Gloucestershire Police are investigating the claims while Ofsted has closed the nursery in relation to the allegations against the 36-year-old childminder who appears in the disturbing footage.

The leaked photo of the garden gathering showed the PM, Carrie and 17 other staff members in the garden in May 2020, with bottles of wine and a cheeseboard on a table in front of Mr Johnson.

Covid staff shortages are today bringing Britain to a grinding halt, sparking huge disruption for airline passengers, shutting key attractions and taking one of the nation's best-known TV shows off air.

China unleashed an attack on Britain yesterday, claiming there was 'no genuine democracy' in Hong Kong under UK rule in a statement issued just hours after elections in Hong Kong.

Headmistress Rachael Lucas, 47, said pupils elected to the roles at Bolton St Catherine's Academy in Greater Manchester would now be known as gender neutral 'head ambassadors'.

The landmark case was brought against Henry Reynolds (pictured), who was in the front passenger seat of his powerful Mercedes saloon in Hertfordshire while a drunk friend was driving.

The Commons women and equalities committee called for a system of self-declaration for trans people after plans to allow this were scrapped by Equalities minister Liz Truss last year.

Federation chairman John Apter, who is based in Hampshire, is facing four alleged incidents of gross misconduct and it is understood two allegations relate to alleged sexual touching in a public place.

Owner Alfie Kitson, 80, has only to point at rubbish on the ground and say 'put that in the bin' and the five-year-old Spanish podenco called Millie duly obliges.

In advice to ministers published this weekend, the UK Government's scientific advisers said that without more 'stringent measures', there could be astronomical casualty numbers.

About one in six British adults take the tablets, but there is rising concern about their overuse and the risk of withdrawal symptoms and side-effects.

The Culloden site was added to the list as Charles sailed from Nantes on a French slave ship owned by plantation owner Antoine Walsh.

Carol Hirst, 28, was asked to help after two children found the baby's body in a freezer drawer at a home near Doncaster last Thursday. South Yorkshire police are continuing to investigate.

Dr Rosemary Leonard claimed it was now time to look at whether the lengthy quarantine period was 'really necessary'.

Two children are still fighting for life in hospital after falling 10 metres from an airborne jumping castle during an end-of-year celebration at Hillcrest Primary School, in Devonport, on Thursday.

Sports fans across the country are letting Boris Johnson know how they feel about the growing series of scandals facing the Conservatives by singing hostile chants and songs at live sports events

Households in Britain could face a 56 per cent rise in their energy bills from April after unprecedented wholesale costs force regulator Ofgem to lift the price cap

Queen Elizabeth will be visited by family over the festive period after making the 'personal' decision which Buckingham Palace aides said 'reflects a precautionary approach'.

Boris Johnson last night stepped back from imposing punitive lockdown curbs that would have ruined Christmas.

From next September Staffordshire University will offer a master's degree in 'contemporary pantomime practice'. They will master key elements, from slapstick to audience participation.

Mr McCluskey's successor as general secretary of the UK's biggest union, Sharon Graham, yesterday revealed the complex was now worth less than the cost of building it.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: CCTV footage from Ruislip, West London shows a driver speed through a hit a family of three crossing the road on Monday, 13 December.

UK firms selling 'bodycon' and 'bandage' style dresses under the House of CB and Mistress Rocks brands took legal action against rival Oh Polly.

Residents in Sinaloa, Mexico, were recently treated to a raffle of eight cars as well as toys for children as a form of gratitude by El Chapo's four children.

Research shows 625,000 over-65s took up gambling on the net during lockdown. Some 13.5 per cent of Britons who bet online are now over 65 - compared to 8.7 per cent in September 2019.

The Prime Minister and his wife were seen sitting at a table with two people while another 13 were pictured with bottles of alcohol nearby at a table and on the Downing Street lawn on Friday May 15, 2020.

Mother-of-two Sarah Moulds has lost her job at Somerby School near Melton Mowbray after a video of her kicking and slapping a horse during a hunt went viral on social media last month

Daniel MacDiarmid, 13 and his brother Calvin, 18, spent 24 hours on a platform suspended at the top of a 115ft cliff in Pembrokeshire - including a night being battered by high winds.

Data from South Africa shows just 8,515 people tested positive in the past 23 hours, down from 13,992 last Monday. The 40 per cent drop is the biggest since the Omicron outbreak hit the country.

Carol Cole, 53, (pictured) William Doleman, 76, Anita Burkey, 85, and Peter Sellars, 72, died of complications after undergoing an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography procedure.

Britain looks set to become the target of European travel bans over Omicron Covid, a year after the continent cut links over the Alhpa variant - which never-the-less became dominant.

Residents are outraged at a council's 'ludicrous' plans to chop down four apple trees in Westwood in Wiltshire because the fruit which falls to the ground is a 'tripping hazard'.

David Hucker, 69, from Dartford, Kent, was today sentenced to life in jail for shooting Robert Williamson, his daughter's fiancé, dead on May 11 this year.

The Health Secretary triumphantly announced on Twitter that 'over a MILLION jabs were delivered across the UK on Saturday'. But a closer look shows that number includes all three doses.

According to Government modelling, up to 2million people could catch Omicron per day this winter, which could push the UK into a de facto lockdown with so many isolating.

Sources said the picture was likely captured from state rooms the Chancellor and his staffers use for 'ceremonial duties' in Number 11 Downing Street.

The peer quit as Brexit minister with 'immediate effect', having previously agreed with the premier that he would leave his job in January.

Professor Justin Stebbing, 50, was spared by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) tribunal, who instead suspended him for nine months.

Laura Kuenssberg will step down as the BBC's political editor at Easter and will take on a senior presenting and reporting role, the broadcaster has revealed.

Sayaka Kanda, 35, (pictured) was found on the outside area of 14th floor of the 22-storey hotel where she was staying at 9.40pm on December 18.

A billionaire in his 30s was prepared to pay more than £11,000 per square foot for the penthouse flat on the fifth and six floors of the former War Office building on London's Whitehall.

A review of 95 studies carried out in Europe, the US and Asia found 40.5 per cent positive Covid cases do not display a single symptom, such as a fever or cough.

Christopher Clark, 36, tracked down Emma Westwood, 36, and lunged at her with a broken bottle at her home in Sale, Greater Manchester.

Paul Marsh, 27, inflicted catastrophic head injuries on Jessica Dalgleish at her home in Sandgate, near Folkestone, on 21 December, 2019, Kent Police said.

The Prime Minister and his wife Carrie were seen sitting at a table with two people while another 13 were pictured with bottles of alcohol nearby at a table and on the lawn on Friday May 15, 2020.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The 'Blood Eagle' is said to have been reserved for only the most hated enemies of the Scandinavian raiders who lived from the 8th to the 11th centuries.

Many businesses are now letting staff work from home in the run-up to Christmas, leaving roads empty, city centres deserted and public transport barely used.

Former Wiltshire police detective Nick Bailey says he was accused of being the assassin who killed former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the 2018 novichok attack.

EXCLUSIVE: Retired local government worker Derek Harris, 78, accepted the blame for the state of the home in Tiverton, Devon, after his neighbour Peter Chidgey, 69, said he had been left 'frustrated'.

Eve Wilder, from Oregon, had the wooden eco-home constructed on the banks of Loch Migdale in Sutherland, Scotland, before putting it up for sale.

After a gloomy and foggy weekend in much of Britain saw the coldest night of the winter so far, with temperatures plunging to -9.1C (15.6F) last night, today and tomorrow are set to be brighter for many.

Raja Minhas said that if women dressed 'inappropriately' some men see it as an 'open invitation' in the Blackburn shopping mall where he worked.

As another lockdown looms over the country, disgruntled Brits trying to stay safe over the festive period have taken to Twitter to voice their irritation over lack of tests.

The ruling Liberal Democrat and Green Alliance at Oxfordshire County Council has passed a policy prohibiting the offering of meat or dairy at future events.

Leo Darcey, also known as Robert Heywood, 30, of Urmston, Greater Manchester, began sending the letters to various celebrities in August last year.

Romario Henry, 30, from Lewisham, south east London, is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court today charged with two counts of robbery.

The Education Secretary is calling on former teachers to sign up to help British schools battle against staff shortages for 2022.

Dan Eaton believes an ancient marker stone and carved cross he discovered behind the playground of Loxley Primary School in Sheffield marks the cottage where the he was born.

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As millions of Britons prepare to travel home to their families for the winter holidays, rail firms have announced a raft of cancellations and delays between now and Christmas Day.

Boris Johnson declared there will be no more restrictions yet despite massive pressure from scientists and medics who warn the NHS is at risk of being overwhelmed by the Omicron strain.

The lawsuit filed in Paris on Friday claims that as the boat was sinking 'the refugees sought to contact British and French rescue services, who passed the buck.'

President Joe Biden will address the nation Tuesday on his plans for combatting the latest coronavirus surge, which include sending 500 million home test kids to Americans for free.

Twitter users have mocked official claims that government staff pictured enjoying wine and cheese in the Downing Street garden during the first Covid lockdown were 'working'.

A man was filmed launching himself at another passenger at Osterley Underground Station at 5.46pm on December 17.

Amylee Boland, 27, was found to be more than twice over the alcohol limit after she crashed her car into a roundabout on the A34 at Handforth, near Wilmslow, on November 8.

Sernad Hoxha, 22, met his nephew Noah for the first time in the car park of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, in March as he was not allowed into the maternity unit due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Footage from St Petersburg showed devastating fire damage to the £307 million stealth ship, intended to carry Vladimir Putin's lethal Mach-9 hypersonic missiles.

There are concerns of a coronavirus outbreak in Western Australia after a Covid-positive couple in their 30s crossed the state's hard border. 

Ministers, MPs and health experts demanded better data on the impact of Omicron last night amid a row over the modelling used to push the case for new Covid curbs.

Sydney and Melbourne sizzled through summer days on Tuesday but both are forecast to be drenched over the Christmas weekend, though sun will break through at the best times.

Clinics across Australia have been hit with hours-long queues in recent days amid a surge in cases in virus-hit states such as NSW and a frantic rush to meet interstate testing requirements.

The UK hospitality industry is facing a 'cataclysmic Christmas' and bosses have called for financial support amid a rise of the Omicron variant.

The £264million Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner jet was flown from Basel in Switzerland, where it was being prepared, to the Russian capital Moscow on December 18, according to Flight Radar.

Production on popular talent show The Voice Australia has been shut down after a contestant tested positive for Covid-19. 

These 'regulars' attend their GP surgery around 60 times a year, five times more than other patients. They are mainly elderly patients, in particular women, with chronic diseases such as diabetes.

The Sydney Swans AFL team are in the midst of a massive Covid outbreak, with at least 10 players testing positive for coronavirus. The squad is now in isolation.

More than 11million test kits were sent out to pharmacies last week, but this was not enough as many Britons are taking to social media to complain they still cannot not find a pack anywhere locally.

The former soldier, who gave her name as Jennifer Kim, said women in the North Korean army endured cruel and unusual collective punishments.

Experts are predicting Australia could record 200,000 cases of Omicron per day before the end of January unless the government re-introduces restricitons.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Footage of a 2005 raid on pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's Florida mansion was re-released on Monday before closing arguments in socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's trial.

Dr Zoe Hyde, an infectious disease expert from the University of WA, said she went to two end of year celebrations recently where 'not a single person was wearing a mask'.

Tucker Carlson assailed House Rep. Eric Swalwell on Monday during a segment in which he showed a graphic depicting the congressman from California as 'in bed with Fang Fang.'

Anne Hamilton-Byrne, the co-founder of The Family, is reported to have lived at the 12-bedroom property at 1445 Mount Dandenong Tourist Road in Olinda, Victoria.

Finance boss Tom Pizzey, 59, became known as BBQ Man when he criss-crossed the city to visit BBQ shops while infected and now his band have released a debut single and video in tribute to him.

Bette Midler, the Oscar-nominated actress, apologized for the tweet, which she attributes to 'seeing red' over Senator Joe Manchin's (inset) decision not to support Biden's spending plan.

Therapeutic Goods Administration looked at two applications to move some of the ingredients in the pill into a category that would mean it could be sold at pharmacies without a prescription.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the plans for the 'solemn observance' in a letter to her Democratic colleagues dated Monday. It is unclear which legislators will participate in the event.

Kyle Sandilands, 50, is taking the Police Commissioner to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal after he was denied a license over claims he's not a 'fit and proper person'.

RICHARD KAY: The Queen will be bitterly sorry that she will not be celebrating Christmas with her extended family this year at Sandringham for only the second time since 1988

A child has had a close call with a massive flying scrap of metal after a group of children desperately flee from a park in Fitzroy, Melbourne during wild weather on Sunday.

Billionaire Hamish Douglass (left) who split with his wife of 30 years a day after his longtime business partner walked out has now seen his company lose $23 billion and his biggest client.

A Tweet posted by Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton about getting his booster shot has left social media users wondering if his account was hacked.

The three-time Norm Smith Medallist and Richmond Tigers premiership hero has indicted no plans to take an indefinite break from AFL, despite his death of his dad in New Zealand

Thousands of New Zealanders will no longer be able to self-isolate at home as Jacinda Ardern's government backtracks on the country's reopening plan.

Government borrowing came in above expectations at £17.4billion - only £4.9billion below last year and the second highest on record.

The Online Safety Act which comes into effect on January 23 will mean sites will have 24 hours to remove the harmful material or companies will face fines of $555,000.

Zoran Radovanovic, 52, jetted off to return to his homeland after he was charged with multiple offences for sneaking out of Sydney during lockdown in August.

Mandy Melzer-Head from Victoria spent and evening having dinner and playing board games with friends before telling her partner she wanted to end their relationship, prompting her to be fatally stabbed.

The Zero Childhood Cancer Program designed by clinicians at the Children's Cancer Institute and Sydney Children's Hospital has been so successful it will be expanded nationwide.

The father of the female NYPD rookie who gave her boss, Lt. Nick McGarry, a lap dance on Thursday spoke out on the same day McGarry's wife, Melissa, lashed out at reporters near her home.

The ACT are hours away from reinstating the mandatory wearing of masks as a concerning spike in Covid-19 cases soars in neighbouring NSW.

Frodo, the last surviving dog from Michael Vick's dog fighting ring - that was broken up in 2007 - was put down on Saturday. Vick, now 41, served 19 months in a federal prison for his role in the cruelty.

Adam White was greeting community members outside his brother's house when he was ambushed by two men sporting dark clothes and ski masks. Despite the attack, he will still serve as local Santa.

Since coming out of lockdown in the spring, NSW, Victoria and the ACT have relaxed or removed many restrictions such as density requirements and mask mandates.

Nancy Pelosi, 81, was interrupted during her speech at an infrastructure event in San Francisco after a protestor passing by yelled 'Let's Go Brandon'

South Australian Khye Hammat succumbed to the bacterial infection on Saturday, while 11 of those close to him have been given clearance antibiotics in case they too have contracted the illness.

Former State or Origin and NRL star MIchael Jennings has been ordered to pay his ex-wife $500,000 in damages after a bitter court case.

Devonia Inman, 43, was released from prison in Georgia on Monday after spending 23 years in prison for the murder of a Taco Bell night manager, Donna Brown, in 1998.

Brent Monroe Hanson (inset), 57, of Milbank, South Dakota, has been charged for the brutal killings of his brother, Clyde Hanson, Clyde's wife Jessica, and their unborn child.

The collapse of President Joe Biden's Build Back Better agenda leaves a host of progressive policies on life support unless the White House can find a way to get Joe Manchin on board.

Queensland has announced 86 new Covid cases as the state announced new quarantine rules for fully vaccinated people who come in close contact with positive cases.

Christmas Island, in Western Australia's far northwest, has been overrun by millions of mischievous Red Crabs as they turn up in classrooms, shops and homes during their yearly migration.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh on Monday asked the Biden administration to respond to a slew of lawsuits appealing the decision to allow his vaccine mandate for workers to go into effect.

Rebel Democratic Senator Joe Manchin tore into White House staff and his fellow Democrats, blaming them for his decision not to support President Joe Biden's signature Build Back Better legislation. 

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) asked to be left out of a White House public statement last week on the stalled Build Back Better plan because his family had been the target of abuse.

Dr. Barbara Walter, political science professor who studies civil wars and advises the CIA is calling the U.S. 'closer to civil war than any of us would like to believe.'

Connecticut State Police returned to Waveny Park in New Canaan on Monday and searched an adjacent mulch pile as part of the investigation into the 2019 disappearance of Jennifer Dulos.

The top 10,000 Bitcoin accounts hold 5 million Bitcoins, worth about $232 billion at current prices, according to the recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

With Christmas just five days away, Americans are braving wind chill and boredom in hours-long lines at COVID testing centers, hoping to come together safely with their families for the holidays.

NSW residents are no longer required to wear masks or check into venues via QR codes for most indoor settings since Covid restrictions eased on Wednesday.

Jessica Falkholt, her sister and her parents died after another car driven by a drug-addled driver failed to negotiate a bend on a highway as the family returned to Sydney from a Christmas party.

Jen Psaki said that President Biden's planned Tuesday address is 'not a speech about locking the country down,' but will focus on a drive for vaccinations.

Many pharmacies, particularly in NSW and parts of Queensland, are selling out amid growing concerns there won't be enough to see the country through summer.

NSW Covid-19 cases numbers have exploded with 3,057 infections recorded in the last 24 hours.

Australia's leaders will discuss whether people will soon need three jabs to be considered fully vaccinated and a potential mask mandate days out from Christmas.

Australia's former deputy chief medical officer Dr Nick Coatsworth has hit out at doomsayer experts fearing the worst as another horror wave of the virus looms.

NSW has eased requirements for international arrivals, with fully vaccinated travellers no longer having to isolate for 72 hours.

Disgraced ex-California Democrat Rep. Katie Hill announced over the weekend that she tested positive for COVID at eight months pregnant after receiving two jabs of the vaccine and the booster.

Vice President Kamala Harris went easy in a Monday interview on Sen. Joe Manchin, who the day before went on TV and tanked President Joe Biden's Build Back Better bill.

More than 4.4 million people have now signed a petition urging Governor Jared Polis to lessen Rogel Aguilera-Mederos' sentence, with calls also growing for a trucker boycott of Colorado.

Restaurant owners in New York City are facing closures again after the city logged a record 21,908 cases Saturday. At least 50 restaurants have closed across the city's five boroughs.

The White House said Monday evening that President Joe Biden spent 30 minutes with an aide on Friday, who has since tested positive for COVID-19.

The 44-year-old quarterback was sacked four times and remained scoreless for the first time in 15 years. With three key offensive players out, his performance suffered.

A peckish crocodile looking for an afternoon snack has snapped up a baby bull shark near Proserpine in the Whitsundays region in North Queensland.

The body of a 19-year-old girl who fell into the water at the picturesque Babinda Boulders tourist spot in far north Queensland has been recovered from the rock pool by rescue workers.

The 50-year-old man from Craigieburn was seen driving erratically and crossing an undivided centre road line at around 4am on Sunday in Melbourne's outer north.

Former NBA player Dennis Rodman, 60, was confronted by cops on Monday morning after he failed to comply with the mask mandate on a JetBlue flight from LA to Fort Lauderdale

Veteran journalist Peter FitzSimons suggested Scott Morrison and his wife Jenny politicised a visit to Hillcrest Primary School, in Devonport, on Saturday.

The Daily Mail invited master storyteller JEFFREY ARCHER to reinvent the festive Dickens classic A Christmas Carol in a modern setting in a series of magical instalments.

President Joe Biden welcomed a new puppy to the White House on Monday, a German Shepherd named Commander. This followed the ousting of Biden's dog Major for biting people.

Australian teenagers are being warned to quit using addictive vape pens immediately as the worrying health effects on young people's lungs, heart and brain cause concern amongst experts.

Staffing shortages and a fall in shoppers on high streets related to a surge in cases of the Omicron variant have caused devastation to city centres across the country.

Department of Health figures showed another 91,743 cases were registered over the last 24 hours, up more than two thirds on last Monday.

More Australians are quitting their jobs for better-paid ones as they make the career moves they put on hold earlier in the pandemic.

America should relax its COVID-19 quarantine guidelines to avoid straining the healthcare system during the latest COVID-19 wave, an expert says as cases surge (pictured)

Cricket fans are going viral for their hilarious beer skolling antics as one man is filmed skolling two beers in front of amused revellers at Adelaide Oval over the weekend.

Steph Wright shared her how she made a fake pair of thongs out of black electrical tape after she was refused entry to a Gold Coast pub for her lack of footwear.

Dummy company FRIGG has issued an urgent recall on two of their designs over safety concerns. There is worry that the teat may partially separate from the shield and create a choking hazard.

The CEO of a company that will close down its factory next year was all smiles as she received a $29.4million grant from Prime Minister Scott Morrison to ramp up AdBlue production.