The birth of the modern day 'WAG' - wives and girlfriends of our leading sportsmen - may have no official anniversary, but there is one person who is confident of its origin.

GUY ADAMS: Under Wood's seven-year reign, Bulb Energy never made a profit. Instead, it built up debts before finding itself facing huge and spiralling losses when energy prices rose post-Covid.

GYLES BRANDRETH: The truth is that Her Majesty always knew that her remaining time was limited. She accepted this with all the grace you'd expect.

England fans in packed out pubs across the country will be disappointed after tonight's World Cup clash between the Three Lions and the USA in Qatar ended in a 0-0 stalemate.

The players' partners were stifling yawns for 90 minutes as they watched England grind out a disappointing 0-0 draw with the US in the World Cup game in Qatar.

Naturist Keith Hillier-Palmer organised a dinner for like-minded men and women at a village pub but it was cancelled by a Parish Council in Kent three days before because of road safety concerns.

Fifa insisted the pair of Three Lions supporters had been turned away from the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha where England played Iran for being 'offensive to Muslims'.

ANDREW NEIL: Nothing works in this country anymore - it's a complaint you hear with increasing frequency these days. It's an exaggeration. But it should be a concern to the Government.

England's Three Lions were tamed tonight by the USA in their second World Cup match - but are still likely to qualify unless Wales preside over a mammoth victory.

In a haze of distress and desperation, Sarah Sands, then 31, took a knife from her kitchen drawer and strode across the estate where they lived in Silvertown, East London, to Pleasted's flat.

RICHARD KAY: Almost 40 years ago Prince Charles and Princess Diana were about to embark on their first overseas trip, a gruelling 40 days criss-crossing Australia and New Zealand.

On Tuesday, a young man was interviewed on the BBC's World at One. 'What's your first name?' presenter Sarah Montague asked him. 'I'd rather not disclose that,' he replied.

SAMI MOKBEL IN DOHA: Barring the unlikely event of a heavy loss against Wales next week, England will progress to the last 16 - yet that didn't prevent travelling fans from jeering the players off at full-time.

DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: As anyone who has seen a friend or loved one die from cancer knows, it can be a terrible disease. Half of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives, so most will be affected.

The first female tour manager to some of the wildest rock bands in history, Sally Arnold was spectator at a music scene that has since come to define the word hedonistic.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Richard Curtis is urgently seeking forgiveness from Kensington & Chelsea Council after admitting flouting planning rules at £20million Notting Hill townhouse.

Annie Norris, who was based at the British High Commission in Barbados, was fired after an inquiry into the sale of a high value 'covert asset' used to spy on drug traffickers.

This week, Bel responds to a woman who recently lost her mother - and questions why elderly people are forced to suffer in a way animals aren't made to.

GYLES BRANDRETH: The Duke of York, of course, told his mother the whole story of his long relationship with Epstein, all the ins and outs of it, and the details of the accusations.

JANE FRYER: Game two of the group stage and our streets are empty, the Black Friday sales abandoned and our pubs rammed to their sweaty limits as we limber up to sink 30 million pints.

Baroness Michelle Mone OBE recommended PPE Medpro Ltd as a potential supplier and lobbied senior government ministers while Britain was in the early grip of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fenland District Council brought legal action over plans to use the Rose and Crown Hotel in Wisbech. But the judge dismissed the council's bid for an injunction against the hotel's operators.

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Mercedes Bradley (pictured), 31 from Gloucestershire, claimed Universal Credit benefits even though she had £48k in a secret bank account where she received money from 'ex-boyfriends'.

The biggest day in the shopping calendar is upon us as retailers slash their prices to offer Black Friday deals. FEMAIL has picked out the best offers from children's toys to clothes and jewellery.

Alexandra Muresan was just 15 when she was attacked by knife-wielding Nathan Rawson as she walked to school in Leeds, West Yorkshire in February 2019.

Leading Harley Street surgeon Dr Riccardo Frati claims he has been subjected to a campaign of libel and harassment by a disgruntled ex-patient, modern art dealer Karen Bowen-Carter.

Mother of three Vanessa Keeton, 32, hurled a carton of orange juice at the home of Paul Sharpe and called him a 'f***ing murderer' at their home in Stockport, Greater Manchester.

Artists that recorded at luxurious The Town House included Elton John, Queen, Phil Collins, The Jam, Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams among many others.

Campaigners have launched a super-complaint against police in England and Wales today over concerns there are 'deep-rooted systemic issues' in how forces deal with stalking victims

Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey was sent off for a reckless challenge in a second half that also saw Iran strike the both posts within seconds before taking a deserved three points.

Anthony Lingard (pictured), 39, has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty at Manchester Crown Court to five counts of child abduction concerning one boy.

The child who died is understood to be a six-year-old who attended Ashford Church of England Primary School in Surrey, who tragically died after catching the bacterial infection.

A woman has died in a car crash on the A13 in Dagenham, after the vehicle she was a passenger in was involved in a serious crash with a white van fleeing police.

Insisting his paperwork was in order and he had all the necessary permits, the Argentinian journalist said of the Qatari officials: 'I was frightened and thought they were going to take me prisoner.'

Aine May Kennedy, 23, girlfriend of Conor Gallagher, 22, has so far been unable to join the rest of England's WAGs on a luxury cruise ship off the coast of Qatar.

Maher Maroufe, 23, allegedly killed Sabita Thanwani on March 19 this year at Arbour House, Sebastian Street, in Clerkenwell.

The SNP leader insisted her drive to break up the United Kingdom was not a 'distraction' from issues such as helping the poorest.

Robin Goldman, 52, was caught on CCTV repeatedly raising his hands above his head at Chalk Farm tube station. He then stumbled and fell into the tracks, an inquest heard.

The Opposition leader, who backed Remain in 2016, said he had looked into a closer relationship with Brussels but had decided it would not work for the UK.

The seven new Poundland stores - as well as an extension on an eighth - will bring life to locations left empty by other retailers and are set to create around 160 new roles.

Cara, 30, saw her company Harvey White Properties increase by £3.8M in 2021, resulting in the star sitting on £45.7M in assets.

Kelly Whitehouse, 30, was driving in Bewsey and Whitecross, Warrington. She was seen pulling her two-year-old child out of the car after the accident and going straight home.

Ellie Costello, 29, was left fearing for her safety and suffering from 'panic attacks' after father-of-two Leo Jones, 42, blitzed her with creepy messages following an appearance on her show.

The uplift in rental enquiries comes after rates rocketed following the ill-fated mini-Budget, with average two and five-year fixed rates soaring above 6.5 per cent

Patience is a virtue - but it must have been wearing thin at Highclere Castle in the summer of 1922 as Lord Carnarvon pondered whether to allow Howard Carter one last season of excavation work.

People making withdrawals from retirement pots have had to reclaim £925million in overpaid 'emergency tax' since pension freedom reforms in 2015.

This is the moment mother-of-three Emma Slade encountered a fox relaxing on her worktop after it crept into her home in Canvey Island, Essex, and trashed her kitchen.

Lady Anne Glenconner, who was a lifelong friend of the late Princess Margaret, told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour that The Crown is 'so unfair on members of the [British] Royal Family'.

Albanians accounted for just over a third of people detected crossing the English Channel in small boats in the first nine months of the year, new figures have shown.

Vladimir Putin will 'send Ukraine back to the 18th century' by pushing ahead with attacks on the country's energy facilities, a top ally, has claimed (pictured: Ukrainian in an ambulance after attacks).

Proud neighbours in Melrose Close, Greenford, yesterday recalled 'lovely, polite' young Bukayo Saka, who would practise for hours outside their homes as a boy.

TV chef Nigella Lawson has been caught in architect's pictures after she applied to build a new conservatory at her £4.8million mews property in Chelsea.

Locals who live near what might be Britain's most dangerous zebra crossing have warned someone will 'die on my doorstep' unless action is taken - as new CCTV footage shows more near-misses.

Criminals posed as representatives of banks including Barclays, Santander, HSBC, Lloyds, Halifax, First Direct, Natwest, Nationwide and TSB.

Colin Greaves (pictured), 53, from Cheshire, faced having to have six-year-old pooch Geddy put down after it bit a toddler on the nose while at a family friend's house in May.

A drink driver was on the wrong side of the road and travelling at almost three times the speed limit when he crashed into an Uber in north London, killing one of the passengers.

Don Codman, 54, was cycling to a doctors' appointment about 5pm on Tuesday when he stopped alongside the dark blue hatchback in Poole, Dorset, and spotted the driver on his phone.

A once-celebrated Spanish aquarium trainer who killed himself in 2015 after he was accused of abusing dolphins has become the subject of a new Netflix documentary.

A 21 November 2019 article headlined "Embarrassing stunts. Shocking misjudgements. And VERY shady friends. Photos that prove Andrew's always been a ….Duke of Hazard"...

Daniel Andrews has won a historic third term as Victoria's premier despite a swing against his Labor party. 

The Manston migrant processing centre has struggled with overcrowding and outbreaks of diphtheria. The centre is designed for holding people for short periods of time.

Watson, chief constable of Greater Manchester, spent some time looking over the social media of officers and thought they ought to 'get on with being the police because that's what you are paid for'.

Spare is currently available for free as long as customers sign up to a free Audible trial at Amazon - but they can then cancel their subscription but still own Prince Harry's work.

The Victorian Electoral Commission confirmed the ballot paper shortage on Twitter on Saturday night forcing some voters to have to hand write their own slips..

Bel & Brio, in Barangaroo in Sydney's CBD, was shut down last month after owing $1.8million in rent. Former staff claim the owner Mark Richerdson underpaid many at the restaurant.

The Radio 3AW host ripped into Opposition Leader Matthew Guy's campaign against Mr Andrews' Labor government on Nine News on Saturday evening.

Several officials within the European Union have accused U.S. President Joe Biden and the United States of profiting from the Ukraine war by marking up the prices of gas and weapons.

Trump's former surgeon general has revealed that he has struggled to find a job after leaving the administration and claims the White House made him delete his sick wife's social media posts.

A dead body found in a village on the outskirts of Wigan may be covered in 'hazardous substances', Police have said.

Residents were bombarded with the texts in marginal seats like Caulfield, in south-east Melbourne, telling them to vote against premier Daniel Andrews on Saturday.

A photo of an Australian driver on a video call while their hands were on their steering wheel was shared online by a fellow motorist, who said they were 'swerving' all over the road. So is it legal?

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Pictures show the shocking injuries three men suffered after they were allegedly attacked with a 40cm machete at a West Australian pub.

Millions of Victorians flocked to the polls on Saturday for the 2022 election for the state's 60th Parliament but one outraged residents declared why he won't be voting Labor.

The 43-year-old, is the ex-wife of billionaire art collector David Mugrabi, and was arrested at her Sag Harbor home and charged with 'menacing, criminal mischief and criminal possession.'

Australia's richest person has pleaded with people to not stand by silently as poor people are hurt by 'foolish' government policies influenced by the Greens which she claims help drive up power prices.

Police arrested two teens as they cracked down on knife crime at schoolies. From November 18 officers 'wanded' 918 people, leading to 32 people being arrested on 42 charges.

Daniel Andrews has been described as Australia's most authoritarian ever leader. Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett says lockdowns have also destroyed his state's international reputation.

The incident took place Thursday afternoon at the station on 116th Street and Lexington Avenue in Harlem. Police were alerted by straphangers that a 40-year-old man had fallen onto a northbound line.

The incredible footage, released by the US Coast Guard on Friday night, shows the man desperately trying to keep his head above the waves off Louisiana.

Ex-Walmart employee, Ronald Johnson, 49, has paid tribute to his friend Brian Pendleton, 38, who was one of the six people murdered by Andre Bing during the massacre in Virginia on Tuesday.

A pedestrian has died in hospital after being struck by a BMW and left for dead in the gutter after being spotted by a rideshare passenger just after midnight on Saturday.

Ex-Channel Nine star Cameron Williams was set to have his home in Coogee, Sydney's eastern suburbs, go to auction on Saturday.

Authorities in the town of Aracruz said the shooter had opened fire on a group of teachers at his former school Friday morning, killing two people and leaving nine others wounded.

The close friend of a cop killer on death row in Missouri has said that his daughter 'lost her mom at a young age' and is now 'about to lose him,' as a federal judge rejects her bid to attend his execution.

The $50 million Powerball winner is still yet to claim their winnings, with officials confirming the NSW town where the sole division one-winning ticket was bought.

Sadiq Khan (pictured) has revealed he wants to impose a network of 'Singapore-style' toll roads throughout London as part of his controversial scheme to improve the capital's air quality.

The pair exchanged blows on the grounds of a polling place at a school in the suburb of Niddrie, Melbourne, on Saturday morning.

The 28-year-old man allegedly raped the woman in the small office at the back of the store at Westfield Belconnen, in the ACT, on November 3.

Millionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein 's New Mexico ranch had its price slashed once again as it continues to sit on the market after nearly a year and a half.

Despite weaker than expected inflation for October American households are still feeling the pinch with household spending rising 7.7 percent at the same time last year to $433 a month.

Three people have now died after the second fatal house fire in two days in Victoria. On Saturday morning two people died when the top storey of a unit caught fire at Werribee.

Alexander Campbell has been locked in a battle to reclaim the 2016 Lamborghini Huracan with 'PSYKO' number plates that killed 15-year-old Sophia Naismith in June 2019.

Onlookers filmed the terrifying moment a man, 42, flailed the large knife outside a Lebanese restaurant on the A404 Harrow Road in the Maida Hill area of London on Thursday at 8pm.

Two people have died after a stolen motorcycle they were riding collided with a pole at high speed while they tried to evade police on the Gold Coast around 1.30am on Saturday.

Tory MPs demanded a loophole that lets strikers receive tax-free payments from union war chests is closed. Treasury rules state payments to members who walk out are not taxable.

Ministers have been accused of allowing a 'never-ending tale of government waste' over the splurge of taxpayers' money on PPE, including gowns, masks and gloves.

They have been driven to the verge of extinction in Britain. But after nearly two centuries, wildcats may soon return to England. So-called Devon Tigers could be released in the county by 2024.

An insider says reality star Kim Kardashian is 'disgusted' by claims that her ex-husband Kanye West showed off nude photos of her to his former employees.

Transport Secretary Mark Harper's comments contradict those made by Rishi Sunak during the Tory leadership race this summer, when he branded the roads 'unsafe'.

The Opposition is poised to support an amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration bill tabled by former Tory minister Simon Clarke to allow the farms where there is community consent.

Manson is suing West World star Wood and Gore, for defamation over what he calls the 'malicious' and 'false' sexual abuse allegations they have made against him.

EXCLUSIVE: A senior RAF officer - speaking in an official capacity - suggested her claims could have been caused by 'angst' following a relationship with another serving officer.

The London Fire Brigade houses a toxic culture of bullying, racism and misogyny, an inquiry has found. In one case, a firefighter was left with PTSD after her helmet was filled with urine.

Jordan Coleman, 26, who goes by Jayoo, appeared Kënga Magjike, a singing show that translates to Magic Song, on Wednesday evening for the semi-finals.

Some of Princess Diana's favourite fashion designers have hit out at The Crown for failing to consult them on her iconic outfits. Many of the replica dresses were 'just wrong', a couturier has said,

Since January last year only 21 'enforced removals' have been carried out against claimants who travelled through a safe country to Britain. None have been removed to France.

Former President Donald Trump was reportedly 'very taken' with Nick Fuentes, a Holocaust denier and white supremacist, during a dinner with disgraced rapper Kanye West at Mar-a-Lago.

The findings were branded 'extremely worrying' by the international body that awards the Blue Flags. The worst pollution was at Poppit Sands in Wales with sewage discharged 79 times.

Researchers studied women aged 20 to 50 who were experiencing sexual dysfunction, which is defined as any ongoing sexual problem associated with personal distress, including loss of libido.

Philosophy students have topped a lovers' league at Cambridge University - counting 17 sexual partners on average. The average Cambridge student has had seven sexual partners,

Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, 45, was arraigned in late September, officially being charged with the 'unlawful, heinous, senseless murder of reporter Jeff German.'

Utah man, Merrill Darrell Fackrell, 41, of Syracuse, is facing federal charges after allegedly holding a razor blade to a woman's neck on a New York City to Salt Lake City flight.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It is 16 years since Labour home secretary Charles Clarke was sacked after the Home Office freed 1,000 foreign criminals into the community at the end of their sentences.

Written by author and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait is littered with fascinating vignettes about our longest-serving but still so enigmatic sovereign.

Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has vowed to ease cost of living pressure in a last-ditch attempt to draw in votes during the state election on Saturday.

Victorian election day began uncomfortably for Premier Dan Andrews, with a professional Kim Jong-Un impersonator attacking him in his home electorate of Mulgrave in a live television interview.

More than a million people are expected to vote at 1,700 election-day sites between 8am and 6pm on Saturday to decide who will govern for the next four years.

President Joe Biden and his family attended Nantucket's annual Christmas tree lighting - with the tree failing to light up on first go - after they spent Friday afternoon in town.

DailyMail.com can reveal the first photo of Celina Juarez with her daughter Melani, her twin sister Zari, their two-year-old brother and father. Celina is accused of murder for smothering Melani.

Thousands went nude at Sydney's Bondi Beach for famous photographer Spencer Tunick. The shoot was part of National Skin Cancer Action Week as a reminder for people to get checked for skin cancer.

Disappointed fans have been quick to point the finger at who to blame for tonight's result, claiming it is a result of the phenomenon dubbed the 'curse of ITV'.

Toyah Cordingley was found dead on Wangetti Beach in far north Queensland in October 2018 with her alleged killer, Rajwinder Singh, 38, accused of fleeing to India two days after.

Officer A, whose real name has been withheld, was part of the Alpha team that killed Man Haron Monis at the Martin Place café, in Sydney, on December 16, 2014.

The Walt Disney Company was paying Bob Iger $10 million in consulting fees after he retired as CEO in 2021 and was replaced by Bob Chapek.

The seven-bedroom, 12-bath, 13,962-square-foot property on Oak Pass Road sits on 1.7 acres of land and was owned by Mark Wahlberg from 2001 to 2013.

A human skull belonging to a woman was found inside a backpack along an interstate highway in Oregon. Police are now on the hunt for clues. This is not the first time a skull has been found in Oregon.

Kelsey McCracken, a math teacher in W.A. Meacham Middle School, in Texas is slammed for 'indoctrinating students on Tik-Tok and came out to them as non-binary.

Alandria Worthy went into labor unexpectedly on the floor of a McDonald's bathroom in Georgia as her fiancé and three employees at the fast food chain jumped into action to help aid in the delivery

A group of young US soldiers were filmed being harassed by a neo-Nazi, believed to be Jon Minadeo Jr., in a viral video filmed in a shopping mall in Poland.

A police officer has today been arrested on suspicion of drug driving after a botched car chase ended in a crash causing the death of a young man at 4am in Leicester this morning.

He was found by the Coast Guard around 8.30pm on Thursday and was showing signs of hypothermia, shock, and dehydration. He was unable to say when he fell.

University of Idaho President Scott Green announced on Wednesday that students will have the option to take classes in-person or remotely for the rest of the semester.

Disgraced former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried financially backed multiple liberal media outlets including ProPublica, Vox and the Intercept.

There was a record 11,769 foreign national offenders out of prison but not deported at the end of September, Home Office figures show. The total was up by more than 800 in a year.

Police arrived to Stockwell station on the Victoria Line train in Lambeth at around 3pm on Wednesday after reports of a stabbing, finding the 16-year-old with two puncture wounds.

Alleged Colorado Springs LGBTQ shooter Anderson Lee Aldrich and their mother have been caught on camera threatening fellow Frontier Airlines passengers after spouting racial slurs.

Cari Allen, 43, described by friends and colleagues as 'friendly, passionate and caring' vanished on Saturday night around 11pm in the Topeko, Kansas are

The trio of Biden women - Jill Biden, daughter Ashley and daughter-in-law Melissa Cohen were out shopping in Nantucket on Black Friday, dipping into the island's cute boutiques on a dreary, yet warm day.

New book, The Oswalds: An Untold Account of Marina and Lee, tells how Oswald felt the 'world would be a better place if the world paid attention to him'.

Restaurateur Clinton Pugh unveiled a billboard on Cowley Road in Oxfordshire challenging the councils move to transform the area into a Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN).

Football fans are mistrustful of the Qatari government after it U-turned on letting fans wear rainbow headwear and outfits, following a social media backlash.

He was last seen at the bar with his sister before he left to use the restroom around 11pm and did not return. His sister waited until noon the next day to report him missing.

Constructed in 1982, pastel pink Dyann House (pictured) in Donadea, County Kildare in Ireland which has six bedrooms, four bathrooms and four sitting rooms has hit the market for £2milion.

Donald Trump said Friday that disgraced rapper Kanye West showed up at Mar-a-Lago 'unexpectedly' and said he 'knew nothing about' his posse - that included a prominent white nationalist.

Walmart mass shooter Andre Bing claimed in a suicide note that he was 'led by Satan' to murder six of his colleagues who 'laughed at me and said I was like Jeffrey Dahmer'.

A father-of-two from Leighton Buzzard, who took the law into his own hands by running the criminals who targeted his home off the road, was jailed - while the pair avoided a prison sentence.

Grossman, 58, is waiting a double murder trial for the deaths of Mark Iskander, 11, and Jacob Iskander, eight. At 7.10pm on September 29, 2020, she hit the boys with her Mercedes.

A Porsche Boxster involved in a crash that killed a three-year-old girl is believed to have been travelling in the wrong direction down the M6 near Leyland, Lancashire, last Saturday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (pictured) said Putin 's forces must be removed from all Ukrainian land for there to be any hope of the war concluding.