EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY IAN LADYMAN: Usually at this time of year Louise disappears. Often to New York where her and Gary's two sons Eddie and Tommy are studying. But always somewhere.

The six-year-old from Solihull, West Midlands was killed by the couple after suffering abuse 'designed to terrorise', it is said.

A 12-year-old girl has died following an assault in Liverpool city centre - with four schoolboys as young as 13 arrested on suspicion of murder.

South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini (formerly known as Swaziland) and Lesotho were added to the UK's red travel list on Thursday night over growing fears about the variant.

The Prime Minister will unveil a major law and order package as part of efforts to get back to bread-and-butter politics after weeks of turmoil triggered by U-turns and rows about sleaze.

Test results on the formula, developed by the team behind the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, are due in the next few days and it could be ready for use within a matter of weeks.

Restrictions will apply to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, European Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer said.

The former cricket star and Top Gear presenter, 43, recently rewatched some of the old 007 films, but has told that now some of the men are the kind 'you'd warn your daughter about'.

At Brooklyn's grim Metropolitan Detention Centre, the fallen British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 59, waits for her 'Trial of the Decade' to start on Monday.

The famed American composer and lyricist passed away 'suddenly' at his Roxbury, Conn. home, according to F. Richard Pappas, The New York Times reported.

European leaders tightened Covid lockdowns today, with the Belgian prime minister warning case totals are 'worse than the worst-case scenario' as the winter wave goes from bad to worse.

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning - meaning lives are in danger - for northeast Scotland and England as well as yellow weather warnings for Friday and Saturday.

Up to 50 people were supposed to board two boats ahead of the fatal voyage across Channel - but one vessel suffered engine trouble, those in camps in France claimed.

Crown Prosecution Service figures show only 61 migrants have been charged and 51 convicted since December 2019 for illegally entering the country and breaching the 1971 Immigration Act.

The travel bans would scupper winter holiday plans for millions of Britons, but Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering the measures to avoid another Christmas lockdown at home.

In a pre-recorded chat the broadcaster, 65, told the Geordie duo that 'if it wasn't for Covid, he'd still be in the game' and that ITV were 'adamant' he was sent to hospital to be checked over.

Manufacturers of COVID-19 vaccines used in the US say they are taking quick action after recent revelations of the South African 'Nu' variant, and its high infectiousness and ability to evade vaccines.

UK diplomats issued a plea to Putin to hold back 90,000 troops at Ukraine's border. Meanwhile, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky revealed a plot to oust him.

RICHARD EDEN: Gordon Ramsay painstakingly picked celebrated young chef Matt Worswick, 28 to run the kitchen at The Savoy Grill. But Worswick has suddenly been fired.

You can save 25 per cent off in the Eye of Horus Black Friday sale with savings on the brands bestselling products like the Bio Mascara and Liquid Define, all under £20.

Richard Dexter tricked Amrita Sebastian out of £141,000 by posing as a successful businessman and telling her he was on the verge of a 'big windfall', a jury at Portsmouth Crown Court heard.

Emmanuel Macron delivered a furious rant after Boris Johnson sent him a letter demanding more action on Channel migrants.

Proposals for the farm in near Sherborne in Dorset were slammed by planning experts, conservationists, architects and hundreds of residents who said they will 'decimate' 189 acres of land.

Despite the programme's complex six tier security system, comprising of bulletproof detection robots, an unarmed trespasser was able to find their way into the grounds of Gwrych Castle.

ANDREW NEIL: The Big Apple is on the slide once more. The pandemic has scarred the city much more than London. Signs of decay and dereliction are everywhere, even in the affluent parts.

Georgia Frost was crowned winner of the coveted Alan Bates Award. She appeared in a picture taken outside the Edinburgh home of Harry Potter author JK Rowling this week.

Grand Tour presenter Jeremy Clarkson is sponsoring Chadlington Football Club, a local side, after Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney took over Wrexham FC in Wales.

Scientists believe that its extensive mutations mean it must have originated in a severely immunocompromised patient, possibly an undiagnosed person with AIDS.

BEL MOONEY: You can have all the equality legislation in the world, but unless she can control her own fertility, a woman can't ever feel free.

PLATELL'S PEOPLE: Eight months ago, I was introduced to the BBC's rising star Amol Rajan who asked me to be interviewed for a TV documentary he was making.

Mr Justice Fancourt issued a warrant for the arrest of prominent civil liberties solicitor Soophia Khan (left), 41, after finding her in contempt of court for failing to show up for her own case.

Baran Nouri Hamadami, from northern Iraq, was among the 27 who drowned in the disaster off the coast of Calais earlier this week, the Telegraph reports.

Princess Diana never lost her love of ballet. Just how much it meant to her is revealed in a unique collection of photographs of Diana's visits - both public and private - to the London City Ballet.

Activists arrived in sites across Britain in the early hours of Friday to set up bamboo structures and 'lock-ons', and held banners urging Amazon to cut its emissions.

Cody James Ackland, 24, who lives in central Plymouth with his mother and plays in popular local band Rakuda, is accused of abducting the 18-year-old as she waited at a bus stop.

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis lashed South Africa's Covid experts for sounding the alarm so early, saying that the country's tourism industry had been dealt a 'crushing blow.'

And, at first glance, there is certainly good reason to pay attention to B.1.1.529. After all, it has 50 mutations compared to the strain that first emerged in Wuhan two years ago, making it very different.

Researchers from City University of New York tracked more than 34,000 Americans aged over 40 for several decades and matched eating times with death rates.

Since the closures were introduced in the Stockport suburb of Heaton Chapel in September on a trial basis, homeowners have expressed fears about the disruption caused to the emergency services.

Trollies with handlebars placed parallel to each other (pictured) - a little like a wheelbarrow - make us use our biceps which are used to pull things towards us, and so put more in the trolley.

The Omicron Covid-19 variant has more than 30 mutations - the most ever recorded in a strain and twice as many as Delta. A case was reported in Belgium today, the first infection in Europe.

Peter Lyons (pictured) was acquitted after James Raeburn had accused him of sailing recklessly to endanger him. Lyon was, however, fined for fishing without a licence since June 2020.

Some headteachers have this week banned parents from attending events or have cancelled fayres and nativity plays entirely due to rising Covid cases. Pictured: Mr Shapps.

Black Lives Matter sparked furious backlash on social media after a Thanksgiving tweet that claimed that Americans were eating their holiday meals on 'stolen land.'

The world shut itself off from Southern Africa today in response to a super mutant variant that was unheard of just days ago. B.1.1.529 was first picked up in Hong Kong on Monday.

Despite a quiet start to Black Friday sales at high street hotspots in London, Tyneside and Manchester, industry insiders are predicting 2021 could be the UK's most lucrative Black Friday on record.

Amazon Black Friday 2021 continues. From Shark vacuum cleaners to Apple AirPods, here are the 35 best deals you don't want to miss.

Emma Smart, 44, is entering her tenth day of hunger strike at HMP Bronzefield in Ashford, Surrey, where she was sentenced to four months for protesting on the M25.

Kay Shemirani, also known as Kate Shemirani, 56, is said to have led demonstrations in Trafalgar Square on August 29 and September 19 last year, and Whitehall on September 5.

Campaigners claim more than 3million Govia Thameslink Railway passengers have 'double paid' for parts of their travel and are taking their case to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Haider Malik, 24, decided to head to Canary Wharf in east London on the morning of November 2 hoping to find a position in banking and finance having graduated with a first class degree.

Department of Health figures showed cases rose 13 per cent in a week, rising from the 44,242 reported last Friday. It marked the first time they had topped the milestone since October 21.

Hundreds of Iraqi migrants have begun flying home from Belarus after failing to cross the Polish border into the EU, with Warsaw claiming victory for its 'decisive action' defending Europe's frontier.

The Government should have waited to consult on the future of Channel 4 until they had set out a vision for public service broadcasting, a report has said.

Three men from Bradford have been charged with death by dangerous driving after prep school teacher Asad Rashid, 34, was killed during a 'road race' down a dual carriageway.

The proposal was derided as the 'stupidest bridge in history' while Tory MPs joked the trains would be 'pulled by unicorns. A review has concluded the 'benefits could not possibly outweigh the costs'.

Ross McCullam will now face trial next year accused of the murder of Megan Newborough, who was discovered near Woodhouse Eaves, Leicestershire, in the early hours of Sunday, August 8.

Rachel Riley shut down Anne Robinson after the host made a swipe at a Countdown contestant, amid reports of a bitter 'feud' between the stars.

The 87-year-old jokingly praised the British presenter for his bravery in coming out as gay - despite it actually being Phillip who announced his sexuality in February 2020.

Damien Bendall, 31, is now alleged to have raped and murdered 11-year-old Lacey Bennett, as well as being accused of killing three others at a house in Killamarsh, Derbyshire.

This year's I'm A Celebrity has been thrown into chaos behind the scenes after three of this year's contestants - Dame Arlene Phillips, Naughty Boy and Frankie Bridge - sought medical treatment.

Keith Brown kicked off the SNP annual conference this afternoon by claiming a message of 'optimism and ambition' for the future can lead the country to independence.

Squadron Leader Trevor 'Wimpy' Wade was one of 'The Few' who destroyed up to 19 German planes during the Second World War.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are set to begin a series of 24-hour walkouts today over changes to staff rotas to restart the Night Tube.

CCTV shows the scooter flying over Paul Hepworth's 8ft wall at the family home in Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, before crashing into garden furniture and landing in the courtyard.

The UK retailer's website has an advert telling customer that need emergency contraception they can save up to £28.25 by entering a code a check out.

Eric Zemmour, 63, took legal action to try and prevent Closer from publishing details of his secret affair with Sarah Knafo, 28.

Stacey Solomon and her team visited stay-at-home mother Cherelle and courier Tony, who live in a two-up, two-down rental property in Manchester with their three daughters and a son, all under four.

Art curator Flora, 25, tied the knot with the Swedish financier Timothy Vesterberg, 27, in September, with Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex attending.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has announced that flights from South Africa - as well as  Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini and Zimbabwe - will be suspended from midday today.

Police have grown 'increasingly concerned' by the disappearance of 18-year-old Caitlin Black, who lives in Winsford, Cheshire, last seen boarding a train in Liverpool on 17 November.

The Duchess of Cambridge relies on a uniform of tonal jumpers with matching jackets and dark trousers to pull together a 'polished' look with ease, stylists have told FEMAIL.

DrinkWell has conducted independent laboratory research analysing the nutritional content of 24 of the most popular red, white and rose supermarket wines per glass and bottle.

Cordelia Stemp told friends she felt something was 'seriously wrong with her' when she left Hampshire Boulevard nightclub in Portsmouth feeling unwell.

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data estimated around 862,300 people caught the virus on any given day in the week up to November 20, up 4.5 per cent on the 824,900 the week before.

BT Sport have warned Rangers they won't allow the club to pick and choose their pundits after Chris Sutton was again denied entry to Ibrox - for the second time in a matter of months.

North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) say there have been a 'number of delays' due to Stockport Council's 'Active Neighbourhood' scheme.

The highly-rated Oral-B Smart 6 Electric Toothbrush with Smart Pressure Sensor is now on sale for a massive £160 off the RRP - that's a huge saving of 73 per cent off.

Luke Deeley, 25, from Pontypridd, had 'no known links' to retired IT consultant June Fox-Roberts, 65, according to police.

Thames Valley Police officer PC Perry Greenhalf, based in Newbury, was found guilty of gross misconduct after himself resigning, following homophobic comments and racial slurs he made.

Evelyn Cardwell was at her farm in Aldborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, when the airman's Junkers 88 was shot out of the sky by the crew of a Hurricane.

Danielle Thornton, 33, from Coventry, is fundraising for liposuction after being diagnosed with lipoedema after visiting doctors constantly for 20 years to find out why she couldn't slim her legs.

Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, said mandarins do not have the 'skills and experience' needed to address the country's biggest challenges.

Surrey Police launched an investigation into allegations of bullying at Deepcut barracks in Surrey following the deaths of four young recruits between 1995 and 2002.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he has been 'heavily lobbied' not to change the regulations amid a row over a ban handed to Labour backbencher Stella Creasy this week.

In its latest campaign, New York-based Promobot is seeking someone with a 'kind and friendly' face, to be used on a humanoid robot-assistant.

DAN WOOTTON: At least everyone now says the migrant crisis is a national emergency. But it should never have taken 27 heart-breaking deaths for the government to realise the crossings must stop.

RICHARD KAY: Sergeant Allan Peters claims Prince Charles returned to Camilla after he discovered Diana had been having a fling with Barry Mannakee.

The 1.7-mile sacred Avenue of Sphinxes was used every year for a festival called 'Opet' that was held the second month of the Nile flooding seasons and always on November 25.

Maryam Nuri, from Ranya in northern Iraq, is thought to be one of the victims of the capsized flimsy boat which sank off the coast of Calais on Wednesday amid harsh seas and cold temperatures.

At least 11 miners were killed when coal dust ignited in a ventilation shaft 820ft below the surface eastern Russia around 9am this morning, local emergency services told TASS news agency.

New rules being hammered out in Brussels today could include a ban on unvaccinated travellers coming into the bloc from March, including those whose last jab was more than nine months ago.

Meat from dogs constitutes a major part of South Korean cuisine with about one million dogs believed to be eaten annually, but consumption has declined recently as more people embrace them as pets.

Gynaecologist Dr. Giovanni Miniello, 60, was the target of an undercover TV investigation and told an actress who was posing as a patient she had HPV and offered to cure her with sex.

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Ferocious gales of nearly 100mph were recorded in Northumberland yesterday and one man in Northern Ireland was killed when his car was struck by a falling tree as Storm Arwen batters Britain.

An Australian state has slammed shut its border in a reaction to fears over the emerging Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Jeremy Sleath, 63 (pictured), a self-declared 'secular atheist', was sacked by West Midlands Trains for a Facebook post in which he said Britain should not copy Islamic State's drink ban.

Around 600 passengers arrived on two planes in Schipol Airport, near Amsterdam, from Johannesburg - the epicentre for the new strain - hours after travel bans were put in place.

Baran Nouri Hamadamin, 24, was identified as one of 27 migrants who drowned after a flimsy boat capsized in the Channel six miles off Calais in France during stormy weather.

Corbyn has sat as an independent in the Commons after having the Labour whip removed last year in the wake of an independent investigation into anti-Semitism during his tenure.

Dozens of UK areas have seen festive markets, Dickensian fairs, Christmas light switch-on celebrations, carol concerts and Santa's grottos scrapped by 'over-cautious' officials.

A baby-faced bikie has showed off provocative new ink reserved for fully-patched gang members, but he will be cover them with make-up within days as new laws prohibit their public display.

The incident in Lubbock, Texas on November 5 centred around a custody dispute over the children of Chad Read and his ex-wife Christina Read.

Sydney power-couple Charlie and Ellie Aitken have split after more than 20 years together. Their marriage breakdown comes as Mr Aitken confirmed he is in a relationship with her friend.

Health Minister Greg Hunt on Saturday announced Australia would be joining Europe and the US in closing its borders to nine southern African countries to stop the new variant from entering the country.

The National Police Association reported that more than 50,000 officers have been assaulted this year and are asking for bystanders to follow three 'simple steps' to help officers in distress.

Dani Laidley said she vividly remembered the moment she attempted the drastic measure on April 5, 2020.

NSW has added 235 new local infections to its Covid-19 caseload as authorities begin monitoring overseas arrivals for signs of the new and heavily mutated Omicron variant.

Secretary of the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet Michael Coutts-Trotter said there was no better candidate suited for the top job in parliament house.

'Winston! Entente Cordiale - NOW '

Last week Mrs Appleby's lucrative reign at ASL - which has 1,350 students and alumni who include Kathleen Turner and Police drummer Stewart Copeland - came to a juddering halt.

Boebert added that she has reached out to Omar's office but Omar - one of the first Muslim women in Congress - said it is past time for GOP leadership to punish her.

Dave Chappelle urged people to donate to his alma mater stating whether they are in favor or against the naming of a theater on the campus of Duke Ellington School of the Arts in DC after him.

The Las Vegas Raiders- Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving football game turned violent Thursday night with multiple violent fights breaking out between players and fans Thursday.

Kushner has reached out to leaders in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and other Persian Gulf states to try and get backing for Affinity Partners, Kushner's new company.

An unidentified woman, 39, was brutally attacked by a teenage girl who punched her in the side of the face after she was asked to 'mask up' in Brooklyn in October.

Kathy Hochul on Friday declared a 'disaster emergency' in New York, as the state braces for the arrival of Omicron, a new and worrying COVID-19 variant which was first detected in Botswana.

He was discovered out front The Dorset Apartments on 99th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn around 2:50 p.m. Friday, according to police. The man was suffering from multiple stab wounds.

Thousands of protesters have gathered in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast to fight against vaccine mandates.

Donald Trump slammed the Biden Administration, stating Americans aren't getting what they bargained for. He also said that Biden was doing a 'terrible job' with COVID-19 and inflation.

Former Western Bulldogs star Paul Dimattina, 47, has been in hospital for several days after having the reaction to his Pfizer booster - before catching the virus itself.

A number of dramatic rescues have been made overnight as wild weather smashed Australia's east coast, with New South Wales and Queensland being the hardest hit.

One EU country after another is going back into Covid lockdown, with the continent on red alert as bitter winter weather starts to bite but will AstraZeneca save the UK and Australia?

Joe Biden on Friday announced a halt to travel from eight African countries, despite his chief scientific advisor, Anthony Fauci, downplaying the likelihood of a ban only hours earlier.

Chris Cuomo, 51, was spotted loading Christmas wreaths into his car on Thanksgiving hours before going on a tirade on his radio show about cancel culture and the holidays.

An individual 'with a knife and hostile intent' was shot and killed outside the  entrance to a Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego on Friday.

Health minister Greg Hunt announced on Saturday that five changes would be immediately implemented to flights from nine nations in southern Africa.

This comes after thousands in Southern California were without power on Thanksgiving for the second year running as the region's largest utility cut off service amid risks of wildfires.

However, the report largely ignores climate change issues and does not recommend stopping leasing federal lands to gas and oil drillers, something President Biden campaigned on.

Marshall Plotka is facing 20 years in prison after pleading guilty this year to his part in a drug ring - but his sentencing has since been delayed after it was revealed he was diagnosed with cancer.

For a little more than an hour on Friday, President Biden was plain Joe again, walking the streets of Nantucket to slip into the shops, talk with locals and watch the town Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.

Gordon Brown said the emergence of new strains such as Omicron, a super-mutant variant first reported in South Africa on November 24, could have been avoided if the West had shared jab supplies.

Jamie Bernstein, the eldest daughter of Leonard Bernstein, who created West Side Story in the 1950s, said the success of the show became like 'a sort of albatross around his neck'

The Australian summer is headed for a wash out as a La Niña weather event increases the chances of flooding and cyclones in the east, central and southern parts of the country.

Stephen Craker, 62, had to undergo nine surgeries in four weeks, including a leg amputation, after he was bitten by a white tail spider while conducting a yard maintenance quote on October 21.

Naasir Francis, 22 (pictured), was shot 13 times in a dispute between rival gangs in Lozells, Birmingham, on August 26 last year. Naasir was blasted to death by two rival gang members.

Anna-Louise Bates lost half of her family when a careless driver hit them as they walked home six years ago. Her son Fraser died at Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Cardiff.

Nadine Dorries, maverick MP and former I'm A Celebrity contestant, was quite delighted that her appointment to the post of Secretary of State for Culture sent shockwaves through the establishment.

The cost of compensating thousands of postmasters falsely accused of stealing would have put the 400-year-old company out of business had the UK Treasury not bailed it out.

Multiple sources accused Mr Afolami (pictured), the MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, of 'unsubtly' sounding out colleagues to assess Miss Truss's chances for a future run at the leadership.

Scientists called for punches to the head to be banned to cut the toll of brain injuries. The study by Cardiff University was based on the health records of 1,123 men.

President Joe Biden will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries starting on Monday, following the detection of the COVID Mu variant, it was announced Friday.

The Stockholm University team questioned almost 10,000 men and women aged 20 to 80 to see if relationship quality was linked to sharing of finances.

Seth Rogen, 39, who owned a secure $2.5 million home in West Hollywood and $8 million ranch in Hollywood Hills, told YouTuber Casey Neistat that crime was just part of 'living in a big city.'

Experts fear a new law - aimed at sparing gay people from cruel 'conversion therapy' - could be used to end legitimate discussions with young people who want hormone treatment.

Amelia Smith captured the footage on Tuesday near the Mooki River in regional NSW while her family took a boat ride during the floods to look at the damage caused to wheat and cotton crops.

Richmond Shire Mayor John Wharton allegedly assaulted the women in a venue on Racecourse Rd, Richmond, about 9.15pm on August 28.

Felix Dean has fallen hard and fast since his years starring with Ada Nicodemou as her on-screen son VJ Patterson in the long-running soap and his problems are a long way from over.

The ultimate aim is to create a minimum of 12,355 acres of new woodland along this stretch of Cumbrian coast over the next 25 years - the size of almost 7,000 football pitches.