Joe McCann was shot dead by soldiers in the Markets area of Belfast in 1972 while dressed in disguise as he attempted to evade arrest at the hands of Royal Ulster Constabulary officers.

Ghislaine Maxwell  is using a prison-issue sock as a makeshift face mask to stop herself being woken up by prison guards, her lawyers have revealed.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Boris Johnson's enemies claim that the various scandals and embarrassments show he is a sleazy politician without integrity.

GUY ADAMS: First, it was shortages of hand sanitiser and toilet rolls, then everywhere sold out of hot tubs and bicycles and now Britain's new shortage is going to hit us in the stomach.

It sounds like a Richard Curtis rom-com although not, however, when you hear the full details for, the 'bride' - Joan Blass - then aged 91, was suffering from severe vascular dementia.

England eased lockdown restrictions two weeks ago to allow pubs and restaurants to reopen for outdoor service. Today's figures will add to calls for the next relaxation to be sped up.

Israel's Health Ministry is examining 62 cases of heart inflammation in people who have received Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine. A preliminary study showed 'tens of incidents' of myocarditis.

The NHS is 'sleepwalking into a cancer crisis' that is setting survival rates in Great Britain back by up to 15 years, experts have warned, as a coalition of charities demand an increase in funding.

In the Commons Michael Gove said it was 'incredible' to suggest the Prime Minister would have used such language and fellow minister Nadine Dorries branded it a 'lie'.

The Duke of York has gone into business with Harry Keogh, once a star financier at the Queen's bank, Coutts, before he resigned in March 2018 following a storm over sexual harassment claims.

Boris Johnson's claim to have paid for the lavish makeover of his Downing Street flat faced fresh scrutiny last night after it was confirmed Tory HQ paid the £58,000 bill nine months ago.

It takes more than two years for the average Brit to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Experts said the findings show the importance of regularly screening people over 40 for diabetes.

FRANCIS HARDY They are two photographs taken barely a week apart - but what a scandal they expose.

Maria Bailey could arrange for only 20 mourners to go to retired teacher Gay Kennedy's funeral due to ongoing coronavirus restrictions in England.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights said the system - under which people can be hit with fines of up to £10,000 - risks 'criminalising the poor over the better-off'.

HENRY DEEDES: The new(ish) Cabinet Secretary had just been accused by MPs of being evasive. Eh? Civil servants being tricksy? Who could even think such a thing?

RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: You can't see Miss Boothroyd dissolving in tears every time she was propositioned by a lecherous magician or wolf-whistled.

A painting of Boris Johnson and his family at Chequers has been snapped up by the PM - using PayPal. Amateur artist Mary Casserley painted his official country residence.

The Prime Minister is said to have sent a text message to Mr Cummings, his former No10 chief of staff, to put him in the clear.

Researchers in Spain found test subjects were more likely to select someone as a potential date if their profile appeared repeatedly than if they were told they were '90 percent compatible.'

Steve Davies, 63, from Hawkhurst, Kent, who served in the Royal Green Jackets in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, has restored more than 80 graves in three years.

Chadwick Boseman's brother Derrick has broken his silence over his late sibling's shocking loss to Anthony Hopkins at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday.

MPs say Paula Vennels, who presided over the Post Office IT scandal where thousands of postmasters were falsely accused of stealing, should be stripped of her CBE.

At least 1,500 people have so far complained to the MHRA, through its yellow-card system for reporting feared side-effects, that they have developed tinnitus, ringing in the ears, after their jab.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are hiring a senior communications officer, to help lead communication plans for engagements in the UK and on overseas tours in the future.

Michael Gove appeared to leave himself some wriggle room despite the PM flatly rejecting the allegation that he made the remark in a fit of pique after agreeing the second lockdown last Autumn.

Traffic light nutritional information is provided per average serving size and per 100g for food, or 100ml for drinks - and simplified into a percentage.

The number of people who tuned into watch the Oscars last night has hit an all time low with just 9.85 million viewers.

A group of boys ran away laughing after two teenage girls aged 16 and 17 were stabbed in West Norwood, South-East London at around 4:30pm, a witness claims.

DAN WOOTTON: It seems our broadcasters, which claim to be impartial, have made a decision to only accurately cover the demonstrations of causes that the London elite believe in.

Two former paratroopers accused of murdering IRA commander Joe McCann nearly 50 years ago have denied killing him at the start of their trial in Belfast this morning.

Speaking to talkRADIO, Russell Myers questioned whether Prince Harry may use the birth of his second child, who is expected to arrive in the summer, as a 'convenient excuse' not to 'face the family' in July.

A police investigation into the cause of the blaze at Olivia's La Cala in Málaga, Spain, is now said to be underway. The blaze started around 5.30am this morning with Elliott Wright now at the scene.

The singer, 35, who entered the talent contest in 2010, alleged that the incident happened in the US when she met the person to talk about recording work.

The Oscars had one job after the whole world had endured a year of hell with the coronavirus pandemic: make us feel better. Everything about it stank.

Strike It Lucky Star Michael Barrymore reportedly met with Essex Police last week over Stuart Lubbock's death in his swimming pool in 2001.

Police gave first aid to the one-year-old baby boy after he was attacked by the dog in Kettering, before he was taken to Kettering General Hospital by a parent on Saturday afternoon.

In the clip, filmed a few weeks before the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine sank killing all 53 onboard, the crew are seen singing 'Sampai Jumpa', an Indonesian hit that translates as 'goodbye'.

All of the passengers who tested positive flew into Hong Kong on a flight from India's capital, run by Indian airline Vistara on April 4.

The 10-year anniversary of Prince William's marriage to Kate Middleton is set to be marked by a new BBC documentary titled Royal Wedding: A Day to Remember.

The average property price on the Southmead road is £193,000, meaning the owners would need just seven bookings to have earned back the entire cost of the terraced house.

The Labour Mayor of London, who is favourite to win on May 6, has been accused of making a pre-election promise taxpayers will end up paying for after the election by returning to the £11.50 levy.

Jaap van Deldon admitted that millions of the ordered Covid-19 doses will not be needed after the government restricted its use on under-60s due to concerns about incredibly rare blood clots.

An Office for National Statistics survey found 90 per cent of people in England claimed they had self-isolated. Experts warned the data was likely an overestimate because it relied on honest answers

Experts from the University of Birmingham came up with the theory after noting a number of patients had no inflammation in their airways yet severe infection in their lungs.

Gunner Renee Mulcahy pleaded guilty to beating up her civilian wife Sophie Penfold while drunk at Baker Barracks on Thorney Island in West Sussex.

Paul Curtis, 50, from Poole, Dorset, fell ill a week and a half after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine.

The antiviral drug, which is in trials, could be one in the sights of the UK Government's new antivirals taskforce which is aiming to get at-home Covid treatments available by autumn this year.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak's stamp duty holiday deadline has sparked a buying frenzy with buyers in the UK snapping up homes in days or even minutes and with many leaving city life behind.

Manchester United executive vice chairman Ed Woodward is understood to have met with the PM's Chief of Staff Dan Rosenfield on Wednesday, April 14.

UK Trade Secretary Liz Truss has said Britain will not give way on food standards. The move comes in the wake of a post-Brexit trade deal with Australia.

Sacked minister Johnny Mercer revealed that Northern Ireland veterans convicted of crimes related to the Troubles could be pardoned.

The Government said there had been a further 1,712 lab-confirmed cases in the UK - a drop of 9 per cent compared to last week's figure of 1,882.

X Factor star Rebecca, who appeared on the talent show during the same year, voiced her support for Katie following her claims over the weekend.

Young people in the United Kingdom taking part in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards could go on 'urban expeditions' or play computer games amid plans to boost numbers by 2026.

Clare Balding, 50, has revealed she hid her sexuality for close to a decade after starting at the BBC as a trainee journalist in 1993.

Professor Robin Dunbar said there is nothing more important in life than friends and said you need to contact your five closest friends at least once a week to keep it functioning.

STEVE BOGGAN Sitting at my computer, I am feeling terribly guilty about what I have just done to the planet.

Match of the Day presenter Ian Wright, 57, was caught driving at 69mph in a 40mph zone on his Triumph motorcycle in Twickenham on August 4. He admitted speeding.

SARAH SANDS: It would once have seemed unimaginable that one Britain's great institutions, the Post Office, could behave so cruelly and arrogantly. Yet the truth has come to light.

Newton, who discovered the three laws of motion, appears in a draft copy of the university's 'inclusive curriculum development' plan which aims to tackle 'white saviour' approaches to science.

Property guru Sarah Beeny, 49, made the confession during an interview with Stella magazine. She relocated from London to just outside Bruton three years ago.

For the first time in 10 months, Israel haven't recorded a death related to Covid-19. Data shows their national total staying on 6,346 deaths.

Jeremy Daw, 66, had been sitting in the passenger seat of the ambulance when the object pierced his windscreen on the A49 in Herefordshire at around 8am on Saturday.

Jeremy Daw, also known as Jack, was sitting in the passenger seat of the Mercedes ambulance when the object shot through the windscreen around 8am today.

PETER HITCHENS: China's coal-fired power generation is more than ten times bigger than Britain's entire electricity output from all sources.

Opponents say that MI5 has examined records of WhatsApp messages sent from the Cabinet room in No10 after a meeting to discuss whether to bring in a new lockdown.

They are the whodunnits that make Line Of Duty look straightforward. Who has been leaking Downing Street secrets in an attempt to damage Boris? And is there one guilty party - or multiple villains?

IAN BIRRELL: Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday reveal that a nationwide scheme in China was launched nine years ago to discover new viruses.

Leading scientists are calling on the Government to remove all coronavirus restrictions in Britain and allow people to 'take back control of their own lives' when the 'roadmap' to freedom ends in June.

Marc Dunoyer said some of the comments made about the AZ jab - developed in partnership with Oxford University - were 'completely inaccurate'.

As the Downing Street pyschodrama between Dominic Cummings and Carrie Symonds reached its climax last November, the departing adviser had one final encounter with Boris Johnson.

DAN HODGES: Boris Johnson, pictured with his fiance Carrie Symonds, right, is at the centre of a scandal, and of the three that dominated the past week, Carrie has been at the heart of them all.

Drawing heavily on a cigarette, a familiar figure in casual attire ambles along a cobbled London street. Witnesses to George Osborne's lone stroll report that he seemed pensive.

The Duke of York should expect no shortage of admiring glances when he drives his £220,000 Bentley, though a French socialite who is suing him for almost £7m is not surprised.

David Quarrey, the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser, tested positive a week after returning from India. The incident sparked fears of Covid ripping through the heart of the Government

The Foreign Office is expected to publish separate advice to the traffic light system which could cause confusion for sun-seeking Britons this summer when the travel ban is lifted next month.

A summer third wave: it's the nightmare scenario we all are hoping won't happen when Britain opens up for business on June 21.

Ivana Murphy, a 22-year-old University of East Anglia student, found the virus after collecting bat droppings from lesser horseshoe bats in Gloucestershire.

Demonstrators made their way through the capital earlier today as they waved banners and placards daubed with a range of slogans including 'no new normal' and 'no health passport'.

The Jonathan Creek actor, from London said he fears fellow comics will shy away from voicing strong views because Corporation bosses fear being criticised.

Pioneering politician Betty Boothroyd is being investigated by Parliament's ethics watchdog for failing to attend a sexual harassment course - at the age of 91.

Some riders who work for Deliveroo are darting across British pavements and putting members of public at risk. It comes as 71million orders were made on the app in first three months of year.

ALEXANDRA SHULMAN: The picture of the Duchess of Cambridge looking out from the windows of the black car taking her to St George's Chapel, Windsor, for Prince Philip's funeral is such an image.

Brussel's row with AstraZeneca for promising the UK first deliveries of its vaccine supplies appears to have prompted another vaccine maker to say its contract will put the UK at the head of the queue.

Folajimi Olubunmi-Adewole, 20, has been hailed a hero after it was learned he was one of two people who dived into the River Thames just after midnight on April 24 so save a woman.

A study led by an Oxford expert found the virus raises the risk of serious maternal complications by more than 50 per cent.

Protesters are demanding the resignation of Sabia Akram, deputy leader of Slough Borough Council.

The lawyer investigating David Cameron's lobbying attempts on behalf of Greensill has been urged to widen his probe to cover the former PM's role in torpedoing proposed curbs on Uber.

Embattled David Cameron is building the perfect place to escape the stresses of the lobbying row engulfing him - an upmarket 'man cave' at his £2 million Cornish hideaway.

Under the cover of protesting against sleaze, Dominic Grieve led a 'Remoaner Revenge' against Boris Johnson and accused PM of 'smoke and mirrors' over refit of his Downing Street Flat.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson tried to shift his No 10 press secretary Allegra Stratton from her job of fronting TV press conferences to promoting the COP26 conference in Glasgow later this year.

Allies of Boris Johnson levelled the damning charge that those loyal to Cummings had been behind 'nasty and sexist briefings' against Mr Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds.

A woman in her 40s is now in a life-threatening condition in hospital, according to the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS). She was pulled from the water in Portsmouth.

A Cheshire family is heartbroken after their puppy Oscar died from a perforated intestine after he ate a facemask on a walk.

The Duke of Edinburgh staged an extraordinary boardroom coup to save a charity founded by his former headmaster at Gordonstoun in Scotland, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY ROB DRAPER: Speaking exclusively to The Mail on Sunday, the Slovenian lawyer, who was elected UEFA president in 2016, has thanked English football

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: How odd that in the midst of this, a UK government which should be basking in achievement is instead eating itself with ridiculous internal rows.

The Government said there had been a further 2,061 lab-confirmed cases in the UK - a drop of 7 per cent compared to last week's figure of 2,206.

Fares Maatou, 14, died at the scene of the attack in Barking Road, Newham, on Friday afternoon, the Metropolitan Police said.

Laura Sugden immediately knew she was in danger when she noticed dirt marks on her usually spotless cream carpet. Call it a sixth sense, she says, as she recalls the terrible night in Yorkshire...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Greater Manchester Police sergeant Martin Dunn, 48, from Meltham, punched five-month-old Frank several times in the garden of his home.

Dan Colegate, 38, said he has moved to an area near the 8,976ft Pic de Sauvegarde in the Pyrenees on the border between France and Spain to search lower altitudes himself.

No10's former chief adviser yesterday claimed to have warned the Prime Minister that using Tory donations to foot the costs of the renovation was 'possib

The former Downing Street aide suggested the consensus that travel bans would not help prevent the spread of coronavirus was flawed.

The ex-No10 chief aide used a lengthy blog post to launch a devastating attack on his old boss, accusing the Prime Minister of trying to block a leak inquiry.

The 'Barnato green' Bentley Mulsanne, which retired from the Queen's fleet in 2015 with just 2,492 miles on the clock, is up for sale at the Bramley Motor Car showroom in Surrey.

Disgraced teacher Craig Slater, 40, has been jailed for five years and three months after having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy he met on the dating app Grindr.

Ghislaine Maxwell has claimed that the case against her is prejudiced because Jeffrey Epstein is dead - and he would have cleared her of wrongdoing if he was alive.

The unnamed 27-year-old woman said she was captured while travelling home to her children. She was kept for 11 days before soldiers abandoned her in a bush. Villagers took her to hospital.

Nioola Zingaretti, President of Lazio, has joined forces with activists in Rome and pledged €500,000 to help save pine trees in the capital from pine tortoise scale insects which plague the trees.

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Former Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey, who is married to his wife, Sarah, with whom he shares two daughters, admitted he first got involved in the 'unique' case because he was 'incredibly nosey'.

Police and paramedics rushed to the scene on Rocky Lane, Sussex this morning after a bus driver 'misjudged' the railway bridge and crashed.

CCTV footage captured in the city of Izhevsk in Russia shows the two women narrowly avoid being crushed by sheets of slate from a falling balcony.

Dr Zarir Udwadia, a physician in hard-hit Mumbai and an advisor to the Indian government, also lashed out at minister's 'complacency' and called on countries to donate vaccines.

The outbreak among the locally employed staff comes as India continues to struggle with one of the largest outbreaks of Covid-19 the world has seen since the start of the pandemic.

A Woolworths manager has sparked outrage online after rudely texting one of their junior workers to 'f**k right off' in a nasty series of messages posted to Twitter on Monday.

From today in England, everyone over the age of 42 - or those who have their 42nd birthday before July 1 - will be invited to come forward for their jab. Mr Hancock said he was excited to get his vaccine.

Australian athletes destined for the Tokyo Olympic Games will be prioritised for vaccination.

Jack de Belin's case continues before the courts as new phone calls reveal Belin, 30, and Sinclair, 23, exchanged phone calls saying that 'best case scenario' the alleged victim is lying.

VisuWell CEO Sam Johnson was caught on camera harassing 18-year-old Dalton Stevens for wearing a red dress to prom. The high school senior's boyfriend filmed the heated exchange.

When it comes to exotic new locations, few places are hotter right now than TOI-1431b.

A video of the sewage water leaking onto Bondi Beach as surfers walked nearby was posted to social media with the caption 'ahh the smell of raw sewage'.

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Footage shared online shows the accused being led into a circle formed by dozens of male spectators to receive the punishment handed down by Taliban elders.

Demonstrators marched through Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on Monday night, demanding the release of the full bodycam footage showing Andrew Brown's April 21 shooting.

Boris Johnson is gathering Cabinet as he faces fresh allegations that he said he would rather let coronavirus 'rip' in September than inflict the economic harm of another lockdown.

Crown Casino has been fined a record $1 million by Victoria's gambling regulator for its junket operations.

Lyndon Brown disappeared from his home in Poole, Dorset at around 9pm on Monday but was later found by officers.

A total of 9.85 million people tuned in to Sunday night's Oscars - the first time that the ceremony has been seen by under 10 million. Megyn Kelly led the mockery of the show, describing it as 'woke'.

Jeremy Daw, 66, was in the passenger seat on his first 999 callout of the day on Saturday when the rock went through the glass as the vehicle approached a junction.

Grant Shapps will hold talks with G7 counterparts at the Cornwall summit between June 11 and 13 with a view to securing a free travel agreement to many destinations such as Italy( pictured)

Andrew Brown, 42, was shot and killed by Pasquotank County sheriff's deputies in North Carolina Wednesday morning when the officers were serving him an arrest warrant.

Robert Pether, from Sydney's north shore, was arrested on April 7 when he arrived at a scheduled meeting with his client, the Central Bank of Iraq, in Baghdad.

Yat-Sen Chang is on trial at Isleworth Crown Court where he denies sexual assault charges which allegedly took place between 2009 and 2016 while he was at the English National Ballet

Data from Speech Link, which is used by schools to assess pupils' language, looked at 50,000 pupils in England and showed there was an increase in the number of children needing language support

Night owls were treated to a stunning sight Monday night with the supermoon 30 percent more dazzling and 14 percent larger than the average full moon.

The state Senate passed a controversial bill Monday banning public schools, charter schools and universities teaching critical race theory. The bill now goes before Idaho's Republican governor.

The adopted younger sister of notorious crime figure Mark 'Chopper' Read claims she was one of the first people with a criminal history deported to New Zealand under Australia's 501 scheme

The acting Premier has written to Prime Minister Scott Morrison requesting permission to allow up to 120 foreign students and workers to arrive in Victoria each week from May 24

In just little more than four years, Bitcoin was soared from being worth less than $1,000 to $81,500 earlier this month. It can even be used to buy a car. Financial market insiders reveal why it's popular.

The lucky man, who was one of two $40million winners, didn't even know he held a victorious ticket because one of the digits in the phone number The Lott had for him was incorrect.

Dylan 'Bondie' Bond, 26, died on Monday after being stabbed at a home in Thomson, near Geelong, with a 24-year-old man under police guard and a third fighting for life.

The search is over for a fourth generation war veteran's medals. Glen O'Brien has been reunited with his father's medals. The medals were lost on his way to the Brisbane Anzac Day march.

Police are stunned no one was injured when a train carrying 90 passengers slammed into a semi-trailer at a rural railway crossing at Tharbogang, on the western outskirts of Griffith in NSW.

Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo said Australia must be prepared to 'send off our warriors to fight the nation's wars'.

Terence John Oberle, 74, pleaded guilty to 21 charges of breach of duty of care to animals in Toowoomba Magistrates Court after the horses that did not die lived among the corpses of the dead.

Mr McGowan confirmed four cases of Covid-19 were found in hotel quarantine on Tuesday - all of whom had flown into Perth on flight MH125 from Kuala Lumpur on April 24.

Prime Minster Scott Morrison suspended all commercial flights on Tuesday afternoon, leaving chartered repatriation flights to the Northern Territory as the only way home.

Melbourne Porsche driver Richard Pusey who filmed four dead and dying police officers after a horrific crash now claims he was the victim of the tragedy.