As dramatic pictures showed Kabul airport surrounded by scenes of anarchy and anguish, the British Paras mounted a frantic last stand to prevent the operation descending into chaos.

Today the Daily Mail can reveal the extraordinary blueprint for the illegal action drawn up by the UK Unite general secretary Len McCluskey.

Emergency services were called to Ashbridge Street, Westminster, just after 9.30pm on Thursday, after concerns were raised for the wellbeing of people inside the property.

EXCLUSIVE: Richard Fairbrass, 67, fell ill last Saturday and was taken by ambulance to Park Hospital in Slough, Berkshire, needing oxygen because he was struggling to breathe.

The campaigning royal, 36, boarded the 20-seater £45million plane from Aspen, Colorado, to his home in Santa Barbara, California, on Thursday.

A baby that was seen being handed over to US Marines over a wall topped with barbed wire at the airport in Kabul has been returned to her father. The infant was taken to receive medical treatment.

Drawing emotionally on his family connections to wildfire-racked Greece, PRINCE CHARLES issues a robust challenge to big business to join his crusade for action 'before it's finally too late'.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: The first time I met Dom, as he prefers to be called, was a few years ago. I found him articulate, polite, handsome (and he knew it) but perhaps a little too confident.

SENIOR INTENSIVE CARE CONSULTANT: My quarrel is with those who perpetuate the myths that the virus does not exist or that Covid vaccines are dangerous. Their false claims are killing people.

In a candid new memoir, All In, King, now 77, discloses how she was sexually assaulted as a teenager, suffered a debilitating eating disorder and blames, in part, her own homophobia.

Scotland Yard chief Cressida Dick has been referred to the police watchdog over her 'public comments and alleged actions' in relation to deputy assistant commissioner Matt Horne.

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Huw Edwards wanted to pick my brains because he'd just been made presenter of the News. What I really should have said was: 'Don't try to cling on for too long.'

The US private equity giant, which is being advised on the deal by Sir Terry Leahy, offered to pay 285p per share for the supermarket group. Pictured: CEO David Potts could make £22million.

RICHARD PENDLEBURY: Were there signs along the way that the multi-trillion-dollar endeavour would simply prove to be what Marine Deen and many others have described as 'a modern-day Vietnam'?

Kaisa Farthing, wife of British former Royal Marine Pen Farthing who runs the animal rescue charity Nowzad in the Afghan capital, knows only too well the agony of leaving so many behind.

The crew appeared on CNN on Friday morning to talk about their flight on Sunday. At first it had been reported that they took 640 Afghans out of Kabul. They revealed the true number was in fact 823.

Dozens of OnlyFans creators have taken aim at the website after it announced that it will no longer allow any 'sexually explicit' content from October.

Boris Johnson shrugged off demands for Dominic Raab to resign after delegating a junior minister to make a crucial call to his Afghan counterpart last week.

White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield said Friday that President Joe Biden 'never shies' away from taking questions, although she wouldn't say he would do so today.

The 'Alpaca Angels' - who have kept a watch over the doomed animal since the High Court ruled that he be put down - pledged last night to unleash the disruptive tactics. Pictured: The alpaca and its owner.

Osama bin Laden, writing to one of his al Qaeda lieutenants in 2010, said the terrorists should instead focus on killing Obama because it would put 'totally unprepared' Biden into office.

There were 37,314 infections across the UK over the past 24 hours and another 114 deaths were registered. Latest data shows there were also 858 hospital admissions for the virus on August 16.

Bus passengers and passers-by watched on in disbelief as the violence unfurled on a high street in Hendon.

BBC boss Tim Davie admitted in a board meeting that viewer numbers on the night of Prince Philip's death were 'lower than expected' at 2.6million across BBC One and BBC Two.

The photos are shown for the first time in Netflix series Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes, which is based on more than 250 hours of audio recordings made by London serial killer Nilsen.

Taylor-Ra Hamilton, 29, from Coleraine, says people think her fiancé John Falconer, 48, looks old enough to be her father, and have accused her of only being interested in his money.

Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL, body language expert Judi James said Prince Harry's 'relaxed team dynamic' at the polo contrasts to his previous recent appearances.

British supermodel Jourdan Dunn has, 31, given a modelling masterclass for British Vogue where she dispenses her tips on how to build a successful career on the catwalk.

Britain's medical regulator gave the drug - known as Ronapreve - the green light today after trials showed it slashed the risk of death and serious illness among vulnerable people by 70 per cent.

Amman's mother was pregnant with him when she arrived in Britain from Sri Lanka in September 1999 and claimed asylum on the basis that she was part of the oppressed Tamil minority.

Interior design enthusiast Mel Hamblett, 32, from Gloucester, revealed how she upgraded and brought colour to three rooms in her house for only £717, thanks to bargain furniture and DIY tricks.

Jamie Oliver Holdings Limited (JOHL) made £8.7m EBITDA (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) last year .

Members of the 'Dad's Army' group in South Walsham, Norfolk, were put through their paces in the 25-acre grounds of South Walsham Hall, which is around 500 years old.

The tragic 8 Out of 10 Cats star's death on Wednesday aged 58 sparked a host of tributes from across the comedy and entertainment industry.

Speculation about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's health started after photos showed the despot looking increasingly thin after he apparently shed up to 44 pounds earlier this year.

UK firms are desperately trying to source electronic equipment but face having to wait up until December (file photo).

Software developer Jonathan Gerrish, 45, his wife Ellen Chung and their one-year-old daughter Muji were found by search teams on Tuesday, along with the family dog, in the Sierra National Forest.

Hallow & Crux is set in the heart of Northumberland right next to fairytale Alnwick Castle, which doubled as Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films. James Litston is spellbound.

PROFESSOR ERAN SEGAL: A policy of booster jabs must be considered for the elderly and those with health conditions. It would be wise to act now to prevent a deadly wave in the UK.

Naomi Davies (pictured) 34, from Gloucester, was visiting Twycross Zoo with her fiancé Ben Billingham, 40, when they stopped by the monkey enclosure and the orangutan repeatedly kissed her bump.

Up to 500 pupils at Hartpury College in Gloucester must provide evidence of their first vaccine after the autumn half term or risk losing their place in halls.

James Heappey, the UK armed forces minister, admitted today that Britain will not evacuate everyone it has promised to help from Afghanistan before the air bridge at Kabul airport closes.

Corporal Thomas Biggs 'pressurised' the trainee, 18, into performing oral sex on him after getting her out of bed at 3am when he was drunk, a court martial heard.

Police rushed to the A267 in the village of Frant, East Sussex, after the hit-and-run four-vehicle crash occurred at around 11am on Wednesday. A 36-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene.

Glamorous racegoers stepped into the weekend in style as they descended on York racecourse for Coolmore Nunthorpe day this morning.

Officials accused the embattled UK Foreign Secretary (pictured today) of 'appalling negligence' amid toxic claims about an alleged failure to keep on top of his brief.

Prince Harry booked a one-way ticket to the UK for Prince Philip's funeral, according to an updated version of Finding Freedom, which has been published in People.

Emergency crews rushed to the flats in the city centre at around 9.30pm on Thursday to reports of a sudden death.

The Greek tennis star, 23, has angered his own country's government by refusing to take the coronavirus vaccine as he 'sees no reason for someone in my age group to be vaccinated'.

In tonight's episode of TLC's Say Yes To The Dress Lancashire, drag queen Orla Nothin', who started life as Steve, admits her journey towards self-confidence hasn't been easy.

Israel is in the midst of a spiralling fourth wave that shows no sign of slowing despite its original, world-leading vaccination drive. British experts said the UK and US must urgently roll out booster vaccines.

Lord Jonathan Evans said the success of the Taliban will give al Qaida 'more operating space' and a 'psychological' boost for other terrorists.

Dean Cuthbert, 43, from York, was shocked to find a scathing note slotted inside a book at Age UK from a woman whose partner was allegedly leading a 'double life'.

In April, the Government announced a £150mi Help To Build initiative designed for people who want to build their own homes. The individual homebuilder will be expected to put up a 5 per cent deposit.

An Australian sleep expert has revealed her tips on beating stress and anxiety induced sleeplessness as more Australians are impacted by the common condition.

WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: Leanne Gaskell, 37, felt the skin peel away from her face when ex-boyfriend Paul Cave, 46, from Liverpool, attacked her and left her covered in blood.

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James Heappey said yesterday the security guards were at the stricken airport in the Afghan capital and were being prepared for evacuation. Pictured: The embassy.

There have been 49,284 hospitalizations of minor children from COVID-19 since last August as of Wednesday. That number was up 2,112 from the total of 47,172 last week.

The press's inventor, Peter Corby (pictured), who has died aged 97, was inspired to develop his product's electrical heating pad after a chance meeting with a Concorde aeronautical engineer

Tucker Carlson has demanded to know why Joe Biden's closest allies and fawning liberal TV networks have turned on the president over the Afghan crisis.

Hundreds of protestors have been arrested and six police were taken to hospital as Melbourne's anti-lockdown demonstration took a violent turn on Saturday.

Violent scenes have erupted during Melbourne's shameful anti-lockdown rallies as hundreds of protesters clash with police who were forced to use teargas, pellets and pepper spray.

It is believed that two men were present at the time of the attack on the man in his 30s at midnight on June 30 on the western edge of the Common.

The eco-warriors plan to disrupt the City of London, the Bank of England and high street banks to demonstrate against global warming.

Thames Valley Police launched a manhunt for the sex attacker after the victim was abused in Thatcham, Berkshire (general view of the area).

EXCLUSIVE: The young women (pictured with their brother) are Hazaras, a peaceful ethnic Shia group living in Hazarajat in central Afghanistan among the Hindu Kush mountains.

The White House confirmed that the U.S military used three military helicopters to rescue 169 Americans outside Kabul Airport who were unable to get to the gate of the airport.

A message on the film's official Twitter account said Daniel Craig will be joined by producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and director Cary Joji Fukunaga on the red carpet.

Dozens of shoppers have been pictured queuing to get into Sydney Bunnings stores with packed car parks forcing vehicles spilling out onto the streets.

American women on a college campus in Florida were questioned about the rights of women in the United States Their fears were compared to the situation in Afghanistan.

Tropical Storm Henri could bring 'dangerous storm surges' and winds of up to 75mph to the New York City area nine years after the Big Apple was battered by Hurricane Sandy.

Russian President Putin said 'you cannot impose standards of political life and behaviour on other people from outside' as he welcomed the Taliban during a press conference on Friday.

Briana Thomas, who played a barista in the show's fictional Crimson Lights Coffeehouse, filed the lawsuit on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Anthony Morina.

Nicole Flanagan, the New York City escort who was found dead in a barrel last week, left two crack pipes, a nearly empty bottle of booze and marijuana in a hotel room she stayed in before she died.

The British Government borrowed £10.4billion in July - down from £20.5billion in the same month last year, the Office for National Statistics said.

The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has raised the global threat of terror to its highest point since 9/11 - warning that an al Qaeda-style attacks could come soon, experts have said.

Kamala Harris on Friday night left Washington DC for a week-long trip away from the capital, in the midst of the biggest crisis of the Biden administration. She flies to Singapore and Vietnam.

NYC is hosting 'We Love NYC, The Homecoming Concert' this weekend to celebrate the Big Apple's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic despite the delta surge.

Fans and Taliban officials watched the Afghan league final football match in the city of Herat, Afghanistan, after the Islamist terror group took control over the country on Sunday.

Joe Biden will on Saturday leave Washington DC for his house in Delaware, at the end of the most painful, damaging and chaotic week of his presidency so far.

Ashli Babbitt, 35, an Air Force veteran who served multiple tours in the Middle East was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer when she stormed the Capitol on January 6.

Women and children were trampled underfoot at Kabul airport today as desperation mounted with time running out to escape Afghanistan and Taliban rule before western evacuation flights stop.

Biden was contradicted by the Pentagon minutes after saying Afghanistan had been cleared of Al Qaeda and that no Americans had been prevented from reaching Kabul airport

NRL bad boy and Cronulla veteran Josh Dugan could find himself in more trouble with the game's officials after allegedly being pulled over by NSW Police after leaving Greater Sydney.

The ACT has recorded eight new locally acquired Covid-19 infections, all of them linked to existing cases.

Queensland's Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young says 'there will be cases' of Covid-19 after the state hits 80 per cent vaccination and reopens to Australia.

Jesse Leeworthy and Jonathan Byrt, who grew up south of Melbourne, are the masterminds behind Memobottle - a reusable, flat water bottle designed to fit into spaces that round bottles can't.

The £25 million government scheme will allow staff to 'quickly' identify where classroom ventilation needs to be improved.

Mega-mansion owned by William Randolph Hearst is set to sell for $47million after asking for $195million. The property is featured in The Godfather and a few Beyoncé music videos.

Footage shows the 64-year-old victim being knocked to the floor while walking in broad daylight down a street in Stamford Hill, London, at 8.30pm on Wednesday.

Taliban fighters in the north of Afghanistan set a woman on fire because they didn't like the food they forced her to cook them, a former judge has claimed in the latest report of atrocities to emerge.

Regional Victoria is back in lockdown from 1pm today with restrictions in line with Melbourne's tough lockdown after the state recorded 77 new Covid cases. 

President Joe Biden was asked why Americans weren't evacuated more quickly in light of a warning from U.S. diplomats in Kabul who sent a cable to Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Moving trucks that were spotted outside the Governor's Executive Mansion were seen dropping off their contents at Cuomo's sister's house that she shares with her husband Kenneth Cole.

NZ recorded 21 new community cases on Saturday - the country's highest number for a single day since April last year - as the entire country remains in a lockdown announced this week.

On paper, Megan Bolton's lustrous gymnastics career seems picture perfect. But behind closed doors, the competitive world of gymnastics came at a life-transforming cost.

A viral photo shows sick patients in Florida lying on the floor of the Jacksonville Public Library as they await covid antibody treatments as the state struggles to care for the influx of covid patients.

NSW has registered its worst day of Covid cases Australia has seen during the global pandemic with a staggering 825 new infections on Saturday.

Tony Award-winning Broadway actress Alice Ripley, 57, has apologized to her young fans for 'misinterpretations' of the interactions they had with her.

Biden in February 2020 promised that there would be no new taxes on small businesses. But a new proposal, which will begin winding its way through Congress next week, could affect 1.9 million.

New England is set to be hit by it's first hurricane in three decades as Tropical Storm Henri strengthens over the weekend and is set to make landfall on the East Coast.

Australia has a staggering six million unwanted AstraZeneca vaccines stockpiled after the prime minister announced over 16s will be eligible for Pfizer.

Young men determined to continue gathering after dark during Sydney's hard lockdown have found themselves facing large fines and arrest warrants.

Police will station more than 1500 officers around Sydney's CBD on Saturday to ensure the protest doesn't occur.

A legal battle over an estimated $1.8 billion in assets is set to play out in a Silicon Valley court Monday. It's the latest development in the divorce of a billionaire investor and his ex-wife.

President Biden's Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to block a court order requiring his administration reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols,

It has been heartbreaking to see the devastating fires affecting Greece, Turkey, and now Italy which has just recorded Europe's highest ever temperature PRINCE CHARLES writes.

Boris Johnson insisted yesterday that he 'absolutely' had full confidence in the Foreign Secretary as the Government mounted a frantic operation to shore up his precarious position.

Nazir Ayeen, 32, served from 2007 to 2010 with the Royal Marines and Scots Guards on the frontline in Helmand. He also translated during high-profile VIP visits, which included Charles in 2010.

US evacuation flights out of Kabul have been suspended while troops scramble to find somewhere new to send them after the air base in Doha that was accepting everyone reached capacity overnight in yet another stumbling point in the catastrophic rescu...

The report's author, Tory MP Richard Bacon, says the answer to the UK's housing crisis is to build as many as 40,000 'self-commissioned homes' a year.

Following an alarming rate of UK branch closures - and with 100 more due before next year - MPs wrote to the major banks to find out how many they have left.

A ban on importing heavily pregnant dogs would be introduced under the new laws, which aim to safeguard the welfare of thousands of dogs and puppies brought to the UK each year.

Tom Daley, 27, who last week had an evening out in Soho with fellow Olympians, took things up a notch in his home city of Plymouth.

Dictionary.com posted a savage tweet mocking Mike Richards after he quit his new Jeopardy! hosting gig over a series of crude comments that he made on a podcast in 2014.

Martha's Vineyard Hospital is experiencing the 'highest virus patient activity' since the pandemic started, two weeks after President Barack Obama's 60th birthday celebration. 

Errick Allen, 28, of North Massapequa, is charged in the shooting death of a childhood friend on Long Island

Plain-clothed officers will be looking out for incidents of unsolicited advances and inappropriate touching in Bournemouth, including bottom slapping, carried out by both men and women.

Adventure Island in Southend, Essex has been closed over an incident, although there is no confirmation what happened.

Former frontline interpreter Yama was in tears when he spoke to the Mail yesterday from a secret location in Kabul: angry, desperate and terrified.

Three Black former Kraft-Heinz employees in California filed a $30 million lawsuit against the company claiming they experienced blatant racist abuse

Robison was in Westminster Magistrates' Court over an application for a stalking protection order after he went to the home of journalist Lizzie Dearden and her partner Samuel Partridge.

Omar Sadique, 38, was jailed for eight years for assisting the supply of Class A drugs.His new company delivers Covid tests to customers and sends them on to independent labs.

'Putting critical theory into our classrooms is not combating racism. Let racism die the death it deserves,' Derrick Wilburn said during Colorado Springs public school board meeting.

Nargas Ziahe, 24, and her young siblings are trapped in Afghanistan after they were 'taken by surprise' by the speed of the country's fall to the Taliban after they headed there six weeks ago for a funeral.

President Joe Biden vowed to 'mobilize every resource' to get Americans and Afghan allies out of Afghanistan - and took questions about the conflict for the first time in nine days.

Disgraced former Dover MP Charlie Elphicke won his early freedom after his wife, who announced she was divorcing him when he was found guilty, agreed he could return to their family home.

Gen. David Petraeus criticized He criticized President Biden's decision to pull out of Afghanistan in a New Yorker interview, where he warned Al Qaeda could reemerge.

Manna Ndeejay Lynn, from Canton, filmed her home and car getting washed away by the floodwaters in North Carolina in the aftermath of Tropical Depression Fred.

President Biden took questions from a room full of reporters Friday for the first time since the Taliban's lightning-fast takeover of Kabul.

Flight crews say that Southwest continues to jam the schedule with flights despite severe staffing shortages, frequently leaving them stranded in destination cities without hotel rooms.

The recording obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration this week by The Drive reveals the sophisticated capabilities of the drone as it ran circles around police and federal helicopters.

The incomplete suite, known as 'The Pinnacle' sits on 2 Park Place, in Tribeca, and spans 9,680-square-feet through floors 50 to 58 within the building's pyramid spire, with a view of Manhattan.

President Obama's 60th birthday bash and the fierce backlash it amassed has dampened the mood on partying in Washington.

Tarek Ghani is the son of exiled Afghan president Ashraf Ghani who fled the country Sunday in a helicopter stuffed with $169million in cash and four cars.

Floyd Ray Roseberry's neighbor Wayne Davis, 66, tells DailyMail.com he was scared for his safety after having a falling out with him.

Babies being passed over the fence to soldiers at Kabul airport are being returned to their families, according to the Ministry of Defence.

A person of interest has been identified after a NYC escort whose naked body was found stuffed in barrel on a New Jersey street after being carted out of a luxury Wall Street apartment

Jean Renoir Janga, 36, was found with 11 videos of his Greater Manchester Police colleagues in the staff toilets and also searched for urination porn online.

An orca named Amaya fell ill on August 18 and died unexpectedly the following day at SeaWorld in San Diego. Amaya was the youngest orca at the park and a post-mortem exam is underway.

Anti-Taliban resistance fighters in Afghanistan issued an urgent appeal to President Biden on Friday: Back our struggle or risk the country becoming a base for attacks on the U.S.

Under a new law passed by Montana's Legislature earlier this year, requiring vaccines as a condition for employment is deemed 'discrimination' and a violation of the state's human rights laws.

Questions have been raised about US President Joe Biden's cognitive wellbeing after a car crash interview over his handling of the unfolding Afghanistan crisis.

Local resistance forces are reported to have taken back the Pul-e-Hesar, Deh-e-Salah and Banu districts in the Baghlan province of Afghanistan on Friday.

Pressley Stutts (left), a South Carolina GOP leader and Donald Trump supporter (pictured left), has died of pneumonia, kidney failure and blood clots after a month in the hospital with COVID-19.

Mike Richards announced on Friday he was stepping down as the new host of Jeopardy! after his crude comments on a 2014 podcast about women and Jews came to light.

Fired cops Christopher Tomsic (pictured), 29, and Cody Weldin, 28, pleaded not guilty to vandalism and conspiracy charges in case brought by LA County DA George Gasccon (inset).

NYPD reports Joseph Bryan, 50, was sitting in his vehicle on Orchard Street at around 11:20 pm Thursday when he was ambushed by a gunman and fatally shot multiple times in the torso.

Private Vincent Collins, 18, wrote the last letter home to his parents in 1915 - the night before his unit moved into the trenches. He served with the 8th (Argyllshire) Battalion.