Rishi Sunak could be named as the new PM as early as 2.15pm, with his sole remaining rival Penny Mordaunt   struggling to reach the threshold of 100 nominations.

A close friend of Princess Diana has slammed Netflix as 'sadistic and wicked' over its depiction of her final hours in the latest series of The Crown.

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This morning, the value of Sterling climbed as high as $1.1401 against the dollar in early Asia trading, amid expectations could become Prime Minister today.

The former Chancellor, who officially launched his campaign this morning, had more than double the number of publicly-declared supporters than Mr Johnson.

A woman and a man have been charged with the murder of a 63-year-old who vanished from Islington without a trace.

DOMINIC LAWSON: Rishi Sunak warned presciently that a policy of massive unfunded tax cuts would cause interest rates to spike upwards, to the great cost of mortgage holders.

The man was rushed to hospital after a 'serious' medical emergency following the crash at the Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire, south Wales yesterday.

DVLA figures show 926,000 people held cards on September 3 which had expired in the past year. They must be renewed every ten years and failure to return expired licence can incur a £1,000 fine.

Today, 15,000 ambulance workers across 11 NHS trusts in England and Wales will vote on whether to strike over an ongoing pay dispute. GMB said the four per cent pay rise was a 'real terms pay cut'.

With lagging support from MPs, there were serious questions about whether Penny Mordaunt would secure the 100 nominations needed by 2pm today to make it on to the ballot paper.

North and South Korea say they have exchanged warning shots along their disputed western sea boundary, weeks after tensions over missile tests. (Pictured: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un)

Aileen Getty, an heiress to the Getty family fortune, which, of course, grew from the very industry activists are keen to bring to its knees, is bankrolling Just Stop Oil.

Figures from mortgage lender Halifax show property prices in major cities have grown 9.2 per cent on average since the beginning of the year.

Under the proposal, which will be decided upon next month, households would be issued with permits allowing them to drive across the city on 100 days a year per vehicle.

Sir Iain Duncan Smith questioned yesterday whether anyone could lead the Conservative Party in its current 'split and divided' state.

News that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dropped out of the Tory leadership race tonight was met with a flurry of memes of social media.

BREAKING NEWS: Activists from the 'Letzte Generation' climate activist group entered the museum before throwing paint on the painting, which sold at auction for $110million in 2019.

Alice Mann opens up about how her dream of being a mother has now become a 'nightmare' - after she spent around £100,000 to try and get pregnant. Stock images used.

Labour MP Rosie Duffield has said she will refuse to call Eddie Izzard a woman. The comedian, who is campaigning to stand as a Labour MP, announced two years ago the decision to use 'she/her' pronouns.

The Army Foundation College (AFC) at Harrogate is where Britain's youngest soldiers - who are too young to be sent to the front line - are introduced to military life.

There are 284 police workers across England and Wales with convictions for crimes including corruption, sex offences, violent assaults and possession of child pornography.

Sarah Rodmell, 30, (pictured with family) was alerted to the massive spider when builders were carrying out renovations on her home in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.

Drew Cockton, who had quit his high-pressured corporate job to focus on his candle-making enterprise, impressed the Dragons with his honesty about his mental health battles.

Police are hunting for a knifeman after a woman in her 50s was found dead at her home in Newham, east London - alongside a second woman with knife wounds, as officers launched a murder probe.

Daniel White, 35, was charged with the murder of Angie White, 45, who was discovered in her home in Plasmarl, Swansea, in the early hours of the morning - leaving her family 'devastated'.

Members of the eco-mob walked onto the pedestrian crossing in north west London at 1pm today as they continue to cause chaos on the roads of the capital.

A man was rushed to hospital after a 'serious' medical emergency on a theme park rollercoaster in Pembrokeshire, south west Wales, this afternoon.

A Hollywood stylist who worked on 'Deal or No Deal' added to the criticism of Meghan Markle, who recently said she felt 'objectified' on the show as a 'bimbo.'

Meghan Markle stood by silently as her handler furiously demanded a private table at New York City's Michelin-starred Le Coucou in 2017, according to a new book.

Amid continuing outrage over the show's disregard for historical truth, the macabre scenes revealed in our exclusive pictures are set to plunge Netflix into new controversy over The Crown.

Jamie Oliver, 47, has applied to make a film and TV studio at his £6millon country mansion in Essex. The TV chef wants to convert a barn at his family home in Finchingfield into a kitchen film set.

Tatler magazine has revamped its Little Black Book of society's most eligible men and women to replace stripe-shirted viscounts and girls in cashmere with sportsmen and television stars

Meghan Markle was seen enjoying a shopping day on Friday afternoon in Montecito, California, as she faces mounting criticisms over her comments about her days on Deal or No Deal.

Zara Phythian, who is serving an eight year sentence for sexually abusing a teen, has reportedly taken up an industrial cleaning course at Foston Hall jail in Derbyshire.

King Charles has sent the first telegrams of his reign to people celebrating their 100th birthdays.

The Harry Potter star died aged 72 on October 14. At the time of his death, he was reportedly suffering from sepsis, a lower respiratory tract infection, Type 2 diabetes, heart block and obesity.

Several of The Crown's stars, as well its creator, have happily accepted top honours from members of the Royal Family despite playing significant roles in the insensitive new series.

Olympic swimming star Sharron Davies last night joined free speech and women's rights campaigners calling for Sport England's diversity chief, Aedan Wolton, to be fired or resign.

NHS plans for tighter rules on transgender treatments for children have been welcomed by campaigners - but criticised by trans-rights pressure groups.

The British rap star dumped her manager of seven years, Rob Swerdlow, just weeks before she won this year's Mercury Prize and London's Hammersmith Apollo.

The shock disclosure comes four months after the U2 frontman first revealed he had a sibling, whose parentage had been kept a family secret for decades.

Clare Connelly, the chief financial officer of bottling company Clearly Drinks, based in Sunderland, found herself the centre of attention on social media after being interviewed by BBC News.

The property is on one of Notting Hill's most sought-after streets and is just a few doors down from the £16.8 million house briefly occupied by David Cameron when he left Downing Street.

TOM RAWSTORNE: There can be little room for sentiment in the production of chickens sold in supermarkets. What mostly matters is how quickly they hit their target weight.

The call by Dame Eileen Atkins, Dame Harriet Walter and Dame Janet Suzman, comes after a string of public figures have already called on the US streaming giant to act.

Milo Kinnock, who was born as Camilla and revealed earlier this year that he was non-binary, has had a double mastectomy.

A Spanish teenager, who shot dead his parents and 10-year-old brother at the family home in La Algoda, near the Costa Blanca town of Elche, south of Alicante, has been jailed for six years.

The 62-year-old appeared grumpy as he rode around on the Windsor Estate, clad in a blue jacket and dark trousers.

King Charles III's decision is more conservative than critics and pundits suggested after he was expected to have fewer working royals.

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The 69-year-old will lead the world's most populous nation for another five years after he was confirmed as General Secretary once more at yesterday's party congress.

After Liz Truss's chaotic premiership ended in ignominy after just 44 days the Richmond MP is poised to be appointed as the UK's first non-white and Hindu leader on Diwali.

A teenager tragically died in hospital after being the alleged victim of a violent racial assault - with his alleged attackers, who used a machete and metal pipe, still on the run in Perth.

Drew Cockton, who died 'peacefully' at home aged 36, had shared an inspirational Instagram post before his death. He advised businesses to encourage staff to be their 'true and authentic selves'.

Kew Gardens has defended its sustainable credentials after eco-critics slammed its annual Christmas lights display as a 'waste of money and energy'

Rishi Sunak has received the public backing of more than 150 Tory MPs - with more joining team Sunak following Mr Johnson's departure from the race.

Approximately 96 of the swapped prisoners are servicewomen, including 37 evacuees from Azovstal, whereas 12 are civilians.

Police were called to a jewellery store at Carnes Hill Marketplace in Sydney's south-west after reports of an armed robbery.

Able Seaman Troy Glasgow, 31, has been jailed, dismissed from the Navy 'with disgrace' and placed on the sex offenders register after a trial at Bulford Military Court, Wiltshire.

A radio host has slammed Netball Australia for 'spitting in the face' of mining magnate Gina Rinehart after she proposed a $15million sponsorship through her company

Helmet camera footage captures the moment a Russian Su-25 jet spun out of control mid-air and then fell to the ground in a flaming wreck as the pilot narrowly escaped with his life.

Infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was ordered to pay at least $965 million to the families of the 20 students and six teachers killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.

The plan to build a single public toilet in the Noe Valley Town Square of San Francisco could be flushed down the drain as California Gov. Gavin Newsom threatens to block funding.

What started out in 1965 as a small gym in Venice Beach, California, has since become the most iconic fitness company in the world - Gold's Gym.

Woolworths was the overall winner of Australia's most trusted brand award, with the likes of Qantas, Toyota, Australia Post and ABC following close behind.

Controversial brain surgeon Charlie Teo charged large fees to the families of two children, who both died within a year - but he says tragedy among miracles are part of 'advancements'.

A young boy desperate to see his dad for the first time in nine months was left 'distraught' after Qantas refused to let him board a flight to see his father.

Perth grandad John Bradley has provided an 'unforgettable' moment in Anthony Albanese's political career by wearing a very revealing mankini as he greeted the 'horrified' Prime Minister.

Melbourne's David Vitale has a unique way to make his Starward whisky, which is starting to fulfil his vision of changing the drink's image from what your dad drinks to an anytime social refreshment.

Ms Thorpe is set to write to the Senate president requesting the Upper House's privileges committee look at her relationship with Dean Martin, the onetime Victorian Rebels president.

A sheriff's deputy was responding to a call when he came across an overturned car in a canal and a delivery driver in the water rescuing people trapped inside.

The infamous interview given by Gina Rinehart's dad, where he suggested sterilising Indigenous people who would not accept white 'civilisation, lies at the heart of netball's sponsorship saga.

With his fate now in hands of the Department of Public Prosecutions, the former Mosman swim coach must still comply with strict bail conditions while he waits calls regarding a third trial.

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Miller was called out online by David Kenward who shared dash-cam footage of the altercation and accused the vet of 'vandalising' his mother's car, which the vet denies.

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, has announced plans to shut down any unsanctioned homeless camps in the city, calling the crisis a 'vortex of misery for all involved' during a press conference.

The Albanese government is scrambling to block a major legislative loophole which could allow more than a dozen Islamic State terrorists back into Australia, including a notorious ISIS jihadi bride.

Two rain cells battering New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria along with another system pouring over south Western Australia will continue to bring heavy rain to several regions.

United Nation's inspectors have returned home to New York after unsuccessful attempts to inspect NSW prisons. They say the states refusal to cooperate is a 'clear breach' of its obligations.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has finally called for all of those involved in the Los Angeles City Council racism audio leak scandal to resign.

President Joe Biden failed to acknowledge the allegations facing his son Hunter regarding his lying on a form about a firearm purchase when talking about responsible gun ownership.

A man has had a nasty surprise while grabbing a late-night bite to eat at his local KFC that has disgusted Australians.

Australia's competition watchdog is taking Google-owned fitness tracker giant Fitbit to court for allegedly refusing to provide refunds or replacing faulty devices.

Anyone who's worked in retail would have plenty of stories about strange customers  and co-workers and their bizarre experiences with them. My time at JB Hi-Fi was certainly no different.

An anti-Semitic group was seen hovering over a series of banners on a Los Angeles freeway while praising Kanye West's recent war against Jews.

Police have seized firearms, prohibited weapons, drugs and an awkward family-style Christmas card during raids on Bandidos and Finks alleged bikie gang members.

Bruce Lehrmann is accused of raping the former Liberal staffer in Parliament House after a night out in March 2019. He has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent.

Trouble actor Ezra Miller is set to star in upcoming superhero flick The Flash, but after being at the center of controversy the past six months, rumors are swirling of a possible replacement.

A superyacht has exploded in a giant ball of flames sending enormous plumes of black smoke spewing into the air off the coast of Queensland.

Kari Lake said that she would push to change Arizona's early voting laws if she were voted governor in the midterms, suggesting elections should be contained to one day.

Voters consistently rate the economy as one of their top issues going into the race. It's also become a political cudgel for Republicans who are tying rivals to Biden's handling of the economy.

Speaking to NBC News' Meet The Press on Sunday, Cheney suggested it's possible that Trump committed 'multiple criminal offenses' which the panel is in the course of investigating.

Gina Rinehart has drawn a wave of support after her company Hancock Prospecting ripped up its $15million sponsorship deal with Netball Australia on Saturday.

Kyle James Henk Daniels, 24, is facing a NSW District Court trial after being accused of touching nine female students during lessons at the Mosman Swim Centre in 2018 and 2019.

Diamonds player Donnell Wallam kicked off the saga after asking for an exemption to wearing the Hancock Prospecting logo on the team jersey.

Calls are mounting for Atlassian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes to save Netball Australia following Gina Rinehart withdrawing her $15 million sponsorship offer over team 'virtue signaling'.

The sports organisation has been left searching for a new sponsor after Ms Rinehart's mining company Hancock Prospecting pulled the plug on Saturday.

From November 1, all single-use plastic will be banned in NSW, and individuals could be hit with an $11,000 fine for supplying items such as plastic straws, knives and forks with takeaway meals.

Kelly Ryan said it was 'very disappointing' after Ms Rinehart's mining company Hancock Prospecting announced it would withdraw its support on Saturday.

Project co-host Lisa Wilkinson stepped in to defend the sports organisation as she unloaded on the mining magnate.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: Red Bull made tycoon Dietrich Mateschitz, who died aged 78, a £22 billion fortune, making him the 51st wealthiest man in the world, according to the Forbes rich list.

H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman said you didn't need to keep a copy of a receipt if the work-related expense was less than $300.

The first two people in New York City have died from monkeypox-related illnesses, the New York City Department of Health have confirmed.

Thomas Joseph Nicol, 33, had pleaded not guilty to raping a woman he knew at his Bondi home, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, in January 2021.

Jurors arrived at the ACT Supreme Court on Monday morning to continue determining whether Bruce Lehrmann sexually assaulted the former Liberal staffer in Parliament House.

Lucio Diaz, 50, is charged with indecent assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is being held on a $75,000 bond after being accused of peeing in employee water bottles in Texas.

SUE REID: Elton, who speaks good English and says he studied it at university, first resolved to head for Britain after losing his job in Tirana.

Nestor Oswaldo Hernandez, 30, who opened fire at Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Texas on Saturday - killing two nurses - was on parole for aggravated at the time of the shooting.

House and unit prices together in Australia's most expensive city have fallen by $116,500 or 10.1 per cent since February, CoreLogic data showed.

The former PM tonight said continuing his bid to return to No10 was 'simply not the right thing to do' after unsuccessfully reaching out to his two main rivals in an attempt to make a political pact.

A man wanted in connection to four murders across Arizona and Nevada was found dead in the desert next to his girlfriend in an apparent murder-suicide.

A California baker has won an anti-discrimination lawsuit over her refusal to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple in October of 2017.

A waiter and life-long New Yorker who was randomly tackled onto subway tracks in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon is traumatized to the point of being suicidal, his mother has said.

Rishi Sunak was warned that he could be dragged into the Commons 'Partygate' probe as he seemed on course to become leader of the Conservatives last night.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: In the end, there was no turmoil, no back-stabbing, no psychodrama. In fact, it was the exact opposite of how the fractious Tory party has conducted itself for months.

The move is intended for meals served inside outlets and is estimated to remove 17million lids from circulation, saving over 30,000kg of plastic each year.

President Volodymyr Zelensky's wife, Olena Zelenska, issued a plea for more weapons as she met some of the million Ukrainian refugees who have fled to German cities including Frankfurt.

The Austrian, who became known later in his life for his love of motorsports, extreme sports and football, passed away this week after a battle with illness, the company announced yesterday.

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Female lawyers have blown up online about what they believe are sexist remarks by a partner in a Brisbane law firm after he posted photos of the company's CEO vacuuming the office.

Sick fans of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer have begun targeting the twisted murderer's 86-year-old father Lionel in Ohio with one woman throwing her underwear at him.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ministers believe they are ready to launch into the task of budget repair after inheriting a structural deficit and record levels of debt.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada managed to come to the mammal's help off Texada Island in British Columbia, as the whale performed a rare move by 'spyhopping' to get trapped fish nets in its mouth.

Anne Howell was a 30-year-old journalist when she underwent brain surgery, contracted meningitis and fell into a coma. When she woke she was diagnosed with retrograde amnesia.

A Maryland couple signed a contract with US Bank to purchase the five-bedroom home at 10716 Dragoo Place in Clinton, Maryland on Thursday only to find people moving into the home.

The departing premier, who resigned this week after a disastrous 44-day spell in No10, is using the grace-and-favour mansion in Buckinghamshire for a string of goodbye parties.

The 'loving' family of an allegedly murdered woman called police at about 7pm on Saturday after their daughter, 18, failed to return home after meeting with her ex-boyfriend, 19, at 4.30pm.

The FBI's National Capital Response Squad out of Washington DC is responding to a 'barricade situation' inside the United States Army base at Fort Belvoir

An Su-30 Russian warplane crashed into a private two-storey building in Irkutsk on Sunday and there were no casualties on the ground.

Labor has promised 'responsible' measures to help Australians cope with the worst inflation in 32 years. The Budget will see new spending on childcare and subsidised medicine but no 'cash handouts'.

Costa Rican authorities confirmed on Sunday that Gold's Gym owner Rainer Schaller, 53, his girlfriend Christiane Schikorsky, 44, and their children were on a plane that crashed off the Costa Rica coast.

Environment Agency workers have been 'banned' from doing basic tasks such as removing blockages from rivers for months because of overzealous rules, a whistleblower has said.

Nat Drummond, 19, was competing in a race with Seacfliff Surf Lifesaving Club, south of Adelaide, when he was thrown into the water at 11.30am on Sunday.

Socialist Kshama Sawant, 49, is livid at police for not addressing reports of feces being tossed in her yard after she pushed for police defunding.

Deputy Brandon Creech (left), who works for the Wayne County Sherriff's Department in Richmond, Indiana, was saved by a Narcan machine inside the jail before being rushed to Reid Health Hospital.

Ilona Golabek, 27, was hit seven times with a hammer and her body was chopped up and dumped by Kamil Ranoszek, 42, after he discovered she'd been chatting to a man on Tinder.

Dr Amirul Haque, who has practised in Birmingham, Dudley and Stockton-on-Tees, was struck off the register after a 'sexually motivated examination' of multiple patients, a tribunal has heard.

Jacki Pickett, owner of Jacki Fish and Chip Shop, in Muir of Ord, Scotland, sparked an angry mob after she shared a video of her popping and spraying champagne after Her Majesty's passing.

Respected Aboriginal elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves in the remote outback NT community of Yuendumu has hit back at claims made by outspoken indigenous Senator Jacinta Price.

Stafford Senior High School in Fredericksburg, which is home to 2,000 students has nearly half of its student body out sick with 'flu-like symptoms.'

Nancy Pelosi appeared to make an attempt at provoking Donald Trump to appear before the January 6 panel by claiming he 'isn't man enough' to comply with the subpoena for testimony.

Lady Leshurr, 34, has been charged with two counts of actual bodily harm and will appear in custody at Thames Magistrates' Court tomorrow.

Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, who served from 1992 to 1994 and again from 2002 to 2013, blasted Mayor Eric Adams for his soft approach to crime in New York City on Sunday.

A New Jersey mom claims that she has found high levels of carcinogens in dust and soil samples taken from Colonia High School which has seen a cluster of brain tumor diagnoses in the past.

The move - now being labelled as 'misogynistic', 'offensive' and spurring complaints to Ofcom - was streamed live on Channel 4's revival of Friday Night Live.

During an interview on MSNBC's The Sunday Show, Biden was confident in his own capacities but conceded that he understood his nearing 80 was a 'concern' for some voters.

Severe thunderstorms across much of NSW, southern Queensland and northern Victoria will bring heavy rainfall until Tuesday, which will result in floods, damaging winds and possible large hail.

The former premier, who is attempting to garner enough support among Tory MPs for a return to No10, was backed by James Cleverly and Nadhim Zahawi.

Salman Rushdie, 75, was stabbed multiple times in the neck and chest as he took to the stage to give a talk on artistic freedom at the Chautauqua Institute on August 12.

Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan wants a 'reconciliation' between Netball Australia and Gina Rinehart over the bungled $15million sponsorship deal.