After a chaotic year and with the threat of a Labour coup rising, the PM used his festive address to insist his 'priority' is making life easier in Britain.

The threshold at which inheritance tax will apply to farmers will more than double from £1million to £2.5million, halving the number of estates affected.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson were reportedly intending to do 'all sorts of entertaining' this festive season - as they spend their last Christmas at Royal Lodge.

In a further tragic twist, the 'Driving Home for Christmas' star was said to have been overjoyed by the recent birth of a first grandchild shortly before his death on Monday aged 74.

The British national, 43, has been moved to immigration detention in Brisbane and faces deportation.

The alleged confrontation unfolded at a franchise of the famed Scores strip club in 2008, when an unnamed man claimed to have met Epstein as they ogled dancers in the strip club.

Police are searching for a seventh suspect in relation to the case of a former Tory councillor who is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting his wife with five men over 13 years.

YouGov research found half of the public expect the PM to be gone within a year, including 19 per cent who are 'definite' about his demise.

Richard Williamson, 31, wants a judge to legally ban his neighbour's two cats from his garden to stop them fouling his lawn.

The former prime minister (pictured) was set to meet with her French counterpart Francois Mitterand in Paris in early November 1982 when MI5 raised the alarm.

Hundreds of documents concerning paedophile Jeffrey Epstein were released by the US government as part of its transparency drive, and some give Andrew further questions to answer.

David Walliams said he feared that his 'very bad taste' WhatsApp messages could emerge just months before he was axed by his publisher.

The secure bay on a leafy residential street in Notting Hill, west London, minutes from Portobello Road, costs more than the average family home in some parts of the country.

This is the shocking moment a man was filmed 'stealing a family's Christmas decorations' - before a mother in pyjamas gave chase.

Alex Payne said one outage left his business without electricity for nearly two days. An electrician told him an underground electrical joint was not properly sealed against rainwater.

The messages show Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year jail sentence in the US for sex trafficking, planning a trip to Peru for a person saved in her contacts as 'the Invisible Man'.

Paul Stowe has been left hoomeless for Christmas after his narrowboat was left dangling above the huge cavity on the Llangollen Canal near Whitchurch.

The son of a farmer who took his own life the day before the October 2024 budget in anticipation of inheritance tax changes called the U-turn on the hated policy 'a well fought-for victory'.

More disturbing images featuring young girls have emerged in the latest drop of the Epstein files.

For the second time in his reign Charles, 77, recorded it outside of a royal residence, this time inside the Henry VII Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey.

The teen tragically passed away at around midday on Tuesday in the town of Casais (pictured, file photo), in the Tomar area of the country, according to local media.

WARNING: GRAPHIC DETAILS: The Epstein files reveal the secrets of the late pedophile's terrible final weeks.

The Department of Justice posted just before 3.30pm on Tuesday: 'The FBI has confirmed this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE.'

Oliver Brackenbury, 35, is understood to have been detained by federal officers at Melbourne Airport on December 15.

Lewis Stevenson was killed when he fell from Castilla La Mancha bridge, near the city of Talavera de la Reina, on October 13 last year.

Russell Brand, pictured here in May, has previously appeared in court to deny a string of sexual offences against women.

The horrific attack happened at Colliers Wood Underground station in south London last week at around 10.30am on Wednesday morning, December 17.

New documents released this morning include the bombshell 'Request for Assistance' sent to the UK Government, asking them to arrange for FBI agents to interview of the then-Duke of York.

The banks of Llangollen Canal collapsed at around 4am yesterday morning and water flooded out, pulling a huge 160ft wide chunk of canal bed with it and taking two boats down into the hole left behind.

Business consultant Philip Young, a father-of-three, is accused of 56 sexual offences, including multiple counts of rape, against his former wife, Joanne Young.

John Doocey, 30, was speeding at 80mph in a Nissan NT400 flatbed van along the A133 in Frating, Essex, at around 7pm on August 3 this year.

A transgender advocacy group has issued a serious threat to a state parliament following a ban on puberty blockers.

In a surprise pre-Christmas announcement, Defra said it was easing the threshold at which rural estates would be liable for IHT from April, from £1million to £2.5million.

The files, which were released on Friday, shed new light on the inner world of convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, and include an image of his friend Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

On Monday the Government unveiled plans to ban boiling lobsters alive. Chefs instead face having to shell out for a £3,500 lethal electrocution device.

Footage shows the eight-person carriage swinging erratically as travelled up the steep slope in the Zillertal Arena ski area Tyrol on Sunday.

Footage shows the man walking up to a house with a box but then tucking it under his arm and walking away. The homeowner received a delivery notification.

Some of the country's most popular stores - including Asda, Morrisons, Lidl and Aldi - are filling shelves with imported birds to meet demand amid a bird flu outbreak, campaigners claim.

A selection of the Easter treats have appeared at the budget shops, with brands available including KitKat, Maltesers, Dairy Milk Buttons, Mini Eggs and Cadbury Crème Eggs.

Specialist officers from the Met Police, who are responsible for royal and diplomatic protection, reportedly visited Andrew at his current home, Royal Lodge in Windsor, in November.

Police were called to Winsford at around 5am on Sunday following reports a woman, 18, had been sexually assaulted. Diyar Mohammed Abdulsalm and Dilgash Adil were later arrested.

Mark Killick, who was known to customers as Marc Cole, 56, from Paulton, Somerset, faces 14 years behind bars after callously fleecing his customers out of more than £1.25million.

The toddler, from London, was sitting in a Toyota Auris that had broken down on the A1 in Cambridgeshire at around 6.20pm on Saturday.

The Employment Rights Bill, which gained Royal Assent last week, will essentially allow reps to decide how to use 'facility time', paid leave from their workplace they can use to carry out union work.

The Russian-born tech entrepreneur, 41, claims to have already fathered more than 100 children through sperm donation, in addition to six from three partners.

Chris Bailey was heading back home from the funeral of Kyle Sieniawski, who died aged just 14 last month having become the youngest person in Britain to be diagnosed with MND.

Videos posted on social media showing packed crowds standing shoulder-to-shoulder in the capital's festive tourist hotspots have been dubbed a 'pickpocket's paradise'.

Most people didn't know until I wrote my book, Finding Margaret, that I had spent nearly the first three years of my life in an orphanage in Gloucestershire.

Munir Ghilas, 28, stole thousands of pounds worth of belongings as he toured the City's swishest bars in search of phones, bags, passports and Apple laptops.

Toni Fryer, 47, vowed to 'never use Evri again' after her son's Christmas present disappeared from her home in Timsbury, Hampshire, on December 15.

A commentary on December 2 about the impact of the Budget on pubs claimed that business rates could rise by 400% in one year. In fact...

Alfie Hallet's death happened on Tuesday in a case that authorities say had already been flagged due to previous domestic violence complaints.

David and Pamela Richardson, both in their late sixties, were killed when their car smashed into an Audi A4 on a narrow stretch of the A489 between Churchstoke and Lydham on December 11.

LIVEBLOG: Follow Father Christmas and his reindeers as they leave the North Pole to deliver presents to all corners of the globe in the annual NORAD Santa Tracker.

Officers rushed to the scene at the Collegewood Viaduct in Penryn near Falmouth in West Cornwall where they made the tragic discovery of the young man's body at 8.40am on April 27.

Today, Christmas Eve, could be one of the most nightmarish days to travel home on as the RAC estimate there will be 4.2million leisure trips planned.

Jewish groups have warned that the decision not to bring charges against the rapper 'sends completely the wrong message at the worst possible time'.

Agiimaa Oyungerel was outside a train station on Saturday in Surrey Quays when a man on a bike snatched the device from her hands.

The historical haul was discovered by volunteers cleaning up rock pools on Ogmore-By-Sea beach in the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales.

Keir Starmer dramatically watered down the controversial inheritance tax raid yesterday, barely a week he defended it in front of a Commons committee.

A huge tranche of Epstein files released on Tuesday contain a series of emails sent by a mystery man who signed off his messages with 'A'.

Disturbing text messages Shauntel Kepner, the stepmother of slain cheerleader Anna Kepner, sent to her ex-husband have emerged amid their custody battle.

A damning newly-released document suggests at least 10 others were involved in Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking ring.

The blast occurred close to the site where the army official was killed.

A Perth man will spend Christmas behind bars after an alleged antisemitic post on social media triggered a search of his home.

Tylor Chase was once the fresh-faced teen star in a hit TV show. Now, he roams the streets of Riverside, picking up cigarette butts and discarded Christmas cards.

Kayn Adam Charles Wells, 43, is in a Brisbane immigration detention centre awaiting his fate after his Australian visa was cancelled on Monday as authorities clamp down on hate speech.

Joanne Young, 48, waived her right to anonymity after six men, including her ex-husband, were charged with a string of sexual offences against her.

Trump has called the US stockpile in the region 'a massive armada, the biggest we've ever had' in a press conference, where he also said it would be 'smart' for Nicolas Maduro to step down.

Pope Leo XIV said he was 'very disappointed' after Illinois approved a law allowing medically assisted suicide, saying he personally urged Gov. JB Pritzker not to sign it.

On September 18, Joel 'Deano' Valdez was heading back to his hometown of Coyote, New Mexico. He disappeared while stopping for gas in Santa Fe and was never heard from again.

In his own chilling words, would-be terror mastermind Walid Saadaoui boasted of his twisted desire to massacre British Jews, saying he wanted to 'run rivers of their impure blood' .

A small community has rallied behind the victims of thieving Grinches.

A mobile phone used by the alleged Bondi Beach gunmen is believed to have pinged twice near a region in the Philippines used to train Islamic State terrorists.

Trump-nominated Justice Brett Kavanaugh said he agreed with the decision to keep the Chicago deployment blocked in a surprise decision.

A couple who stopped to take scenic photos in the Utah desert made a terrifying discovery when they stumbled across the body of nine-year-old Melodee Buzzard earlier this month.

An Islamic school principal is under investigation following social media comments about Israel.

The Silvagni clan are plotting the desperate legal appeal for their rapist son while shacked up in a spectacular rental mansion owned by a lawyer.

The weather forecast for one of the most anticipated days of the year is here.

The University of Oklahoma has declared that Mel Curth, a graduate instructor who failed a student for citing the Bible in a paper will no longer be allowed to teach at the school.

Disturbing footage has emerged of a group of teenagers allegedly assaulting a tourist before throwing his phone in the ocean at a tourist hotspot.

For five decades, many have tried to crack the Zodiac's Z13 cipher - which promises to reveal the killer's true name. Now, investigative consultant Alex Baber believes he has done it. Here's how.

Parricide: Throughout history, it has been sanctioned as the ultimate wickedness - an unforgivable violation of nature's laws.

The mother of convicted rapist Tom Silvagni has been spotted for the first time in public since her dramatic exit from his jail sentence hearing. 

Thousands of new files linked to Jeffrey Epstein's case were made public by the Department of Justice this morning.

Neighbors say that after years of neglect, their California community has turned into a crime-ridden jungle of theft, drugs, trash, prostitution linked to RVs spilling wastewater onto the streets.

More than 80,000 bags of frozen raw shrimp were recalled after they were found to possibly be radioactive. The shrimp could have been contaminated with cesium-137.

Rogan mocked the former president after he said that 'someone or something is being protected,' by Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Prosecutors say Kelsey Fitzsimmons, formerly an officer with the North Andover Police Department, pointed a gun at the officer. She denies this and says she pointed the gun at her head.

For the more than three decades, the Vitolo family has been serving up classic Naples fare at Ballato in lower Manhattan, serving the likes of Taylor Swift and Barack Obama.

An LA model known for flaunting a glamorous, jet-setting lifestyle has been charged with burglary and extortion after investigators say her online persona masked a pattern of theft and deception.

An ABC radio host has fired a parting shot at Australia's politicians as they quit the national broadcaster live on air.

An explosion was reported at a Pennsylvania nursing home Tuesday, trapping multiple people.

LAPD records obtained by the Daily Mail show police were called to the Reiners' $13.5 million property several times.

Erica Fox, 55, who helped found the Kelp Krawlers swimming group 20 years ago, is feared to have been killed in a shark attack off the coast of California over the weekend.

A Mexican navy plane carrying a child medical patient and seven others plunged into the rough waters off the Texas coast Monday afternoon, killing five people.

As millions of Aussies clock off at work and begin winding down after a busy year, the last-minute shopping scramble is beginning to loom large.

Terry's Chocolate Orange has gone up in price from £1.49 in December 2021 to £2.25 this month, while also reducing in size from 157g to 145g over the same period, according to data from Assosia.

The Love Actuallydirector, 69, has objected to the proposals to install 30 pitches in Walberswick, Suffolk, claiming they would 'wreck' the 'remarkable' area.

Anthony Albanese has spoken for the first time, following charges being laid against a Sydney man who allegedly threatened to kidnap the Prime Minister.

The 25-year-old driver fired two shots at the group of cyclists who had been taking part in a pre-Christmas training camp in Verona on Saturday.

The SNP has been accused of a overseeing a 'decade of failure' in the NHS after spending £1.6billion coping with a delayed discharge crisis they vowed to end in 2015.

Footage of the shocking incident in Littleborough has been released by police in a bid to help find the thugs.

From New York to Los Angeles, fliers trying to make it to their families in time for Christmas have been greeted with havoc.

A single father originally from Mexico was deported by ICE last month after being arrested in September. He spent almost three months being separated from his six young children.

The distraught passenger accused airport staff of 'ruining Christmas' after she was told she would need to purchase an additional seat to fly home to Oregon.

A former Sopranos actor has been indicted on attempted murder and weapons charges after prosecutors say he shot a woman in the face during a road-rage confrontation in New Jersey.

Maria A. Bucci, 51, former Cranston mayoral candidate and current chairwoman of the city's Democratic Committee, charged with driving under the influence.

A married mother deep religious roots has emerged as the unlikely figure at the centre of the relationship breakdown between Brisbane Lions Golden boy Lachie Neale and his wife Jules.

Ashlee Buzzard, 40, was arrested at her Lompoc by Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department deputies at around 7:40 am on Tuesday.

Former Republican Congressman and current right-wing TV host Matt Gaetz joined podcaster Tucker Carlson on an episode of his show Tuesday to deliver a bold electoral prognosis.

Rob and Michele Reiner's bodies were cremated after their brutal murders, it has emerged.

The woman, 77, died after being struck by her white Volkswagen T-Cross at Poinciana Avenue in Tewantin, on the Sunshine Coast, at 3.45pm on Tuesday.

This is the dramatic moment police cars ram a van on the M27 to end a dangerous chase. Officers pursued the white Citroën Berlingo after reports of reckless driving.

The former chief executive of the SNP will appear in court for a second hearing on embezzlement allegations before the Holyrood election in May, the Mail can reveal.

Aundre Matthews, 18, was accused of fatally stabbing Andrew Meismer, 16, last Wednesday at Ross S. Sterling High School in Baytown - about 30 miles east of Houston.

Gaming visionary Vince Zampella lived a turbulent life of fast cars and boardroom bust-ups, raising questions about his unexpected death in a mysterious Ferrari crash.

A Wisconsin courtroom broke out in chaos as a teenage killer, Parise Larry Jr, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in a May 2023 fatal shooting at a Fond du Lac apartment complex.

A bleak survey found that the majority of households (55per cent) believe that their festive meal will cost more than last year.

A judge has made an 'unprecedented' series of corrections to the controversial Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling which dismissed most of the veteran nurse's claims.

The founder of the notorious club SNCTM is revealing new details about why he barred and outed Hunter Biden - allegations he says cost him his career.

Guide and conservationist Paul Goldstein walked 25 marathons in 25 days for charity in his iconic tiger suit this summer.

For many proud owners, a prized Fair Isle jumper is to be treasured for years, a staple come the colder months.

A document in the cache of around 8,000 files released Tuesday included a tip that Epstein's brother Mark sent to the FBI in 2023, making the claim about his brother's death four years earlier.

To my enduring shame, I used to hold my late mother's fantasy of the perfect Christmas in contempt.

When experienced hiker Mary-Jane Parker set out to bag three Munros in one day, she might have expected to feel a little soreness in the legs by the end of the walk.

John Swinney suffered 'humiliation' yesterday after his ethics watchdogs defied him to launch a probe into whether Angela Constance misled parliament over grooming gangs.

As the former president finds himself in uncomfortable photographs, Hillary's response has been neither panic nor public loyalty, but something colder.

The postcard was allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein and sent to the serial child molester Larry Nassar just days before his 2019 suicide.

Investigators believe Sayjuan Readous, 26,made an excuse to leave the darkened room before his stepbrother, Antoine Flowers Jr., 28 - both from Detroit - slipped inside to take his place.

Exotic dahlias are blooming days before Christmas on Britain's Jurassic Coast due to the unseasonably mild weather.

Weeks after a family travel allowance for politicians' loved ones came under scrutiny, Anthony Albanese has finally revealed his proposed changes to the policy.

The brave police officer who was shot in the face during the Bondi Beach attack has been discharged from hospital.  

Nathan Ballesty, 27, allegedly used a carriage service at his Beacon Hill home, in Sydney's north, to threaten serious harm against Anthony Albanese. 

The former Senator for Nebraska revealed he was diagnosed with terminal cancer just a week before Christmas.

The Trump Kennedy Center has been sued by a member of Congress who sits on the iconic cultural institution's board.

A Russian strike could collapse the internal radiation shelter at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine, the plant's director has warned. 

Stella Oyella, in her fifties, helped a man who had fled to Syria with a 'violent extremist mindset' to raise funds so he could carry out terrorist work.

A Maryland family is locked in a heated dispute with their homeowners' association after being fined $650 for an elaborate Christmas display deemed to be a nuisance.

Vince Zampella, 55, died on Sunday while driving on a scenic road north of Los Angeles, according to local broadcaster NBC4.

Bruce and Beckie Maier, of Wabash, first tied the knot on April 26, 1975 - or so they thought. About a year later, Bruce learned that their pastor had never turned in the marriage license.

The Justice Department's latest trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein includes photos taken inside the temple which was first uncovered by drone footage of Little Saint James in 2019.

The 31-year-old conservative activist and TPUSA founder was assassinated while debating students at Utah Valley University in September.

Trump, speaking at a press conference Monday, defended Clinton and blamed 'mostly Democrats' for their release and acknowledged 'there are photos of me, too.'

FBI director Kash Patel's choice of travel methods has once again fallen under new scrutiny.

Eight supporters of the proscribed terror group have been on hunger strike in British jails while being held on remand.

The eye-watering cost of the arrangements in Scotland have been exposed by an analysis of official transparency data.

Business consultant Philip Young, a father-of-three, is alleged to have carried out attacks against his former wife, Joanne Young, over a 13-year period.

A new strategy led by Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds issued today said that this method of dispatching the crustaceans was 'not an acceptable killing method'.

Danny Zayat, 31, killed his ex-girlfriend Tatiana 'Tanya' Dokhotaru, 34, after flying into a rage.