Lottie Lyon, 21, was standing on a platform before travelling from Reading, Berkshire to Bristol Temple Meads station when she was attacked by the men.

Extraordinary images reveal the skeletal remains of a man, dubbed the 'last fugitive', who died a horrific death during the catastrophic Mount Vesuvius eruption in 79 A.D.

More than a million homes across Britain lost power as Storm Arwen's winds reached almost 100mph, ripping down power lines and uprooting thousands of trees - with tens of thousands still cut off.

Data from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa shows 8,561 new Covid cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, a jump of 95.8 per cent in a day.

The extra Moderna and Pfizer jabs will be delivered in 2022 and 2023, giving the UK a steady supply for the next two years following the emergence of the new Omicron strain.

Leaked minutes revealed that advisers are pushing for much tougher restrictions on travel despite emerging evidence that the risk posed by the variant may have been overstated.

Michael Buerk, who has presented Radio 4's The Moral Maze programme for more than 30 years, claimed that the station's 'woke' editorial choices put it at odds with its Middle England listeners.

Sotrovimab, sold under the brand name Xevudy, cuts the risk of hospitalisation by 79 per cent among those at risk from the virus. But there are fears it may be less effective against Omicron.

Facebook did not directly attribute the network to the Chinese government. But it said employees of Chinese state-run companies, the country's state-run media, amplify the misleading claims.

Tracking site Down Detector has logged more than 3,000 reports of outages today, with a huge spike in complaints beginning at around 7am.

Macron made the comments the day after 27 migrants drowned when their boat capsized crossing the Channel, according to respected investigative weekly Le Canard Enchaine.

Former US President Donald Trump criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson for trying to turn the UK into the Saudi Arabia of wind to cut emissions, in an interview aired on GB News.

Marcia Hart, 78, was left with a black eye and graze when a parcel hit her in the face after a DPD delivery driver lobbed it over the gate to her communal garden in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex

Amol Rajan, who presented The Princes and the Press, once made incendiary remarks about William and Kate, Prince Philip and Prince Charles when writing in the Independent in 2012.

The Metropolitan Police said the officer was attacked with the substance at around 8pm yesterday while on duty at the Palace of Westminster in Millbank, central London.

Boris Johnson said too many gangs were using Facebook and other online platforms to openly advertise their people smuggling services and even offering British passports to migrants.

In an ugly spat over garden pots, Angela Williams, 57, called Jasmina Vidovic a 'fat cow' before punching her four times in the face outside her £400,000 bungalow in Christchurch, Dorset.

Senior ministers including health secretary Sajid Javid and work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey sparked anger from the hospitality sector with their messages of caution last night.

The integrity of the Northern Ireland Protocol was vital and it was 'of existential importance for Europe not to compromise' over it, Emmanuel Macron said.

The Meatless Farm Company ran the promotional campaign claiming its products would 'unleash your beast', citing cases of two customers whose lives were apparently transformed.

The 'Sustainable Farming Incentive' will replace the EU's common agricultural policy that was worth more than £3.5billion a year and will reward farmers for protecting the environment.

Non-urgent work will be dropped to free GPs up to give boosters jabs. Asthma, diabetes and heart patients are most likely to be impacted and GPs could also be freed from BP checks.

Matt Hancock has admitted he had 'blown up every part of my life' after he was caught on CCTV cheating on his wife with his most senior aide Gina Coladangelo.

Elad Maor, 45, travelled to London on November 19 and stayed at a hotel in Islington while attending the three-day convention at ExCeL London in Newham, east London, before returning to Israel.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak, left, has warned PM Boris Johnson, pictured yesterday outside Number 10, that the NHS will need reform if additional funds promised by government are not squandered.

Australian universities are preparing to impose their own vaccine mandates after their sector was left out of new jab regulations that require schools and many other locations to be open to vaccinated only.

Cambridgeshire county council has thrown £12million at a community heating scheme powered by a ground heating pump but so far only 47 of 300 homes in Swaffham Prior have signed up

The suspect, who has not been named, got through the gate in front of the Palace of Westminster before officers dragged him to the ground.

The Office for Students said compensation for cancelled classes may be 'appropriate' after the three-day walkout began yesterday.

John Croucher (pictured), the former head chef at the Crewe Arms in Northamptonshire, admitted contravening food regulations and was given a four-month suspended jail sentence.

Jane testified that Jeffrey Epstein drove her to Mar-A-Lago to meet Donald Trump when she was 14 years old.

The Science Museum is looking at changing an exhibition on gender because it fails to acknowledge transgender people, covering subjects such as hormones and chromosomes.

The Black Live Matter movement has announced its seventh year of boycotting 'white companies,' organizations, and banks during the holiday season to support 'Black Xmas.'

Naomi Johnson, 23, and Benjamin O'Shea, 26, of Southwark, central London, were found guilty of physically abusing their eight-week-old girl Amina and of cruelty to another child.

PC Stephen Wales, pictured, was dealing with a disturbance outside a pub in Wakefield, west Yorkshire on July 10 when he was left fighting for his life after he was struck by a drunk driver.

Ministers today unveiled their '10 year vision' for solving the nation's social care crisis but campaigners warned the plan does not go far enough.

About 30,000 houses were still cut off from the grid in the north of England after ferocious gales, rain and snow that tore through infrastructure last week. Pictured: A fallen tree in Northumberland.

The Norwegian spruce has been an annual gift to the people of London from Oslo each year since 1947. But this year, the 24metre tree has come under fire for looking 'half dead' and 'hungover'.

UKHSA data show Britain recorded 48,374 new cases over the last 24 hours, up 10.8 per cent on last week's total of 43,676. It was the first time the amount of positive tests increased last Friday.

Tom Channon, 18, was celebrating the end of his A-levels on holiday with friends when he fell 50ft to his death over a knee-high wall at the Eden Roc complex in Majorca.

Travel industry chiefs have slammed Sage proposals to impose compulsory quarantine on all arrivals to the UK and force them to take Covid tests regardless of whether they've been vaccinated.

Greene King opted to rebrand the 350-year-old 'Black Bitch' pub in Linlithgow, West Lothian, as part of its 'anti-racist' policies and amid fears its historic name was not 'welcoming and inclusive'.

The EU Commission President made the remark during a meeting in Brussels on the pandemic as Europe suffers through a brutal wave of Covid infections amid fears over the Omicron variant.

Thomas Schreiber, of Gillingham, Dorset, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of the murder of Sir Richard, 83, and attempted murder of his mother Anne Schreiber.

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Amelie Osborn-Smith, 18 and from Hampshire, was taking a break between rafting sessions on the Zambezi River, below Victoria Falls in Zambia, when she was attacked by the reptile.

Amol Rajan - the BBC journalist who presented The Princes And The Press - made the incendiary remarks in articles written in 2012 for The Independent, which he used to edit.

The Rockefeller Christmas tree lighting took place on on Wednesday, December 1, and authorities say the event drew one of the largest crowds in Manhattan since the start of the pandemic.

Leo Creighton, from Leeds, tried to wrestle his snow shovel away from his border collie Shandy on November 29, but slipped on and watched helplessly as the dog strutted away with the tool.

Dr Albert Bourla, who heads up the UK's top vaccine supplier, today raised the prospect of Covid jabs being rolled out every year. This is already done with the flu vaccine.

Lidl has recalled packets of its Deluxe Stuffed Dates after a routine product test of the festive treats detected salmonella. The FSA has issued a health warning to not eat any from batch 21301/196.

The Turnip Prize was awarded to the creator of 'Panda Mick' - a not so subtle homage to 'pandemic' - in front of a packed audience in a ceremony at The New Inn, Wedmore, Somerset

Under Secretary of State for Science George Freeman also revealed that he was cancelling his department's bash this month, changing it to drinks on Zoom instead.

A child too young to be vaccinated has become Australia's ninth Omicron Covid case, with his family arriving in Sydney from Doha on November 23.

The National Energy Action has forecast that the typical gas bill for those on standard tariffs is likely to go up from £466 a year in October 2020 to £944 in April next year amid exploding prices.

Science Minister George Freeman described the alleged remark as 'pretty unhelpful' as he said: 'Of course the Prime Minister isn't a clown.'

Science Minister George Freeman suffered a car crash TV interview this morning as he was unable to say when people under the age of 40 will be able to book their Covid booster jab.

George Freeman, a business minister, said 'the UK Government was 'looking at the science on that and the balance of the rollout'. British scientists have so far resisted calls to jab very young children.

Two security guards from the Byron Bay nightclub Belgian backpacker Theo Hayez was ejected from on the night he went missing admit they may have been mistaken about his level of intoxication.

A V8 hoon in a Holden Maloo was left red-faced after drag-racing a luxury car off the lights and then smashing the $100,000 ute into a telegraph pole.

Liberal MP Angie Bell from Queensland's Gold Coast has been left red-faced after delivering a rousing seven minute speech on the wrong bill, that she and the rest of Parliament had voted on weeks ago.

The short clip, filmed in Zyuratkul National Park, Russia on November 30, begins with a dozen tourists surrounding the moose as they take pictures and feed the 800lb creature.

Roman Fedortsov, 39, a Murmansk-based fisherman, has reeled in a variety of bizarre-looking sea creatures, the latest of which has been dubbed the 'cheeseburger with teeth' by viewers online.

Scott Yenor, a professor at Boise State University, has sparked outrage after saying that women should be kept out of engineering, medical and law school so they can focus on 'feminine goals'.

CNN star Jeffrey Toobin came under fire for a tweet warning that the Supreme Court could overturn Roe v. Wade as critics called him out for previous scandals.

More than a million homes lost power as Storm Arwen saw winds reach almost 100mph, ripping down power lines and uprooting thousands of trees. Parts of the UK remain cut off.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews' controversial 'pandemic bill' has passed the state's upper house and will take effect in weeks.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said on Wednesday that Oxford High School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley, 15, never knocked on a classroom door during Tuesday's rampage.

Reddit users have discovered an alarming and mysterious sign on Sydney Harbour that gives no explanation as to what it is about - but the answer lies deep below.

Joe Biden will announce on Thursday the resumption of the 'Remain in Mexico' policy established by Donald Trump in January 2019. Biden was forced by the courts to bring it back.

Police have ended their search for the bodies of missing campers Carol Clay and Russell Hill after finding human remains earlier this week.

A Labor MP shouted for Greg Hunt and a female politician to 'get a room' after the pair heaped praise on each other in federal parliament on Thursday.

Australia's heated housing market is beginning to cool with the Commonwealth Bank forecasting double-digit plunges in property prices in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart in 2023.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Sheffield residents have put their feet down against the renaming of streets and pubs or the tearing down of statues in the city with any supposed links to Britain's colonial past

Drug-affected John Nelis shot dead his mate Christopher Jacobs after firing off a gun he didn't believe was loaded, the Victorian Supreme Court heard on Thursday.

Eagle-eyed Twitter users said the image was photoshopped after spotting a lack of char marks on the sirloin. But Mr Albanese hit back after Question Time on Thursday.

Australians got drunk an average 27 times in 2020, almost double the global average of 15, according to the Global Drug Survey

Former child actor Johshel Alexander, 22, who appeared in the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild was shot and killed while sitting in a vehicle in New Orleans on Saturday

Lorna Hewitt, 43, and her husband Craig, 42, allegedly kept her autistic son Matthew Langley, 22, locked up in the attic of their home in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, for seven months.

While the products have been on sale since the start of the year, the brand's recent post on Facebook which showed some of the products has divided opinion amongst shoppers.

Jeffrey Steel admitted he lied about accusing Florida school officials of forcing his 7-year-old step-daughter with Down syndrome to wear a mask by tying it to the seven-year-old girl's head.

Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier (pictured) said 16 of the new cases were linked to one event at suburban Norwood last weekend. The other two involved travellers from interstate.

Australian rules football legend Ron Barassi has tested positive for COVID-19, ruling him out of taking part in Melbourne's long-awaited AFL premiership celebrations at the MCG.

James Joseph Morrison,a 62-year-old freelancer who told police he was with MSNBC and NBC News, was stopped by officers while he trailed a the bus, which contained members of the Rittenhouse jury.

Newly-released footage captured the moment alleged Capitol rioter Daniel Rodriguez, 38, broke down and called himself a 'piece of s**t' during an interrogation after he tasered a cop

Detectives have spent two days scouring the remote Union Spur Track, north of the town of Dargo in the state's east, after police discovered human remains in the area on Tuesday.

Fauci said it was too early to tell whether an annual 'booster' will be needed as new variants emerge, as he spoke with CNN's Anderson Cooper during a town hall Wednesday evening.

Chris Cuomo's text messages to his brother's team - published on Monday - infuriated CNN's president Jeff Zucker, according to a report. The texts were 'the final straw' for Cuomo.

Health authorities in NSW have confirmed a seventh Omicron COVID-19 variant in the state, this time from someone who has not been in southern Africa.

The city claims the complaint became unnecessary as more officers complied, but it comes a month after a judge embarrassed Mayor Lori Lightfoot by suspending her deadline.

Travellers looking for a getaway in the South Pacific country will need to comply with a string of measures amid the Covid-19 pandemic and recently the threat of the Omicron variant.

Billy-Jo Salter hit 63-year-old Ray Meadows and his guide dog, Gerry, on the Calder Highway at Wedderburn within minutes of getting behind the wheel in June 2019.

The former attorney general announced on Wednesday afternoon he will not recontest the marginal seat of Pearce in Western Australia.

James Hayward, who was elected to WA's parliament earlier this year, is facing multiple charges relating to an eight-year-old girl, including persistent sexual conduct.

Justin Langer was seen having a laugh with the opening batsman and the team's chief selector George Bailey while out in Brisbane on Thursday. He'd recently visited Paine in Hobart.

A senior Chinese government adviser has flagged plans to wean China off Australian iron ore. Its ambitions to source its own steel-making commodity overlap with Taiwan tensions.

Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment a pair of robbers cornered a mother with her baby in the driveway of her Los Angeles mansion as she waited for its electronic gates to close.

Drone footage by Sharky Aerials has captured the rare moment a Blue Whale yawns while swimming off the coast in South Perth.

The brother of Heidi Planck's boss's business partner has spoken out about the California mother's disappearance. Derek Galanis said he does not know if Planck's boss was involved.

A hero policeman stripped down and swam into dangerous floodwaters to rescue a woman who nearly drowned in a regional Queensland town.

Ruthless Adelaide drug dealers are thought to be responsible for many murders since mid-2019, some of which were made to look like overdoses, police say.

Kathleen Casillo, 52, appeared in court on Wednesday where she rejected a plea deal in favor of a trial after she was accused of hitting BLM protestors last December

'No credit or excused absence shall be afforded to members who do not participate in drills, training, or other duty due to failure to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19,' Austin wrote.

The Health Minister said he will not recontest his marginal seat of Finders at next year's election because his children told him it's time to 'come home'.

Two English backpackers who attended Cheeky Monkeys nightclub with Theo Hayez were this morning asked about a mysterious bearded man who approached them inside the club.

People in NSW are being urged to maintain COVID-safe protocols and get a vaccine booster as soon as possible, as the number of confirmed cases of the Omicron variant remains at six.

A former staffer claims her relationship with Mr Tudge was emotionally and, on one occasion, psychically abusive in a new recount of their affair.

Symone Sanders, Harris' senior advisor and chief spokesperson, will leave the White House by the end of the this month, according to a Politico report citing five administration officials.

A respiratory expert has warned asthma and allergy sufferers to stay inside during storms expected on Thursday. In 2016 a storm asthma event in Melbourne killed nine people.

Chris Caserta and a female apprentice jockey got into trouble during a late-night swim at Surfers Paradise. An intense search has failed to find him.

Jockey Chris Caserta, 26, was swimming with a young female track rider at Surfers Paradise Beach just after 10pm on Wednesday night.

Leila and Danny Abdallah lost their daughters Sienna, 8, and Angelina, 12, as well as their son Anthony, 13, in the Oatlands tragedy of February 1, 2020.

A cheeky Queensland man left a sarcastic note on a police officer's car mocking their terrible attempt at parking - encouraging him to practice staying between the lines by colouring a cartoon.

Seven children have been rescued from sexual abuse in the Philippines as a Brisbane man is jailed for five years after being found guilty of a range of child abuse offences.

Powerball has hit a whopping $80million jackpot, with experts sharing their tips and tricks for scooping up a prize in Thursday night's draw.

Christopher-John Nasser was issued with an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order, 'restricting his behaviour' towards his estranged wife, Sydney socialite Hollie Nasser.

Broken Hill Mayor Darriea Turley (pictured) said the United Australia Party flyers could make the NSW town's large Aboriginal population hesitant to get jabbed.

Jussie Smollett told two friends to stage an attack on him in front of a police surveillance camera 'for media' - but its lens was pointed the other way at the time, a court heard.

James Gandolfini's drug and alcohol problems were so severe the then-CEO of HBO said he worried about the Sopranos star 'staying alive'. Gandolfini survived the series, but died in 2013 aged 51.

Coles (stock image) to face the Federal Court over allegations it underpaid employees. Fair Work has alleged 7812 employees were underpaid between 2017 and 2020.

The government has been forced to make the concession in order to get enough support from its own MPs to proceed with the bill.

Josh Duggar, 33, is on trial charged with two counts of downloading and possessing child porn and is facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Political commentator and author Niki Savva said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had spoken to Ms Berejiklian 'multiple times' urging her to run for the party at the federal level.

Wealthy Los Angeles socialite Rebecca Grossman (left) is facing 34 years in prison for allegedly crashing her speeding Mercedes into brothers Mark and Jacob Iskander (right) last year

Three female school leavers have shared the crass comments they received from their male counterparts while celebrating the end of Year 12 on the Gold Coast last week.

Former Jerry Springer producer Jill Blackstone, 58, arrived in a wheelchair for her court appearance on Tuesday after she had been charged with murder for allegedly killing her sister and their three dogs

Ghislaine Maxwell's accuser 'Jane' was quizzed about the women who took part in 'orgies' she claims she was forced into while under age.

The Terre Haute Police Department released a response Wednesday after the video went viral on social media, taken from a 'Ring' doorbell camera, showing an officer kicking the dog, a Boston terrier.

Fallen NRL star Ben Barba has been charged with assaulting his brother-in-law and will spend at least two nights in custody.

Lidia Thorpe apologised after allegedly telling Hollie Hughes 'at least I kept my legs shut' during a heated debate on Wednesday night.

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Yesterday European leaders bowed to pressure from their eastern edge, with plans that would allow Poland, Lithuania and Latvia to weaken migrants' rights and detain refugees for longer.

Stocks reversed early gains after the first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant was confirmed in the US, and Fed Chair Powell admitted that tough measures might be required on inflation.

Facebook will allow its users to search for Kyle Rittenhouse and praise him on its platform again, after his acquittal on charges for killing two people in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year.

A ridiculously cute and chubby newborn pygmy hippo will make her public debut at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in time for the school holidays.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki (shown) joked Wednesday after being grilled over President Joe Biden's (inset) plan to 'shut down' the virus, which killed 780,989 people (inset)

Motorists living in upmarket areas of Sydney's north shore are more likely to be claiming thousands of dollars in rebates and stamp duty exemptions on the taxpayer dollar.

Domestic abuse and sexual offences will be treated as seriously as knife crime under new measures to be announced by Priti Patel today.

Residents in Geelong pictured a 'big sky doona' rolling over the town as wild weather continues to smash large parts of Victoria and caused flash flooding in Melbourne.

Emhoff, the first-ever Jewish resident of the One Observatory Place, led the candle lighting ceremony at the White House along with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is also Jewish.

Forty-two per cent of Australians would be fine with using cryptocurrency if it became legal tender, a survey has found - but only a fraction know what the term means.

A political staffer who had a consensual love affair with a minister when both were married has claimed she has only ever told a 'small part' of their story.

When feral predators eat an implanted bilby, the predator dies too because the coating rapidly dissolves in stomach acid.

A real estate in the trendy Melbourne bayside suburb of St Kilda continue to create amusement over a tongue in cheek full page ad placed in their local newspaper.

The Adelaide weekday presenter is usually involved in the 5pm to 6pm evening bulletins but on Wednesday the former Port Adelaide star was nowhere to be seen.

Police were called to a Tampa trampoline park on Saturday night when a brawl erupted between two hundred kids at a Tampa trampoline park, spilling out into the parking lot and surrounding businesses.

The woman remained anonymous citing concerns for her and her teenage son's safety after her former partner allegedly plowed through a crowd with his car.

The man was pulled from Townsville's Tobruk pool (pictured) after practising free diving, which sees people spend long stretches of time underwater without using a breathing apparatus.

City of Sydney Lord Mayoral candidate Yvonne Weldon is backing the move to make Sydney a pet-friendly city, which could see dogs allowed on public transport.

Greens senator Lidia Thorpe was accused of making the 'disgusting' comment towards Liberal senator Hollie Hughes on the floor of the senate chamber about 7.30pm on Wednesday.