The Home Secretary has vowed to overhaul laws on 'hate incidents' following this week's landmark Court of Appeal ruling that police guidance on trans tweets interfered with the right to freedom of expression.

Every family has its own traditions that make Christmas Day extra special to them. But a poll has now found what the perfect December 25 looks like to the nation as a whole.

Boris Johnson tonight declared that Christmas can definitely go ahead 'cautiously' - but new restrictions for the New Year could be unveiled in as little as 48 hours.

The Foreign Secretary said Britain's position on the Northern Ireland protocol 'has not changed' after talks with European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic.

From Monday, employees will be handed a £60 fixed penalty notice and companies will face a £1,000 fine for each time the rule is broken, rising to a potential £10,000.

The incident took place at a rest area along the A16 motorway in Beuvrequen, where the lorry driver was punched before suffering a fatal heart attack five minutes later (file photo).

Debbie Hicks, 46, helped to organise the rally, attended by more than 50 people holding placards, in Gloucestershire on November 7 last year - two days after new restrictions came into force.

Martin Mulcahy, from Camp Hill in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, tested positive for Covid on November 4 after doctors found his oxygen levels were low and he was left struggling to breathe.

The Most Rev Justin Welby said that getting the jab reduces the chances of illness being spread and that 'it's not about me and my rights to choose - it's about how I love my neighbour'.

British amateur golfer Neil Watts, 40, from Bristol, has been hailed the world's most in-form golfer after he smashed eleven holes-in-one in just six months - having never managed one before.

Italian scientists analysed 204 genomes of common grape vines in Georgia and found that evidence to suggest that a single 'domestication event' occurred in Western Asia.

Despite minutes from the Sage group being published last week, party chairman Anneliese Dodds said the opposition needed more information to set out a plan for tackling the Omicron variant.

In a blow to Nicola Sturgeon, who made rejoining Erasmus a long-term policy pledge, European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic rejected Scotland's bid to take part.

Santa takes the place of 007 in a homage to the gun barrel sequence from the films' opening credits, while his Walther PPK handgun appears to have turned into a candy cane.

To fully burn off the excesses of Christmas dinner, the average person would have to go for close to a 12-hour walk on Boxing Day. A hike of about 50 miles would oust the calories.

The ad shows a woman climbing a fence wearing underpants on her bottom half. Jigsaw, a favourite brand of Kate Middleton, said it was because the ad was focused on the model's boots.

The channel will become the UK's only broadcaster to simultaneously transmit its entire output of programmes live on both radio and television across the country.

Junk food ought to carry cigarette-style health warnings on packaging to tackle obesity, experts have said. Researchers argued the public are 'bamboozled' by the clever marketing tactics of firms.

West End stars Carrie Hope Fletcher and Scott Paige have called for more support for performers after they were both subject to a series of malicious and menacing letters.

The Court of Appeal overturned the sentences of Iranians who had piloted migrant dinghies. Judges ruled that the convictions were 'unsafe'. Judges yesterday disclosed seven pending appeals.

John Apter, who represents 130,000 rank-and-file officers across England and Wales, also faces a criminal investigation by his own force as well as a police watchdog probe.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Germany will limit private gatherings for the vaccinated to a maximum of 10 people, close nightclubs and ban fans from major events from December 28.

Officers arrested the couple - a 31-year-old British-Indian man and a 29-year-old Indian woman - at their plush detached house in Abergele, North Wales.

Claire Henderson, in her 30s, who lives in Worsley, Greater Manchester, comes up with a different elaborate prank every night throughout December to entertain her children.

Nationwide customers could not transfer or receive money and some could not get into their online banking accounts at all. Many have been unable to receive wages or buy food and are annoyed.

Britons with antibodies from a prior Delta infection may have no protection from Omicron, a new Austrian study suggests, but if they go to get a Covid jab they may be the best protected of all.

The body of Robert Downes, 30, was discovered at the family home in Blackpool, Lancashire, on December 4 just a few hours after complaining of feeling unwell.

Neil Brown (pictured), 50, of Stratford, London, was today jailed for six years at Cambridge Crown Court. He forcibly removed his victim's clothing and raped her at a restaurant he worked at in August 2018.

The pie 'n' mash shop continues to look like a trading outlet from the outside as it retains its original signage, but has been transformed inside into a £1m home for sale.

Data from the Office for National Statistics shows just 764 of the nearly 12,000 fatalities recorded in England and Wales were linked with the virus in the seven days up to December 10.

Daniel Igbinedion, 26, dragged Katy Lyles out of a club and tore off her SmartWatch so she couldn't dial 999 before threatening her with a blade.

Nicola Sturgeon today cancelled large scale New Year celebrations as she unveiled additional coronavirus restrictions to slow the spread of the Omicron variant.

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

London's West End was deserted again today with few shoppers to be seen on Regent Street as hospitality leaders warned that pubs and restaurants face a 'cataclysmic' Christmas.

Rishi Sunak has announced grants of up to £6,000 premises for hospitality and leisure firms being crippled by a wave of cancellations following the emergence of the Omicron strain.

Four members of a neo-Nazi group were arrested in Brazil following a months long investigation that dismantled the groups plot to stage mass casualty attacks on New Year's Eve.

Putin told a meeting of defence top brass that Russia has 'every right' to take 'military measures' against what he called 'unfriendly steps' by Western countries around Ukraine.

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.

Visitors to WIndsor Castle on December 25 are most likely to include Prince Andrew and his former wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, plus their two daughters, Beatrice and Eugenie.

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-policeman Harry Miller accused the College of Policing of operating as 'Stasi by stealth' after he won a Court of Appeal challenge over 'hate incidents'.

With families reuniting and loved-ones catching up across the UK this Christmas week, society bible Tatler has released an etiquette guide outlining the correct way to behave on the big day.

An alleged terrorist accused of fatally stabbing Sir David Amess has appeared at the Old Bailey to deny murdering him.

Stunning images taken today at the historic central London church show young choristers preparing for this week's packed Christmas schedule.

The Chancellor's mission to rake in more appears to be coming to fruition, and looks set to be bolstered further next year with national insurance bills going up.

Tarique Mohammed was left feeling 'embarrassed' after he was asked by a colleague to stop breaking wind in the office, an employment tribunal in Reading heard.

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

Matt Hancock was in the Downing Street garden on the evening of the Number 10 'cheese and wine' gathering but is unable to say if he is pictured in a leaked photograph which showed aides chatting.

Lorraine Burgeen, 58, and her husband Alexander, 69, left their neighbours in Blackpool, Lancashire, feeling like they were living through a 'nightmare'.

The group of migrants were brought into the Dover Marina, in Kent, at around 9am before they were led up a gangway by staff and taken to a facility on the quayside.

MPs on the Woman and Equalities Committee have called on the government to change the legal transition process which they say is 'unfair and overly medicalised'.

Matthew Carrol (pictured)l, 50, suffered serious head injuries during an altercation near a Slug & Lettuce bar in Birmingham city centre during the early hours of August 29 earlier this year.

The EuroMillions Millionaire Maker took place on July 2 but a winner is yet to come forward and claim their prize.

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.'

A murderer who killed aristocrat Sir Richard Sutton in a frenzied knife attack before trying to do the same to his own mother has insisted he is not 'some demonic monster'.

Football and other footballing events are under consideration for new Covid measures - as Boris Johnson ponders whether to hold them behind closed doors.

According to research by Cambridge University, Omicron appears less efficient at infecting cells in the deep part of the lungs, which can lead to severe illness.

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.

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Britain's Rail Delivery Group has said that around one in 20 train services were cancelled in the past week - up from an average of one in 40 this year.

Ollie the Staffordshire bull terrier from Chesterfield, Derbyshire enjoys watching Frozen and sits attentively at the end of his owner, Natasha Cope's bed, during the hit movie's song routines.

Il Divo star Carlos Marin's lawyer Alberto Martin said his family were hoping to repatriate the singer's body from the UK before the weekend so his funeral could take place in Spain sometime next week.

Keith Bettison, 73, murdered 48-year-old Ildiko Bettison after at their home in Chessington, Surrey on Halloween last year and told police 'I killed the b****, what more do you want to know'.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star Sally Ann Howes, whose career as an actress spanned eight decades after she made her first appearance on screen aged 12, passed away on Sunday.

Boris Johnson declared last night that Christmas can definitely go ahead 'cautiously', but warned that the government is tracking the spread of the mutant strain hour by hour.

Luiza Rozova, also known as Elizaveta Krivonogikh, regularly posted on the social media platform Instagram until October 1. The 18-year-old - believed to be Putin's love child - has not posted since.

The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial deliberated for eight hours on Tuesday, bringing their total deliberation time to eight hours and 41 minutes.

Dan Andrews is weighing up whether to expand mask mandates as Victoria racked up 1,500 Covid cases on Wednesday with the Omicron variant spiralling out of control.

Parts of Britain face a 'whiteout' Christmas with snow expected to start falling to herald a wintry run-up to Christmas Day and beyond - although which regions will be hit worst is still in doubt.

Charles Lieber, 62, told the FBI how he flew from Wuhan to Boston with bags filled with up to $100,000 in cash after striking a deal to share his nanoscience expertise with Chinese academics.

I spent time with Amy Winehouse and her family in the three years before her death - and I hope to find some answers, writes author and film maker DAPHNE BARAK.

Supporters of the dying academic pushing for asbestos to be removed from homes suspect the eminent professor's research into asbestos may have been deliberately blocked.

A man who was sexually abused by depraved art collector John Wayne Millwood has been awarded more than $5million in damages in the Supreme Court of Tasmania.

Corde was last seen at his home in Grove Park in Camberwell, south London, at 1am this morning.

Police patrolmen saw Isabella Worthington, 23, scrape her five-door A 200 D AMG against the roadside at Parsonage Retail Park in Leigh, Greater Manchester, at 9pm on April 18.

The Chancellor has come forward with additional help for the hospitality and leisure sectors in England following days of urgent lobbying from MPs, firms and industry officials.

The billionaire sold another 583,611 shares Tuesday, worth around $500million, to reach his plan to sell off 10 per cent of his Tesla stake - a move he promised to make in a Twitter poll.

Ruthless thieves managed to con Optus staff into giving them total access to Sydney man Mark Donnelly's phone number which let them reset passwords and empty his bank accounts instantly.

A single mother in Tasmania claimed her intellectually disabled nine-year-old girl was set upon by an older boy on multiple occasions at their school and on the driveway of her family home.

People living in areas where Omicron is rising fastest, including many of inner London's boroughs such as Lambeth, say they are unable to find the lateral flow tests.

DA Alexis King is looking to get the 110-year sentence reconsidered for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, calling it 'the specific desire of the living victims and the families of the deceased victims.'

Billionaire Jeff T. Green accused the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of hindering civil rights, especially those of the LGBTQ+ individuals. He resigned from the faith in a 900-word letter.

Dario Rebac, of Stockport, grabbed ex-girlfriend Samantha Potts by the throat and threatened her with a kitchen knife because she was 'late' after stopping off at McDonald's.

Singapore is slamming its borders to the rest of the world shut a month after setting up a quarantine-free bubble with Australia - as they wish to further 'study' the Omicron variant.

RICHARD KAY: Formal photographs seldom say too much, but every so often they say everything. Just over 50 years ago, the camera clicked on a family in the shadow of St George's Chapel.

ELEANOR HAYWARD: Omicron took off quickly in London, and the capital's high infections may well be linked to its low vaccination rate - one in three Londoners is completely unvaccinated.

Princess Haya had asked the court for a total of £1.4billion to provide for her children and their security costs, and to compensate her for racehorses, cars and other valuables.

Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee of California and Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York tested positive for COVID - the sixth this week - as Washington D.C.'s COVID infection rate hit 369%.

Ghanda says its designs were ripped off by Supré (a brand operated by Cotton On) using stock images from the internet.

In what will be welcome news to scores of residents across the state, South Australia is poised to finally approve the widespread rollout of Covid-19 rapid antigen tests.

Anger at New Zealand's border backflip is boiling over, with expatriate Kiwis funding a legal challenge against Jacinda Ardern's government.

GDP expanded by 1.1 per cent in the three months to September, revised down from a previously estimated 1.3 per cent.

Rishi Sunak announced a £1billion bailout for the hospitality industry yesterday to help firms hit by a collapse in Christmas bookings. But there was a mixed reaction from businesses.

Detectives working on the JonBenet Ramsay murder case say they are exploring genetic DNA testing as they continue the search for the killer in the infamous case.

The recall includes Toyota Avensis vehicles, Toyota Corollas and Toyota Yaris sedans with a total of 82,779 cars feared to have defected passenger side front airbag inflators.

Mr Morrison called the emergency meeting on Monday as Covid cases ticked up to 3,957, a figure that was surpassed on Tuesday with 4,576 infections and again on Wednesday with 5,716.

Troy Hall was 22-years-old when he was electrocuted twice while picking an avocado harvest with his father in 2011, leaving him with third degree burns to over 60% of his body.

Western Australia will shut the border with Tasmania and the Northern Territory amid a rise in Covid cases from December 26.

On Thursday afternoon, three men were taken into custody, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said. They were arrested after another armed robbery in South Philadelphia.

Staffordshire bull terrier Peggy and magpie Molly developed an unlikely friendship on the Gold Coast after Peggy's owner found Molly injured and took her in.

An anonymous package that remained unsealed for the last year at the City College of New York in Harlem contained a donation worth $180,000 in cash after it was finally opened in November.

Staff at a Michigan public schools district have been invited to participate in a 21-day challenge, with sessions on racism, identity, microaggressions and activism.

Bailey Smith posted a series of cryptic images on his Instagram page showing him at training after telling the club he was stepping down indefinitely last week for mental health reasons.

Across Australia many are scrambling to get sorted for Christmas Day. But every year a few items are missed off the list.

Widespread rainfall across parts of the Australian east coast could ruin the best-laid Christmas Day plan. South-east Queensland and northern NSW are expected to experience the heaviest falls.

The body of the former Rebels bikie boss was found at his home in Mount Maunganui on Saturday, but question marks still remain after police closed the investigation.

Milka Djurasovic, 40, has admitted killing her daughters Mia, 10, and six-year-old Tiana, whose bodies were found by their father Nenad at their Western Australia home in October 2019.

Jace Young, 6, was fatally shot watching Fourth of July fireworks in 2020. James Harbor, 18, and Deshaune Lumpkin, 17, were both caught for the crime about year later. Lumpkin may get 8 months

A video shared to TikTok shows Ben Gubana presenting on ABC News Darwin on Saturday when temperatures in parts of the Northern Territory soared to 45C.

The Prime Minister said mandates for certain things were not needed because he 'trusted' the common sense of Australians.

The woman was filmed telling lifeguards the 'completely wasted' sunseeker spat on her face and arms when she confronted him about lighting up on the famous Sydney beach.

The shooting happened when Dawn Peterson left her home on Foch Boulevard and 155th Street in Jamaica, Queens just before 6:30 a.m. on Friday, December 17 to go to work.

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research is set to announce a vaccine that effectively protects against all COVID and SARS variants after nearly two years of research.

Authorities traced Madelyn Allen's phone to Loa, Utah - nearly 90 miles away from her college campus after her usual and cryptic 'I love you' message prompted her parents to contact police.

Sam Burgess has confirmed he won't return to his beloved South Sydney Rabbitohs, instead revealing he has been approached to help coach England ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he was pleasantly surprised to hear Joe Biden earlier pay tribute to the previous administration for their efforts in speeding the creation of a vaccine.

Missing California mother Heidi Planck's boss, under investigation for a $43million fraud, was in business with Hunter Biden.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is calling on Queensland, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia to allow rapid antigen tests for travellers to stop long PCR test queues.

Tradie David Brownbill was appealing against being stood down over mandatory jabs but an email with his vaccination certificate included a link to a site that generates fake certificates online.

Subway is accused of employing dirty tricks against its own franchise operators. A Nevada Lawsuit describes how weaker stores were deliberately targeted in order to impose more fees.

A Sunshine Coast maintenance man discovered a dangerous venomous snake hiding in hay bales near a school classroom and called a removalist. Specialist reveals why he was lucky.

Kim Kardashian on Tuesday added to the growing clamor for clemency for Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 26, who on December 13 was sentenced to 110 years after his brakes failed.

Jimmy Pearson apparently drafted the new will about eight months before he was found fatally shot in his bedroom at his $2million mansion in the Oregon town of Milwaukie.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Adern posted a pic of a knitted gingerbread house in a touching Christmas message - but the Facebook post backfired with an angry backlash.

Nyla Anderson died on December 12 after attempting the viral Blackout Challenge. The dare, which predates social media, has been linked to over 80 deaths in the past two decades.

A cruel and callous father who executed his own daughter and her husband has been described as a 'monster'. 

A nurse from Latrobe's Mersey Community Hospital who was working on the day of the jumping castle tragedy has shared her experience of what happened.

Federal health minister Greg Hunt has criticised NSW state run clinics, saying they need to 'step up' the level of vaccine shots they are administering.

Detectivs executed two search warrants at units in Pyrmont and Barangaroo early Wednesday morning as part of ongoing inquiries into an alleged criminal syndicate in the Sydney CBD.

The backlog across Australia could be disastrous for those who need to be tested before seeing relatives on Christmas Day, or who are travelling and require a negative test result.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has described the 'worst-case scenario' as 'completely unlikely' and urged Aussies not to panic.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will return from leave to attend a National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday over how Australia will tackle the new Omicron strain.

The prime minister will discuss an indoor mask mandate with state and territory leaders after the ACT reimposed the measure and other states weigh it up.

The group's latest Covid modelling leaked on Monday said there could be 200,000 cases and 4,000 hospitalisations a day by February if no action was taken to stop the spread of Omicron.

Michael Flynn, former national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, is suing the House committee investigating the January 6th riot to block their subpoena for his phone records.

NHL will withdraw from the Winter Olympics after the regular-season schedule was disrupted by coronavirus outbreaks. Men's hockey tournament at the Olympics will go on without the NHL players.

A tour guide who dresses up as Santa Claus every year in São Paulo, Brazil, had to cut short his delivery of gifts to poor children after his 1969 Volkswagen Beetle broke down on a road Sunday.

Queensland has recorded 186 new Covid cases as as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces major new Covid restrictions.

Judge Regina Chu returned to the bench Tuesday to answer two jury questions which were lodged at 4pm CT after more than 13 hours of deliberations.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Ministers are cutting the quarantine period for people who catch Covid from ten days to seven, conditional on them testing negative two days in a row.

Lindy, 20, Christopher, 17, and Kamryn Simmons, 15, died in a fatal car crash on Interstate 49 in Louisiana after 'intoxicated' driver John Lundy, 54, of Dallas, Georgia, hit them with his truck in a wrong-way crash

The real reason Magellan CEO Brett Cairns walked out - a day before company chair split with wife, then biggest client quit in $23b loss - has emerged, with board slammed for 'botch job'

Eddie Dilleen has just snapped up his 40th property - boosting his portfolio to $20million - shortly after celebrating his 30th birthday.

The world's first text message was sent in December 1992 by engineer Neil Papworth from his computer to colleague Richard Jarvis and simply said 'Merry Christmas'.

Australia's chief medical officer has hit back at doomsdayers' fears that Australia will record up to 200,000 Covid-19 cases a day within weeks.

A man has been charged with murder after a body was found among green waste at an Adelaide dump.

Incoming mayor, Eric Adams, postponed his inauguration ceremony, scheduled for January 1 indoors at Brooklyn's Kings Theatre.

An armed robber disguised as a UPS deliveryman forced his way into an apartment in the Bronx, telling a couple and their grandchildren to tie themselves up, before leaving with more than $7k

Hannie Heere, 64, snapped a young owl strengthening its muscles as it learns how to fly in Brabant in the Netherlands. The chick strode and broke into a run, wings spread.

Lawyers for Virginia Roberts say the Duchess would be subject to the jurisdiction of US courts so could be deposed as part of the lawsuit being brought against Prince Andrew in New York.

A radical new proposal to make unvaccinated people pay for their hospital stays 'is being considered by the New South Wales government, 2GB's Ray Hadley reports.