic Ocean.

Jacob Rees-Mogg is planning to sell off £1.5billion worth of government offices in London, while he continues to try and bring civil servants back into the office.

Global warming means that vineyards in the hottest parts of Britain could now produce grapes with sufficient ripeness to make red wine. It's not just Pinot Noir that UK vineyards produce

A woman showed off too much skin on a Sky News broadcast at 9.30am after dancing enthusiastically with a drink in her hand at Notting Hill Carnival. The channel did not mention the wardrobe malfunction.

Sandbanks millionaires are outraged at the 'absolute eyesore' 5G mast plans threatening the astronomical property prices in the area, as phone giants submit plans for a 60ft tall structure.

Hatchbacks are becoming more popular as drivers sell their expensive BMWs and Audis to buy used mid-range Volkswagens, Vauxhalls (pictured) and Fords, allowing them to pocket the difference.

Pictures of this year's festival in west London show a row of cubicles which appear to each consist of two metal steps leading up to a hole above an open waste bin

Sayyid Ata'ollah Mohajerani rejected suggestions that he played any part in the stabbing of Salman Rushdie despite passing a fatwa on him during his time as Iranian vice-president

Boiling a kettle for a cup of tea will set you back an extra £60 over a year under the the new price cap taking place in October though charging phones will only increase bills by 20p.

The family of Elizabeth McCann (pictured), who was murdered in Ashton-under-Lyne on Thurday, have paid tribute to the 'bubbly young lady' who had the 'biggest heart'.

Igor Mangushev, 36, waved around the skull of a 'slain Ukrainian soldier' killed in the Mariupol steelworks during a twisted rant in Russia. He said he would turn the skull into a goblet

Billy Brown, 81, put the World War 2-era flag up in the back garden of his home in Walker, Newcastle on Monday, leaving his neighbours horrified.

The anti-Russian protestor who set fire to a general's BMW said she was taking part in her own 'special military operation'. Elena Belova, 65, faces up to 15 years in jail under Russia's draconian war law

A motion by Unite would task the TUC - to meet in Brighton next month - with making sure industrial action is synchronised or intentionally staggered.

People from Solihull, eight miles east of Birmingham, claimed they had their pets stolen and said their beloved animals had shown up on reselling websites after they had vanished.

A family of British tourists and their Greek father and uncle were savagely mauled by a pack of wild dogs on a volcano in Greece in a life-changing horror attack. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

The four lads in jeans unveiled a statue in Birmingham where they became famous. Sculptor William Douglas made the artwork from women mannequins, paper-mâché and bronze paint.

Elderly Britons are set to welcome a boost of around £1,000 to their state pension payments next year thanks to the return of the triple lock, however the cost of living crisis will still leave them poorer.

Daisy Passfield, eight, from Hertfordshire, was just 14 months old when she was diagnosed with a grade D tumour in her retina - and given a prosthetic eye by doctors.

Matthew Hapgood pleaded guilty to robbery shoplifting, possession of a bladed article and criminal damage at Oxford Crown Court on Friday. The judge jailed him for 34 months.

A groom at China's Jade Dragon Mountain was killed by a lightning strike while he was posing for photographs with his fiancée. Reports state the man died instantly.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab enjoyed a game of laser quest n Horsham, West Sussex, on Wednesday. while Boris Johnson embarked on a secret visit to Kyiv to mark Ukraine's independence.

The UK government is getting ready for a stinging 80 per cent hike in energy tariffs from October which experts fear could wipe out the savings of six million families.

In early June, then Health Secretary Sajid Javid (pictured) launched a stinging rebuke at NHS top brass, saying there were 'too many working in roles focused solely on diversity and inclusion.'

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A barber has suffered third-degree burns after his vape 'burst into flames' whilst out at the pub. Blayre Turnbull, 26, was at Wetherspoons when his vape exploded.

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The tragedy took place on the small lake of Schwendisee in St. Gallen Canton, north-eastern Switzerland, on Friday afternoon.

According to a YouGov survey, 47 per cent of those who intend to vote Conservative at the next election are in favour of returning energy companies to public ownership.

Disorder broke out around 4pm on Sunday, with videos showing fires burning across the Reading campsite, The Mirror reported.

Three Australians are feared to have died in a horror plane crash after the missing aircraft went down in Queensland bushland.

Douglas Smith smashed the Guinness World Record four times over after picking a whopping 5,891 tomatoes from a vine. The haul weighed more than two typical mountain bikes.

Oleksandr Starukh, the governor of Zaporizhzhia region, instructed residents within a 30-mile radius how to use potassium iodide on Ukrainian television.

Hillary Clinton defended Sanna Marin's right to let loose by posting a photograph of herself, dancing with a big smile on her face in a crowded club in Cartagena during a 2012 trip to Colombia.

Clutching his rifle and carrying two duffel bags, the unidentified shooter entered a Safeway and shot one person inside the entrance, before stalking through the aisles and gunning down a second

The two men dived off Brighton Palace Pier at low tide on Sunday evening, police said. It is believed they dived head first off the historic pier when the water below was at its lowest depth.

A 33-year-old female employee of accounting firm Ernst & Young was found dead at the firm's Sydney headquarters early on Saturday, hours after leaving an after works function in the city.

Police in Moscow said no permission had been given for the elite rally of around 170 Lamborghinis, Rolls-Royce Phantoms, Ferraris, Porsches, Hummer H1s, Audi RS5s, and Bentley Continental GT IIs.

The incident, which transpired August 6 outside the Heritage Hotel in Orlando, saw both brothers lives snuffed out - and saw the deputy placed on administrative lead pending an investigation.

Jasmine Eveleigh is accused of murdering her boyfriend Samir Esbeck, 59, and his friend Sarkis Abboud, 61, at a Melbourne apartment at 5:20am on May 5.

The 74-year-old man is said to have lost consciousness while he was in the water at a beach next to Moraira Castle called La Ampolla Beach.

The NHS may need to impose Covid-style restrictions this winter as hospitals brace themselves for a surge in demand as the cost-of-living crisis begins to bite.

Employment website SEEK has revealed the place in Australia where advertised jobs have six-figure salaries, on average. Mining has also lost its place as Australia's best paid sector.

The former sergeant-at-arms of a Brisbane Bandidos bikie gang is accused by police of trying to film a woman while she was using the bathroom, a court has been told

Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd, two former Australian prime ministers, have donated $5,000 each to a news website's legal defence after it was sued by Rupert Murdoch's billionaire son Lachlan.

Australians are retiring later as the cost of living outpaces wage growth. But a popular financial adviser has shared his simple formula to help Aussies know exactly when they can call it quits.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Sunday that the United States is vulnerable to a 9/11 style attack following the fall of Afghanistan in 2021.

Gold Coast Supercheap Auto shopper Toni Kussrow, 43, has faced court after she was accused of hiding car parts in her pram. Her matter was adjourned until the end of September.

Members and frequent flyers took to online review websites and social media to slam Qantas Club lounges over poor value for money and failing standards of food, cleanliness and service.

Christopher Michael Dawson is leaving the Sunshine Coast to meet his fate in a Sydney court where he will be pronounced innocent, or otherwise guilty and then possibly die in prison.

The 40-year-old singer posted the rambling recording to YouTube Sunday night in a video, offering new details on the controversial arrangement that ended last April after more than 15 years.

Sommer began identifying as non-binary two years ago and recently became a parent alongside their wife, Stephanie. Now the couple are determined their baby, Juno, will be raised 'gender expansive'.

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has ruled Woombye Pub in the Sunshine Coast hinterland broke anti-discrimination laws and has been ordered to pay a patron $8000 in damages.

The future of a bunch of out-of-control footballers involved in a Mad Monday lewd act that went global will be decided on Tuesday.

The wife of a police officer who was shot dead by a crazed gunman has hit out at police and claimed they covered up important details surrounding the fatal incident.

The NSW government has unveiled strict new energy efficiency laws which will affect new build and home owners undergoing extensive renovation projects.

The brief post saw Spears' mom Lynne insist that she has always had the pop star's best interests at heart - and that she is now heartbroken that her daughter will no longer speak with her.

The price of cooking oil has surged by 33 per cent, milk is up more than 16 per cent while margarine has risen by up to 50 per cent

Kate Gladstone gained infamy in New York City for being a serial squatter, but was evicted from the apartment she lived in on Thursday. Photographers captured the moment Gladstone was removed.

A young student of former Sydney swim teacher Kyle Daniels thought the alleged touching was a normal part of her breaststroke lesson, court has heard.

Jackson Warne, son of cricketing great Shane, has defended posting videos by Andrew Tate by saying he agrees with the misogynist influencer 'on a few things'.

A high school in New South Wales' central-west has been thrown into lockdown after a 15-year-old girl allegedly stabbed another teenager on its grounds.

Daniel Andrews has been accused of running the 'worst government in modern Australian history' by former prime minister Tony Abbott.

The Queensland government is set to review its drug driving laws that could allow drivers with a prescription back onto the road.

Speaking at the National Press Club to mark his 100 days in power, Mr Albanese said he favoured a migration system with more pathways to permanent residency.

A man who shot dead a notorious criminal in cold blood before turning the gun on himself told police 'he would take care of them' if they didn't. 

Britney Spears has confessed that she once planned to escape the US with a 'secret boyfriend' in her shocking new audio release.

An inquest into the death of a six-year-old boy who died at a Melbourne carnival heard he was on his favourite ride for the first time without his parents when he fell off.

Britney Spears has taken aim at her father Jamie in a shocking new audio clip that was uploaded to YouTube on Sunday night.

Medicinal cannabis company Cronos Australia has tripled its annual revenue to $67million with its share price also tripling over the past 12 months.

Youssef Assoum, 29, was allegedly shot in the leg and stabbed in the head several times on December 11, 2014, before he was dumped near Bankstown Hospital, in Sydney's west. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren said Sunday she is 'very worried' about an impending recession after Fed Chair Jerome Powell hinted interest rates will tip even higher in hawkish remarks on Friday

Convicted paedophile Bryan Michael Grange is appealing his 30-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to a string of child sex offences including abuse of an eight-week-old baby.

Forty-five percent of Americans approve of President Biden's job in office while Republicans are projected to win back the House with 226 seats, a slight dip from last montth.

Senator Lindsey Graham has warned of 'riots in the streets' if former President Trump is prosecuted for his handling of classified materials found when the FBI searched his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida.

Alan Joyce said he shouldn't have to answer questions about his personal life after buying a $19million Sydney mansion while laying off thousands of staff.

NT Police Acting Senior Sergeant Neil Mellon, 47, was arrested moments after arriving at Darwin Police Station on Thursday morning. He has been charged with 31 offences.

Biden reportedly made the remarks on Thursday night during a private meeting with donors ahead of a speech in Bethesda on behalf of the Democratic National Committee.

A new hi-tech device has been causing huge confusion for drivers - but people fined for using their phones while driving quickly cleared up the mystery.

A bloodied Tarek Zahed was pictured sitting beside his shot up BMW on a busy Sydney road on Sunday afternoon after his dramatic arrest.

Robert Bell, 48, was walking along the First Falls walking track at Morialta Conservation Park, in Adelaide's north-east, when he is believed to have suffered a medical episode on Saturday.

Despite campaigning to take action on climate change, Mr Albanese released 47,000 square kilometres for fossil fuel drilling last Wednesday.

Victoria Police made the arrests more than two months after Sam Abdulrahim was gunned down outside Fawkner Cemetery, in Melbourne's northn, on June 25.

NSW residents will be fined $11,000 if they are caught supplying, selling or giving away a range of single-use plastic items from November.

Australian tech darlings and founders of Canva, Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, have been kicked off the world's 500 richest billionaires list following a series of investor cuts to their company's valuation.

Jaheim David, 21, has been charged with assault for the savage attack at the Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn on Saturday 20th August. Video released by the NYPD shows two suspects on camera.

The Australian share market has plunged by 1.7 per cent - losing more than $45billion after US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell warned higher rates were here to stay.

In a press conference in Sydney on Saturday, the former NBA star was supposed to show support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament - but instead mumbled a few words.

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has registered a private company as speculation swirls he will exit parliament before the next election.

Comanchero bikie Tarek Zahed has been charged with a 2014 gangland murder after officers stormed a busy road in Edgecliff in Sydney's east and arrested him.

Two Australian women have been captured pampering a Bali beach worker in a true act of kindness. The video was met with dozens of warm messages from members of the public.

Angry fans have lashed out at an activewear brand after Western Australia Police were forced shut down the event with Australian influencer Anna Paul in Perth.

The incident took place at around 2:15 p.m. on Steel Dust Drive in the city of Fort Worth, as authorities claimed a number of suspects were driving in a vehicle and shot both boys and an 18-month-old.

Labour frontbencher Lucy Powell was accused of stirring up division after posing in a T-shirt that claimed she had 'never kissed a Tory'.

TikTok could be banned for Australian users if the app's security concerns can't be properly addressed, a senior politician has suggested.

The Government is now re-affirming the city status of Gibraltar after research in the National Archives revealed Queen Victoria granted the award in 1842.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Liz Truss deserves applause, then, for vowing to tackle this calamity. If she wins the keys to No 10, she'll redirect £13billion a year from the NHS to social care.

The head of Israel's spy agency will visit the US in the coming days to try to persuade Western powers not to revive a 2015 deal with Iran over nuclear activities, which Donald Trump withdrew US from.

Ukrainian pilots took part in a bold Top Gun-inspired highlights reel of their most daring stunts to mark the country's Aviation Day. The montage was set to Kenny Loggins' Danger Zone, from the 1980s film

Three people are dead and two are in serious condition after a driver lost control and veered onto the wrong side of a highway in Tasmania's south on Saturday.

A 2,000km rain-band is set to bring heavy rain across Australia's east this week with meteorologists warning of a west Spring ahead.

The Committee for Sydney has released a proposal to decarbonise Greater Sydney and halve emissions by 2030.

More than 100 photographers have come together to sell the Prints for Wildlife to benefit non-profit parks in Africa. African Parks safeguards 30 million hectares of Africa's protected areas.

Fracking firms are planning to offer people a 25 per cent cut in energy bills if they back drilling sites in their local area, as Tory leadership candidates both indicate they will lift ban on technology.

The alarming advice has been condemned by newspaper groups who fear it will undermine police-press relations and hinder the public's right to know about crimes and how they are investigated.

Former Conservative minister Michael Gove has been photographed partying at a dance venue in Ibiza, after writing a recent article suggesting his frontbench career in politics is at an end.

Mr Jones spent 18 months assembling the teams from his school, Gayton Primary, and St Peter's CofE in the Wirral for the rematch, which took place on Saturday.

The Foreign Secretary will also consider the 'nuclear option' of temporarily cutting the headline rate of VAT by 5 per cent, at an estimated cost of £30billion.

Three people were injured in the head on crash on the D'Aguilar Highway at Caboolture just after 7am on Monday.

The Prime Minister is expected to use his final speech in office to insist on a massive scaling up of the UK's domestic energy resources.

Araiza, 22, has been accused along with two others of gang raping a 17-year-old girl last year in a civil lawsuit filed on Thursday and was released by the team on Saturday.

London's Kensington Gardens, Primrose Hill and Hyde Park have revived from arid brown to luscious green.

The new Apple iPhone 14 will have the option to come in purple with the item 'shimmering' and changing its tone depending on the angle it is viewed from. It will also cost up to $1263.

PFC Alyssa Cahoon, 17, died on August 25 'with her family by her bedside' five days after she collapsed during basic training at South Carolina's Fort Jackson Army Base.

A man was filmed eating a shish kebab in front of the Nike store in New York City on Saturday, where PETA was protesting the use of animal products.

The FBI responded on Friday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claims that the agency warned Facebook about the Hunter Biden laptop story in October 2020.

The CEO of Australian-based global fitness empire F45, who recently left the company after its share price plummeted more than 60 per cent has disappeared, his co-founder has claimed.

The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981, was the biggest royal event in Britain since the Queen's Coronation.

State regulators in California moved to ban sale of gas-powered cars, pickup trucks and SUVs by 2035. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin slammed a law tying his state to the stringent new standards.

Democratic National Committee advisor Cedric Richmond on Sunday insisted that Congress had given President Biden the authority to forgive student loans.

The property market has boomed since the pandemic, with prices reaching record highs. But signs of a slowdown are already emerging.

The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is defending their design for the pier, despite the backlash, saying they make 'no apology for that we love the fact that it looks like a cross.'

Hundreds of teenagers descended on Perth's CBD on Sunday for the chance to see Anna Paul, who has been described as Australia's Kim Kardashian.

Kyle Capener, 29, was filmed saying he thought contestants of color are teaming up to beat out white contestants, and that whites should team up in turn.