Multiple explosions could be heard late on Saturday and early on Sunday in the centre of the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, according to a Reuters reporter.

The Russian President put on a huge show of military strength with nuclear drills involving ballistic missiles, submarines and tank convoys yesterday.

Virginia Roberts said Brunel's alleged suicide 'ends another chapter', speaking just days after Prince Andrew, 62, agreed to settle her lawsuit accusing him of sex abuse.

Boris Johnson is also set to announce a timetable to end free lateral flow and PCR tests - which cost the taxpayer £2 billion a week - but not passenger locator forms for travellers.

The Prime Minister said intelligence suggests that Russia intends to launch an attack coming down from Belarus to encircle Ukraine's capital Kiev - a city with a population of 2.8 million people.

SARAH VINE: On Friday night, Lia Thomas, a transgender woman athlete, set a record for the 200-yard freestyle race in the Ivy League university swimming championships in the US.

A royal insider who revealed the secret meetings said Prince Andrew realises the seriousness of the scandal and 'the damage it has done to the monarchy.'

Justin Welby opened up about his personal experiences in the first episode of The Archbishop Interviews, new on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

PETER HITCHENS:: The film starred a sweet old great-grandma in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. She was getting lessons from soldiers in how to fight off the Russians with an AK-47 burp gun.

Prince Harry tried to keep details of his legal battle to reinstate his police protection secret from the public, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.

Not only was he said to have raped minors, Brunel also offered modelling jobs to girls as young as 12 and took them to the United States to 'farm them out to his friends, especially Epstein'.

The image of the poor husband getting a raw deal at the hands of an ex-wife when their marriage fails may seem like the stuff of sexist cliche. But men really do come off worst in most cases.

Lord Kinnock, 79, who led the Labour Party for nine years before working for the European Commission, last night spoke of his pride in his grandchild's decision.

CONTAINS SPOILERS: Wordle lovers have slammed the New York Times again over today's answer - with some saying the word 'doesn't exist' and that the it is 'just making up words now'.

Sources say the alarm was raised when Sir Nick cited classified information in a Zoom call with Government officials as long ago as June 2020.

DAVID DAVIS: If it is not careful, Downing Street risks introducing a Government-sponsored online cancel culture by the back door.

DAN HODGES: As fox-killer QC Jolyon Maugham basked in his moment of glory - it emerged that this crusader for 'truth' wasn't telling the full story about his so-called victory.

The popular arena in London's Greenwich was hard-hit by Friday's fierce winds, which hit a record 122mph, with large sections of the canvas roof being torn away.

Political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Radio 4 Today programme host Mishal Husain and newsreader Sophie Raworth are thought likely to be among four under consideration.

Wind power in Britain has significantly outpaced gas over the past week with turbine energy generation averaging 11.48 gigawatts, well above the 7.2GW for gas.

The Great Storm of October 1987 was brushed off by forecaster Michael Fish hours before it arrived. Pictured: A car crushed by a fallen tree in London.

A BBC editor has spoken of her relief at moving to America after suffering abuse covering Scottish politics - prompting a Scottish politician to call her ordeal 'imaginary woes'.

Deliveroo, Uber Eats and Royal Mail have confirmed they would shut down services in areas covered by the red warning for Storm Eunice amid safety fears as wind gusts reached 122mph today.

Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak pay the levy at their grace-and-favour residences in No11 and No10 Downing Street respectively.

Relative to the size of the storm, a sting jet is narrow, often 30 miles across, and only lasts 3 to 4 hours. But with gusts of wind sometimes exceeding 100mph, they risk causing significant damage.

Thrillseekers in the UK have been told to stay away from the coast during Storm Eunice after a girl had to be rescued from the bitterly cold waves.

Rare 'red warnings' for 100mph winds run from 7am until 12pm in the South West and 10am until 3pm in the South East with forecasters concerned over 'flying debris'.

Boris Johnson received his formal questionnaire last Friday, and the Met has given all those contacted seven days to respond.

Mr Packham, pictured, said he 'wept' after finding his dead friend, pictured, in the road near his home in the New Forest.

Lorna Hewitt, 43, and her husband Craig (pictured together), 42, were caged after being found guilty of falsely imprisoning Matthew Langley, 24, at their home in Sheffield.

Pictures show how the ferocious winds, reaching more than 75mph in London,  uprooted a huge tree just down the road from the chef's £7million mansion.

The Real Charlie Chaplin, released in cinemas today, tells the hidden story of the world's first superstar comedian, who was married four times and is alleged to have slept with over 2,000 women.

In September five judges, including the president of the UK's Supreme Court, Lord Reed, ruled on legislation protecting peaceful protests by members of Hong Kong legislative's council.

Goole residents were originally delighted when the 'It's a People Thing' campaign by the bank chose their town but were stunned when they did not recognise it. Pictured the real and fake Goole.

The Isle of Man government has been slammed for 'sexism' and 'misogyny' after telling the public Storm Eunice had 'changed her mind like most women'

Nonsuch House, a 10-bedroom 18th Century house in Westbrook, Wilts, went up in flames shortly before 7pm last night. Around 75 firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze.

Posting under the handle @mumlifechoseme, Kelsi Burns, from Yokrshire, explained that she was left frustrated after her husband refused to put her laundry away when asked.

A Swedish hitman who murdered a reality television star's brother in a tit-for-tat gang war has been handed a life sentence with a minimum term of 35 years.

The Government released guidance on Thursday aimed at helping teachers avoid 'promoting contested theories as fact' in England. Pictured: Pupils at Welbeck Primary School in Nottingham.

The actress arrived at Mayfair address Claridge's on the arm of lookalike son Damian ahead of the event, held in honour of legendary Joan's milestone.

Plans were lodged with High Peak Borough Council for a new takeaway on the site of the former Wren's Nest pub in Glossop, Derbyshire, last November causing some local concern.

British socialite Lady Victoria Hervey, 44, took to Instagram last night to continue her rant against Virginia Giuffre, wrongly claiming she lied about when she attended Naomi Campbell's birthday party.

The £950,000 Birmingham apartment was developed as part of an award-winning regeneration project that honours the site's past life as a West Midlands base for MI5.

A conwoman who stole diamonds in Mayfair worth £4.2 million by swapping them for pebbles in the biggest theft of its kind has been ordered to pay back less than £250.

Logan Davis from Lancashire was found by his older brother, while his father and step-mother were out of the house. He died four days later, a Preston Coroner's Court, pictured, heard.

Dr Christopher Woollard, 64, took the light aircraft from a Kent flight instructor in after his terminal diagnosis specifically with the intention of crashing it, an inquest heard.

JAN MOIR: The Queen told visitors this week: 'As you can see, I can't move.' Well, Ma'am, that is so very true in so very many different ways.

Leaders at Newnham College say there has been a recent spate of students selling off tickets to the events - known as 'formals' - to people from outside the college.

Harry Day, 24, and his partner Chloe Brooks, 33, were left 'humiliated' after Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth flashed blue then pink during their gender reveal party in front of 100,000 people.

Jamie Connolly said he was bullied by bosses at the Dairyman pub in Brentwood, Essex as well as being mocked for his sexuality.

Two men narrowly avoided being ploughed into by an out-of-control car that smashed into a green BT cable box right next to them on Ashmore Lake Way, Willenhall, West Midlands on January 28.

Conwoman Laura Watson, 29, left children crying after she peddled fake tickets for a holiday club offering bus excursions to the Blair Drummond Safari Park near Stirling in Scotland.

The Duke of York (pictured in Inverness in 2016) was told 'to do the right thing' and forfeit the rank amid fury over the civil sex allegation against him.

Kayleigh Pepper, 35, defrauded the Rich Foundation, set up for her brother who was stabbed to death in Hull in 2015, out of £20,000 from its launch in 2016.

The three new graphics are a modern take on the Bristol Stool Chart which has been used by UK medics since the 1990s to assess the seven types of stools.

Kiran Nasreen was diagnosed with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, which can leave women bedridden and vomiting, and told her boss, Dr Akbar Ali Malik, she was unable to work.

Shane Jessop, pictured, from Hull, admitted raping the girl in a late night attack  in September 2021. The court heard Jessop supplied the alcohol before launching his horrific attack.

A whistleblower told The Telegraph that the UK Security Vetting department is conducting interviews online using video software as officers work from home.

Heidi Mullis, 32, who was pregnant at the time, was charged with assault and using threatening behaviour towards two Border Force officers at Manchester Airport in March 2020.

British diving instructor and former RAF engineer Simon Nellist, 35 - described as a 'kind, considerate man who loved life' - died just 500ft from horrified beachgoers just east of Sydney .

Volumes surged in January driven by DIY and fuel, following a 4 per cent dive in December that was even worse than thought.

Andrew is, for the time being, one of four counsellors of state who could step in temporarily to take the Queen's place on official duties if she is unable.

A tree blew down a powerline which fell onto the kennel block at Cuckavalda Gundogs, near Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, electrifying the runs and killing 13 dogs.

ROBERT SKIDELSKY: For the UK, the combination of WFH and a four day week spells disaster. It defies common sense and reveals a lack of understanding of basic economics.

Blinken on Thursday said Russia's plans for a false flag operation could include a chemical attack on its own people as it tried to manufacture a pretext for invading Ukraine.

April Grierson, 20, from Liverpool had chronic itching in June, and doctors thought it was scabies, but after a lump later appeared on her neck, she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma.

After comforting Deacon Glover, 11, during a visit to Burnley, Prince William, 39, told the youngster he would 'see what he could do' about arranging a meeting with his football hero Nick Pope.

Double jabbed UK travellers heading to India will not need a pre-departure test or have to quarantine. Unvaccinated visitors will continue to need the former.

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Vulnerable people and over-75s are set to receive their fourth covid jabs in the coming weeks as Boris Johnson is set to declare Thursday is Covid Freedom Day with all curbs to end in England.

It is suspected the markings have been allocated for specific roles amid rising tensions over an imminent invasion, with footage showing the letters sprayed on tanks and self-propelled guns.

Boris Johnson will give an upbeat assessment as he unveil his 'Living with Covid Plan' tomorrow.

Grace Tame made headlines last week after critics uncovered a photo of the then-19-year-old with a large bong, a water pipe, commonly used to smoke cannabis. 

Australia's third richest person and passionate green energy advocate Mike Cannon-Brookes wants to buy AGL to speed up its transition away from coal.

Firefighters and riot squad officers rushed to Parklea Prison, in Sydney's west, on Sunday afternoon following reports multiple fires had been lit inside the facility.

The affected products are specific batches of the brands Elecare, Similac, and Alimentum baby formula products made in the United States and sold in Australia.

The waiting lists for organ transplants world wide could get dramatically shorter thanks to a revolutionary new procedure that makes donor organs compatible with any patient.

The female Chinese student laughed about Uyghur Muslims being held in concentration camps and dismissed the Tiananmen Square massacre as 'lies' that happened '50 years ago'.

American computer entrepreneur Ron Watkins, 34, and South African tech journalists were identified as the originators of the QAnon movement, according to two separate forensic linguistic studies.

The girl, whose identity won't be disclosed because she is a minor, was charged with solicitation for murder and booked into East Baton Rouge Juvenile Center.

In a grim update, Boris Johnson said intelligence suggests Russia intends to use forces massed on the border to launch an attack coming down from Belarus to encircle the 2.8million citizens of Kiev.

The extent of AFL star Andrew Lovett's alleged atrocities can be revealed after Daily Mail Australia was granted access to a whopping eight page prosecution summary outlining the police case.

Scott Morrison insisted Chinese tourists will return Down Under after he was asked by a reporter whether he thought his 'recent rhetoric' would deter travellers from the authoritarian nation.

Great Britain, at the final time of asking, secured the first Team GB gold medal of the Winter Olympics early today in emphatic fashion.

Danica Weeks lost her then-husband Paul when Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 mysteriously vanished on March 8, 2014 shortly after take off from Kaula Lampur.

A police helicopter pilot has lost his life after the chopper he was flying crashed into the water off Newport Beach on Saturday night. Nicholas Vella, 44, died from his injuries.

Caroline McKenna went to Dublin Airport in late January to check-in to her Sydney-bound flight. She couldn't get on the flight because her flight broker hadn't paid the airline.

By comparing lap times for the medalists at Thursday's 500-meter free, a sports analyst posited that trans UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas 'produced a controlled effort below max.'

WorkSafe Victoria launched an investigation into allegations of bullying by a former advisor to the premier of Labor MP Kaushaliya Vaghela, who hit out at Premier Daniel Andrews.

An angry Australian neighbour channelled his inner Liam Neeson threatening a dog owner keep the pet inside at night because they 'don't know what I'm capable of'.

The 36-year-old allegedly used a circular saw to amputate the leg of a 66-year-old man at Fitzgerald Park, Far North Queensland, at 4am on Saturday.

Demand for a home in the harbour city is at an all-time high as a run-down home in Bondi sells for an eye-watering $5.6 million while a unit with a bizarre clear toilet seat going for $1.5 million.

Former SAS officer Riccardo Bosi, 61, has called for the execution of several high-profile figures for their role in creating a 'pandemic hoax' as he vows to start a violent revolution across Australia.

Australian world champion rock climbing coach Stephen Mitchell, 55, has been arrested on historic child sexual assault charges after several women came forward alleging he abused them.

Phil Mickelson is supporting a new Saudi Arabian golf league - despite calling the country 'scary motherf******' to get involved with - as Trump enters talks to host the games at two of his clubs.

The come home call is being pitched as being in the national interest, with Covid restrictions having left fruit growers 6,000 people short of what is needed to harvest this year's crop.

The survey by the AFL Fans Association also revealed 70 per cent of respondents haven't attended as many matches as they would have liked due to Covid-19 crowd restrictions.

A black female student has admitted to scrawling racist graffiti over the drinking fountains at her her high school, district authorities said Friday, but she told them that it was a 'prank that went sideways.'

As fears grow of an invasion of Ukraine, the Russian military published posters of a Russian soldier saying 'Nyet' - as he is passed a phone with the TikTok logo on it.

The revelation by Santa Fe DA Mary Carmack-Altwies comes just days after the actor was hit with a wrongful death suit by Hutchins' family.

Mick Willing, who used to be the NSW Deputy Commissioner, said he was 'not really expecting' to have his contract torn up in January by his new boss, Karen Webb.

According to a friend close to Charles said that the prince knew nothing of the activities of Michael Fawcett who was caught in a 'cash-for-honours' storm relating to the heir.

The Duke of Sussex, who lives in California is eligible to continue serving his grandmother as one of her four Counsellors of State because he qualifies as being domiciled in Britain

Campaigners said that Horizon's glitches in turn ended up in bigger bonuses for top bosses, including Paula Vennells, 62, who ran the Post Office between 2012 and 2019.

Politicians and staffers desperate to kick out the Coalition still bare the scars of Bill Shorten's shock defeat after leading the polls for two years ahead of May 2019.

Official figures due out on Thursday will show the scale of the dental crisis. Patients face longer waiting times, having to go private or travel further for treatment.

Following Jean-Luc Brunel's death, former model Courtney Powell Soerensen said it is 'past time' for Andrew to 'provide justice' for the victims of Brunel and Epstein.

Brunel was known for his talent at spotting some of the biggest models in fashion history, some of whom transitioned to A-list film careers. He was called a 'brilliant' talent scout with a 'great reputation.

SHARON CHURCHER: It was the beginning of a scandal that lasted more than a decade before culminating last week when Andrew agreed to pay her a reported £12 million settlement.

The home secretary, 49, is understood to be set to introduce a law targeting anyone who gives a substance to someone without their consent 'regardless of a perpetrator's motivation'.

Lady Victoria's Twitter account was used on February 9 to send a message to Kirby Sommers, an author of books about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Diners who chose the chain's £10.55 salads were served with dough sticks - similar to the chain's famous dough balls - until last year, but now have to order them separately.

McGill will face court on Wednesday over allegedly abusing Samantha Lorraine Ford, the licensee of The Argyle bar in The Rocks on Sydney's harbourside.

The Open University's Student Association lays the blame for the OU's decision on a Free Speech Society on a social media post in support of Professor Jo Phoenix

Scott Morrison said a Chinese warship shining a laser an at Australian aircraft was an 'act of intimidation' as tensions flare between the two countries.

The lives of a prison escapee who hid on Sydney's Northern Beaches for decades and a war hero have come together in an unlikely way.

NYC subway stabbings skyrocketed by 35 percent in a year, with a Trader Joes' worker being the latest victim as Mayor Eric Adams deployed 1,000 cops to network in a bid to stomp out soaring crime.

Police allege two men drove together to a park in Innisfail in Far North Queensland before 4am on Saturday and sat under a tree. He used a saw to cut off the 66-year-old's leg below the knee.

A coroner has launched an investigation into the deaths which occurred months after apparently successful transplant surgery at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge.

A Government source said this will mean 'less disease and healthier cattle' and help 'level up' farming for those who haven't been able to afford regular vet check-ups.

A federal election must be held by May 21, so the states and territories are ramping up the pressure on the federal government for an extra $20billion in health funding.

Senior Tory Sir Iain Duncan Smith blamed the post-Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol for killing off a tax cut potentially worth £100 a year for families facing rising bills.

Nadim Zahawi has given his backing to the Countryside Alliance after the campaign group called for guidance to stop 'vegetarian activism' in some schools across the UK.

Prince Andrew and Jean-Luc Brunel, who was found dead in a French prison today, were both accused of having sex with Virginia Giuffre while she was being trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager.

International tourists touching down in Australia for the first time in two years will be greeted with vegemite and koalas as Scott Morrison declares a new phase in the nation's handling of the pandemic.

The confidential files include test results of cervical screening and letters to parents of children needing urgent surgery at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool.

Jean-Luc Brunel is thought to have been alone at the time of his death inside his cell at La Santé in Paris. Brunel is thought to have been in a single occupancy cell in the infamous prison.

The Pittsburgh Steelers named Brian Flores as their senior defensive assistant/linebackers coach on Saturday. Flores spent 15 years in a variety of roles with the New England Patriots.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was mobbed by a huge crowd (pictured) as he attended an opening ceremony for the Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm in Hamju County, in South Hamgyong province

The former rugby star was given approval for the pool at the couple's home on Princess Anne's Gatcombe Park Estate in Gloucestershire while his firm claimed furlough

Metropolitan Police officers complained they were subjected to Islamophobic abuse at their station canteen as they went to a mosque.

A controversial scene in the final episode of the medical drama - based on the book by Adam Kay - sees a medic give a concerned friend a device to check her baby's heartbeat at home.

Joy Behar has been branded a hypocrite after being photographed unmasked inside a New York City restaurant hours after insisting she'd wear one indoors indefinitely on national television.

Millions of Britons face a 'monstrous' and 'absurd' £40 billion stealth tax bombshell due to a little-noticed measure imposed by Rishi Sunak.

Lines of heavily-armed police in Ottawa dramatically thrust forward Saturday to gain yet more ground in the operation to smash the truck-protest occupation of the downtown area.

Eighteen marginal 'Red Wall' seats hit with court closures have been identified by research as targets for the Labour Party in the next general election.

Police initially assumed that Tracey Brown had taken her own life after her body was discovered at a Black Sea resort on Christmas Day, but prosecutors are examining other possibilities.

Volodymyr Zelensky told a security forum in Munich that his country deserves stronger international support after acting as a buffer against Russian expansion.

EXCLUSIVE: Speaking from her Westminster office, Ms Truss warns any Ukrainian invasion could be the precursor Vladimir Putin needs to wider land grabs in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe.

A video shows the dramatic moment Ukraine's interior minister and deputies were almost hit by a salvo of mortars which landed just 300m away from them.

Jens Stoltenberg, NATO chief, warned that the risk of an attack is 'very high', echoing US warnings that Russian troops dotted along Ukraine's border are 'uncoiling' and 'poised to strike'.

On Friday, a court heard that Harry did not 'feel safe' in Britain without the protection of Scotland Yard officers, who he believes offer superior protection to privately hired bodyguards.

Prosecutors in Paris confirmed that Jean-Luc Brunel, 74, was found hanging in his cell in La Santé, in the south of the capital city, in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Victoria has reported 4867 new Covid-19 cases and NSW has 5582 new infections. NSW Health confirmed on Sunday morning that 77 people are in ICU with the virus.

TOM BOWER: Prince Charles's fate hangs in the balance, with his smooth accession to the Throne in jeopardy. Central to this will be the testimony of his former valet.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul heaped praise Attorney General Letitia James this week, but failed to mention her probe into Andrew Cuomo that scored her the governorship.

International fares will go up by an average of five per cent each month until June, with the most significant rises between now and March, according to travel app booking company Hopper.

Twice weekly rapid antigen tests for Covid-19 in schools will end in NSW within days as the Omicron outbreak wanes and kids get vaccinated.

James Mordaunt, who is the Trade Minister's twin, told his 45,000 Twitter followers that LGBTQI+ rights have 'gone backwards' under the Tories.