The Russian President, speaking in Sochi, said it is 'close to a crime against humanity' for young boys and girls to learn about becoming transgender.

Professor Anthony Harnden, the deputy chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said today they would need to consider cutting the gap 'in due course'.

Nadhim Zahawi warned it is a 'contested view' and teachers who promote it risk pushing 'partisan' politics on to pupils.He said: 'Schools must not promote partisan political views'.

Today's annual report by the Care Quality Commission paints a bleak picture of a healthcare system on the brink of collapse heading into 'the most challenging of winters'.

Royal doctors ordered Her Majesty, 95, to rest and advised her to miss an official trip to Northern Ireland, sparking speculation about the reason for the eleventh-hour cancellation.

RICHARD EDEN: Rolling Stones fans were shocked when the band announced last week that they were dropping one of their biggest hits, Brown Sugar, from their world tour.

Shocking pictures show Ilana El-baz, 20, sprawled out across her staircase 'semi-paralysed' after returning from a Bristol nightclub three weeks ago in which she says her drink was spiked.

The colleagues of LBC radio host Steve Allen, 67, are calling for him to be fired after he described Tilly Ramsay as a 'chubby little thing' on his show.

Lynn Hadley, 67, was being treated by paramedics for suspected Covid symptoms at her home in Walsall, West Midlands, when the oxygen cylinder sparked a blaze on April 13 last year.

The Left-wing Mayor of London has announced a £1million fund that will be shared out among community groups including those wishing to campaign to change 'offensive' road names.

A HGV driver had a lucky escape after his trailer plunged into Bristol Harbour earlier today. The truck reversed through a metal railing and crashed into the water shortly after 6am today.

The cost of delivering the first phase of a controversial high-speed rail project, HS2, is set to soar by £1.3 billion, due to delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The switch to 'greener' petrol is fuelling soaring prices at the pumps which could overtake the all-time record within days, the RAC warned yesterday.

England's Covid booster jab drive is struggling to get off the mark, leaving millions of vulnerable people without a crucial third dose heading into what is expected to be a tough winter for the NHS.

Paddy O'Connell, who hosts Radio 4's Broadcasting House programme, said the corporation had 'sent some rubbish' to the competition.

The controversial £250,000 sculpture, which has been installed on a former Ikea building site in Coventry, West Midlands, was unveiled to stunned local residents this week.

New Zealand has been hit by a 5.9 magnitude quake that was felt across the country, where buildings shook on both islands. The quake struck on the North Island, but was felt as far south as Christchurch.

The Prime Minister's Kiwi counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, is thought to have pressed for the reference to the traditional Maori war dance due to allegations of cultural appropriation in the UK.

Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith, 81, expressed her support for the Assisted Dying Bill in a letter to the Telegraph and said opponents of legalising assisted dying are 'scaremongering'.

Sir Keir Starmer's party flip-flopped within the space of an hour over whether or not the Government should introduce its contingency measures, known as Plan B, straight away.

After the Chancellor's latest announcement, Ministers have so far pledged £5.1billion to end the safety crisis in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire in London, which killed 72 people in June 2017.

Laura Kuenssberg is in talks to step down as BBC political editor after six years and become a presenter on the Today programme as part of a major reshuffle, The Guardian reported.

In her last summit as Chancellor, Merkel tried to play down the war of words and called for calm over fears the dispute could cause serious damage to the bloc.

Doctors threatened industrial action last night in a dramatic escalation in the row over face-to-face appointments described as a 'kick in the teeth for millions of patients'.

The low-pressure system named Storm Aurore barrelled along the English Channel overnight, bringing more than two inches of rain and 77mph winds in the worst-affected areas of the South.

Steve Allen, 67, described Tilly Ramsay as a 'chubby little thing' on his LBC morning show, drawing fury and leading for calls for him to be sacked.

Richie Waynes, a 27-year-old marketing account manager from Camden, said he was stabbed with a needle in the arm by a woman he didn't know in a nightclub in Greenwich last year.

South Wales Police said Angharad Williamson, 30, has been charged with murdering her five-year-old son Logan Mwangi and and is due to appear in Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Friday

Ali Harbi Ali, 25, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court charged with the murder of Sir David Amess, who was stabbed to death on Friday during a constituency surgery in Southend.

Well wishers packed the streets outside St Giles Church in Killamarsh, near Sheffield, for the funeral of Terri Harris. Pictured: Her coffin today.

Prevent is claimed by the Henry Jackson Society to have been hijacked by political correctness, skewing it away from the threat posed by Islamists and putting too much focus on the far-Right.

The protest in London was the latest in a campaign which aims to encourage Urban Outfitters to ditch the use of wool in its clothing as they claim it is the product of 'extreme violence, cruelty, and fear',

The man lost control of his car outside the Haddon Hall pub in Doylsden, Greater Manchester at 12.15pm today. One woman died at the scene and two others were rushed to hospital.

The Culture Secretary shared a letter sent by the Southend West MP before he was killed last week. In it he congratulated on her promotion, adding: 'Let's now make Southend a city!'

EXCLUSIVE: Royal sources suspected that the health scare may have been something of a 'smokescreen' and a security expert pointed out that details of the trip had been widely reported.

Residents reacted with fury over the 'joke' cartoon published in Instow Parish News - a parish magazine covering the North Devon village and nearby Westleigh and West Yelland.

The substantial property, named Moray House, is one of only two houses that provides views directly over the historical Thorndon Park Golf Club in Herongate, Brentwood, and is listed for £2.75m

Sherrilyn Speid, 34, was accused of 'attempted murder' by one climate activist after she gently drove her car into protesters at Junction 31 of the M25 near Thurrock on October 13.

Originally titled the 'Festival of Brexit' when it was revealed in 2018, the £120million ceremony was first coined as a way of championing Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

Rowan Nash Lascelles, 43, would simply ignore the proposed Criminal Behaviour Order and take his offending to other neighbourhoods, Deputy District Judge Olwen Davies ruled.

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Insulate Britain said it would 'rise up against tyranny' in response the Government's Net Zero reports which it said 'completely fail to meet the challenges we now face'.

Wildlife photographer Steve Clare, 58, captured the family's close call in Tatton Park, Cheshire, after they got too close to the large red male deer as it was attempting to attract does to mate with.

A llama at Dalian Forest Zoo in north-eastern China spat at a visitor, after it mistakenly thought the woman was going to eat the carrot she had offered to it.

The Hollywood community is still reeling after the death of 42-year-old director of photography Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of Rust on Thursday.

It is understood the trip to the private King Edward VII's Hospital in London on Wednesday afternoon was expected to be for some 'preliminary investigations', and that the overnight stay was for practical reasons.

WA Police on Friday launched a fresh appeal for any dashcam or CCTV footage recorded within a 1000km radius of the Blowholes campsite last weekend where Cleo's family were staying.

Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounded writer-director Joel Souza on the set of the upcoming Western movie Rust, after a prop firearm discharged.

Columnist Janet Albrechtsen has launched a scathing attack on former Today Show host Lisa Wilkonson's claims that she was paid less than her co-anchor Karl Stefanovic.

Instead of 'getting on the beers', Premier Dan Andrews got on the white wines with his wife Catherine as they caught up with a mother's group on Friday morning.

An ex-police chief claimed that the exiled former Spanish king Juan Carlos (pictured), 83, was injected with female hormones and testosterone blockers after his libido was categorised as a 'state problem.'

As Melbourne finally emerges from its sixth lockdown and NSW approaches two weeks of freedom, there may be a few things we'll miss.

Edward Argar insisted that England's hospitals still have a 'degree of headroom' despite rising case numbers and growing pressure in the health service for face masks and WFH.

Biden, 78, took questions at a televised CNN town hall from Baltimore Thursday night. He said he's keeping the Trump-era Title 42 in place due to high levels of COVID-19 in Latin America.

While tasting Amanda Georgiou's biscuits during German week, 81-year-old star Prue Leith said it was 'worth every calorie' but eating disorder charity Beat said the language was 'triggering'.

John W North High School math teacher Candice Reed is under fire after she was filmed donning a feather headdress and doing a bizarre 'Native American' dance for her students.

Sen. Rand Paul said that while he did feel validated after the new revelation was made on Thursday, the news should focus on a push for the US to end dangerous gain of function research projects.

Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is charged with the murder of the veteran Southend West MP after queuing with constituents at his surgery last Friday.

Surveillance footage shows the unprovoked attack in which a man who appears to be in his 30s or 40s running westbound on 1st St from the 2nd Ave side in the Noho section of Manhattan.

Biden defended vaccine mandates during a CNN town hall on Thursday and ridiculed people who complained their freedom was being infringed.

Australian of the Year Grace Tame has humiliatingly found out live on national television that she was snubbed over a key government plan to combat child sexual abuse.

Karim Benzema is one of five people on trial over a 2015 extortion attempt that halted his career with the French national team for five-and-a-half years.

Pro surfer Kelly Slater has gone on an extraordinary rant claiming Covid-19 is for fat people after a pro-vax post by Ironman champ Matt Poole.

Sydney's famous Lindt cafe - which became the scene of the Harbour City's most deadly terrorist attack in 2014 - will close for good after falling victim to the Covid pandemic. 

The world's biggest solar farm in the Northern Territory will, in less than a decade, export energy to Singapore via the world's longest undersea cable. Darwin would also become a sun-powered capital city.

Kurt Huschle was certain he wanted to die. Diagnosed at 58 with incurable bile-duct cancer, he was in agony. Once a fit and muscular man, he had been reduced to a walking skeleton.

Ratajkowski says filming the Blurred Lines video was an 'empowering' experience full of women she 'liked and trusted.' In the video, she and two models dance topless around Robin Thicke.

Tasmania will reopen its borders on December 15 to people who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus, Premier Peter Gutwein has announced.

Viktor Bryukhanov was the manager of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Pripyat, northern Ukraine, when an explosion spewed radiation over the region in April 1986.

The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed reports of the tornado that was seen on Friday morning near the Brisbane Airport.

The fiery exchange kicked off when the man's boss texted him at 3am one morning asking him to work an 11-hour shift that day despite him not being rostered on to work.

High profile Labor Senator Kristina Keneally has had to sack a staffer who sent texts to a former Liberal MP accusing him of having an extramarital affair with another MP.

Wendy Livingston was praised in May by The View's hosts for her work testing them for COVID. But now she has reportedly been reassigned after the Kamala Harris chaos.

The media network said, 'The only thing CNN did wrong here was bruise the ego of a popular podcaster who pushed dangerous conspiracy theories and risked the lives of millions of people in doing so.'

The 31-year-old motorist had been driving through the town of Mondsee in Austria when he 'mixed up the brake and accelerator pedals' and drove his Lamborghini Huracán backwards into a lake.

The new adverts will be screened during prime-time TV shows like Coronation Street and Emmerdale, as well as running on outdoor billboards, radio and social media platforms.

The grand French country estate-style property owned by award-winning Australian newsreader Anne Sanders is up for sale for a whopping $10.5million-plus.

For now, the isolation is over. But not for all. Friday wasn't so much 'freedom day', but 'a small step to getting back to normal' day.

High-profile minister is grilled over infamous 'WTF memo' about him and Gladys … but she doesn't look the least bit fazed. Stuart Ayres tells ICAC 'I don't recall having any interactions with her'.

Steven Bertolino, the lawyer for the Laundrie family, reacted angrily on Thursday night to questions about whether it was strange that Brian's remains were found on the day the parents searched.

Instagram and OnlyFans model Genie Exum, 22, who has been charged with assault after stabbing her boyfriend in the back and arm on Monday, reportedly sent her cousin to the hospital in 2018.

Gabby Petito's devastated family have been robbed of answers over their beloved daughter's death following confirmation that boyfriend Brian Laundrie is dead, a family friend said.

A.B. Paterson College on the Gold Coast copped backlash from parents outraged it broke from tradition and elected two male students as school captain and vice-captain.

Brittany Higgins claimed she 'made a mistake' and that she should have personally approached Samantha Maiden rather than call her out on Twitter.

NSW recorded 345 Covid cases and five deaths from the virus overnight. The figures came as gymgoers learned they will no longer have to wear face masks while they work out at indoor venues.

Health minister Brad Hazzard made several changes to the face mask mandate in gyms across NSW on Thursday.

Tasmania's premier is expected to outline his plan for reopening the island's borders with the mainland on Friday.

Popular vacation spots like Singapore, Fiji, Phuket, and Bangkok that weren't scheduled until December or next year will be brought several weeks forward for flights out of Sydney.

The images were taken on August 10 in Arches National Park by a fellow hiker who revealed them on Thursday, a day after police discovered human remains in a Florida swamp.

Shock as minister defends Gladys' secret lover's $5.5M project at the centre of corruption probe as having  'a lot of merit'.

President Biden said he would consider 'doing away' with the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation, but cannot push to get rid of the 60-vote threshold entirely right now.

Biden backed away from a corporate tax hike to pay for his massive social spending plans on Thursday night, as he offered a concession to holdout centrist Democrats.

Mariposa County Sheriff Jeremy Briese held a news conference Thursday to discuss the mysterious deaths of John Gerrish, his wife, Ellen Chung, their 1-year-old daughter, Miju, and their dog.

A member of the Alameddine crime network has been caught in the possession of two shot guns, NSW Police have announced.

Lev Parnas, 49, heard prosecutors deliver their closing arguments on Thursday outlining allegations that he hatched a scheme to funnel $1 million of foreign funds into U.S. elections.

The FBI's Denver office on Thursday confirmed that human remains found in a Florida swamp are Brian Laundrie. The 23-year-old is the sole suspect in the murder of his fiancee, Gabby Petito.

Brendan Khuri's lawyer argued that he should serve the majority of his sentence in probation as he was diagnosed with autism, depression and attention deficit disorder following the crash.

Victoria will scrap all quarantine requirements for Australian travellers from November 1 as the state emerges from lockdown, Premier Daniel Andrews has announced.

A driver has died after becoming trapped under a bus following a horror crash at Woodpark in Sydney's west. 

When the white neighbors of Audreena Harris, a Las Vegas black woman, called police on October 18, before her dad's funeral, over a limo 'in front of their driveway,' she took to TikTok.

President Joe Biden said at a town hall Thursday he 'should have chosen my words more wisely' when he said the Justice Department should prosecute Steve Bannon for contempt.

President Joe Biden at a town hall Thursday made several comments that may flush out positions from Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), confirming she is against raising a 'single penny' from the wealthy.

The condition of the Covid-infected Uber driver who sent Queensland into a panic about a new lockdown has deteriorated in the past 24 hours, Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr Jeannette Young revealed.

Officer Kristin Stein is suing the Greenburgh Police Department for alleged sexual harassment since she joined the force in 2017 that increased when her coworkers learned she was bisexual.

Janet Dweh, 36, was found dead lying in a pool of blood inside her home in the eastern Perth suburb of Dayton on October 4, and more than two weeks later a 50-year-old man has been charged

President Biden said in a CNN town hall Thursday night that he would 'absolutely' consider sending in the National Guard to help alleviate the supply chain crisis, even by driving trucks.

Joe Biden repeated his questionable claim Thursday that his multi-trillion spending plan will cost 'zero.' Experts worry it could raises prices on goods and services plus lead to stagnant wages.

A truck driver was infectious for two days in Queensland as the state announced no new community-acquired case on Friday.

The missing four-year-old vanished without a trace from the Blowholes camping ground, near Carnarvon in WA in the early morning of Saturday.

Mother-of-two Ellie Smith, who was born and raised in Carnarvon in Western Australia, is overwhelmed by the support she and her family have received in the seven days since Cleo disappeared from her tent.

Remains have been unearthed at a popular children's playground in Sydney. 

Williamson County Superintendent William Golden explained at a school board meeting on Monday that the move is a response to a court order barring families from opting out.

Rescuers calling themselves the 'A-team' accessed the site on La Palma, took the dogs and put up a sign confirming the animals were safe.

The woman was caught in the act by security cameras set up outside the home at Brighton in Melbourne on Thursday.

'Oh no! It's the Ghost of Christmas Future'

Boris Johnson said yesterday he was sticking with the existing approach for now, despite a growing clamour from the medical profession to move to the Government's 'Plan B'.

Gunman Max Hoskinson, 61, was killed after shooting three colleagues at the Agrex Elevator in Superior on Thursday, when a worker there grabbed a shotgun and returned fire.

The surge came as thousands rejoiced in jubilant scenes on the streets of Melbourne when the clock struck midnight and the city's residents were finally released from lockdown.

The massive delays and cancelations for flights on Southwest Airlines cost the company $75 million in earnings, CEO Gary Kelly, left, wrote in an earnings report on Thursday.

The dogs can become upset and lose focus if they are petted, said Dr Amy Kavanagh, who has been visually impaired since birth.

Sophia Smith, a Christian member of the Johnson Space Center Praise and Worship Club, said it was her First Amendment right to not be vaccinated and declared a religious exemption.

Even in a best-case scenario, assuming billions of extra spending is approved by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, the waiting list will stand at 48,000 cases at the end of 2024 in England and Wales.

Milli Richards found herself wedged between anti-vax trolls and anti-vaxxers asking her how to buy faked vaccination passports after innocently entering an online competition.

The Milwaukee Police Department confirmed that they had found Major Harris, the subject of an Amber Alert, dead near N 35th Street and Rohr Avenue. His mom was found dead last week.

Some 40 per cent of men seeking a long-term partner displayed a dog on their dating profile. Experts say dogs may make men appear masculine and dominant, while showing they can look after a pet.

The Telegraph approached each Cabinet minister either directly or via their press aides over the last 48 hours to ask if they had a heat pump at home after Boris Johnson vowed to make the UK net zero.

The skeleton, which is the size of a 'child or small adult', was discovered by a passerby along the beach at Nora Creina, 341km south east of Adelaide, on Wednesday.

President Joe Biden heads to Baltimore on Thursday evening for his third CNN town hall, plumping once again for his favorite TV forum while continuing to avoid one-on-one interviews.

Heidi Carter, 36, faces charges of murder, rape and abuse of a corpse after police found a dead man and a shackled and beaten woman inside an Evansville, Indiana, home early Wednesday.

The support from the PM came after the LGB Alliance, which says it aims to advance the interests of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, invited him to attend its first national conference.

Nine Republicans voted with all 220 Democrats to pass the resolution - the only member who did not cast a vote was former Vice President Mike Pence's brother, Indiana Rep. Greg Pence.

Larry Millete (right) pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in a Chula Vista courtroom Thursday related to his missing wife May (pictured together inset) who was last seen alive on January 7.

Ashleigh Banfield is launching a new mentorship program after Katie Couric admitted that mentoring Ashleigh would have been 'self-sabotage', DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.

Aimee Jones, 35, will be sentenced at Teesside Crown Court next month after admitting four counts of sexually touching a teenage girl aged between 13 and 17 while on school premises.

The driver has not been found, police say. He crashed into two other cars before trampling over the police cruiser. Officers had approached the car for being in a no parking zone.

The National Institutes of Health has finally admitted to funding gain-of-function research on bat coronaviruses in it's Wuhan laboratory despite Dr. Fauci's constant denials to congress.

Queensland has been closed off the NSW, Victoria and the ACT for months and even requires its own residents to quarantine in a hotel for 14 days when returning.

The Republican attorneys general of Texas and Missouri are suing the Biden administration in an effort to get former President Donald Trump's border wall completed.

Nike Inc. founder Philip Knight is one of many wealthy Americans who exploit estate tax loopholes to pass their wealth onto their heirs without paying taxes.

The £14,000 custom-built metal figure stands in the window of its owner's flat in Manchester and plugs into the wall so its eyes, chest and hands light up.

Senators Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders argued behind closed doors in the Capitol, a new report revealed Thursday, with Manchin raising his fist to say can live without any of Biden's spending plan.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) got into a heated exchange with Rep. Liz Cheney on the House floor during a vote to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven male students on Thursday who got in-school suspension for having long hair.

Two women were murdered and three other foreign visitors were wounded in a shooting sparked by rival drug dealers at a bar in Tulum on Wednesday night. One suspect was arrested.

The Air Force has offered a $50K settlement to a woman who had a laparotomy towel left inside her abdomen for five years from a C-section performed at an army base in Tokyo.

Other additions include climate justice, climate refugee and climate strike, in recognition of the youth protests led by Greta Thunberg.

Victoria's lockdown orders were lifted at 11.59pm on Thursday, allowing fully-vaccinated residents to go to bars and pubs together, take a trip to their barber or salon or go on a late-night McDonald's run.

Virginia Democrat Terry McAuliffe announced Thursday that President Joe Biden will campaign for him again, as a new poll shows him tied with Republican Glenn Youngkin.

The Abba museum in Stockholm has a piano that is linked to band member Benny Andersson's home. Whenever he sits down to practise, it plays what he's playing.

As the cost of gasoline surges across the US due to increasing crude oil prices and the continuing supply chain crisis, one town is seeing particularly startling numbers at their local gas pumps.