Today is set to be the eighth day in a row that the mercury has been above 70F (21C) somewhere in the UK, after the country experienced its hottest day of 2021 so far for the third day in a row yesterday.

Newcastle City Council, Manchester City Council, Durham County Council, Northumberland County Council and North Tyneside have all banned smoking on pavements outside hospitality venues.

Ministers are finalising changes to the travel categories due to be announced this afternoon, with the hopes of millions of Britons hanging on the decisions.

Police superintendent Henry Jemmott told a friend he was going on a date the night he was killed, DailyMail.com can reveal.

Sir Kevan Collins claimed Boris Johnson rejected his proposals for a £15billion package to provide pupils with extra time and teaching to catch up on lost education due to successive lockdowns.

Sir Mick Jagger, Tilda Swinton and others have implored Italian politicians to prevent Venice from turning into 'a theme park like Disneyland' by failing to regulate tourism following the pandemic.

In a move that will be a bitter blow to millions of Britons hoping for a holiday abroad this summer, the Government is reportedly considering moving Portugal on to the amber list.

Sir Richard Dearlove has said proving the theory that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was working on coronavirus experiments that would make the virus more deadly to humans will be difficult.

Robinson, who faces a hefty fine and possibly a ban, was left to 'unreservedly apologise' after the nine-year-old tweets were dug up on social media.

Naomi Osaka, 23, from Japan, who is the world's highest-earning sportswoman, refused a post-match conference. SALLY JONES argues being paid to play a game you love is worth questions.

Merry-go-rounds from Britain and basmati rice from India: The U.S. is threatening $2 billion in sanctions on products from six countries over digital taxes.

Boris Johnson warned that the government will have 'no hesitation' about imposing tougher restrictions ahead of a review of the allocations due tomorrow.

Footage shows the motorist drive straight over the cyclist's front wheel and narrowly avoid hitting his leg while speeding off from traffic lights on Victoria Embankment in central London.

UK-based Sasha Fenton is the author of The Magic of Astrology for Health, Home and Happiness, out today, which offers an introduction to the 12 star signs and the ways they interact with each other.

EXCLUSIVE: The bloodied pier where Belize police superintendent Henry Jemmott was shot in the head has been pictured for the first time.

The sinkhole appeared in a field in Santa Maria Zacatepec, state of Puebla, Mexico, on Saturday.

Depop, which was founded by Anglo-Italian entrepreneur Simon Beckerman in 2011 and has been run by Maria Raga since 2016, saw sales more than double last year to £49million.

The disgraced star could be moved from HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, to an open prison 'within weeks', and be given a full release from next year, according to the Sun.

Piers Morgan said Donald Trump spluttered with mock laughter when he told the then president that Theresa May had a lucrative career on the speaking circuit after leaving office.

Sir Kevan Collins wanted ministers to approve a  £15billion package to help thousands of children. But Education Secretary Gavin Williamson today announced an initial £1.4billion.

Maggi Hambling gave her critics a full-frontal assault when questioned about her controversial work celebrating Mary Wollstonecraft which was unveiled last year close to where the feminist lived.

James Peppiatt, 21, from north London has been charged with the murder of Tony Eastlake, 55, who was stabbed to death in Islington on Saturday afternoon.

Grow grass right and you ought to be able to play tennis on it says the subliminal messages...don't believe a word of that - if you look after your lawn properly it can be brown and healthy.

Displays of pageantry may seem a distant memory but after the dolour of the pandemic the nation is set to come together next year in a great celebration of the Queen's historic Platinum Jubilee.

The Department of Health has been urged to slash its rip-off Covid test fees as MPs hit out at the Government for charging double what the cheapest private provider does for post-holiday PCR swabs.

After months living in a bubble, and with the prospect of more to come, Jamie Murray admits he has had enough of living the Covid half-life. Now, ahead of a summer of sport, he wants fans back.

Those who are young, from ethnic minorities or considered unsuitable parents may be disproportionately targeted, the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (Bpas) says.

Jasmine Hartin was found with blood on her hands after shooting dead a top Belizean cop with a 9mm round, according to a criminal complaint obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.

SAGE member and University of Liverpool infectious disease expert, Professor Calum Semple, said: 'Covid is a viral disease... We are seeing more antibiotics used than we would like.'

A 16-year-old boy denies the attempted murder of the 15-year-old boy, who was shot as he walked to school in Kesgrave in Ipswich on September 7 last year.

From next month, sensitive information - including physical, sexual and mental health records - of every person registered with a GP in the UK are to be shared with third parties unless they opt out.

Graham Hamilton, 54, from Guildford, Surrey has sold part of his Matchbox car collection for more than £280,000 He spent over £100,000 acquiring his collection over more than 20 years,

STEPHEN GLOVER: The Gauleiters of my own dear county don't pull their punches. They have a fixed ambition to make Oxfordshire 'smoke-free' by 2025 that leaves me fuming.

The official papers also show how Buckingham Palace negotiated controversial clauses exempting the Queen and her household from laws that prevent race and sex discrimination.

Fourteen Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers, five members of the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) and four Special Boat Service (SBS) troops were listed.

The average plate size today is 8 cm larger than the ones used in the 1940s. Dr Michael Mosley reveals science-backed tips to prevent creeping weight gain and to reduce the risk of future disease.

Tahira Naqvi, 40, who lives in Bradford, lost her first baby after marrying a cousin at age 21. Babies born in cousin marriages can suffer from 'recessive' genetic disorders associated with disability.

Renowned theatre impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber last night said he could take ministers to court if they do not allow theatres to operate at full capacity from June 21 as planned.

The King of Prussia Inn is in the picturesque riverside town of Kingsbridge, Devon. Landlady Sara Roberton has left a chalkboard A-frame on the street to tell holidaymakers that they are not welcome.

Speaking to reporters on a visit to a school, Boris Johnson insisted people must 'wait a little longer' for a final decision on June 21.

The country's government had given the green light for players to receive the jab, with the Belgian FA insisting it was a 'very important' move as they bid to win their first ever trophy as a nation.

Set in January 1536 at Greenwich palace,  the episode shows the last five months of Anne Boleyn (played by Jodie Turner-Smith) life, opening with King Henry and Anne throwing a party.

Guy Unmack, 46, launched the savage attack on Rosemary Hill, 87, in Reigate, Surrey, as she cut herbs from a rosemary bush outside her home on June 21 last year.

The extended bank holiday will run from Thursday, June 2 to Sunday, June 5 in 2022 and include a series of public events and community activities across Britain.

Office for National Statistics data showed 66 out of 9,860 deaths listed the virus as the underlying cause in the week to May 21. Every region of England went at least one day with no Covid deaths.

Mr Ross was informed this morning that someone he was in contact with on Monday had tested positive, the Conservatives said.

Lord Frost ramped up pressure on Brussels as he visited the province last night to meet business and community representatives angry about the rules.

MailOnline analysis of NHS England data shows hospitals were seeing numbers of patients with the virus entering hospitals creep up in the North West and London over the last fortnight of May.

Holby City will conclude in 2022 after 23 years on the air, the BBC announced on Wednesday.

Speaking to Closer magazine, Gary Goldsmith said the Duke of Sussex, 36, needs to 'get a grip' and stop his 'self-indulgent episode' before there is no relationship left to rebuild.

Controversial actor and one-time Mayor of London candidate Laurence Fox hit out at TV show Anne Boleyn last night, declaring 'the diversity agenda is racism',

Megan Crome, 25, from London, went through debilitating pain in order to break her cycle of addiction to the steroid creams she used to treat her extremely painful form of eczema.

The LGB Alliance was made a charity in April after the Charity Commission decided the group was beneficial to the British public.

Kamau Bobb, who is also an 'Equity in Computing' don at Georgia Tech, wrote a 2007 blog post, which remains on his website, titled: 'If I Were A Jew.'

Ricky Gervais has won a battle against plans to build a Buckinghamshire rabbit meat farm that PETA claims would have seen 10,000 baby bunnies bred and killed for food every year.

Bethan Oakley, 31, had flashbacks of giving her father CPR and had been suffering from depression while working at EE call centre in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, with 'aggressive' boss Gareth Roberts.

The Friends star, who proposed to the literary manager, 29, in November last year, confirmed the split in a statement to People on Tuesday, just weeks after he was spotted on a dating app.

Martin Bashir's profile on Celebrity Talent International (CTI) was removed last week following claims he forged documents and lied to get his landmark sit-down with the Princess of Wales.

The 12 caravans and cars that had first pitched up on Kew Green on Thursday, angering nearby neighbours living in £2m homes, finally left last night.

Alex Hayter, 21, had been studying computer science at Nottingham Trent University but was finding it difficult to cope with his assignments after moving back home during the pandemic.

Police officers were called to reports of a large house party in Hove on May 15, just two days before Covid rules were eased, and found up to 10 off-duty police officers were attending the party.

Britain's hospitality sector has been battling with a shortage of 188,000 workers while demand continues to skyrocket as restrictions ease.

Although Covid cases are now falling in Tokyo, the host city is under a state of emergency until at least June 20 and the majority of the public are against staging the Games.

Those looking to enjoy a holiday abroad should book a package trip with a test included to protect themselves from paying through the nose if pre-booked private test results get lost, Which? advised.

The anonymous woman, 27, who is believed to be from the US, revealed on Reddit's I Am The A******? that she decided not to invite her 'gorgeous' friend or make her a bridesmaid for fear of being upstaged.

A couple would have to save private pensions worth £154,700 between them to hit their retirement target, while an individual would need to build a pot worth £192,290, according to the consumer group.

Tributes have been paid to welder Danny Humble, 35, who was attacked in an underpass in Cramlington, Northumberland. He died the next day in hospital. Eight people have been arrested over the incident.

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union at the DVLA site in Swansea have gone on strike from today until Saturday, prompting fears over delays for drivers.

The Health Secretary is under growing political pressure after admitting he had allowed patients to be discharged from hospitals into care homes without being tested for the virus during the first surge.

These are the shocking scenes as a man is stabbed with a foot-long knife in London's Hyde Park. Footage of the incident shows terrified bystanders running for their lives.

Ministers are preparing to offer vaccines to all over-18s as SAGE experts and Tory MPs butt heads over whether June 21's 'Freedom Day' should be delayed in the face of the Indian variant.

The Irish singer, 54, was promoting her memoir Rememberings where she engaged in a stilted conversation with host Emma Barnett, 36, about her mental health,

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BBC News creative director Chris Cook described Lund Point in Newham as a dump on social media. The corporation rented out the top two floors of the tower block during the Olympics.

Footage captured in Roma, Texas, showed migrants crying out for help in the water as they attempted to cross from the cartel stronghold of Ciudad Miguel Aleman on Tuesday night.

Footage captured outside the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel shows the two thieves attempt to steal the parked motorbike before fleeing the scene empty-handed at around 11.40am on June 2.

Luke Erwin, 27, uploaded the clip hours after Sierra shared alarming footage of her tennis star lover, 28, snapping a laptop computer in half on his knee during a temper tantrum.

The student, 19, was attacked by three men on the Vienna underground while she was reading the historical book The Jew in the Modern World for a Jewish studies course.

The 55-year-old was given the green light to bulldoze his derelict £3.8m mansion in Berkshire in 2019, and develop the complex of luxury homes, but it has sparked objections from neighbours.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has said emails revealing he was warned COVID-19 may have been 'engineered' are 'ripe to be taken out of context.'

The disturbing figures were released on Thursday afternoon as thousands of Covid-fearing people flock to vaccination hubs amid Victoria's growing cluster, which has swelled to 63.

A NSW police officer has been charged with having child abuse material and has been suspended with pay while the charges are heard in court.

Rand Paul appeared on The Ingraham Angle where he claimed revealed emails proved Fauci may have been in-part responsible for COVID-19 development.

Police have launched an appeal for witnesses to the 10-mile trip Daniel Boulton, 29, took on Monday to Louth. His ex-partner Bethany Vincent and her son Darren 'DJ' Henson were stabbed to death.

Kennedy Hobbs, 18, died at the scene after she was shot multiple times in Jackson, Mississippi on Tuesday evening.

A member of the British Government's SAGE committee of experts said officials should not be overly concerned by the new variant.

Mark Meadows, Trump's chief of staff for the final year of his presidency, said on Wednesday night that Fauci should appear before Congress once more to discuss the 'lab leak' theory.

Peter Comisar has accused Braun of deceiving him into leaving his lucrative Guggenheim Securities job to join Scope Capital Partners.

Senior Conservatives are backing an amendment that looks set to be the subject of a dramatic Commons vote next week.

Service NSW confirmed the state's COVIDSafe QR check-in system had crashed on Thursday afternoon.

Healthcare organisations representing nurses and doctors want the same quality of PPE used in the US to protect them from Covid variants in hospital.

The two-bedroom cottage on Fifth Avenue, in South Townsville, north-east Queensland offers a 'large' bedroom and kitchen but not much else.

A number of conservative commentators falsely believed he had been restored to Instagram and Facebook on Wednesday after noticing his pages were viewable, unlike his Twitter account.

Victoria's acting premier James Merlino suffered the contradictory slip of the tongue while addressing reporters in a press conference on Thursday.

Frustrated Victorians desperately trying to book the jab are having salt rubbed in their wounds as an online booking system remains offline and phone bookings are near impossible to obtain.

A 23-year-old McDonald's manager has saved $34,000 in 15months to finally reunite with his mother after his dad, sisters and step mum left South Africa in 2017.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a $5 million international ad campaign for tourism to kick start local economy despite many travelers not being allowed to enter.

New York City's transit authority was hacked by Chinese attackers in April, it emerged on Wednesday - the same day as a ferry company serving islands off Massachusetts announced their attack.

A recent addition to Gladys Berejiklian's corporate wardrobe has become a much-loved favourite due to a special connection.

Derek Chauvin's attorney Eric Nelson filed a motion to limit his sentence in Hennepin County District Court on Wednesday. As it stands the ex-cop could be looking at more than 15 years in jail.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday that the military's diversity and inclusion programs are essential for 'defending the nation'.

Those who venture abroad this summer face long queues at airports with leaked Home Office analysis suggests waiting times could reach four hours at Heathrow to get back into Britain.

A cafe in Melbourne's east decided to pay it forward when it received a generous interstate donation on Wednesday by treating customers with free coffee and food.

No contact details were left when the baby crocodile was dropped off at a zoo in Childers, thousands of kilometres from its home in outback north-west Queensland.

A trial regarding the White Island volcanic eruption in New Zealand in 2019 won't happen anytime soon, with some tourism parties still to enter a plea in the complex case.

A microphone was cut off for about two minutes during Lt. Col. Barnard Kemter's keynote speech at a Memorial Day ceremony in Hudson, Ohio as he spoke about the slave origins of the holiday.

Elderly neighbours on a quiet Australian cul-de-sac have had continued run-ins over the placement of wheelie bins on garbage day.

The jury is out on whether a gutted two-storey, two-bedroom inner-Sydney terrace, listed for $1.68million, is a bargain or a sign of a cooked property market. As ever, the market will decide.

Suburbs near the city in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have more sellers than buyers despite a nationwide surge in property prices. Values in these postcodes are either falling or stagnating.

The coronavirus vaccine could soon be adminstered through a patch, similar to the one smokers wear to help quit, after an incredible breakthrough from Australian scientists.

The OnlyFans and reality television star posted a video of the Australian sporting bad boy snapping her laptop while on holidays together in Croatia.

The quake struck about 15km north-east of Tūrangi, on the North Island, at 12.23pm on Thursday, at a depth of 5km.

In less than a fortnight, Boris Johnson will announce whether the final stage of lockdown easing will take place as planned on June 21. Here, we examine the impact of continuing restrictions:

Fox News host Tucker Carlson said emails released Wednesday from Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top disease expert, suggest he lied about the nature of the coronavirus.

Darrell Jordison, who lives near Gulargambone in regional New South Wales, was hospitalised for a week in February this year after falling severely ill.

A 'beautiful' 10-year-old girl has died after her parents made the agonising decision to turn off her life support while her family fight for their lives following a tragic car crash near Williams in Perth.

The Sussex Inlet's home's bathroom was overrun with a colony of ants taking over the toilet bowl. Speculation has raged online about the reasons why - but an ant expert says it could be anything.

There are renewed fears Victoria is running out of the Pfizer Covid vaccine after the dwindling stockpile was used on thousands of citizens in lockdown.

A man armed with a baseball bat who bashed a stranger before pouring petrol on the victim and threatening to set him alight has been jailed for at least five years in Adelaide.

In a bid for a pay rise, union representatives in NSW are poised to tell paramedics to refuse patients in ambulances - except in emergencies. The strike action is planned for 24 hours.

The Greek restaurant run by Test cricketer Stuart MacGill and his long-term girlfriend has been shut down.

Sales of the Honda Civic have plunged by three-quarters in a year even though Australian car sales have surged by 68 per cent. A series of hatchbacks are losing followers.

Eddie McGuire used an appearance on Nine's AFL panel show Footy Classified to say he is sick of claims he is behind a push to instal his friend Jeff Browne as Magpies President.

Mourners were asked to wear sequins at the service in the Magnolia Chapel of the Macquarie Park Crematorium on Thursday and many followed the request.

Covid-19 conspiracy theorist Eve Black mocked the use of QR codes as a tool to track the virus. 

Detectives captured the moment they were conducting a search warrant on a property near Mackay, central Queensland, when a man fled and was chased into nearby bushland.

Federal investigators are looking into whether Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz obstructed justice in a phone conversation he had with a witness in the sex-crimes investigation against him.

New South Wales has recorded zero cases of Covid-19 despite an infected traveller from Melbourne going on a road trip through the state and visiting towns across its south coast.

Sam Griffin, 29, from Ballarat, around 115km east of Melbourne, shared a TikTok of himself pretending to be a contact tracer asking two men where they had been in the last eight hours.

Washington D.C. police are asking for the public's help in locating Kenneth Miles Davis, who allegedly shot a mother in a road rage incident on May 19 while her two kids were in the car.

Scott Morrison has announced a new 'temporary Covid-19 disaster payment' for Victorians stuck in lockdown and unable to work.

The foster mother who has raised a young boy born to an Indian student in Brisbane is facing losing the two-year-old to adoption and deportation after the government backflipped on his rights.

The woman aged in her 40s was driving with her kids, both aged under ten, in Wheelers Hill , Melbourne, around 6.05pm on Wednesday May 19 when the attack allegedly took place.

When former Australian attorney-general Christian Porter thanked a 'select group' who stood behind him after a rape allegation was made public, was he thinking of one woman in particular? 

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has suggested Victorians could be given a $1,000 disaster payment as compensation for the two-week lockdown.

Thousands of laid-off Melbourne workers are now facing at least a further seven days without a regular pay cheque - and Victorian politicians are turning to the federal government for help.

Police launched an investigation after reports a woman had allegedly been sexually assaulted in a carpark on Cross Street in Double Bay last Sunday.

Community Co Cookies & Cream Ice Cream 1L tubs were pulled from shelves on Thursday.

After calls from Opposition MPs to send a message of support to Victorians who have been locked down since last Thursday, Mr Andrews finally posted a statement on his accounts.

Peter Andrew Hansen, 63, has pleaded guilty to 31 child exploitation charges involving nine boys in the Vietnam and the Philippines, including abusing them and filming it for his own gratification.

Shares of Samsung Publishing, a major shareholder in the producer of the Baby Shark video, increased more than 10 percent on Wednesday, following a tweet by Elon Musk.

Shares in the world's largest chain of movie theatres soared on Wednesday, with their value doubling by the end of trading. The rise is largely driven by small-scale investors.

Donald Trump let New York City after Rep. Madison Cawthorn was also pictured in exclusive DailyMail.com photos leaving Trump Tower earlier Wednesday.

The chairwoman of the Republican Party warned that she would advise the GOP's 2024 White House nominee to skip the presidential debates without numerous reforms.

Queensland residents can enter the draw for one of 30,000 free $100 vouchers to use at Gold Coast tourist spots from Monday, June 7. The program will help tourist operators slammed by Covid.

The Senate parliamentarian has written that Democrats will effectively get one shot at a budget reconciliation bill protected from filibuster this year to move Biden's economic plans.

Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller will join in teaching a course at UVA law school titled: 'The Mueller Report and the Role of the Special Counsel.'

Shyla Heal, the teenage daughter of Australian basketball legend Shane, has been axed the airport by her WNBA side on their way to their next game after a swap deal left her without a team.

John Matthew Fitzgerald was sentenced to almost ten years behind bars in Brisbane Supreme Court over the April 2019 stabbing of Josue Natanael Espinosa-Cassanelli.

A recent survey by the Cancer Institute NSW found employees working from the comfort of their own home at least one day a week have been eating unhealthy food and are less likely to exercise.