Public Health England had sequenced more than 20,000 random test samples for flu by February 14 but hasn't yet detected a case of the virus in 2021.

The Countess, 56, took part in a special virtual engagement with the British Fashion Council yesterday, and appeared in previously unseen rooms of the Surrey residence.

Latifa wants Cambridgeshire Police to start a new probe claiming it could help free Shamsa, who was captured on the orders of their billionaire father after she fled his Surrey mansion in 2000.

Prince Philip, 99, was said to have been 'comfortable' and 'responding to treatment' at the hospital in London in the last update issued by Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.

England and Wales are enjoying temperatures on a par with Malaga and Barcelona this week with Suffolk recording 65.1F (18.4C) which was even above the average maximum for May.

Schools minister Nick Gibb confirmed that teachers will have control over the marks their pupils get, but insisting there will be 'protective measures' and 'quality assurance processes'.

Dr. Jill, 69, made the comments during an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, which was filmed inside the White House and is due to air on Thursday.

People from around the world have taken to anonymous sharing app Whisper to share the brutal reasons they cheated on their partner, including those who simply looked for attention elsewhere.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to be 'very candid' with Oprah in the 90-minute CBS special after last week announcing that they had officially quit the Royal Family.

A new report has revealed just how large your personal wealth needs to be to be considered among the wealthiest people in the world - with people in the UK needing to have £1.4million.

The Transport Secretary received a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech jab at the University of Hertfordshire in Hatfield, his constituency.

The homegrown variant known as B.1.427/B.1.429 makes up 50% of all cases in California and it is estimated it will account for 90% of all cases by the end of March.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Are vaccine passports imperative if this country is ever going to return to normality? Or do they represent another unacceptable infringement of our liberty.

The survey by Cancer Research UK and Cardiff University found 40 per cent had at least one potential symptom between March and August, but 45 per cent of them did not call their GP.

ANDREW NEIL These are dark, even dangerous days in Scotland.

British Gas owner Centrica has reported a 31 per cent fall in underlying earnings to £447million for 2020 as results came under pressure from the pandemic and warmer weather.

The WHO said proof of a jab should not be required because there remain 'critical unknowns regarding the efficacy of vaccination in reducing transmission'.

Boris Johnson said that secondary school pupils will have to wear masks if they cannot maintain social distancing in No10's 'roadmap' out of England's third Covid lockdown.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to shelve plans for tax rises, including a 5p increase in fuel duty and changes to stamp duty in what is being billed as a giveaway budget next week.

Since GCSEs and A-levels were scrapped again this year due to lockdown, the Government has been looking for a new way of ensuring students are given fair marks.

Coronavirus cases have started to increase again in Germany with only four per cent of the public vaccinated, while Britons are already counting down the days to freedom.

Plastic straws attached to Ribena cartons, a mainstay in millions of packed lunches, are being replaced with easily recyclable paper alternatives.

Examples have been most common in London, which is seeing the poorest uptake of anywhere in Britain, but there have also been cases in parts of Manchester, Scotland and Wales.

Tory backbenchers said families would not forgive the Government after it struck down attempts to guarantee flat owners would not have to pay for safety repairs.

Andrea Coscelli, chief executive of the Competition and Markets Authority, said Facebook's news blackout in Australia laid bare the 'political power that comes with economic power'.

A potential loophole for criminals was revealed as officials prepare to publish their recommendations on the jab priority list for adults aged under 50.

The Home Secretary admitted there were 'outstanding questions' about the Operation Midland scandal and urged MPs to launch an 'all-encompassing' inquiry.

A cheap and safe drug widely used against parasites cuts Covid infections, hospitalisations and deaths by about 75 per cent, a study shows.

Former Home Secretary Amber Rudd, pictured, claimed it is impossible for a pro-European to be selected as a Conservative candidate as they are now required to show 'real Brexit enthusiasm'.

Software giant Daon said the VeriFLY app being rolled out by British Airways could be adapted to include proof of vaccination for large families 'within days or weeks'.

Covid-19 was the leading indirect cause of maternal death during the first wave of the pandemic, a study by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) found.

Fashion designer Roberto Devorik, who was a close friend of Diana throughout her adult life told Hola! magazine the Duke of Sussex, 36, believes Meghan can continue DIana's legacy.

Festival Republic said the double festival will take place at Little John's Farm in Reading and Bramham Park in Leeds over the August bank holiday weekend as planned.

Around 29 million Britons could receive a payout after being overcharged for their smartphones if a landmark claim against tech giant Qualcomm by consumer champion Which? is successful.

Emmanuel Macron signed contracts totalling £9.46 million with four large consulting firms, despite France's traditional pride for the quality of its vast civil service.

Statins are being wrongly blamed for aches and pains that are likely to come from old age, a study has found.

The BBC says it wants a 50-50 split of male and female staff and is in the process of launching a 'staff census... that will for the first time capture non-binary or non-conforming identities'.

Speaking during a Q&A on Facebook on Wednesday, LA County Alex Villanueva said: 'There was no evidence of any impairment whatsoever.

The footage was retrieved by French judicial police officers investigating a series of alleged attacks carried out by the 72-year-old actor in August 2018 on the 22-year-old complainant.

The article in Bild said the UK's 'successful' vaccine programme had allowed the PM to promise a brighter future while Germany is 'stuck in lockdown' and languishing behind on vaccines.

Stewart Pearce, 68, of London, claims to have been the late Princess of Wales' voice and presence coach from late 1995 until her death in 1997. He shares his verdict on Harry's 'podcast voice'.

Department of Health bosses today recorded 9,938 infections - down by a fifth on last week. Another 442 victims were also added to the toll, in a fall of more than 40 per cent.

Alison McBlain, pictured, was run down and killed by members of the Bully Line drugs gang in Blackburn after she ran off without paying for crack cocaine and heroin worth £60.

Christopher Cox, 52, appeared in court accused of offering rent-free accommodation in exchange for sex in what is believed to be the first case of its kind. He was granted unconditional bail.

Jens Spahn, who only months ago was being feted by those marvelling at Germany's success against the pandemic, has seen his approval rating slide five points in a month amid the vaccine chaos.

Obama, 59, opened up publicly for the first time about the incident in the second episode of his new Spotify podcast with singer Bruce Springsteen, titled Renegades: Born in the USA

Musk on Wednesday morning tweeted a cartoon showing the Shiba Inu dog from the meme that inspired Dogecoin on the lunar surface, adding the remark, 'on the actual moon.'

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England's deputy chief medical officer, described the process of manufacturing jabs as being 'like beer-making' because not every batch yields the same amount.

The unnamed man, who is staying at the Renaissance London hotel near Heathrow airport, showed off the posters today in the latest sign of growing rebelliousness among guests.

Nicola Sturgeon addressed the PM's target date as she took her daily briefing after unveiling her own rival 'roadmap'.

Professor Sarah Gilbert, the chief scientist behind Oxford's jab, told MPs on the Science and Technology Committee her team were also looking at delivering the Covid vaccine via a nasal spray.

Sage member Professor Devi Sridhar of the Univeristy of Edinburgh said Covid vaccines should mean the UK does not have 'live with the virus' as other experts have predicted.

Matthew Butler secretly stuck coins to the meat scales with Blu Tack at his Muddy Pig Butchers in Willenhall, West Midlands, so every weighing would be 1.7oz light, conning people out of 30p per sale.

Toyin Agbetu has admitted he jumped before being pushed, accusing critics of 'Afriphobia' and conspiring with Priti Patel's Home Office to discredit him and damage the BLM movement.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson confirmed the government is looking at a 'broad range of options' when asked if school hours could be increased to make up for lost time during lockdowns.

The UK is already dishing out 358,340 doses a day on average, the report by German company Statista says, which is 46 per cent more than needed to achieve herd immunity this year.

Greg Smith began showing symptoms of the virus days after spending time with his dying father Roy, 67, at Queens Hospital in Burton.

More than a third of Israel's population has been fully vaccinated in the world's quickest immunisation programme against Covid-19, meaning nearly three million people are eligible for the pass.

Demand for foreign holidays has surged after Boris Johnson said there was 'every chance' breaks abroad can go ahead this summer, with the current plan to allow them again from May 17.

Jonathan Cunningham, manager at Birkdale Park Care Home in Southport, has openly dismissed Boris Johnson's guidance over care home visiting.

Paul Lincoln, the director general of Border Force, told MPs that approximately 15,000 people are entering the country every day.

Napier Barracks in Kent has been used as 'emergency' accommodation since September last year.

Priti Patel today warned British holidaymakers it is 'far too early' for them to book a summer break abroad this year.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering hiking corporation tax at the Budget next week to repair the public finances and help pay for the coronavirus crisis, it was claimed today.

Professor Jonathan Van Tam says he will get a Boston United tattoo on his shoulder once the pandemic has passed. He is a season ticket holder at the National League North team.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said he personally would 'do anything' to be able to go to the cinema or out to a restaurant.

Greece is looking into whether it can give an early green light to British tourists who have received the vaccine.

Today I woke up, as I have done for most of the past 100 days, with a sense of dread. I did a mental scan of my body and tried to estimate what kind of day it will be.

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Experts at France's prestigious Institut Pasteur say the current pace of around 100,000 jabs a day is 'insufficient' to rein in the effects of the highly contagious UK variant.

The experiment took place between December 20 and February 1 - a period when the British mutant strain was rampant in Israel, making the vaccine's performance all the more impressive.

The London Ambulance Service rolled out the trial in areas where emergency workers are considered to be most at risk after figures showed staff were victim to 529 attacks during the pandemic.

Charlotte Smallwood, 25, from Romford in Essex, revealed doctors refused to diagnose a cow's milk protein allergy (CMPA) and instead offered her son Arthur treatments for colic and acid reflux.

Lord Hammond urged the PM to tell Britons 'some difficult home truths' ahead of next week's Budget rather than sticking to his 'populist' habits.

Saif al-Adel, described as a 'brilliant and ruthless strategist' has now taken the reins from Ayman Zawahiri, following reports of his death late last year.

The Fox 5 station in DC, has suspended news anchor Blake McCoy who tweeted his annoyance that obese Americans have been getting the vaccine before essential workers.

The 15-time Major champion, who is now in rehabilitation, is likely to be prescribed medication for his severe pain which could be a cause for concern for the sporting icon, a source said.

Soho-based planner Rebecca Brennan-Brown (pictured) said venues across London have been booked up until the end of 2022.

Welshman Mark Roberts hoisted his carved plaster version of the Iron Lady on a plinth in Grantham, Lincolnshire reserved for a £300,000 11ft statue of Thatcher at 4am on Sunday.

Jake Milbank was working as a tour guide when the volcano erupted off the coast of Whakatane on New Zealand's North Island on December 9, 2019 - claiming the lives of 22 people.

Caboolture Magistrates Court was told Colin Kenneth O'Donnell, 49, had staff fearing for their safety after he launched into a verbal tirade at Gold Coast Airport.

Oumou Kanoute accused staff at elite Smith College in Massachusetts of racism after she was questioned on entering a closed canteen for lunch in July 2018. Investigators found no racism.

Keaton Bullen, 21, has alleged that he was sexually assaulted by Alexander Wang (main) at the Fishbowl club in Midtown Manhattan on August 24, 2019. Accuser Owen Mooney (left inset).

Department of Health data shows Devon, Cornwall and the Isle of Wight have the lowest infection rates in England. MPs today said they should be released from lockdown earlier.

Senior executives at Stellantis, Vauxhall's parent company, are set to decide the future of the Cheshire plant, marking a critical moment for Britain's post-Brexit manufacturing.

Obama, left, said reparations would have been met with 'white resistance' in a  Renegades: Born in the USA podcast episode with Bruce Springsteen, right.

Trump's administration joined the suit last March when AG Bill Barr argued the state's policy infringed on Title IX. Biden's Justice Department has 'reconsidered the matter.'

Perry Marshall met his married victim at the Nag's Head in Urmston last June. They had sex, but following a 'perceived rejection,' Marshall, from Salford, began to threaten the man and his husband.

Primark bosses have revealed that the firm's sales were hit by £1.1 billion over the last six months amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Protesters allegedly attacked pedestrians, spray painted a taxi cab and street cafes, and burned an American flag in Brooklyn on Wednesday. At least nine people were arrested, witnesses said.

A total of 28,335,264 people have now tested positive with the virus while some 505,803 people have died from the coronavirus in the United States.

Australians will be able to read news on Facebook from tomorrow after the tech giant agreed to pay for content.

Matthew Donaldson, who was wanted over a brutal sledgehammer assault on a woman in a Sydney hotel, has been found in bushland and arrested.

Mother Irene Gibson and Sister Anne Marie allegedly traveled from Cork to Dublin to attend an exorcism of the Dáil in December.

A money coach and best selling author has said the Australian housing market is competitive but has a number of oppourtunities for those looking to buy property.

Nicola Sturgeon accused her former friend and mentor of creating an 'alternative reality' to paint himself as the victim of a conspiracy.

Australians already earning six-figure salaries secured some of the biggest pay rises last year as the Covid pandemic helped the rich but punished the poor.

A drug addict pool builder hid a stolen 11kg meteorite, valued at $15,000 as a rock ornament in his garden in Queensland for five years has been jailed for drug related charges.

Police pulled over a Vauxhall Zafira on the M1 motorway in Derbyshire on Saturday night where they saw five children unrestrained in the back sitting underneath a pink moped.

The Education Secretary said staff will get to choose how they assess children - after exams were cancelled due to Covid. Teachers can rely on previous essays or other classwork if they wish.

Lord Hammond claimed that the public needed to face some difficult 'home truths' over the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the UK economy.

A Gold Coast beauty salon owner with a violent past was released on parole despite being found guilty on several charges related to a brutal abduction at Noosa.

From 12.01am on Friday, Premier Gladys Berejikilian has ordered gathering limits be eased in New South Wales to allow up to 50 people in private homes.

Police were called to conduct a welfare check at a home in Varsity Lakes, on the Gold Coast , on Thursday at 1.30pm. Officers found the woman's body and her partner clinging to life.

A massive saltwater crocodile has shocked onlookers after getting stuck on a ferry cable when it attempted to swim over it on the Daintree River, in Far North Queensland.

The seven-year-old and nine-year-old were rushed to hospital after the attack in Ford Street, in Opotiki, New Zealand, on Saturday around 7pm.

Damaso Lopez Nunez, 'Chapo' Guzman's right-hand man, has had his life sentence reduced to just 15 years, it emerged on Wednesday - two days after Guzman's wife was arrested in Washington.

Donald Trump Jr. was deposed by prosecutors in D.C. attorney general Karl Racine's office in a suit against the Trump inaugural committee pegged to the 2017 festivities.

Western Australia's opposition leader Zak Kirkup has been accused of giving up after conceding the Liberals won't win the state election in March.

National Australia Bank has been sued for allegedly charging customers the wrong fees almost 200,000 times. 

Australian senators voted to pass the world-first law on Thursday but only after caving to pressure from Facebook to make changes which critics say pull the teeth out of the legislation.

Your postcode has a lot to do with your lifespan, surprising new research into longevity has revealed - with Sydney and Melbourne's CBD coming in among the worst places for long life.

Top secret documents have revealed that the assassins who killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi (left) used two private jets from a firm that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince (right) had seized.

Soft power refers to a country's appeal and attraction to the rest of the world, and its ability to influence based on its reputation.

The touching moment a Fijian rugby league team celebrate their release from hotel quarantine by singing an emotional rendition of the national anthem has gone viral on social media.

Financial records from Steve Bannon's crowd-funding efforts for 'We Build the Wall' have been subpoenaed by the Manhattan district attorney's office.

No arrests have ever been laid over the brutal murder of German national Bernd Lehmann, 66, found dead from severe head injuries inside an Ashfield unit in Sydney's inner-west on February 14 in 2008.

The Brisbane man unsuccessfully argued that he should be entitled to shared custody of the pooch after 'chipping in' to pay for vet appointments, as well as food and toys.

A 94-year-old woman and an 88-year-old man were given too much of the Pfizer vaccine at Holy Spirit aged care home at Carseldine, Queensland.

Jim Tzimas was removing flags from a school crossing at Findon Road, Epping in Melbourne's north about 9am on Monday when he was hit by a silver vehicle.

Leaked documents from the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre revealed criminals are freely living among this island's horrified 1,200 locals.

Australian Federal Police commissioner Reece Kershaw wrote the strongly-worded memo as arguments rage about the handling of Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins' rape allegations.

PAUL THOMAS on... 'smart' motorways

Police and three ambulances rushed to the tower in Darlinghurst on Thursday morning to find the man dead in a 'self-harm-related incident'.

Woolworths said its 'personal care and sanitary product' and 'feminine hygiene' categories will be renamed to 'period and continence care'

A Scots College graduate who was allegedly stabbed by his own mother says he was suffering drug withdrawals when he went on a rampage at his father's house two days after Christmas.

Sean Turnell was an economic adviser to the country's leader Aung San Suu Kyi until army generals seized power in the Southeast Asian nation on February 1.

The girls were given the doll, and another white one also hung from the tree, as part of a parenting class at Trinity College, north of Adelaide, and claimed the lynching wasn't racially motivated.

The B.1.526 variant first appeared in samples collected in New York City in November and has two versions, which contain the E484K and S477N mutations.

Callie Griffiths-I'Anson, two, was at the Oaklands Hotel in southern NSW, where her mother worked, when she gained access to the bar area and ingested caustic alkali liquid used to clean soda glasses.

People familiar with the matter say that the extra payout deal with SoftBank Group Corp sets Adam Neumann apart from other WeWork shareholders.

The 37-year-old allegedly tried to set a 40-year-old Indigenous mother and her daughter alight in the southeast Perth suburb of Gosnells on Saturday night around 6.30 as they walked home.

The woman - a Sergeant named Dalina - asserts that she is not a 'martyr' for taking to TikTok last week to 'grieve' and share her story.

Racing greyhounds in New South Wales will be electronically tracked for their entire lives as Better Regulation Minister Kevin Anderson announces the government will spend $3.6 million on e-tracking.

Hungry Panda said it does not pay its riders workers compensation - an insurance covering employees if they suffer a work-related injury - as they are considered to be independent contractors.

Charles McKenzie Ross Evans was freed last August after he served two years and eight months behind bars for the death of Alicia Little, 41, at their Kyneton property in regional Victoria in 2017.

Roxy Jacenko, the founder of Sweaty Betty PR, has revealed she feels exhausted after nine years of marriage which included her husband Oliver Curtis spending a year in jail.

A petition by former student Chanel Contos, 22, prompted an explosion of more than 1,400 girls in Australia to share their disturbing experiences of sexual violence at the hands of boys they knew.

New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was left lost for words after a fan called in to the Kyle and Jackie O show to say she'd featured in his raunchy dream.  

Officers discovered a hidden laboratory and 46kgs of psilocybin - commonly known as magic mushrooms.

Healthcare Australia, a company contracted by the federal government to give vaccines in aged care homes, was put on notice.

The fine issued to a Melbourne driver in Brookfield in the city's far-west said he had been caught driving at 67km/h in a 60km/h zone, but that his 'alleged' speed was 3km/h less.

A family is greiving the loss of their beloved puppy after she was fatally shot by a single cross bow by a 'sick individual' in the Darwin River region in the Northern Territory on Saturday afternoon.

The record-breaking play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is back, re-opening this week after the Covid shut down. Tickets are selling fast but bookings are being taken until August 2021.

Alan Joyce has asked state and territory leaders to promise they will not shut their borders beyond April. The Qantas boss revealed he has had 'positive conversations'.

A screaming crowd awaited the couple as they burst through the doors at the ceremony in Sydney this month.

Inspectors from RSCPA NSW stormed a breeding property in the state's central west about 8am on Wednesday follow reports of alleged animal cruelty.

Millions of Australians were warned to brace themselves for torrential rain and strong winds overnight, as a thunderstorm hit Sydney late on Thursday morning.

Police are hunting two men, shown on CCTV wearing hoods and face masks, after they stormed into a south-west Sydney house and attacked a teenager and his father.

Dan Price, founder and CEO of the credit-card processing company Gravity Payments, hit out at billionaires who enjoy praise for their charitable giving.