Bret McLean, 47, (pictured) who calls himself 'Lord of Hastings' has been in a dispute with Ian Mclean, 61, and two other step-siblings, who were completely cut out of their mother's will.

Ahead of tonight's opening ceremony, the Culture Secretary was being grilled by Kay Burley in the middle of Birmingham when a pedestrian started yelling at the off-screen crew.

The 48-year-old, who had been married to journalist Sissi Tuchel (pictured) for 13 years, was granted a divorce by a judge at London's High Court last week.

The death of the British star, who narrated The Wombles and was in the film adaptation of The Railway Children, has devastated fans.

The bumper operating profit for the six months ending in June is up from £262m a year earlier.

TOM RAWSTORNE: In recent months, the Garden Court Chambers has found itself in the deeply uncomfortable position of having its progressive credentials challenged in an employment tribunal.

The 60-year-old presenter, whose salary of more than £400,000 makes her the BBC's eighth-highest earner, has quit her early morning breakfast show after nearly 20 years on air.

The poll, carried out by Opinium, found that 38 percent of Tory voters said Ms Truss is most in touch with the public's concerns, compared with just 18 percent who sided with Mr Sunak on the question.

The UK's national security adviser today warned that the West faces a 'dangerous new age' in which Russia and China are pursuing 'might is right' agendas with more deadly and advanced weapons

Reading a question on behalf of a listener, Emma Barnett (pictured) asked a former England women's footballer if she thought the nickname Lionesses should be changed.

Police in Bangladesh confirmed the family of five were found unconscious at a flat in the Osmani Nagar area of Sylhet. Cops are in discussion with doctors to determine the method of suspected poisoning.

Some 2,500 people have signed the tongue-in-cheek petition, which also wants to grant the British Prime Minister Ukrainian citizenship, since Tuesday.

Ghana buys more of Britain's second-hand clothing than any other country, but almost half of it is so low-quality it cannot be re-sold and is dumped - ending up clogging rivers and beaches.

Nicola Bolt said her three boys, 11, 10, and five, cried as they were left on the hard shoulder of the M25 near Brentwood as red ants ate them and they slept in a tent.

The Commons women and equalities committee of MPs has urged ministers to plan the rollout of a 'menopause leave' policy within a year as many women receive 'little support' with symptoms

A mechanical thrombectomy is a 'game-changing' treatment which uses a stent to remove large blood clots from the brain.

Tory leadership debate host Kate McCann has returned this evening after fainting last night in front of a stunned Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.

To start the day right, get out of bed at 7.12am and exercise for exactly 21 minutes. To feel chirpy, rather than grumpy, spend ten minutes in the shower and then take 18 minutes over breakfast

Fierce debate about the origins of the Covid pandemic was reignited today after two new studies claimed to trace the outbreak back to a notorious animal slaughter market in Wuhan.

Derek Wellington, 34, told his then-lover, Sara Cassidy, 33: 'I'm going to park my lorry in your living room' as he drove into her property in East Kilbridge, Lanarkshire, about 12 miles south of Glasgow.

The Lionesses returned to their hotel today after their stunning 4-0 win over Sweden to reach the final of the women's Euros. Pictured: Goalkeeper Ellie Roebuck leaving the squad's hotel In Sheffield

The England stars have been staying at the The Lensbury Resort during the tournament, as the London-based hotel is experienced in hosting elite sports teams.

The country should get an extra bank holiday if England women's national football team win in the Euros final, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.

RICHARD EDEN: Blazes caused millions of pounds worth of damage, yet one of fashion's celebrated designers thought it would be the perfect time to light a bonfire at her wild birthday party.

Sumera Haq, 37, was eight months' pregnant when she contracted the virus. She was rushed to a Leytonstone maternity clinic, before being transferred to a medical clinic two days later.

Eight fire engines were called to the historic country house in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, at around 3.35pm and remain on scene this evening.

The fast food giant has claimed that it could no longer protect customers from the soaring costs caused by rising inflation hitting the cost of produce, energy, fuel and wages.

Katie Glass has discovered new trend of rosé vodkas for the summer. Comte De Grasse launched 06 Vodka rosé this week in UK store Harvey Nichols.

Britain's 'Summer of discontent' is set to continue next month after the Aslef union announced train drivers will go on strike on August 13, potentially ruining the journeys of thousands.

Boris Johnson might be quitting as British prime minister, but he could make an instant return to frontline politics if the people of Ukraine get their way.

The gang of three would-be robbers attempted to break in to the home belonging to Georgia Stanway's relatives - but where scared away by a family member who had stayed at home in Barrow.

A report by the Commons defence committee said Russia's invasion and the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, demonstrated the UK was 'manifestly not prepared for major international crises'.

By prioritising trade with countries across the Commonwealth, she said economic and security ties would be strengthened - and British businesses would receive a major boost

UK-based Margaret's tips include using a stainless steel file to remove dead skin and using a moisturiser every day.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Tory pessimism is overdone. There is actually a good reason for downcast Conservatives to feel quietly optimistic. I am speaking of Sir Keir Starmer.

Meghan Markle's lawyers have argued that her saying she 'grew up as an only child' was not meant to be an 'objective fact' but a 'subjective statement' about her feelings.

Louise Atkinson was a keen runner, trained regularly and was a familiar figure around the streets of Ripon where she would go jogging and cycling.

The former chancellor (pictured) will create new laws to target members of child sex abuse rings and set up emergency task forces in towns and cities where they have taken hold

RISHI SUNAK: I wouldn't think twice about walking to the shops at night yet my wife and daughters would hesitate because of the threat posed by other men. That's something I am determined to change

Dinah Van Tulleken has chosen her pick of new shaping swimsuits. She says the body-shaping suits pull you in and are state-of-the-art fabrics

Liz Truss has promised she will always deliver - just like Postman Pat (pictured), notes CRAIG BROWN. Here are fifteen surprising things about the Conservative leadership candidate

British passenger William Stephen Hayes, 39, became unruly on a Virgin Atlantic flight traveling from London to Los Angeles Tuesday.

Could any other word have become such a misnomer as 'wildfire'? Fires do occur naturally in the wild, often caused by lightning discharges.

The jump in the number of non-binary officers comes as police recruitment appeared to slow down in the Government's bid to hit its target of recruiting an extra 20,000 officers by March 2023.

GERMANY 2-1 FRANCE- KATHRYN BATTE AT STADIUM MK: Germany will play England in the final of Euro 2022 at Wembley on Sunday after an 2-1 victory over France last night.

Leave It To Beaver star Tony Dow has died at 77 a day after his management team prematurely announced his death when he was still alive on Tuesday.

The Tory leadership contender also outlined plans for a national domestic abuse register as she admitted all politicians needed to 'do more'.

Sam Tarry turned up at London's Euston station 'in solidarity' with the 40,000 RMT members who have shut down at least half of Britain's rail network today, with more planned for August.

Mr Sunak previously repeatedly refused to match rival Liz Truss on cutting taxes, making a point of insisting such cuts must wait until inflation - currently at 9.4 per cent in Britain - is curbed.

JANET STREET-PORTER: Whatever the result on Sunday - and we'll be praying for victory like mad - the Lionesses have become huge stars and role models for girls across the country

Mother-of-three Keita Mullen (pictured), 30, was hit by a car while crossing a road with another pedestrian in the Bawtry area of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, in the early hours of Sunday.

Throughout the latest instalment of the ITV2 dating show, more than 5,000 complaints have so far been registered with the UK's media regulator.

PC Joann Jinks (pictured), 40, was a serving officer at West Mercia Police at the time the messages were allegedly sent in June 2020.

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have sequenced ancient genomes from herpes - the virus that commonly causes lip sores.

Protesters who stormed a library drag queen story hour in Reading have vowed to target future performances and hinted at further action by declaring the 'first phase' was done.

Fares Maatou, 14, died after being confronted and stabbed by the two teens on Barking Road in Canning Town, east London , on Friday 23 April last year.

Charles Hobbs, 38, (pictured) from Plymouth, has been accused of telling the woman spirits he was communicating with were telling him to attack her. He denies the charges.

The family of Archie Battersbee will file an urgent application to the Supreme Court after the Court of Appeal controversially prevented them for taking their case to the United Nations.

Love Island has been hit with more than 1,500 Ofcom complaints about 'misogynistic behaviour and bullying' after the Snog, Marry, Pie challenge.

Millionaire Stephen Bett, 69, has been accused of taking revenge on neighbours by John Turner (pictured), 50, for building an 8ft hay wall blocking his mother's views of Mr Bett's Norfolk meadow.

The rare horse-drawn carriage was used in Wareham, Dorset, from the mid 19th-century, largely by visitors to the picturesque coastal town.

A gigantic marquee has gone up close to the magnificent Georgian-built Daylesford House in the Cotswolds with a heart-shaped orchard also nearby on the 1,500-acre estate.

EXCLUSIVE: This website has put damning NHS England data into a handy searchable tool, allowing you to see exactly how your hospital is faring in tackling the Covid-fuelled pressures.

President Joe Biden tested negative for covid and is being released from isolation. He will speak in the Rose Garden of the White House at 11:30 a.m.

Locals fear the fast-growing plant which has taken root in Brickfields Park, Worcester, will decrease the value of their homes, and say the council has ignored their pleas for help.

The victim of the attack expressed outrage as he witnessed two men verbally abuse a homeless man. The victim was then pursued down the street in Cheadle while one of the men hurled abuse at him.

An Uber eats driver had just picked up an order in store when she accidentally put the vehicle into drive instead of reverse, sending staff in a Queensland kebab shop running for cover.

The Federal Reserve will release its newest policy statement on Wednesday afternoon, and is expected to hike its key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points to battle high inflation. 

RMT boss Mick Lynch defended his deputy Eddie Dempsey this morning after it emerged he lived in a London council flat despite receiving a six figure sum in salary and contributions.

Alex Britez, 39, who appeared on the seventh series of the hit BBC show in 2011, is being sued by David and Isabel O'Brien over a passageway between their homes in Westwood Park.

SHOPPING: Sand & Sky's new Oil Control Clearing Moisturiser sets to eliminate oily skin and calm inflammation, revealing skin clear of imperfections. And we have 15 per cent off.

SHOPPING: Scores of shoppers have added the BeLuring V Neck Pleated Tunic Top to their shopping bags, confirming it 'hides all the lumps and bumps', raving how it's lightweight for hot summer dressing.

In a leaked fines list doing the rounds on social media, which Sportsmail understands to be at least 12 months old, being late to the training pitch proved to be a very expensive exercise.

After Prolonged Grief Disorder was recognised in the US, Marie Curie Bereavement Services Manager, Jane Murray told FEMAIL how to identify the condition in a bereaved loved one.

To report an inaccuracy, please email corrections @mailonline.co.uk. To make a formal complaint under IPSO rules please go to www.mailonline .co.uk/readerseditor.

James Gilliar, a British business associate of Hunter Biden, has twice referenced 'the big guy', it emerged on Wednesday. In May 2017 it was in an opaque email; in Oct 2020 it was in a text message.

Rafiqul Islam, who is in his 50s, and Michael Islam, 16, were found dead in a rented flat locked from the inside in the Tajpur area of Sylhet on Tuesday.

Writing on its social media page, the Coastal Defence Museum said: 'Our guests are kindly requested… how can we put it… no ars amandi [the art of love] in the museum, please!'

Matthew Eakin 'did not waste one second of his life' his family said in an emotional statement on Thursday, as jaw-dropping photos of his final adventure on the world's deadliest mountain show.

A family is suing a Sesame Street-themed amusement park for $25m over claims of racial discrimination, alleging multiple costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old Black girl during an event last month.

Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro will give evidence before a parliamentary inquiry investigating how he landed a taxpayer-funded trade job in New York.

Russian troops stationed on the west bank of Ukraine's Dnipro River in the city of Kherson are now isolated from the rest of its territory on the east bank after Kyiv blew up three bridges.

The small, single-engine Cessna 150 crashed into Puget Sound just off Seattle's Alki Beach Tuesday afternoon at around 4.20pm.

Colmont School in Kilmore, Victoria, suddenly announced on Wednesday night that it is going into administration and will close on Friday.

Eddie McGuire says it's time Australians consider other forms of travel amidst the chaos at airports - as Qantas cuts more flights from its schedule.

JobSeeker benefits are going up by another $25.10 a fortnight in September on top of the $13.20 increase in March to compensate for inflation surging at the fastest pace in two decades.

The two Jack Russells belonging to David Grimes, 86, from Penwhaupell in the North Burnett, helped searchers locate him after he was missing for two days in harsh conditions.

Peta Credlin has slammed the Manly Sea Eagles management and accused them of betraying their own push for inclusion.

Rozalia Spadafora's family expressed their frustration at being denied answers over how the five-year-old died in a Canberra hospital waiting for medical transport to Sydney.

Offshore miners, meat and transport workers are among those who will be getting a hefty pay rise in coming months but only in places where their unions negotiated deals for wages to keep pace with inflation.

Geoff Vezey, 52, was the assistant principal at Melbourne's Blackburn High School when he accompanied 17 children and a teacher to Europe on an excursion where a teen tragically died.

Celebrity fitness favourite F45 has seen shares plummet by 60 per cent, with its Australian CEO since stepping down.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska's have raised eyebrows after appearing in a glossy photoshoot for US Vogue.

Victoria Police released the image of the skull in a renewed effort to identify male skeletal remains found 16 years ago in Melbourne. The bones were located in Ferny Creek on March 18, 2006.

The Gold Coast businesswoman has no regrets about her surprise impulse buy, despite having never lived in the investment property at Currumbin.

Residents from Canterbury-Bankstown, in Sydney's inner west, shared shocking photos and videos of recycling and rubbish bins being tipped into the same truck on social media.

Simone Strobel, 25, went missing near a Lismore caravan park before her decomposing body was found six days later.

The Adelaide woman pleaded guilty to two counts of assault causing harm in relation to the ugly incident which later escalated into a wild brawl at a Glenelg pool hall.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stepped down from his job as a law lecturer at George Washington University's as controversy over the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade rumbles on.

A Chinese community leader accused of making a $37,000 donation as a way to interfere with Australian politics on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party has been ordered to stand trial.

Jared Kushner alleges in his new memoir 'Breaking History: A White House Memoir' that former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly once 'shoved' Ivanka Trump.

Eric Trump was pictured back at the grind at his office and his half-sister Tiffany Trump was photographed separately out with Marla Maples, and Michael Boulos in New York City.

A 28-year-old mother was shocked when she was diagnosed with arthritis that caused a 'bird's beak' bone spur on her spine, leaving her in severe pain and with doctors warning against having more kids.

Monique Ryan defeated former treasurer Josh Frydenberg in the seat of Kooyong, in southeast Melbourne, at the May 21 election as on of the seven 'teal' independents elected on climate change policy.

The move by Senate president Sue Lines to scrap the Lord's Prayer, said at the start of each sitting day in the chamber, was labelled as 'idiotic' and 'silly' by commentator Joe Hildebrand.

About 100 workers in Melbourne belonging to The Municipal and Utilities Workers Union are refusing to collect rubbish from 5am Thursday.

Australia's Chief Medical Officer declared monkeypox an 'incident of national significance'. Two vaccines against the virus have now been recommended.

Ben Chisholm, 22, who has been missing on Queensland's Magnetic Island since July 13, may have left the island on a small yellow boat that has since disappeared.

JayDaYoungan, 24, whose real name is Javorius Scott, was shot outside the home in Bogalusa, alongside a male relative, Kenyatta Scott Sr., police confirmed

Donald Trump and his wife Melania were in Manhattan on Wednesday night for the launch party celebrating the controversial Saudi-backed LIV golf tournament.

Blinken confirmed the deal also included freeing former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who was arrested in Moscow in 2018 on espionage charges, and sentenced to 16 years in Russian prison in 2020

Gas prices in Europe are near records levels which is having a knock-on effect in the UK - with experts predicting the average household will be paying £500 per month for energy by January.

Treasury is now expecting headline inflation to hit 7.75 per cent by the end of 2022, the highest since the March quarter of 1990.

The body of Sydney mountaineer Matthew Eakin has been retrieved from K2 in the Himalayas after he fell during a difficult descent on the world's second-highest mountain.

Lightfoot's SUVs have since February 2020 been involved in at least eight incidents, and since May 2021 received three speed camera tickets and two warnings, plus a red light ticket.

Five teenagers and one 12-year-old were charged for allegedly driving a stolen BMW into a Brisbane home. A resident in the home was treated in hospital following the crash.

Despite the doom and gloom of the latest economic data, ABC's Alan Kohler is confident interest rates will stay below 3 per cent - and says the RBA will be slashing loan rates again within months.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers is preparing to deliver his first statement on the economic outlook to federal parliament, where he'll reveal the economic pain he has alluded to.

Bob Katter has claimed Christianity is under attack in Australia and likened the Manly players boycotting an NRL match over rainbow jerseys to Jews in Nazi Germany.

A Melbourne police officer has given evidence at an inquest into the death of Gabriel Messo, shot in the chest three times by her colleague at Gladstone Park's John Coutts Reserve in July 2020.

Hundreds of customers have queued outside a Chinese bank in Sydney's CBD this week - after the Communist government froze five institutions over stealing people's money.

Weinberg, who wrote 11 episodes over the course of the Scrubs' first six seasons, allegedly targeted young women in public places under the guise of being a photographer

Western Australia Police unveiled the robot named 'Spot' at a media event this week, revealing it will join the Tactical Response Group tasked with investigating and disarming explosives.

Britney Spears will not be forced to undergo a grilling by lawyers for her father, who she's battling over his handling of her 13-year conservatorship, a judge ordered today.

Stargazers are in for a treat this week as a trio of meteor showers are set to light up Australian skies, with the first one illuminating the east coast from Thursday night between 8-11pm.

JoJo Siwa finally spoke out about her claim that Candace Cameron Bure was the 'rudest celebrity' she had ever met, a day after Bure said the two reconciled over the phone.

The first ever Greens MP for Brisbane made his first speech in Parliament on Wednesday and teared up describing his teenage years as a gay man in minimum wage jobs, vowing to serve his seat.

CDC data updated on Wednesday showed 1,048 new cases in 24 hours, meaning that the United States has surged past Spain to become the monkeypox capital of the world.

Jamie's attorney last month called for the Grammy-winning singer, 40, to be deposed over the 'incendiary allegations of various factual matters' that she had made.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton joined Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a Cancer Council morning tea on Thursday in Parliament House, having foregone masks all week.

A former college swimmer who competed against Lia Thomas has told of her 'extreme discomfort' at changing next to the transgender athlete because of Thomas's 'different parts.'

A customer in his 30s who died following a suspected 'robbery' at luxury jewellery store in York.

Chris Cuomo, who was fird from CNN last year, will reportedly earn only a fraction of his old salary at his new job at NewsNation, a cable TV channel with a small audience.

Pauline Hanson has fired back at a woman who criticised her walk-out during the Senate's welcome to country acknowledgment on social media by giving her a basic spelling lesson. 

The firm's founder Tobias Lütke wrote that he had expected the pandemic-fuelled surge in online spending to continue - but admitted he had 'got it wrong' after the company's shares plummeted.

Wholesale gas prices surged yesterday after Vladimir Putin's regime halved supplies to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, in what Germany condemned as a 'duplicitous game'.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Desperate to be heard over the din of the Tory leadership contest, Sir Keir Starmer has sought to portray the Government as riven with dissent and petty infighting

Gardening (stock image) really can reduce the risk of dementia as the exercise involved may keep the brain healthy, a study has found.

Timothy Fehring, 15, died on July 28, 2019, while on a European excursion with 16 classmates and two teachers from Melbourne's Blackburn High School. One teacher, Geoff Vezey died last April.

Detectives have released an image of a man they want to speak to about a brutal attack on a Victorian father who was shot and stabbed in his own home with his kids nearby.

Pauline Hanson was branded racist by Greens senator Lidia Thorpe, but she has now won backing from new senator Jacinta Price, who said the ceremonies had reached the point of overkill.

Meta on Wednesday reported revenue of $28.82 billion for the second quarter, a 1 percent decline from a year ago and less than Wall Street analysts had expected.

Mick Whelan, boss of train drivers' union Aslef, said workers for nine operators will strike on August 13. An Aslef source confirmed that 'he's on leave abroad' and would not be returning to his desk until today

Joe Manchin said Wednesday he has a deal with Democratic leadership on a bill that would cut inflation and include an energy policy after he previously scuttled Joe Biden's green agenda.

Cassidy Hutchinson, the break-out star of the January 6 hearings, is also cooperating with the Department of Justice's investigation surrounding the Capitol attack.

The FBI on Wednesday filed a warrant seeking access to Nicholas Roske's gmail, Reddit and Discord accounts, claiming that he used them to discuss ways to murder the Supreme Court justice.

BBC radio presenters could soon be paid by the Corporation's for-profit commercial outfit in order to keep their salaries secret, provoking a pay secrecy row

California and New York are the top two spots for Chinese buyers in the US, followed by Indiana and Florida tied for third. Chinese buyers spent a total of $6.1billion on US property.

Tobias Moran, the former boyfriend of German backpacker Simone Strobel, has been extradited to NSW and charged with murder 17 years after she was killed in northern NSW.

George Pierre Tanios, 40, initially charged with assaulting an officer who died after defending the U.S. Capitol, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses that could allow him to avoid more jail time.