Boris Johnson has been rocked by another Downing Street resignation after a fifth aide quit as Cabinet ministers said they believe there is a '50/50' chance the PM will be forced out.

Cannabis addicts who have survived a stroke could have a nearly 50 per cent greater risk of repeated stroke events than people who don't use the drug, new US research has suggests.

A spokesman confirmed that the Typhoons, launched from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, Scotland, have been joined by a Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker from RAF Brize Norton.

Oxford University researchers found the new mutation - called the VB variant - has already infected 109 people, the vast majority of whom are in the Netherlands.

The First Minister insisted 'people will notice no difference' if Scotland separates from the UK as Scots who have made state pension contributions to the Treasury would still receive those payments.

The Duke of Sussex , 38, who is currently living in his $14 million mansion in California with Meghan Markle , 40, spoke on the virtual panel alongside Serena Williams today.

Katie Ramsden, 27, from Liverpool, dresses up her pooch Marley - a six-year-old cockapoo - in a range of different costumes, including as a builder, golfer, and a gardener.

Octomum Mandy Allwood, who lost all eight of her babies at 24 weeks, has died aged 56 after a battle with cancer. She became world famous when she announced she was expecting octuplets.

Canadian teen Ashley Wadsworth was fatally stabbed Tuesday while visiting her boyfriend Jack Sepple (pictured together at left) in Chelmsford, England. Sepple is now charged with her murder

An unpublished Beatrix Potter watercolour from 1891 shows a mouse in an apron depicted in extraordinary furry detail.It was re-discovered by an antiquarian specialist in London.

UK regulator Ofgem confirmed households face paying a further £693 annually but the government said it would step in to help .

The newly-elected MP declared in her victory speech she will 'work tirelessly to build on everything' her predecessor achieved.

Lord Hogan-Howe, who was in charge of the Met when officers raided homes of public figures as part of the force's disastrous VIP paedophile ring probe - has applied to become head of the NCA.

Seizures of controlled drugs jumped by a fifth to more than 223,000 in the year to April 2021 ut deaths from illegal drugs hit a record high during lockdown in 2020, with 4,561 lives lost.

The Commons transport committee's report urges the Government to start an 'up-front conversation' with drivers about new ways they could be taxed.

Pauline Yarranton, 68, received the £400 fixed penalty notice for placing two small bags of jumpers and T-shirts next to the over-filled clothes bank in in Stourport, Worcs.

Second-hand prices have been driven by a fall in new car production caused by a shortage of semiconductor chips, a key component. Impatient buyers have turned to the nearly-new market.

It is understood the Prime Minister and his wife are 'highly supportive' of a new 'Thank Holiday' starting in 2023 to honour the Queen's extraordinary 70 years of service.

Eight in ten people said comfort foods such as a roast dinner or pizza put them in the mood for passion, according to a survey of 2,000 British adults for supermarket Iceland.

Professor Alice Gast presides over a 'toxic' workplace where staff are treated like 'naughty little children', witnesses told a secret bullying and harassment inquiry in 2020.

Paul Givan of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) made the move as part of a long-running row over the Northern Ireland Protocol.

The Ministry of Defence said they would not be enforcing the Home Secretary's push back policy - to turn migrant boats back towards France.

The scale of England's opioid crisis has been exposed as London experts found the number of hospitalisations for overdoses soared 50 per cent in a decade with an NHS bill of £137 million.

Sajid Javid will announce the ambitious Ten Year Cancer Plan which will focus on diagnosing tumours earlier when they are easier to treat and encouraging healthy lifestyles that reduce risk.

The Royal Mail will mark The Queen's 70 years on the throne with a collection of eight stamps featuring photographs of the monarch throughout the decades of her reign.

A woman has died in a Bury hospital as police have arrested three men on suspicion of rape and murder. The woman, 36, was rushed in an ambulance to hospital on Wednesday evening.

The Spice Girls have reportedly shelved plans for more future gigs and an animated movie, with the band going their separate ways once again.

The incident allegedly happened in September while the BBC Three show was being filmed. A source said the attacker 'forced their way' into a room where the woman was and forced 'himself on her'.

The student, 18, said the past week has been 'difficult' and announced she will not be making any further statements pending the police inquiries.

Liberal Ottawa politicians are calling for funds from a GoFundMe created for the 'Freedom Convoy' of truckers protesting the country's vaccine mandates to be seized by the government.

An 11-year-old pupil, named locally as Szymon, was struck just metres from his school's entrance by a Mercedes Sprinter at around 8.25am in Northfleet, Kent, yesterday.

Andrew Kirkland, 42, crept into his victim's room and pulled down her bed sheets before performing a sex act, Reading Crown Court heard.

Rishi Sunak announced new help in the Commons minutes after it was revealed the energy price cap is going up 54 per cent for millions of people in April.

Kate, 40, joined Charles and Camilla on a visit to The Prince's Foundation training site for arts and culture at Trinity Buoy Wharf, in London, on Thursday morning.

King College London scientists estimate there were 195,000 people with symptomatic Covid every day as of January 31, up 22 per cent on the 159,000 cases recorded the week before.

London Underground drivers walking out on weekends until June 'is the last thing the capital needs' as it recovers from the pandemic, the experts said.

Russia has moved nuclear-capable Iskander missiles to Belarus and is massing a force of 30,000 troops backed by fighter jets, anti-aircraft systems and tanks, NATO's chief has warned.

Maria Aldridge, pictured, was a 17-year-old nurse training in Birmingham when she vanished without a trace in May 1968, according to her family. Now a podcast has linked the case to Fred West.

The Scottish Championship club have been heavily criticised since bringing the 32-year-old to the club on the last day of the transfer window earlier this week.

The NHS rapidly constructed eight overflow units at the height of the fourth wave in December as Boris Johnson put the health service on a 'war footing'. But they have mostly stood empty.

Dal Babu OBE, who served with the Met for 30 years, said confidence in the police under Dame Cressida was at an 'all-time low'.

A Daily Mail audit has uncovered more than £33billion of taxpayers' cash has been squandered or lost to fraudsters in the pandemic.

Prince Andrew has been caricatured by a graffiti artist who has sprayed an image of the royal across a wall in Oxford. The image shows the prince with a 'Jim Fixed It for Me'.

An Office for National Statistics (ONS) report estimated 1.33million adults were suffering symptoms of long Covid as of January 2. The figure was up 5 per cent from December 6.

Anthony Raymond Callander, 52, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court this week to nine months in jail for taking jewellery and watches from the Cumbria home of a pensioner.

David Robson was regularly called by the 'derogatory' nickname by colleagues working on site in the Isle of Wight, before bosses then also began using it, an employment tribunal heard.

Robert Mehers (pictured), 33, allegedly ordered Private Charlotte Hayler, 25, to complete the exercises each time she passed through a door at the Catterick training centre in North Yorkshire.

Stephen Peddie, 61, wrote the tweet on February 21 last year, in response to another post by social commentator Toby Young about the Brent MP.

Natasha Colley claimed daughter Megan (pictured) - born with displaced hips - had been left severely disabled because doctors failed to correct the issue during operations when she was younger.

Riagain Grainger (pictured, with Matt Smith), 22, from Northern Ireland, launched the 'cruel' attack on Georgia Smith on social media while they were at Manchester Metropolitan University.

New Zealand confirmed its new reopening plan on Thursday, with the government to gradually dismantle hard borders after two years largely adrift from the world due to Covid-19.

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Temperatures will reach a maximum of 9C (48F) in England, 7C (45F) in the North and 4C (39F) in Scotland today - a big drop from earlier in the week which saw 15C (59F) on Wednesday in the South.

Barnaby Joyce has offered a grovelling apology to the prime minister for calling him a 'hypocrite and a liar' in a leaked text.

Melissa Krieger, 53, from Cincinnati, Ohio, forked out $2,500 so her Siamese cat Jasper can enjoy being up close to the exotic fish - which he now sits watching and claws at every day.

Liberty Media billionaire John Malone, who has made no secret of his dislike of CNN under Zucker's leadership, is said to have made it clear corporate policies must be followed.

Marcus Paul was fired from 2SM by station boss Bill Caralis on Friday, but hit back at the station on Facebook, lashing out for not supporting him or allowing him to say sorry on air.

Doski Azad, 23, who was a transgender woman and make-up artist, died when her brother Chakdar Azad shot her in Mangesh, a village in Iraqi Kurdistan in a so-called 'honour killing'.

The Mayor of London announced he was putting the scandal-hit commissioner 'on notice' and hinted her job was on the line unless effective measures are taken to root out the Met's culture.

Moroccans were still waiting anxiously on Friday morning after authorities and firefighters launched the dramatic operation to save the boy, who fell into the deep hole on Tuesday.

Three of Russia's largest state-backed news channels ran Thursday evening bulletins warning that Ukraine is about to attack pro-Moscow separatists in the east.

From 'soup to nuts' the raid to kill or capture Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi took less than two hours. This is how it unfolded in the dark of the Syrian night.

Commuters shrunk back in fear as one boy with an eight-inch long blade jostled with another appearing to hold a sword on the double-decker as it moved through Streatham yesterday.

The woman motorist claims she legally parked her car - but came back to find a No Stopping sign hastily strapped to a tree next to her car...and a hefty fine awaiting her on the windscreen.

Hanny Papanicolaouo, 38, had just $11 left in her bank account after her one-hour $430 gambling spree before she allegedly murdered her elderly multi- millionaire client.

The Rail, Maritime and Transport union revealed today that all London Underground staff had been 'instructed to refuse to book on for any duty' on both Tuesday, March 1 and Thursday, March 3.

The rocketing cost of living is going to carry on into 2023 the Bank of England warned today - after telling members of the public to not demand higher wages,

An estimated one million members of China's Uighur minority languish in detention camps, where they are routinely raped, tortured, and brainwashed into denying their Muslim religion.

Economists expect the Reserve Bank will raise the cash rate this year, despite the central bank's latest forecasts suggesting it will hold off until mid-2023.

Sydney radio host Marcus Paul has been fired from 2SM after an inappropriate on-air segment.

A photo uploaded to social media shows an officer standing near the dais alongside a priest during Catholic mass enforcing WA's face mask mandate - with parishioners calling it 'troubling'.

Downing Street was in meltdown last night as Boris Johnson ordered a brutal clearout of senior aides in a bid to shore up his troubled premiership.

The duo's Higher Ground Audio company signed a three-year deal with Spotify in June 2019, but sources say it can be hard to get a show green-lit at the Swedish music streamer.

The pandemic and its restrictions have seen a record number of children in England referred for specialist care for the most serious mental health problems.

Despite Daily Mail Australia asking about security cameras installed outside the public housing unit of Hamze clan matriarch Maha last year, a decision on their removal still hasn't been taken.

Tucker Carlson railed against school administrations still forcing students to wear masks in school, despite science saying masks 'provide little discernible benefit.'

Great Island, a 63-acre estate located on the Long Island Sound in Darien, Connecticut, about 50 miles from New York City, recently returned to the market for $100 million dollars.

Police have seized a loaded modified rifle during a COVID-19 protest as they moved anti-vaccination protesters on from the Patrick White Lawns in Canberra this morning.

A Christian advocate and former teacher has used a bizarre analogy when asked how schools and parents should handle a student coming out as gay at an evangelical school.

Leaked audio from a company meeting reveals that anchor Jake Tapper accused Kilar of furthering the appearance that Zucker was forced out by Chris Cuomo. Other CNN stars echoed his claim.

Prosecutors have asked for an end to 'inappropriate' displays of affection between James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of accused Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley.

A prankster's stunt of pretending to steal number plates off light trucks almost backfired when one driver produced a weapon - only to quickly realise he was part of a set-up.

In a classified U.S. State Department email from 2016, a former U.S. diplomat warned that Hunter Biden's business dealing in Ukraine.

The vouchers will be redeemable at any hospitality or entertainment venue and are expected to be available to more than 500,000 residents.

President Biden appears to have picked up a new handshake during a trip to Queens, New York on Thursday, where he visited a public school.

Facebook removed the Convoy to DC 2022 Facebook group on Wednesday 'for repeatedly violating our policies around QAnon'. GoFundMe also removed a similar campaign.

Brittany George represented Australia on the international ski circuit from 2017 to 2020 before she broke her back - ending her dream of competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics this year.

Queensland's Chief Health Officer Dr John Gerrard is concerned by the 'disproportionate' deaths in aged care and says anyone over 40 needs a booster as our immune systems change with age.

A blue 2016 Audi R8 coupe, worth an estimated $300,000, and a black 2016 Mercedes-Benz CLA45 wagon, worth at least $50,000, have been listed for auction by Pickles.

Tyson Bottenus, 35, picked up a rare fungus while backpacking with his fiancé in Costa Rica in 2018. The fungus cannot be operated on and has proven difficult to treat with medicine

Five police officers last week swooped on Dimitri Gabriel at Queens Park in the Harbour City's east, after reports of a man being 'verbally aggressive in the park'.

The UK endured economic 'Black Thursday' as families were warned by the Bank of England they face the biggest fall in living standards since records began more than 30 years ago.

Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is to receive a payout of $9million. Cuomo was trying to secure $18 million payout - the remainder of his contract - but Jeff Zucker was refusing.

Novak Djokovic has held a press conference in his home city of Belgrade, Serbia with the nation's president, and has vowed to tell all about his visa debacle in Australia.

The historic Black Bitch pub, in Linlithgow, West Lothian, is being renamed by Greene King over fears the pub's name may be perceived to be racist.

Prince Harry, 38, dished out business advice as he spoke of importance of employers giving staff 'time to focus on themselves'. He was speaking during a virtual conference for BetterUp.

Facebook's market value plunged $237 billion Thursday, representing the biggest single-day market drop in history as its nosedive shook world markets and pulled down the Nasdaq by 3.4 per cent

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Successive governments ignored warnings about the insanity of having no long-term strategy to safeguard energy security. Now the chickens have come home to roost.

It was the first time a sneaky intruder managed to sneak inside the family's Mount Samson home in the Moreton Bay region north-west of Brisbane.

The 'breakout time' is different from the time it would take to build a nuclear weapon. Western officials think Iran hasn't figured out how to build the core of a bomb or attach it to a missile.

Federal workers went off on city commissioners Wednesday over the 'intolerable' and dangerous conditions in downtown Portland where a massive homeless camp is a 'safety risk.'

Munira Mirza was one of the PM's last remaining 'true believers' and was by his side during his London mayoralty. But she also has close personal links to Rishi Sunak.

Camrin Williams, 16, who allegedly shot an NYPD cop in the Bronx last month, is back in custody just one week after posting bail with money he received from a record deal.

A young nurse is facing serious jail time after two separate police raids uncovered bundles of cash, party drugs and a stun gun.

Courtney Trotter, 22, had her head massaged by the Prime Minister when he visited Coco's salon in south-east Melbourne on Friday.

The death, which preceded the man's leg being taken back to base and used as a drinking vessel, occurred at a Taliban compound in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, in April 2009.

The Prime Minister was widely criticised on Thursday after he supported the hardline border closure in a surprising about-face after months of calling for free movement.

The man accused of murdering 19-year-old Arnima Hayat and placing her body in a bath of hydrochloric acid was an indifferent student at school and a 'skinny kid', classmates say.

The Prime Minister wore an apron and a mask as he massaged the customer and sprayed water on her head over a basin as the salon owner gave him some tips.

Real Estate Institute of Australia has weighed into the saga of a Sydney comedian who had his rental application withdrawn after asking for a landlord reference from a previous tenant.

Kamala Harris's chief speechwriter is leaving the vice president's office, the eight departure in recent months. Kate Childs Graham is expected to leave at the end of the month.

New Zealand on the verge of breaking its daily Covid case record 12 days after recording the country's first case of Omicron community transmission. NZ is taking precautions to flatten the curve.

Speaking at a press conference on Friday, the chief health officer revealed that 253 people had died with the virus between January 28 and February 3.

A famous Australian author has revealed the strange detail that will unquestionable identify Thursday's shipwreck as Captain James Cook's famous Endeavour.

Long-time cricket star Justin Langer's coach contract faces review at a Friday board meeting between Australia Crickey directors as captain, Pat cummins, stays quiet on the topic.

A cube made from 410lbs of pure 24-karat gold was made and placed in Central Park - it is valued at about $11.7 million. It was created by German artist Niclas Castello.

Prosecutors told Sydney's Central Local Court on Friday that the Deal or No Deal host was hit with further charges.

The three-time Melbourne Cup winning jockey was on board Ethekwini for the final race at Warranambool in regional Victoria when the horse began playing up in the barriers.

Bodycam footage captured the moment Volusia County Sheriff's Office arrested 29-year-old Carlos Aguirre Rendon, of Longwood, at Deltona Middle School for kissing a student on the lips in class.

NSW Tourism Minister Stuart Ayres said on Thursday he was confident Covid restrictions banning singing and dancing would be lifted by the end of the month.

NSW recorded 10,698 cases and 31 deaths on Friday while 11,240 infections and 36 deaths were reported south of the border in Victoria..

State education ministers will meet on Friday to discuss proposed changes to major changes to history, English and maths lessons under the nationwide curriculum.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce has compared Western Australia's strict border closure to Kim Jong Un's brutal regime in North Korea.

Anti vaccine mandate protestors in Canberra are being moved by police who said they were camping illegally near the National Library. One vehicle has had to be towed.

Comments from Andrew Bailey, was paid £575,538 in the 2020-2021 financial year, raised eyebrows among campaigners who said many Britons had already struggled through years of lacklustre pay

The defence in the Ben Roberts-Smith 'trial of the century' may call a key witness who was present the day of the murder of a prisoner allegedly ordered by the decorated Australian soldier.

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that it was Congress's  fault President Biden could not fulfill his promise on immigration reform.

The Masked Singer received online criticism after featuring Rudy Giuliani, 77, on the reality program as well as controversy for Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke leaving the stage

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Plasio is reportedly considering running for Congress.

Border Patrol's El Paso department stopped 244 convicted criminals between October 2021 and January this year - a five per cent rise on the same time last year.

Alongside his grandmother, Malala Yousafzai, Kate Bush and Boadicea, the Prime Minister spoke of the impact Munira Mirza, No10's head of policy, had on him.

Prosecutors say the kids were decapitated and their bodies were shown to their younger brothers, aged 8 and 9 at the time. The children were allegedly forced to stay in their rooms without food.

Two Biden administration officials appeared to accuse reporters of swallowing foreign propaganda Thursday, as they faced probing questions about the truth of intelligence claims.

Ronald Richard Goss, 57, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his now ex-wife, Tina Davis, on Tuesday after shooting her seven times back in 2018 when she asked him for a divorce.

Dr Pieter Austin, 47, allegedly gave Michelle Gough, 40, a prescription for a drug that would kill her little girl after she visited his clinic in Western Australia's Great Southern region on January 17.

The messages between the mystery minister and former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, revealed by Network Ten, labelled the prime minister a 'horrible, horrible person'.

Members of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and the 3133rd Signal Company Special - known as the Ghost Army - is being awarded by Congress.

Byron Alberto Zelaya, 58, his son Bryant Jesus Zelaya, 31, and nephew Omar Navarrete-Sevilla, 29, were arrested practicing dentistry without a license at their filthy office in Houston, Texas.

Rapaport, 51, who has been criticizing crime in New York, began a new rant on Thursday afternoon as he took aim at those calling out Whoopi Goldberg before he got hit with a snowball.

Defence Minister Peter Dutton on Friday morning said he would rather avoid sending in troops but admitted it was an option of last resort.

Paula Guerrero was indicted Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the murder of her two-year-old son Milo Derto, who she allegedly suffocated with a pillow while he slept January 15.

Sandra Miller, 56, has been fired from Linfield Christian School in California, while her husband, Roger Miller, 55, has been suspended from his lucrative city job over their racist comments.

A recent study showing COVID restrictions did not reduce mortality rates was not covered by mainstream media outlets, with just DailyMail.com, FOX News and a handful of others reporting it.

If Ofgem's decision to hike domestic energy bills from April by almost £700 confirmed one thing for us, it should be that now, more than ever, we must rapidly work towards energy security.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: BBC Three is old-fashioned telly of the worst sort - created by the middle-aged in a patronising attempt to win the approval of the young.

Facebook's devastating earnings report marked the end of a difficult year for the company, which has been battered by whistleblower allegations, a major global service outage, and protests. 

Cleo Smith's mother has revealed the moment she realised her daughter was missing and that the four-year-old has times of 'sadness and anger' following her abduction.

U.S. special forces blew up a military helicopter after a raid in Syria that resulted in the death of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, claiming it had 'mechanical issues.'

President Joe Biden said Thursday in New York that the 2nd Amendment is not 'absolute,' as he criticized efforts to try to 'defund the police.'

An Aussie backyard inventor whose main qualification is 'a PhD in life' won over scientists and has developed a world-first Covid-19 breathalyser which does away the need for swabs.