Boris Johnson recognised the 'terrible toll' of coronavirus on the UK after figures showed 313 deaths were reported on Saturday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 150,057.

Dr Clive Dix, who was chairman of the government agency from December 2020 until April, called for a return to a 'new normality' and a volte-face on the approach throughout the pandemic.

Kazakhstan's national internet connectivity was just five per cent of ordinary levels on Friday - making mining for Bitcoin impossible, according to cybersecurity watchdog Netblocks.

His lawyers claim that the border security staff made a 'mischievous and spurious' attempt to rush Djokovic into agreeing to the cancellation of his visa, thus preventing him from competing in next week's Australian Open.

An undercover reporter joined black-clad supporters of Alpha Men Assemble (AMA) led by ex-Royal Fusilier Danny Glass for a combat-style training camp.

A Twitter account called NHS100k has posted pictures of UK nurses, radiologists and vascular scientists all wearing purple bows in defiance of the Health Secretary in the past week.

A racecar with nobody at the wheel snaked around another to snatch the lead on an oval track at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Friday in a first-of-its-kind high-speed match.

At least five people have died and nine were seriously injured after part of a canyon collapsed on top of tourist boats in a popular sightseeing spot in southeast Brazil Saturday afternoon.

After more than a year, leaders at King's replied back to the academics who wrote to Lord Geidt to call for the honour to be revoked, refusing to remove it from Teresa Cheng (pictured).

The long-serving officer was among the scores of athletes who fell sick with a debilitating illness after attending the World Military Games in Wuhan in October 2019.

Savannah Brockhill was jailed for life at HMP Styal, Cheshire, last year for murdering Star and the girl's mother, Frankie Smith was sentenced for eight years for allowing her daughter's death.

PETER HITCHENS: Iran's ayatollahs drove the Shah from their land. But the Blair revolution left all the buildings standing, all the outward forms in place, but ripped the spirit out of the country.

The scientists who warned that Britain had little option but to impose severe restrictions or face tens of thousands of deaths from Omicron were last night in retreat.

DTN - the forecaster used by the BBC - has revised its prediction that Britain would have a 'cold, dry and calm winter', bringing it closer to that of rival the Met Office's prognosis of a much milder picture.

Party insiders say that one of several female MPs who lost in the disastrous 2019 election would be Labour's best choice to stand against the former leader in his North London stronghold, Islington North.

Martin Reynolds (pictured) is expected to be moved after the Cabinet Office concludes its investigation into whether rules were broken at a series of No 10 gatherings during Covid lockdowns.

Mr Gove is threatening to hit second-home owners with new bills which could run to over £1,000 a year, to stop them abusing a tax loophole.

DAN HODGES: Someone's going to have start quibbling. Because our ongoing deification of the NHS is what's ultimately going to destroy it.

Moderna is working on a single jab which could inoculate Britons against both Covid and flu as early as next year.

DAVID JONES: Ever since the UK departed the EU, it has become plain that the Northern Ireland Protocol is causing huge disruption to the lives of the people of that part of our country.

Among Mary Onuoha's (pictured) most prized possessions is the small gold cross she has worn around her neck every day of her life since childhood, a symbol of this 61-year-old nurse's devout faith.

Kensington Palace released three striking new portraits of the Duchess of Cambridge for her 40th birthday, including one in a stunning red dress (pictured). They were taken in Kew Gardens.

Last week a bombshell Mail on Sunday poll showed there had been a mid-term crash in support in the 57 former Labour and marginal seats gained by the Tories in 2019.

An investigation by the MoS has revealed those spreading misinformation on social media include a former Miss Great Britain, a reality TV star, a lawyer and a former GP.

The bronze sculpture bears the red and blue graffiti from the Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020 when it was torn from its plinth in Bristol city centre, and dumped in the harbour.

Healthcare worker Seb Livingstone, 34, of Newcastle, said he broke his resolution on January 3 after a pal invited him round for a dinner party.

Chris Martin, who was executive director of development at The Prince's Foundation, has followed the Prince's most trusted aide, Michael Fawcett, out the door after quitting his role.

Furniture giant Ikea has slashed sick pay entitlement for some unvaccinated staff forced to self-isolate after close contact with someone infected with Covid.

Marion Chapman, 73, (right) said it was 'outrageous' that the former Prime Minister had been knighted, having sent hundreds of troops to war in Iraq in 2003 without vital equipment.

In his first interview since his sensational resignation as Brexit Minister last month, Lord Frost calls on Mr Johnson to revitalise the country with 'free markets, free debate and low taxes'.

MoS COMMENT: In general, the Government has done itself a great deal of good, after a nasty patch of misjudgments and sleaziness. Much of this change is due to the actions of Lord Frost.

A top Iranian military official has vowed to take 'hard revenge' on the US for the drone strike killing General Qassem Soleimani two years ago.

Since the picture of Special Constable Cherry O'Donnell (pictured), 49, was tweeted, senior officers at the force's HQ in Hatfield have fielded a number of official complaints.

A source said Maxwell's legal team feel 'confident a third juror lied on their jury application. There are also questions over a fourth juror, so this thing is up in the air.'

Ibrahim Ahmadi was stripped of his refugee status when he was jailed for preying on a sleeping woman in Glasgow. But he has now won the right to remain in the UK.

SARAH VINE: Normally when a jury returns a verdict, that's the end of it. But not in the Maxwell case. If anything, when it comes to this tale of power and perversion, the plot appears to be thickening.

TOBY YOUNG: Grange Hill was set in a fictional school - also in North London - and was widely condemned at the time for painting an unrealistically ugly portrait of life at a typical comprehensive.

Grahame Morris, MP for the 'Red Wall' constituency of Easington in County Durham, is a director of Palestine Deep Dive (PDD) which has been accused of providing a platform for antisemitism.

King's College London has removed the 100-year-old Rhodes Professorship of Imperial History after lobbying by the current post holder, Professor Richard Drayton.

It is known for sending its luxury food around the world and even into the trenches during the First World War - but Fortnum & Mason has been forced to stop deliveries to the EU due to border chaos.

Ahmadi sect, in Morden, South-West London, has been accused of trying to suppress the allegations after a recording of a 44-minute telephone call with the alleged victim was posted on the internet.

The BBC allegedly failed to carry out criminal records checks on staff working with children on Casualty, EastEnders, Holby City and Doctors for almost nine years after Savile's crimes came to light.

The 21-strong group led by Paldip Mahngar, 45, out of a house in Derby imported over £165 million worth of cocaine into the UK from Dubai using the encoded Encrochat phone system.

Thousands of protesters gathered at Glasgow Green at 1pm on Saturday as public anger boiled over at First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's latest Covid curbs.

Louise Woodward, then 19, from Wirral, was found guilty by a jury of killing eight-month-old Matthew Eappen while working as an au pair for his family in Newton, Massachusetts.

Josephine Smith was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services were scrambled to an address in Queens Park Road, Romford, on October 28 last year.

Orphaned six week old baby Jayce Osteen has revealed to have been adopted by a 'close relative' after his parents killed themselves earlier this week

The problem occurred at the Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on Friday morning. A dramatic video showed water pouring at high pressure from the ceiling of a corridor.

Widow Rochelle Gibbons said she was concerned Elizabeth Holmes, 37, could be allowed to serve her jail term under house arrest following her conviction on four fraud charges on Monday.

More than a hundred residents at The Decks, a six-building development in Runcorn, Cheshire, are set to be spared bills of up to £40,000 each.

Henry Dimbleby launched a scathing attack on former Trade Secretary Liz Truss - who oversaw the deals - at the Oxford Farming Conference.

In a report about the late November incident in London's Oxford Street, the corporation carried the claim that racial slurs about Muslims could be heard inside the vehicle when the attack occurred.

The British Small Animal Veterinary Association says the word pet 'fails to provide an adequate description of the range of relationships that exist between humans and animals'.

MPs have demanded Ladbrokes pay back £102million it claimed in furlough cash after its online business boomed in the pandemic.

The Housing Secretary will unveil plans next week for the scheme to pay for repairs demanded by banks and insurers in the wake of the Grenfell fire. At least 116,000 flats are expected to benefit.

Suella Braverman said the verdict is causing 'confusion' and she is 'carefully considering' whether to use powers which allow her to seek a review.

WhatsApp messages linked to Tory peer Michelle Mone suggesting involvement in a firm that received a £203million PPE contract after her referral sparked calls for an investigation today.

Radio presenter Maajid Nawaz, 43, will be leaving his weekend lunchtime show with 'immediate effect', said the London-based radio station.

The metal breastplate, worn by 23-year-old Antoine Fauveau at the 1815 Battle of Waterloo, was ruptured by a canonball during fighting in a blow that would have killed him immediately.

Glastonbury, held every June at Worthy Farm, in Somerset, is expected to fork out 'significant costs' to ensure extra Covid safety measures this year - but bosses ensure it will go ahead as planned.

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Sources suggested today that Kathryn Stone, the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, is not planning to investigate how the £100,000 project was paid for.

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi said taking two days off the current seven-day isolation period would be 'helpful' in getting the UK back on its feet as Omicron rattles through the population.

Nadhim Zahawi said he has an 'expectation' for universities to 'deliver face-to-face education' as it emerged more than 100 institutions have moved their lectures online.

Vladimir Putin's demands that the US ban the Nordic nations from the alliance has made their joining more likely in the wake of heightened tensions around a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A young man with autism who has been isolated in a small apartment in Cheadle Royal Hospital for four years could soon move into a three bedroom home, it has been revealed.

Jazmin John, 13, Kyiah Conway, 12 and Nylah Collins,13 have not been seen since leaving their school in the Camberwell Green area of South London on Friday afternoon.

Brooks Nader, 26, was ever the model as she was seen wearing a bright green coat as she left the 6th Precinct on Saturday following an incident where she found out someone was tracking her.

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the party would scrap VAT for a year and impose a windfall tax on north sea producers to tackle the emerging cost of living crisis.

Ibrahem Hamze has been warned by police he is the next target in the vicious Hamzy and Alemeddine gang war which has left a trail of blood across Sydney for months.

The British Government's plans to reward farmers for protecting the environment are based on 'blind optimism' and could leave the country entirely dependent on imports.

From today, travellers entering England may take a lateral flow test purchased from a private provider rather than the more expensive PCR, the Government has announced.

Tensions are rising between the US and Russia, after the Kremlin on Saturday slammed a comment by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken about its troops in Kazakhstan.

Novak Djokovic requested a personal chef and access to a tennis court while staying in a Melbourne hotel but his demands were rejected by Australian Border Force.

A building war has erupted between rich apartment owners in luxury Pomeroy building in exclusive Elizabeth Bay who claim a six-storey boarding house will destroy their harbour views.

The Queensland town of Maryborough has been ordered to evacuate the CBD immediately as a man drowns and teen girl goes missing in deadly floodwaters continuing to rise across the east coast.

The TWU wants urgent talks with the prime minister to discuss their concerns over NSW Health's decision to wind back isolation requirements.

Victoria's Covid commander Jereon Weimar has warned residents rapid antigen tests will not be 'handed out like lollies' amid major changes to the state's testing system.

The Sydney rally on a wet, grey day, followed a much larger anti-vax gathering in Melbourne on Saturday, which was also against allowing children aged five and above to get vaccinated.

Dennis Rader, the church leader and  family man later identified as Wichita's BTK killer, thinks of himself as both a 'monster' and a 'good person who did some bad things.'

Rebekah Chatfield, the sister-in-law of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield has come forward and accused him of raping her for years, starting nearly a decade ago when she was 15.

Mary Trump - who sold nearly a million copies in preorders of her memoir 'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man - will own the unit in Soho.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health says such facilities should take in patients discharged from a hospital 'regardless of COVID-19 status,' according to a memo dated Jan. 6.

True case numbers are likely far higher than what is being reported, particularly in NSW where the results of rapid antigen tests are not yet included in tallies.

Novak Djokovic's legal team say the Australian government are on the 'back foot' in the court battle - as images emerge of the world no.1 mingling with children the day of his purported Covid infection.

New York is set to be hit by freezing rain and snow this weekend, bringing travel chaos with thousands of cancelled flights as icy weather prepares to blast the Big Apple.

'IMPD officers responded, searched his bag and did not find an explosive,' police tweeted. 'The man had unrelated outstanding warrants and was immediately arrested for those.'

Police in Fairfax, Virginia believe that a Sonya Champ, 40, whose corpse was found covered 'only in a blanket' in a shopping cart is the fifth victim of Anthony Robinson, 35, the 'shopping cart killer.'

The world's most powerful telescope on a mission to answer unsolved questions about the universe completed one of its important stages yesterday, to the relief of Nasa scientists.

Dan Andrews has extended his pandemic management bill by three months in response to the Omicron outbreak after the controversial laws gave him power to announce a health crisis at any time.

Thousands of essential workers will be permitted to leave their Covid close contact isolation in the face of crippling supply chain issues across NSW that have stripped supermarket shelves bare.

Yao Pan Ma, 61, died on December 31, eight months after he was attacked by Jarrod Powell, 49, who stomped on him at least six times.

Nick Coatsworth issued a scatching and dismissive response to a doomsayer doctor and former MP who said Australian children shouldn't be going back to school in the 'peak of the pandemic'.

Iszac Henig, easily beat out his opponents in the women's 100 yard freestyle, with a time of 49.57 seconds. Thomas, who finished fifth, finished with a time of 52.84 seconds

Henig, a California native, stunned parents at the meet as the Yale swimmer easily beat out his opponents in the women's 100-yard freestyle, with a time of 49.57 seconds.

Queensland's Covid cases skyrocketed to 18,000 on Sunday as Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk confirmed the school year would be delayed an extra two weeks.

She's the social media phenomenon who has become one of the UK's most promising pop singers after last week winning the BBC's prestigious Sound of 2022 poll.

Colonel Tim Collins, an Iraq War veteran, said the Duke of York, 61, should 'jump before he is pushed' out of the nine honourary military title that he currently holds.

The life of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will be celebrated by two American presidents and other Democratic leaders on Saturday, a testament to his impact.

British investigators have discovered that the prime suspect, Christian B, 44, was not at the resort in Praia da Luz the night Madeline disappeared and was actually '30 minutes away.'

In a statement about Poitier, 94, who died on Thursday night in his LA home, his children said they were 'so grateful he was able to spend his last day surrounded by his family and friends.'

Two skiers were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after another skier hit a water hydrant on Beech Mountain in North Carolina.

A man has died and a teenage girl still missing as ex-tropical cyclone Seth delivers one final deadly deluge to large parts of Queensland as residents brace themselves for a fresh cyclone threat.

Miriam Sebbagh, 52, sent a string of payments to suspected terrorists and £2,500 to an Islamist connected to Anjem Choudary's (pictured) banned Al-Muhajiroun group.

The previously unseen photograph shows Tony Blair's former spin chief with Epstein as he blows out candles on a birthday cake.

Novak Djokovic claims he was woken up and pressured by officials to cancel his visa early in the morning after he was detained at Melbourne Airport> He is fighting deportation back to Serbia.

Most UK consumers have been protected by the energy price cap, which means bills are capped at £1,277 for normal domestic usage. But a new higher cap is to be announced in February.

The company will switch to 'best before' dates on 90 per cent of milk bottles and cartons to encourage customers to bin it only when it smells off - and see the date as no more than a guide to freshness.

EU experts have recalled two e-scooters made by Chinese firm Kaabo Mantis because of inadequate electrical insulation and water in the footboard's electrical compartment.

Churchill faced two motions of no confidence in 1942. His most difficult time came in 1942, when Britain came far closer to losing the war than most realise to this day.

Nine out of ten Covid patients being treated in intensive care have not had their booster jab, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has revealed as he launches a fierce attack on 'anti-vaccination fanatics'.

DA Alvin Bragg defended his policies at Al Sharpton's National Network Rally on Saturday afternoon after they were heavily criticized by New York Police Department leaders

An anonymous New York City public high school student claimed that their school is 'beyond control' and should revert back to remote learning as large numbers or teachers and students are absent.

The discovery of a jaw at Umina Beach on the New South Wales Central Coast in June 2020 has led police on a hunt for a dead teenager who might not have been reported missing to authorities.

The new system could mean that free tests are only given in high-risk settings such as care homes, hospitals and schools, and to people with symptoms

SAJID JAVID: Most of us know someone who hasn't got the jab and everyone can do their bit by helping address concerns they may have - whether a family member or a friend.

Harry Belafonte is mourning the loss of his best friend Sidney Poitier, who died at age 94 on Thursday. Harry's daughter described the pair as 'closer than brothers.'

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) figures show there were 146,390 new positive Covid tests over the last 24 hours, down 18.5 per cent on the previous week's figure of 179,637

Photos show Deborah Turness - appointed last week as the Corporation's head of news and current affairs - performing Lady Gaga's hit Just Dance at the Edinburgh Television Festival in 2010.

James Williams, 46, was shot and killed by an officer from Canton, Ohio on New Year's Day after he was heard firing celebratory shots in the back of his home.

Novak Djokovic's lawyers claim tennis star was given a vaccine exemption because he contracted the disease on December 16 - the same day he was pictured mixing with maskless people in Serbia.

Critics last night described the cautions given to students at Salford University as 'absurd'. Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said it was ridiculous that adults 'have to be protected' from the stories.

The near-silent vehicles were tested in November at a secret site in rural France, where rugged dirt tracks and hilly terrain became substitutes for desert and jungle combat zones.

The discovery came after a group of 68 adults were recruited to help experts evaluate mirror exposure therapy, a treatment used for people with eating disorders or a negative body image.

A source revealed Demi Lovato completed another stint in rehab as 2021 came to a close, three years after their near-fatal drug overdose from heroin laced with fentanyl.

Ermal Qose, 35, an Albanian national with no known address in the UK, was discovered by firefighters in Clapton, East London, on the afternoon of New Year's Eve.

The journalist, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is understood to have been contracted to work on a freelance basis for BBC West Midlands.

A Colorado family's two young girls thought Santa's reindeer left the droppings they found on their doorstep Christmas morning - but their Ring doorbell camera laid bared a far less palatable reality.

Mail on Sunday reporter Tali Fraser (pictured as her digital version) went to Paris Hilton's Beverly Hills New Year's party, which was held completely virtually.

South Dakota Senator John Thune announced he is running for reelection this year on Saturday, after speculation over whether the number two Senate GOP leader would once again run.

A video showed the moment Olise, 20, was struck as he prepared to take a corner in this afternoon's match at Millwall's south-east London stadium.

The office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has been criticized after he downplayed a shoplifting arrest which caused the charges to be reduced

Health authorities in the Indian capital, New Delhi, imposed a weekend lockdown, banning non-essential movement within the city from Friday evening until 5am on Monday.

Djokovic tested positive to Covid-19 on December 16, six days after a deadline was given to apply for a medical exemption from Tennis Australia for the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios believes Novak Djokovic will be a man on a mission if the world number one is cleared to play in the Australian Open following his well documented visa dramas.

Chester football club was warned they may have breached Welsh coronavirus regulations when the English club hosted crowds at two matches over Christmas and new year.

The United States has posted its second-highest daily total for new COVID-19 cases, as one expert predicts some 5 million Americans could call in sick in the coming week.

Rebecca Grossman, 58, is accused of running over and killing two brothers while they were out for a walk with their parents and siblings in September 2020. She appeared in court in LA on Friday.

Experts at a Canadian university has suggested the first person to live to 130 could be a milestone which is reached by the end of this century. The current record age is 122.

Laura Trevelyan was caught in a thick flurry of snow while filming a piece-to-camera about the first anniversary of the Capitol riot in Washington DC. She posted the hilarious footage on her Twitter.

Douglas Stephens, Anthony Thomas and David Wedlake made 'callous' comments and were verbally abusive to the victims, who lived at Gower Lodge residential home in Swansea, Wales.

The man had absconded from hospital on December 1 and police had searched for six hours when they found him sheltering in a bush. Medical staff said he would have died if he was not found.

In her letter inviting Biden to speak in the House chambers, Pelosi wrote: 'Thank you for your bold vision and patriotic leadership which have guided America out of crisis.'

Aaron Babbitt claimed his wife, Ashli, would still be alive today and never would have entered the Capitol during the riot last year if he had been there to protect her.

Sir Robin Murray, 77, a professor of Psychiatric Research, said around a third of the psychosis patents he sees at his practice in south London are caused by use of high-strength skunk.

Of the roughly 11,500 COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized in the state, COVID was not included as one of the reasons for admission for 43 percent, Hochul said on Friday.

Bailey Kenworthy, 24, was told to 'shut the f**k-up' by a New Yorker after announcing her engagement to the city from an apartment window last week during a trip from her native Texas.

Premier League stars could face the prospect of missing out on domestic matches if they fail to receive a Covid jab, plunging teams currently crippled by rising cases into further chaos.

A group of Resident Assistants has slammed Western Carolina University for being 'hijacked by wokeness' after they were subjected to mandatory racial and gender sensitivity training.

Fully vaccinated travellers and under-18s arriving in the UK will be able to take a lateral flow test rather than the more expensive PCR version for their post-arrival test from 4am on Sunday.