Pictures from Newcastle and Leeds showed young people dressed up for some festive partying. On Tyneside, revellers posed for photographs in skimpy festive fancy dress, despite the cold.

Yesterday, as the Mail revealed, Helen Gloucestershire-based Macdonald was vindicated when test results on tissue samples taken from Geronimo showed no trace of tuberculosis.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Our alarming poll shows an astonishing two-thirds of voters no longer trust Boris Johnson... women are deserting him.

A survey for the Daily Mail today reveals that a third of the public are now less likely to follow Covid rules in the wake of the Downing Street Christmas party row.

Every borough in the capital is seeing an uptick in Covid infections, and each has already detected at least one suspected case of Omicron. But hospitalisations and deaths remain static.

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Johnson's greatest miscalculation is to have ignored the basic lesson of political scandals through the ages. The cover-up is always more harmful than the deed itself.

West End actress and soul singer Beverley Knight criticised drunk members of the audience watching Thursday evening's performance of The Drifter's Girl at London's Garrick Theatre.

Michael Nesmith, a singer and guitarist for the 1960s group The Monkees, died on Friday at the age of 78.

Events at Durham this week have propelled this university and its 20,000-strong student body on to the front line of the latest campus culture war.

Simply decking the halls doesn't appear to be enough these days. Now celebrities are splashing out more and more on making their front doors extra festive too.

Jim Murray (pictured), from Northamptonshire, is the author of the Whisky Bible and spent the past 14 months sifting through the wreckage of his life after being 'cancelled' by the 'woke brigade'.

Four years after the fall of Harvey Weinstein fired up the #MeToo movement, few areas of public life haven't faced a reckoning over predatory male behaviour. Why has rock music stayed untouched?

Fears over the Omicron variant threaten to blow up hope of a high street revival with a massive shift to online shopping for the second year in a row.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed 140 military engineers will be sent to Poland, and that a separate team was en-route to Lithuania, to help quell fears over eastern Europe's migrant crisis.

Emergency services rushed to the scene of a reported stabbing in the Small Heath area of Birmingham around 5.30pm where they found a man with stab wounds in cardiac arrest.

Police today were blamed for the death of three of Stephen Port's victims after jurors found failures investigating his first murder meant he could kill again

Claims emerged a Christmas party was held in No 10 last year. The festive bash on December 18, which allegedly involved staff drinking alcohol, eating cheese and swapping secret presents.

Demand for holiday accommodation (pictured) in Britain over Christmas and New Year has soared, with scores of providers sold out.

Hillary Clinton believes Donald Trump will run again in 2024, she said in an interview to be broadcast on Sunday, offering the nation what she described as a 'make or break' moment.

Andrew Griffiths, 51, pressurised Kate Griffiths, the current Tory MP for Burton, Staffordshire, into engaging in sexual activity, and used 'coercive and controlling behaviour'.

Last night's move was the first additional restriction - dubbed Plan C - introduced since Plan B measures to tackle rising Covid-19 cases were announced this week.

The Daily Mail can disclose that James Middleton's marshmallow firm, Boomf, is due to go into administration. The company was set up in 2013 to sell personalised marshmallows.

In the report, released yesterday, MPs expressed their dismay about Mr Hannigan's remarks - seemingly in breach of the Official Secrets Act - and the apparent failure to hold him to account.

The revelation has prompted fears that the investigation, set up nine months ago, is being 'kicked into the long grass'. Pictured: Meghan and Harry at Windsor in 2018.

RICHARD KAY: Andrew is an outsider, an outcast, in fact - not precisely shunned, but forced to avoid many of the people and places that mean most to him.

Eddie Johnson was in charge of the force when Smollett staged the hoax attack in January 2019 and he was the first to publicly admonish Smollett in an impassioned press conference.

The Roman Catholic diocese of Noto in Sicily insisted that Bishop Antonio Stagliano did not mean to dash the dreams of youngsters two weeks before Christmas.

Heavy rains lashed a large swath of southwest France and northern Spain overnight, leading to evacuations of dozens of residents and rivers overflowing their banks.

Nicola Sturgeon today announced entire families in Scotland will have to self-isolate for 10 days if one member of the household tests positive for coronavirus.

Jack Doyle, then the PM's Deputy Director of Communications, is said to have made a 'thank you' speech to up to 50 people who attended the Downing Street bash.

Sir Philip, 58, the £185,000-a-year head of the Diplomatic Service, and his wife enjoyed a break at this imposing stone-brick property in the heart of the Dordogne.

The monkey's treatment was shown to the RSPCA after videos were found on Vicki Holland's phone by Gwent Police following a drugs bust at her home in Newport, Gwent.

Maxim Petlin, 48,  a member of the anti-Kremlin Yabloko party, was seen getting up from his desk, undressing and parading naked in front of the camera at his home in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

The Prime Minister's former chief aide, who left No 10 last December after losing a power struggle with Mrs Johnson, claimed the PM's decision to marry his third wife was an 'inevitable disaster'.

The US government has won its High Court bid to overturn a judge's decision not to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted in the US on 17 espionage charges.

The ex-MP for Dover, who was jailed for sexual assault, was released in September having served half of his two-year sentence for three sexual assaults on two women.

Burnley College in Lancashire has been investigated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for nearly a year since the event on December 18, 2020.

Stephen O'Rourke's body was discovered just three months after taking up one of the most senior roles in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service - the equivalent of the CPS north of the border.

The 40-year-old woman, from Afghanistan's Jawzjan province, said she tried for months to get enough food for both children but was forced to admit defeat and sell her infant son for $104.

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The Scottish musician, who was born Steve Forrest in Glasgow, co-founded the 80s synth pop group with Somerville and Larry Steinbachek in 1983.

Professor Christina Pagel, a mathematician at University College London, said infections in Guateng have dipped below the 25 per cent daily growth rate that had been seen since November 15.

Chris James, a one-time BBC newsreader, was brought in by No 10 for three months last November to ensure the smooth launch of Boris Johnson's £2.6million media briefing room.

Boris Johnson activated England's coronavirus contingency plan last night in response to the highly-mutated variant after being warned it would overwhelm the NHS if left to spread unchecked.

Speaking to Sky News, the UK Health Secretary said: 'No, I've got no interest in mandatory vaccinations, apart from in high-risk settings in the NHS and social care'.

Oxford students have accused the Union of 'selling out' after discovering that Monday's debate was in fact part of a Sainsbury's advertising campaign with reality TV star Gemma Collins.

The tourist hotspot next to St Michael's Mount on the Cornish coast is seeking urban status in a competition for the Queen's platinum jubilee next year.

Heather Bird, 51, said her ex-husband Robert Tchenguiz, 61, wanted his son to sleep with a sex worker to 'make him a man'

Hundreds of homes and businesses were without electricity again yesterday in the wake of Storm Barra just as properties were finally reconnected 12 days after Storm Arwen.

Outdoor exercise, such as running, tennis or football, helps to reverse some of the brain ageing linked to an increased risk of dementia.

After a huge backlash from parents and teachers, they are looking at delaying plans that could criminalise those who want to prevent children from changing gender.

Photographs shared online show hundreds of passengers waiting outside the station following the evacuation at 8pm.

Annabel Wright was found in her bedroom by family members at her home near Ripon, North Yorkshire in May 2019 after being prescribed a drug to treat her acne six months previously.

Australians will reportedly be able to for their first Covid booster shot just five months after their second jab with the mandatory waiting period brought forward from six months.

Tornadoes have swept across huge swaths of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Illinois with at least two killed in Missouri and in an Arkansas nursing home, according to a report.

Boston woman Katie Lawson spoke out against US Attorney Rachael Rollins on Friday after she had been confronted by her in a 2020 road rage incident

Abdul Awil, 29, abused his partner for a period of four days between approximately 28 September and 1 October last year and was yesterday sentenced at Harrow Crown Court.

Experts looked at the prices of 2,322 Lego sets from 1987 to 2015 for the study and the most expensive ones include Star Wars' Millennium Falcon, Death Star II, and Imperial Star Destroyer.

As Australian experts give their approval to Jacinda Ardern's plans to make New Zealand the world's first smoke-free nation, a NZ cultural icon looks set to disappear because of the radical proposal.

Comedian Dave Hughes' words have come back to haunt him after he told attendees of the AACTA awards to 'shut up' if they test positive for Covid in 'the next few days'.

Australian fashion label Dangerfield has been slammed by shoppers for quietly discontinuing its plus-size fashion range in August this year without offering any explanation to its customers.

John Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut has been arrested charged with enticing minors to engage in unlawful sexual activity between April and July of 2020.

Civil servants working for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in Whitehall have been hit with the news that staff numbers will be cut by 20 per cent by 2025.

The seven-bedroom Mayfair mansion is on Brook Street, which has been home to some stellar names from the music world.

A Kansas police officer's three-month-old puppy was beheaded in what police officers described as a 'targeted attack' because of the owner's job.

In previous years, countless families relocated to Mt Isa in remote Queensland tempted by huge mining salaries and a simpler life - that trend has definitely ended.

The 47-year-old from the Perth suburb of Success is also facing two counts of indecent dealings with a child under 16, and will face Perth Magistrates Court.

Ivanhoe Grammar, a co-educational private school in Victoria, stands accused of favouring girls when it comes to enrolments. An approved exemption is in place to accommodate female students.

More than 50 backbenchers are poised to vote against the Plan B measures to counter the Omicron variant, with particular anger at plans for vaccine passports.

Emergency services were called to Park Beach at midday on Saturday over reports a swimmer had drowned.

Police are desperately searching for Tasma, 4, who vanished from her home in the early hours of the morning and has not been seen since.

The Government scientist, whose modelling spooked Number 10 into ordering the original coronavirus lockdown, said was the UK was experiencing a 'very explosive wave of infection'.

Queensland Health Minister Yvette D'Ath has announced major changes to Queensland's quarantine rules. The announcement comes after a Gold Coast woman tested positive to Covid.

Hillsong founder Brian Houston held secret meetings with megachurch elders at an elite Sydney hotel while stood down facing a charge related to his late father's child sex abuse.

The video, credited to Kyanna Lou , lasts about 1 minute and 41 seconds and is largely in complete darkness with multiple candle factory workers crying in the background as they beg for help.

New Jersey window washer Diego Rodriguez Celi, 34, was pronounced dead Friday morning after he fell off a 21-story Brooklyn building

The body of missing Long Island woman Melissa Molinari, 38, was found wrapped in plastic in a forest on Thursday after she had allegedly been stabbed about 20 times in the torso by her husband

Biden, appearing via satellite from the White House is only the second sitting president to appear on a late night show. Barack Obama became the first when he visited Jay Leno.

100 pupils from Tompkins Square Middle School in New York City walked out of class on Friday. The group consisted mainly of teen girls who say they are sexually harassed by boys who are rarely punished.

A 29-year-old man was shot and killed just outside the Pontchartrain Hotel located in the tourist area of New Orleans, the city's second homicide of the day..

Gregory Lynn, 55, allegedly murdered the pair while they were camping at a remote site in Wonnangatta Valley in the Victorian Alps on March 20, 2020.

A food and beverage operator has tested positive to Covid-19 after working at the Sydney Opera House during the AACTA Awards.

Actress Cynthia Nixon said that the scandal that forced former New York governor Andrew Cuomo to resign allowed the world to see who he really was.

Shocking video footage captured the moment a suspected NYC shoplifter hit an NYPD cop in the face and knocked her to the ground at a Duane Reade store on Friday

Former Chief White House strategist Steve Bannon in a podcast interview with Matt Gaetz called for having '4,000 shock troops' prepared to 'man the government' in 2024 for 'Trumpism in power.'

Australian federal treasurer Josh Treasurer Josh Frydenberg issued a warning to states about closing their borders amid Omicron fear. Mr Frydenberg told leaders not to 'overreact'.

The Supreme Court in Pennsylvania on Friday ruled that a September order for all state schoolchildren to wear face masks was unlawful - upholding a November ruling by a lower court.

New York City Black Lives Matter Walter 'Hawk' Newsome defended his criticism of New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams promise to reinstate the NYPD plainclothes division when he takes office.

A woman from Arizona has been killed after a possible road-rage shooting. Stella Montes, 38, was found inside her car which had crashed into a wall. It's believed she had honked at another driver.

Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch, which produced the seltzer, announced Friday that they're going to discontinue the drink from the popular musician.

Australia's most unfaithful town and state have been revealed in new dating website survey. Data shows unfaithful partners feel it 'doesn't count' during the Christmas season.

When Ruqia Haidari fled Afghanistan with her family as a 16-year old she assumed the worst of that wretched life was behind her.  She was dead wrong.

A Perth psychiatrist, 47, is facing nine child abuse charges relating to his activities while he was practising between 2012 and 2016. The man, from Success, will face Perth Magistrates Court (stock).

Melissa DeRosa (left) and Chris Cuomo, brother of former governor Andrew Cuomo, tried to discredit Fox News's Janice Dean, according to a report on Friday, for her attacks on the New York governor.

The Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook warned the Covid-19 pandemic was to blame for the dip in the overall population.

The former reality TV star, 33, is in solitary 'for safety reasons,' according to reports , after he was found guilty of downloading a vile trove of 'the worst of the worst' child porn.

A second female swimmer from the University of Pennsylvania has spoken out to share her frustrations and fury as her transgender teammate Lia Thomas continues to smash records.

The Duggar family on Friday told of their distress at Josh's conviction for downloading and possessing child pornography. The father-of-seven could spend 20 years in prison.

Junior transport minister Trudy Harrison, 45, (pictured) said owning a car was outdated '20th-century thinking' and Britain should move to 'shared mobility' to cut carbon emissions.

Outside the US, Spam has a large international market, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. It has been a household name in Hawaii since it was introduced in 1937.

MEGHAN MCCAIN: Any reboot of Sex and the City would face exceedingly high expectations but I didn't anticipate feeling so disappointed after the first two episodes.

Around two dozen civil servants attended the drinks party in the Treasury on November 25. The party was held despite coronavirus restrictions in England which asked people to stay home.

Arlo Breslin died after suffering a 'catastrophic head injury' at a house in Coventry, in June 2018. His uncle James Scott, 31, was on Friday found guilty of manslaughter.

Cole Hagan, 16, who plays football for Brazoswood High School in Texas, was found unconscious and bleeding from his ears outside a party earlier this month after three of his teammates attacked him.

Bernard Tomic intends to put his bad boy tennis antics behind and climb back up the world rankings as he makes a comeback in the sport.

Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has urged Chancellor Rishi Sunak to follow through with rumoured plans to cut income tax by 2p.

Three-year-old Elsie startled her mother when her pronunciation of the name 'Kirk' sounded much ruder in a clip shared by Caroline Feraday, 43, who lives with her daughter in Los Angeles.

A new savings trend is going viral on Australian social media. The '$5 Challenge' is helping users to save thousands of dollars in just 12 months. Savers are urging you to join the challenge now.

Drumroll please . . . for judge Motsi Mabuse's (pictured) hair. If anyone is giving scores, the fabulous styles appearing on the top of Motsi's head, who is from South Africa, deserve tens across the board.

A woman has shared a warning to fellow Kmart shoppers after she claims she was left with 'painful burns' after using this standard beauty products. She urged people to avoid the 'dangerous' glue.

The One Nation leader launched into the extraordinary anti-vaccine rant during a 'business for choice' event at Ipswich, Queensland, on Thursday night.

Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, the co-founder of news website Rappler, which runs articles highly critical of president Rodrigo Duterte, used her speech to blast tech for 'triggering the worst in us'.

Jerahme Smith, 31, claimed he was at home with his sister when the two potential robbers kicked in his back door at around 4:20am.

The technology, initially to be deployed by 70 frontline officers in South Wales and Gwent, uses an 'artificial intelligence' mobile phone app. (File image.)

John Hagins, 19, a student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, was arrested Thursday for threatening to shoot up people on campus after two classmates revealed his plan to police.

The mother of Oatlands car crash victim Veronique Sakr is tipped to run for the seat of Strathfield early next year. Bridget Sakr will look to be a voice for the community in Sydney's inner-west.

Sharing the outdoors with a pet also appears to raise levels of chemicals that protect mental health, according to scientists at the University of Animal Health Technology in Tokyo.

Researchers found people were more likely to approach someone who was taken if they believed high-quality partners were hard to come by.

A Queensland farmer has outlined how important a supply of urea is to our daily lives - and said if the shortage isn't solved normal life would be 'brought to a standstill'

The 1.2million policyholders, who together own the 178-year-old firm, rejected the takeover attempt by Bain Capital in a victory for the Daily Mail.

The pandemic may have changed the face of the world but Britons still trust up-market companies like Rolex, British Airways and Mercedes, a new global survey by Superbrands UK has revealed.

Joshua Dunbavin, 19, (pictured) from Wallasey, Merseyside, drank close to a pint of vodka and went 'berserk' before he threw a knife so hard at police it snapped and said he had tried to murder someone.

Jana Duggar, from 19 Kids and Counting, has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child in Arkansas. The oldest Duggar daughter has entered a plea deal with the Elms Springs court.

Neighbor Donna Hargett of Monrovia, California shot video of the amusing scene on Wednesday, showing the cub grappling with the large inflatable of Rudolph the Reindeer.

Victoria has recorded 1193 new Covid cases and 13 deaths. The state is now managing over 11,400 active cases. Dan Andrews has enacted controversial new law passed last week.

Boris Johnson had assured Lord Geidt, the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests, that he did not know who was paying for the £112,549 refurbishment at the time.

Actor Tom Hanks paid tribute to Bob Dole on Friday afternoon and remembered his life in uniform at the National World War II Memorial they worked together to build in Washington.

Jill Biden said Americans will have a 'very happy holiday' even after inflation hit a four-decade high as she took part in an annaul tradition for first ladies - sorting toys for the annual Toys for Tots drive.

David Perdue is joining a lawsuit with President Trump seeking to prove they were both cheated out of victory, nearly a year after their losses in the Peach State.

NSW has recorded 560 new COVID-19 infections and three deaths, as the number of daily cases continues to surge.

All over London, museums and galleries were making preparations to move their priceless treasures to safety - and Buckingham Palace was doing the same.

Jeffrey Epstein victim Annie Farmer has taken the stand on day ten of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial.

Donations from strangers mean expensive facial surgery is now possible for a young woman whose brutal 18-year cancer journey seemed to end when she could not pay for treatment.

Video shows the moment NYPD officers open fire on Own Every Dollar gang members as they drive a car onto the curb nearly hitting a group of civilians. The group is suspected of 12 jewelry heists in NYC.

Semmie Williams, 39 (left), a Florida drifter charged with first-degree murder in the November 15 stabbing death of Ryan Rogers (right), using racially charged language during his booking.

Brooklyn Center Patrol Major Mychal Johnson, who assisted officer Kim Potter at the scene after she pulled over Daunte Wright, took the stand on the third day of her trial on Friday.

Rachael Rollins, 50, was confirmed as top federal prosecutor for Massachusetts on Wednesday, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.

Psaki was asked during the White House briefing on Friday, in light of Smollett's Thursday conviction. She replied first by reading out what Trump said first - then admitted 'there are lessons'.

The US inflation rate has hit its highest level in nearly 40 years, adding woes for consumers and compounding the issue as a political liability for President Joe Biden.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hit back at her Republican colleague Rep. Dan Crenshaw saying he was 'shooting with blanks' after he launched an outspoken attack against 'grifters' in the party.

Geronimo was put down by Government vets in August over disputed claims he had the disease. But post-mortem examinations carried out since have found no trace of bovine tuberculosis.

Ryanair captain Timur Khayrov, 30, posted a video of him driving on a stretch of road in North Wales onto his YouTube channel which was seen by police.

Republican senators came to the floor Thursday full of Christmas puns and bearing festive floor charts as they ripped President Biden for supply chain problems and inflation ahead of the holidays.

A recent report from Ed Week detailed how school districts across the US are screening teachers' racial biases during the hiring process through 'cultural competency' questions about politics.

Dramatic footage captured the moment the fight suddenly broke out just before 3 a.m., as the men began yelling and beating each other in the dining area of the Harrah's Resort in Atlantic City.

Junior's restaurant and bakery chain says a dire cream cheese shortage forced it to halt cheesecake production at its New Jersey facility on December 3 and again on December 9.

A Capitol Hill staffer who was arrested at the Longworth House Office Building on Thursday morning for bringing a loaded gun into the complex was not stopped for 12 minutes

McCoy becomes the second high-profile figure to quit GB News, that has had a stuttering start after ex-BBC political broadcaster Andrew Neil stepped down earlier this year.

USA Basketball has reportedly promoted assistant Steve Kerr to head coach to replace the outgoing Gregg Popovich following the team's 16th gold medal win at the Tokyo Games.

President Joe Biden and the actor Tom Hanks are among the speakers who will pay tribute to the late Kansas Republican Sen. Bob Dole at a funeral service in Washington, DC, today.