Draconian measures imposed in England before Christmas to tackle the Omicron variant are being scrapped after Covid cases, hospitalisations and deaths all fell in the last 24 hours.

Yasmin Wafah Chkaifi, 43, died following the horrific attack by Leon Mccaskie, 41, despite the efforts of the motorist - named only as 'Abraham' - who ploughed into him in Maida Vale, West London.

Security experts warn the barrage of fake news, designed to harden opinion at home and spread confusion abroad, exceeds even the levels in 2014 before Moscow seized Crimea.

Chelsea-based socialite John Rendall became famous in the 1960s after he and his friend Anthony 'Ace' Bourke purchased a lion cub from Harrods, which then traded in exotic animals,

Footage shows two men and a woman accusing NHS staff at a vaccination centre in Ealing, west London, of 'genocide', saying they have a crime number and that vaccines are under investigation.

Boris Johnson will acknowledge 'serious mistakes' over the Partygate affair as he battles to persuade his MPs - and the country - that he should keep his job.

Jennifer Swayne, 53, was arrested on Sunday afternoon and detained until the early hours of the morning, while police officers executed a search warrant on her property, confiscating a book.

Angel Lynn, 19, suffered life-changing injuries after she fell from a van in Leicestershire on September 17, 2020, which she had been forced into by Chay Bowskill, her boyfriend at the time.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the current proposals should be deferred until the completion of an independent review by Dr Hilary Cass.

The story of Witness A and another fraudster suggests they are somehow above the law, despite a former High Court judge demanding they face prosecution.

It would not be unreasonable to assume that the Chelsea Flower Show would already be focused on plants.

Students demanded the resignation of Tim Luckhurst, principal of Durham University's South College, after he invited the journalist Rod Liddle to give a speech last month.

The papers, filed today by the Duke of York's legal counsel Andrew Brettler, contained 41 separate denials of claims made by Roberts in August 2021 last year (Andrew pictured with Roberts in 2001)

Britons are expected to be interacting with a smart device 4,800 times a day by 2030, according to the Connected Consumer 2030 study by Vodafone.

Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey, pictured, will launch the Way to Work proposal which is seen as a 'red meat' policy designed to prop up the PM among Tory backbenchers.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is understood to have requested a range of options from military chiefs in a bid to match the build-up of Moscow's forces.

Pointalls Allotments Ltd in Finchley, north London, gave Elsie Price and her husband Wayne Armsby 12 months' notice and the eviction date is tomorrow.

Ministers complained it was growing increasingly difficult to get decisions from No 10 as Boris Johnson and senior officials awaited the outcome of the inquiry by Sue Gray.

April's national insurance rise will worsen inflation and was rushed in with no regard for family finances, MPs warned last night, putting more pressure on Boris Johnson to abandon the policy.

Reassuring studies from the US and Norway show Covid jabs' impact on women's menstrual cycles is both minor and only last a short time before reversing a British expert says.

From Thursday, the Government will no longer legally mandate the wearing of face coverings in shops and on public transport as Plan B restrictions are axed.

An article published to MailOnline's wire feed by PA Media on 21 January about new research from Which? said that the dating app Tinder was charging young gay and lesbian users more than...

Andy McDiarmid, a former detective inspector who served with Merseyside Police for 30 years, died after being found fatally injured on Monday night.

The Prime Minister has met wavering backbenchers in a bid to shore up support ahead of the publication of Sue Gray's report into claims of lockdown breaches at No 10.

Critics warned that the criminal inquiry into parties in Downing Street and Whitehall will swallow up valuable resources just as the force is battling an epidemic in violent and sexual offences.

Police who destroyed £750,000 worth of cannabis have been criticised on social media after comparing the haul to the weight of five police dogs.

Geoffrey Hill, 48, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire pleaded guilty to two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving at Amersham Crown Court following the collision on June 18, 2020.

Edward Putman, 56, of Kings Langley, was found guilty in October 2019 of using a forged National Lottery ticket to claim £2.5million.

CCTV footage from the ExCel Centre in London showed Jason Lennon lying on the floor with three uniformed officers crouched over him as they attempted to give him CPR.

Video footage showed a silver Mercedes carrying PM Jacinda Ardern being forced off the road in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, by anti-vaxxers who joked about being arrested for the stunt.

There were another 102,292 positive tests across the country in the past 24 hours, Government dashboard data shows, marking a 5 per cent decrease on last Wednesday.

Bassetlaw District Council said it is taking a more 'proactive' approach to its flat lid policy, meaning Retford residents will not have their bins collected if the lid isn't fully shut.

BBC radio DJ Maressa Innerarity, 33, allowed friends to borrow her equipment for a party at a Poyser Street warehouse in east London on November 8, 2020.

Lia (pictured), 23, and Jill, 42, revealed the 'hell' Matthew Hardy, from Northwich, Cheshire, put them through after creating fake accounts online and bombarding them with messages.

Boris Johnson today accused the European Union of implementing post-Brexit border rules in Northern Ireland in an 'insane' way.

Government-backed REACT-1 data, based on more than 100,000 Covid tests, found more than 4.4 per cent of people in England had the virus at some point from January 5 to 20.

Paul Drayton, a 50-year-old actor, was warned it was a 'miracle' no one was killed when he got behind the wheel while almost five times over the legal limit last year close to his West Sussex mansion.

Nigel Malt, 44, appeared at Norwich Magistrates' Court accused of murdering his teenage daughter Lauren Malt near a play area in West Winch, near Kings Lynn on Sunday evening.

The chalk figure, depicting George III riding his charger Adonis, was created as a nod to the monarch's enjoyment of visiting the nearby beach town of Weymouth in Dorset.

Real-world data of 6,000 people around the UK found those double-jabbed with Pfizer or Moderna were 49.6 per cent less likely to have lingering symptoms three months after their Covid infection.

Climbing instructor Mark Handford, 54, and his student - who were expecting to experience snow - were stunned by the freak heatwave as they climbed the Y Garn in Snowdonia, North Wales.

Looking at fatalities by date of death shows that the number of people actually dying each day has been falling since around January 15 - and has never risen above 270 during the Omicron wave.

'We've got cake', joked presenter Adil Ray, in a reference to the Prime Minister meeting with staff to celebrate his birthday party at Downing Street in the height of lockdown.

The unique piece of furniture was designed by esteemed Austrian painter Koloman Moser in 1902 and was found at a junk shop for just £5. It has since sold at auction to an Austrian dealer for £16k

The astonishing story of Christian the lion has been back in the news today following the death aged 76 of Chelsea socialite John Rendall, who famously bought him as a cub from Harrods in 1969.

Richard Binmore, 43, spent just £750 and five days on the stunning room, lovingly restoring the shed at the couple's home in Chandler's Ford, Hampshire.

Whilst ministerial departments saw a slight rise in attendance from last week, many welcomed as few as 10 per cent of staff back to their desks on Monday morning, a Daily Mail audit found.

Stormont agreed to a large-scale easing of curbs, including Covid passes for entry to bars, restaurants and cinemas and the reopening of nightclubs forced to shut on Boxing Day.

George Smith, 33, who earned £27,000 a year as a branch manager, had been found selling pots of paints and rolls of wallpaper to tradesmen for cash before pocketing the money for himself.

Number 10 said Mr Johnson did not discuss the police investigation at yesterday's Cabinet meeting but confirmed he did already know the probe was going ahead.

Tennis superstar Ashleigh Barty has stormed through to her first Australian Open final on home soil with a dominating straight sets victory.

Paul Johnson (pictured) was a senior midwife at Hull Women and Children's Hospital and had helped to deliver more than 2,000 babies when he was suspended from his role in October 2020.

Anthony Lombardi, 12, and Mario Comella, 13, were riding their bikes past their friend's home in Coventry, Rhode Island, when they noticed fire alarms going off inside the property.

Frustrated Tories likened Sue Gray's report on alleged lockdown breaches to an 'overdue baby' and swiped that it should be induced.

John Rendall became well known after he and his fellow Australian friend Anthony 'Ace' Bourke, who lived in London's Chelsea, purchased the cub from Harrods, which traded in exotic animals at the time.

Ellie Horne, 22, from Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, fears she will lose the chance to have partner Myles' children after she was blocked from using his semen.

Conservationist David Hoyle had his skull smashed when a 65-foot cherry tree fell onto his car as he was travelling on the A287 near Odiham, Hampshire, in June 2017.

The infectious disease expert was doing his best rendition of Leo Sayer's You Make Me Feel Like Dancing for the Can Give Day charity event for the Canberra Hospital Foundation back in 2020.

The partner of Olympic snowboarder Alex 'Chumpy' Pullin has revealed the terrible moment she realised he had drowned at a Gold Coast beach in a new interview.

The family of DJ Ferguson - a Boston man denied a heart transplant because he is not vaccinated against COVID - on Wednesday night said he has had a temporary heart pump fitted.

The retired leg spinner is working as a sommelier at the recently opened Greek eatery Ploos at Campbells Cove which looks out over the Harbour Bridge and Opera House.

On-the-lam fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian was arrested last week in his pajamas after missing an extradition hearing in Scotland, where he moved after faking his death to evade a US rape charge

Alcott is going head-to-head with Dutch player Sam Schröder in Thursday afternoon's Australian Open quad wheelchair singles final.

The AFLW's first ever Muslim player will sit out this weekend's Pride round after refusing to wear the jersey that celebrates the game's LGBTQI fans.

National Cabinet have been warned that surging levels of Covid cases are expected to climb even higher when students return to the classroom next week.

Oath Keepers' leader Steve Rhodes (pictured) dug training 'spider holes' (pictured) in the backyard, as well as 'elaborate' escape tunnels, his estranged wife revealed on Twitter.

Fox News host Dan Bongino had his YouTube account permanently banned after he attempted to upload a video about why he was leaving the platform during his suspension period.

'I pulled him out of the car seat and I grabbed him, and when I did that, that's when I felt the pieces - the loose pieces in the back of his head,' Kerri Gray said while holding back tears.

A rare sighting of a bald eagle was spotted in NYC over the course of the past week as the creature was recently seen on the ice at the Central Park Reservoir

An unknown Aussie duo are the only men now standing in the way of Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis' hopes of a maiden grand slam title at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Mr Shapps' announcement comes after Matthew Briggs campaigned for the new charge following the death of his wife Kim (pictured) who was knocked down by reckless cyclist Charlie Alliston.

The former face of Channel Seven violently kicked the walls of a police paddy wagon and screamed he is a 'victim of crime' on Thursday after being charged with assaulting a woman.

Spotify will remove Neil Young's music after he demanded that it be removed from the streaming service in a blazing row over vaccine misinformation spread by podcaster Joe Rogan.  

A new report had studied the fees of more than 500 private schools across Australia and found those in Victoria were on average the priciest while NSW was the second highest.

Writing Monday as the new measures came into force, Dan Wootton called New Zealand's Covid-zero policy 'crazy' at a time when the rest of the world is learning to live with the virus.

A Melbourne father-of-two on holiday at the Sunshine Coast has saved a young family's pet puppy called Panda after he found a 2.5m python trying to crush the pooch.

The major flag company claiming to have 'exlusive rights' to the Aboriginal flag have ripped into the federal government for announcing they had paid $20million for its copyright.

Experts have warned Australians could soon pay as much as $3 a litre for petrol due to an ongoing global oil supply crunch. Fuel prices nationally have increased 30 per cent in the past 12 months.

Marvel actor Vachik Mangassarian, 78, shared a series of anti-vaxx posts on his Facebook page before he died from coronavirus complications.

The family of Amanda Alvarez-Calo, 31, said that she was on the verge of leaving her husband, 30-year-old Antonio Alvarez, at the time of her death.

NSW Police allege former Deal or No Deal host O'Keefe, 50, assaulted the 38-year-old woman after meeting her to discuss business at his unit on Kent Street in the Sydney CBD on Tuesday.

Police are currently responding to a helicopter crash at Grosmont, 427km northwest of Brisbane, after receiving calls the vehicle had struck a powerline around 9:20am on Thursday.

Brazen thieves have been hitting the same Upper East Side Rite Aid for months, forcing it to close - and now small businesses are worried they will soon suffer the same fate after a string of thefts.

Christine Kozlowski, crowned Miss Mississippi 2008, has confirmed that her husband Thomas was shot dead on Saturday in Alabama, while their two-year-old son looked on.

Nine-year-old Charlise Mutten's mother Kallista has spoke to detectives after spending days in hospital care, following the discovery of her daughter's body in a barrel.

Police on Wednesday released footage and photos of the suspect accused of shoving a 62-year-old man onto the subway tracks on Sunday.

Just weeks after the alleged underage driver crashed a car containing four other passengers the 12-year-old abandoned another stolen vehicle after police disabled the wheels with spikes.

Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced that Superbowl attendees will be required to wear masks at the event which are only to be removed for eating or drinking

Bradley Hackett was jailed after duct-taping fireworks to a six-week-old kitten before he set fire to the defenceless animal. The plasterer also filmed the shocking incident in 2020 while drug affected.

Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis won their Australian Open doubles semi-final in front of a raucous crowd at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday.

University of Melbourne Professor John Massie insists there is no ethical reason stopping doctors from jabbing kids without parental approval.

Petero Baleinapuka, 58, has been convicted by jury after he denied stabbing his recent partner Angela O'Donnell, 53, at least 14 times in her Woonona apartment on December 31, 2019.

Kate Everett, the mother of 14-year-old cyber-bullying victim Dolly, who took her own life in 2018, told an inquiry it should consider whether young people need a licence to use social media.

Hochul - who is running for a full term after replacing sex pest ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2021 - has said she'll be meeting Bragg for the first time on Friday.

Compulsory QR codes have been slammed as 'pointless' and 'a waste of time' by 2GB's Ben Fordham after the NSW health department stopped notifying contacts of a confirmed Covid case.

A new study published in the Drug and Alcohol Review journal on Thursday a surprising demographic has drastically increased their binge drinking habits.

Tweed Heads Public School, in northern NSW, is mourning the loss of Charlise Mutten after her body was discovered last week in a barrel dumped near the Colo River northwest of Sydney. 

Wilbert Mora, 27, was shot on Friday and died in hospital on Tuesday. On Wednesday his remains were taken from the city's Medical Examiner at Bellevue Hospital to the funeral home in Inwood.

Australia's most expensive capital city for renters also had the steepest surge in house prices last year. But it wasn't Sydney, Brisbane or Hobart. House prices here climbed by 36.6 per cent in 2021.

The father, who has also chosen to remain anonymous to avoid 'physical harm' and has a 'medical background,' said he believes there is no stopping Thomas from reaching the highest level.

Western Australia has recorded 75 new local cases over the past four days as Omicron clusters emerge throughout Perth and as far south as Bunbury.

China has banned or imposed huge tariffs on billions of dollars worth of Australian exports to such as coal, cotton, wine and beef.

Premier Dan Andrews says defining fully vaccinated as three doses should be resolved at National Cabinet today.

Scientists fear the new 'stealth' variant detected across Europe could also be even harder to track than previous strains as it can only be confirmed through lab analysis rather than a PCR test.

Beaten Kiwi rival Michael Venus branded raucous Aussie Nick Kyrgios 'an absolute knob' after his dramatic doubles defeat - but now Nine's Today host and tennis analysts have returned serve.

A man and a teenage boy have been rushed to hospital after they were both pinned underneath a slab of stone at a job site. The incident was on the Gold Coast just after 9am on Thursday.

The Defense Department has called a meeting of CEOs of major defense companies from across the U.S. to stress the urgency in producing new hypersonic weapons.

Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna are depicted in bronze statue at site of the deadly helicopter crash that claimed their lives, and seven others, in Calabasas.

Hyattsville Mayor Kevin Ward, 44, was found inside Fort Marcy Park in Virginia, 20 miles away from the city, on Tuesday.

Three arrests in Sydney's Hamzy crime family brings to 10 the number of clan members arrested or deceased, but an underworld source claims the Hamzys remain committed to a 'lifetime war'.

The nation's wool industry normally relies on 500 workers from New Zealand - who this year are staying at home due to border closures - to meet a surge in demand for sheep shearers every spring.

Reservoir Dogs actor Michael Madsen's son Hudson, 26, took his own life at his residence on the Hawaii barracks where he was serving, the Army confirmed on Wednesday.

Police allege that on January 10, the 52-year-old from Chapel Hill, 30km south east of Adelaide, accompanied another person to a Mount Barker vaccination clinic.

Sir Thomas Hildebrand Preston, British Consul General in Kaunas, Lithuania issued hundreds of travel visas to Jewish people seeking to flee the Nazis despite the objection of Whitehall.

Specialist fire investigators have confirmed a lightning strike was the beginning of a Melbourne house fire. Fire crews were called to the blaze around 8am on Thursday.

President Joe Biden will keep his campaign promise to name a black woman to the Supreme Court, the White House said amid reports Justice Stephen Breyer will retire at end of court term.

DAVID SEYMOUR: While the rest of the world moves forward, it feels like we in New Zealand are moving backwards, reduced to look on enviously as you go about your business.

Gladiator star Russell Crowe recalled 'uncomfortable white blokes' doing the Maori Haka with the All Blacks when he was a child as part of a new documentary.

Ex-Channel Seven host Andrew O'Keefe has been arrested over allegations he choked and punched a potential business partner after getting into an argument with her at his Sydney CBD apartment.

Gone from Australia but not forgotten, Novak Djokovic is still doing his bit to dictate the destination of the title he was not allowed to defend.

Residents across large swathes of Victoria are being urged to prepare for 'life threatening flash flooding' as a powerful mega storm hits Melbourne bringing wild winds and heavy rain.

Queensland has seen new cases of Covid-19 dip slightly to 11,600 new infections but there were 15 deaths, Health Minister Yvette D'Ath announced on Thursday.

An attorney representing Matthew LaFountain, the last person to have seen Lauren Smith-Fields, of Connecticut, alive during a Bumble date in December, says his client maintains his innocence.

Changing Australia Day date 'won't make a difference to the underlying issues' that face Indigenous people, Sydney academic Megan Davis says.

Police launched an a investigation after a tip off that two men had allegedly chased a flock of wild ducks in the car park of a Mittagong club.

Australian tennis star Ashleigh Barty battled through depression and a stint away from the sport - before returning and becoming the leading player on the women's professional circuit.

Antonio Brown is planning legal action against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for releasing him and suggesting he was battling mental health issues during his January 2 meltdown in New Jersey.

'Disgusting' photos show the litter left behind by Australia Day celebrations as revellers 'celebrate the country by trashing it.' Gordon's Bay was left covered in rubbish by beach-goers.

Canadian food author and TV personality Nafsika Antypas (right) says US fugitive Nicholas Alahverdian (left) swindled her out of $30,000US after she hired him to help grow her vegan food brand

A nor'easter bearing down on New York City could become a bomb cyclone that will dump up to 12 inches of snow on the Big Apple this weekend.

Thomas Hand Jr., 37, was killed on Saturday afternoon in front of his wife and two-year-old son, while sharing information about Christianity in a Montgomery neighborhood.

NSW reported 17,316 new Covid cases on Thursday while Victoria has seen another 13,755 amid the Omicron wave. National Cabinet is set to meet later on Thursday with supply chains on the agenda.

Australian of the Year Dylan Alcott has returned to Melbourne Park where he will compete for his eighth Australian Open title on Thursday - but admits he's physically exhausted.

Joseph Ellicott, the best friend of corrupt Florida tax official Joel Greenberg, knew about the 17-year-old girl who was paid for sex by Greenberg's sex trafficking group that investigators are probing.

Almost half of Americans believe Biden is unconcerned about their financial health, according to a poll published on Wednesday, delivering more gloom for an embattled administration.

The Australian Taxation Office has announced a raise in alcohol manufacturer's taxes this week as part of bi-annual scheme. From next month tax will increase to $90.78 p/litre of pure alcohol.

A widely shared video on social media shows the moment a brazen hoon does a burnout outside Southport police station on the Gold Coast, Queensland, drawing one officer out of the building.

The suit claims staff at Paterson Elementary School violated their fundamental rights withholding information about their daughter's alleged gender identity crisis.

Two brothers were taken into custody in Texas over the kidnapping and murder of their stepfather, who was accused of sexually abusing his nine-year-old daughter.

Kai Owens has made the US Olympic team, giving the 17-year-old athlete the opportunity to return to her birth country of China and compete for America in the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

Thousands of anti-Semitic flyers falsely claiming that the public health efforts to protect against COVID are being masterminded by the Jewish community have been distributed to homes across the US.

Kamala Harris is attending the inauguration Thursday of new socialist Honduran President Xiomara Castro, whose inner cricle has made problematic statements about Jewish people and Israel.

NSW Police were alerted to  a red Mazda driving dangerously near the Captain Cook Lookout at Nambucca Heads around 4.40pm on Wednesday.

Top infectious diseases expert professor Peter Collingon has predicted that while Covid will linger for many more years to come, Australia is in a much better position than it was 12 months ago.

A 51-year-old DoorDash driver and mother-of-three. slain by robbers after her car broke down during a delivery, was one of six victims killed this weekend in Baltimore as the city's murder rate climbs

Police in Los Angeles say 'tens of guns' were stolen from freight containers at the city's Lincoln Heights depot earlier this month, but many of the weapons have since been recovered.

Harlem Councilwoman Kristin Richardson Jordan, a radical Democrat Socialist, has outraged the police by extending condolences to the family of accused cop killer Lashawn McNeil.

When up against Trump in a hypothetical race, Biden takes a razor-thin victory with 45 percent versus his rival's 44 percent. But his one-point lead also falls well within the two-point margin of error.

U.S. stock indexes reversed their earlier gains on Wednesday, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared to alarm investors with his remarks on future interest rate hikes.

The teenager allegedly sold what was supposed to be the painkiller Percocet to Dalilah Guerrero, 12. She died after snorting about three-quarters of it on November 14, 2020.