Screenwriter Russell T Davies said all the gay characters in his upcoming Channel 4 drama It's A Sin are played by gay actors because it is the only way to ensure an authentic portrayal.

The Manchester United and England footballer was responding to an outraged mother who slammed a 10-day hamper she estimated cost £5.22.

Morrisons said it would ban shoppers who refused to wear a mask without a medical reason in its UK stores, while Sainsbury's said guards would 'challenge' flouters.

MOLLY KINGSLEY: Teacher's noble intentions are being betrayed by the actions of their unions. This is devastating for millions of children in lockdown; and poorer children will be worst hit.

HELEN THOMSON: As well as slowing down, certain other memory skills shift to a lower gear with age. Multi-tasking, for instance, becomes more difficult.

Chilling footage shows the 42-year-old woman, whose first name is Hanifah, coughing and on oxygen in ICU at Croydon University Hospital in south London.

Kit Malthouse also accused the public of 'searching for the loopholes in the law' and ignoring the 'spirit' of them by flouting the third national lockdown.

From 4am on Friday, those arriving in England - including UK nationals - will have to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure. Pictured: Chloe Ferry in Dubai.

Blizzard conditions are expected to strike from the early hours of tomorrow morning until Thursday night across Scotland and northern England - while freezing rain is possible.

Ministers have refused to rule out tougher lockdown restrictions for England, but national testing data shows that infections appear to be levelling off in recent days amid a national lockdown.

Israel has raced ahead by squeezing every last dose out of its vaccine supplies and using its efficient health system to launch a round-the-clock immunisation drive with military help.

Sir Richard Branson's mother Eve has died from coronavirus at the age of 96, he has revealed, as he paid tribute to the woman who 'taught him the value of hard work'.

The UK Home Secretary will scrap the presumption against releasing suspected offenders on pre-charge bail introduced by Theresa May and implemented in 2017.

Carolyn Durand and Omid Scobie, authors of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's biography Finding Freedom, spoke to Grazia and claimed move to LA has brought difficult changes for the couple.

Fresh fruit, vegetables and chilled meat are among the affected products as many food suppliers face delays on getting goods into Northern Ireland because of new post-Brexit trade arrangements.

EXCLUSIVE: British food and lifestyle writer Sam Rice created the Midlife Method after noticing weight around her middle once she hit her 40s. She shares an extract with Femail.

A petition demanding the Government close nurseries has reached 90,000 signatures as Boris Johnson said more restrictions are being considered to combat a surge in Covid cases.

James Evans, 21, scooped the top 'Set For Life' prize of £10,000 a month for 30 years on the National Lottery back in December, but couldn't bring himself to reveal the 'shock' win to his friends.

It is reported that a Cabinet subcommittee known as 'Covid O' discussed limiting collection services to just supermarkets.

More than 80,000 medics and volunteers will operate from 2,700 centres across the UK to inoculate 32 million Britons within 16 weeks, and the taskforce could swell to 300,000.

Data from the British Gut Project, headed up by Tim Spector, a professor at King's College London, shows the number one factor for a healthy microbiome is eating different plants.

Footage from Dutch TV showed the border officials confiscating sandwiches and other foodstuffs from drivers entering the Netherlands from the UK after Brexit.

Jack Reed, who can finally be named after a bid to keep his identity secret was rejected yesterday, amassed a horrifying library of neo-Nazi propaganda.

Viking Beard Company tweeted on 4th January apologising to their EU customers that Brexit meant they'd no longer be able to ship retail orders due to paperwork and custom costs.

Ivanka Trump is worried that her 'promising political career is in jeopardy' and is doing 'whatever she can to save her reputation,' DailyMail.com can reveal.

Leading members of the Sage scientific advisory panel want the measure raised from 'one metre plus' to 'two metres plus', in practice changing the limit to three metres - nearly 10ft.

Police received reports of a shooting outside a Farmfoods shop in Mexborough, Doncaster, just before 5pm this evening. Onlookers described scenes of 'chaos'.

EXCLUSIVE Exeter City Council set up a task group after the BLM protests to decide whether a statue of General Sir Redvers Buller should be moved from its prominent position in the city.

A drug used to treat osteoporosis could halve the number of hip replacement re-operations. Scientists have discovered the drug denosumab could help protect the hip bone.

The raids took place in the province of Malaga located in the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia, according to a report by the Spanish Civil Guard on December 29.

Data from the British Retail Consortium and accountants KPMG shows 47.8 per cent of non-food items were bough online in December as experts say Covid meant 2020 was worst on record for growth

Glasgow University study found spirit drinkers were at increased risk of death and major cardiovascular events compared to those who drink wine and found similar risks for beer and cider drinkers.

Monika Buttling-Smith, 33, found the longbow arrowhead downstream from the Tower of London and believes it became dislodged from the mud that preserved it.

At Christmas 2019, for the first time in two years, Claire Aylott ate a solid meal. The problem was pancreatitis, a condition that affects more than 40,000 people in the UK each year.

A married person who earns less than the £12,500 income tax threshold can transfer £1,250 of their personal allowance to their spouse, reducing their tax bill by up to £250 a year.

My first appearance on the long-running Paul Daniels Magic Show was all the more memorable for the prank Paul played on me during rehearsals for the infamous 'sawing-a-woman-in-half' illusion.

Relatives are angry that seemingly healthy executives - one of whom is just 40 - have received their jab while their loved ones remain at risk.

Darcy Pell, 31, who lives in Featherstone, said he was 'not a hero' but 'just saw a dog in need' when he took the plunge in Pontefract Park, West Yorkshire, on Saturday.

DR ADBUL-GHAALIQ LALKHEN: The brain itself changes when an individual has developed chronic pain and suffered with it for a long time.

The devastating effect of Covid-19 is visible in its terrible death toll - but it has also affected millions of us in other, very different ways. Eight Covid-19 patients share their stories.

Social distancing was abandoned at FA Cup games amid wild celebrations in packed dressing rooms at Chorley and Crawley after their giant-killings over the weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: Marcia Baker, 50, was arrested in Bournemouth on Saturday for 'sitting on a park bench'. The tattoo artist is a Covid conspirator who believes virus is no worse than getting the 'sniffles'.

The Sriwijaya Air plane took off from Jakarta earlier today for Pontianak, West Kalimantan province, when it lost contact with the control room. Witnesses claim the plane hit the sea and exploded.

Speaking on HeirPod Omid Scobie said Eugenie, 30 andJack Brooksbank, 34,  have moved into the Royal Lodge in Windsor with Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson.

The short video, which was recently shared online, is taken from a news report of Prince Charles and Princess Diana's visit to Melbourne on their 1988 royal tour of Australia.

Four passengers who tested positive for coronavirus at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, have been found to have a mutant strain of the virus. Japan's health department has reported strain to WHO.

Boris Johnson was spotted wearing a hat and a face mask at the park seven miles away from Downing Street yesterday afternoon.

Bosses at Southend Hospital in Essex said there is 'high demand for oxygen' because of rising numbers of Covid-19 patients and they 'are working to manage this'.

Perplexed teachers and school governors have asked why teachers don't utilise Zoom's 'virtual background' feature - or present in front of a blank wall - to avoid any risk of privacy breaches.

The Prime Minister hailed the landmark as he visited Bristol City's Ashton Gate stadium, which has been turned into a vaccine super-centre, one of seven in England.

One in 10 schools had between 40 and 60 per cent of students attending during the first week of the new lockdown, a National Association of Headteachers poll found.

The latest mobility data has shown pedestrians, motorists and people using trains or buses are moving around more again across seven major UK cities after levels fell over Christmas.

Celtic's match against Hibernian has not been called off despite their squad being depleted by a lack of social distancing on their warm weather training camp in Dubai last week.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak raised the prospect of a Thatcher-style surge for the City as he said there were 'many good things' in the deal with the EU.

Have you started 2021 heavier than you'd like to be? Join the club - after what's been a difficult time, many people have begun the New Year fatter, less fit and more stressed than ever.

Worn-out members of the public exhausted from strict coronavirus lockdown restrictions are finding ways to break the rules - as police were accused of going after individuals rather than crowds

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg, 18, questioned the UK's 'green revolution'. She made the claim after the government approved 'poisonous' bee killing pesticide.

All villages in the Shunyi district of north-eastern Beijing with over 1.2million residents were put under isolation while officials carry out mass testing for the virus, the authorities announced today.

The new discoveries at sites in Senegal on the West coast of Africa, by Max Planck Institute researchers, are fuelling a rethink of the passage of human evolution.

Josh Denzel and Shaughna Phillips were among a number of influencers paid to promote the NHS Test and Trace service earlier this year to their social media followers.

Analysis by Edge Health suggests that the actual number of infections across England could be as high as 12.4million, the equivalent of 22 per cent of people. The official toll puts cases at 2.4million.

Researchers from the US polled more than 500 people about their sexual practices - including 163 people who suffered from so-called oropharyngeal cancer.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to have discussed the prospect of introducing tougher controls to ensure the public abide by the restrictions as the crisis continues to intensify.

Joan Collins appeared on Good Morning Britain on Monday to reassure anyone who was worried about getting the Covid vaccine. 

The concrete D-Day loading platforms, built in 1942 for use by Landing Craft Tank ahead of the invasion on the beaches of Normandy, appeared on Saturday at low tide at Stokes Bay, Gosport.

A new quiz by quizmaster Tal Garner from US-based trivia website Playbuzz challenges players to make out which random facts about the world are true and which ones are completely false.

People from around the world have shared social media snaps capturing the unique problems experienced by tall people, from struggling for leg room on the train to crouching on airplanes.

Police in Germany investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are set to interview witnesses who knew suspect Christian Brueckner.

Alex Salmond said the Scottish First Minister breached the ministerial code by meeting with him in her home, where she was told about allegations of sexual harassment.

Blanche Girouard said being single and childless at the age of 42 was a source of shame. Then she had a daughter by a sperm donor and met Anthony in France.

The revival of the man bun, which reached peak popularity in the 2010s as the 'hipster' haircut of the decade, has taken place largely out of necessity after national lockdowns forced men to skip cuts.

ANDREW PIERCE: Political history was supposed to be made today with the debut of the Government's first Press secretary Allegra Stratton. But Downing Street has postponed.

The Met Office has confirmed a Sudden Stratospheric Warming event is taking place over the Arctic, the same phenomenon which caused the 'Beast from the East' in 2018.

Tributes have been paid to restaurant owner Nowab Miah who has died after being critically injured during a carjacking in Stockport prompting police to launch a murder investigation.

Fresh fears over rule-breaking has prompted ministers to ask local authorities to limit the number of people allowed into supermarkets as stores not following Covid guidelines may be shut.

Super organised teacher Katie Lolas, from Sydney, said frozen meals can taste just as 'delicious as when it was first cooked' when stored correctly

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Thousands of people living in the zones, which cover large sections of London, the south east and Leeds, are only getting limited deliveries.

Bogdan Grygorenko, 33, who is originally from Kiev, Ukraine, and is now living in Canada, was left in awe when he discovered a portrait of his mother Olena, 56, in a 34-year-old roll of film.

An Australian Open qualifying match has stopped after players Denis Kudla and Francisco Cerundolo returned COVID-19 positive tests. Both players are now in hotel quarantine.

David Adam Gray attacked store manager Ricky Jones with a brick in a Spar supermarket on Anglesey in December after the 34-year-old Llangefni man was told he was barred from the shop.

Lisa Montgomery, from Kansas, killed an expectant mother in Missouri, cut a baby from her womb and passed off the newborn as her own in 2004.

Capitol police have briefed House Democrats on three more plots to attack the US Capitol over the coming days, as the as FBI warns of armed protests in ALL 50 states if Trump is removed.

Labour has demanded the government 'sorts out' a 24/7 operation despite No10 claiming there is no 'clamour' for appointments after 8pm.

Famously tolerant of cannabis use, the Netherlands is also a seen as a 'gateway for South American cocaine' and an 'ideal environment' for the worldwide drugs trade.

Australia's state government and infectious diseases experts have divided themselves into two broad factions when it comes to Covid. One side wants restrictions we can live with.

Fairfield City Commander Detective Superintendent Glen Fitzgerald said police were investigating whether Amar Kettule's killing was linked to gang wars in the area.

Woolworths is recalling its home brand coleslaw in 110g, 250g, 400g and 800g sizes with use by dates from January 12 to January 21, fearing it will cause salmonella poisoning.

Ken Morgans, 76, died at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital last week. His family said: 'It is real and it's really disappointing and frustrating that people think it isn't.'

The acting prime minister, who is filling in while Scott Morrison takes a week of leave, came under fire on Monday and caused further outrage with comments about protesters today.

Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) issued an emergency warning for a blaze in Bibra Lake, south of Perth, causing hundreds to flee the Adventure World theme park.

Conspiracy theories suggesting that Left-wing agitators were behind Wednesday's chaos at the Capitol have been embraced by the president, who was too busy watching TV to help.

Jason Pye was due to face court next week charged with stealing the $6,500 scooter from Ultimo, inner Sydney, but succumbed to spine cancer on Sunday.

Experts fear at least another 25,000 deaths are already baked into the figures because of infections that occurred in December. And cases will not peak until January, triggering more fatalities.

Damien Ryan, 50, has been banned from teaching for life after parents from Saint Pius X Catholic High School in Rotherham, South Yorks, reported his inappropriate YouTube channel.

'Soho Karen' Miya Ponsetto, 22, finally offered an apology for assaulting 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr at the Arlo hotel last month, but his family says it's not 'genuine.'

Jacob Angeli Chansley, 33, is one of the MAGA rioters who turned himself in to the FBI for his part in storming the Capitol building last Wednesday. He appeared by video link in a Phoenix court Monday

Rep. Tim Ryan, who chairs a House panel probing last week's events, confirmed on Monday that two officers with the Capitol Police have been suspended for joking around with rioters.

The Australian Grand Prix will be delayed by eight months as coronavirus puts the brakes on the iconic car racing event.  

Two of the banks Donald Trump does business with are pulling away from him. Deutsche Bank AG will not do any further business with Trump or his company. Trump still owes $340 million in loans.

As of Monday, a whopping 129,748 Americans are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus, including tens of thousands in the ICU.

Elle Coonan claims she was approached by the Hawthorn ruckman back in June 2020 via her Instagram page, and said the conversation quickly turned sexual.

CNN's Don lemon called the President a huge snowflake as he took aim at Trump campaign spokesperson Hogan Gidley after he praised his boss for his manliness.

Mr Houston sported activewear as he hit the beachfront boardwalk in Bondi with the family puppy Lido.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has finally changed his tune and announced Monday he'll reopen the New York's economy soon because the cost of remaining on lockdown is 'too high'.

CEO John Matze spoke out after Parler went offline at 3am EST when Amazon booted it from its web hosting app. On Monday it moved its domain name to right-wing web-hosting firm Epik.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blasted 'wokeness' during a speech on the broadcaster Voice of America. Pompeo made the address to VOA staff which was broadcast live on the network.

Anyone who visited the Groomsmen Barbershop at Warriewood Square on January 6 between 11.30am and 12pm must immediately get tested and isolate until a negative result is received.

Jayapal, who represents Washington's 7th Congressional District, revealed her diagnosis in a tweet on Monday night, blaming her political adversaries for the infection.

Narelle Fiona Smith, 46, was arrested by officers at a unit block in Sydney's east and charged over the death of 77-year-old Peter McCarthy.

Sen. Sherrod Brown claimed he witnessed Graham's dramatic outburst as 75 senators huddled together in a room with their staffers amid the attack in Washington, DC last Wednesday.

Twitter has removed more than 70,000 accounts related to the QAnon conspiracy theory since Friday, the company announced Monday.

Lara Robertson woke up to the anguished whelps of her Cavoodle at 11.30pm Monday night in her Lake Macquarie home in New South Wales.

An Australian businessman dubbed Candyman 2.0 who flaunts bikini clad women and sports cars on social media has been charged with dangerous driving at a car meet.

John Matze, the CEO of Parler (left) said that he fears for his life after tech companies closed his app down on Monday for promoting unrest. Parler's chief policy officer said the move was Orwellian.

The popular transport of choice for tradies will be transformed into unmarked speed camera vehicles by the New South Wales government.

An alleged fraudster has been ruthlessly mocked online after police posted a photo of 'shocking' counterfeit notes that were seized during his arrest.

Attorneys for MAGA rioter Adam Johnson, 36, who was released from jail Monday after posting $25,000 bail, say he was in DC to 'witness a little bit of history' and was not part of a coup.

It was no Great White Shark that terrorized Adelaide's Henley Beach yesterday, more of a jolly green giant.

'How come you're allowed to sit on a bench but I'm not?'

The video, uploaded by to YouTube on Sunday, shows the cyclist in full lycra gear out for a ride in the fresh Australian morning air - but the roo has other ideas.

Over the past few weeks, Mr McGowan has called for Sydney to go into lockdown to eliminate the spread of Covid-19 - but the NSW government is taking a balanced approach.

Kim Holloway, 56, has spent most of his working life as a mechanical fitter, but has struggled to find employment after recently returning to his New Zealand hometown Gisborne.

Hiroyuki Kikuchi is the sole survivor of a catastrophic fire that ripped through a townhouse in Tulloch Grove in Glen Waverley in Melbourne's eastern suburbs at about 1.40am on Sunday.

Luo Lili, 34, who had rubbed shoulders with the likes of Hillary Clinton and Rita Ora, reportedly jumped to her and her young child's death after suffering post-natal depression.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has shot down an offer made by state-owned China State Construction Engineering Corporation to acquire Australian-based company Probuild.  

A one-time Mormon bishop from the Blue Mountains has been charged with allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to a child after a tipster claimed he lied about his age on Pinterest.

Stephanie Browitt, 24, was touring the island with her 21-year-old sister Krystal and their father Paul when a volcano erupted off the coast of New Zealand on December 9, 2019. Only she survived.

Holidaymakers found themselves trapped in Queensland when Victorian Premier Dan Andrews closed the border to NSW, and are instead making a risky overland crossing around it.

A hot-headed driver has blasted a cyclist for being in the wrong lane in Melbourne traffic - except the law supports the rider.

A teenager has admitted to raping the four-year-old daughter of a family friend who visited his house in the Northern Territory. 

A 24-year-old woman from Queensland has been accused of a perverted sexual act with her pet dog, after police say they found depraved photos of the alleged act on her phone.

McIver's Ladies Baths in Coogee, in Sydney's east, updated the policy on its website, sparking a litany of furious comments online that forced a partial backtrack.

Jacob Steven Donn sobbed as he was refused bail in Dubbo Local Court on Tuesday, a week after the car he was allegedly driving hit Sheldon, 6, and Shane Shorey, 7, in central western NSW.

There's a 'reluctance' to move on a free camper at Ellis Beach. Far North Queensland, who looks have put down roots near oceanfront bungalows.

AG Karl Racine said his office is investigating last week's breach of the Capitol and is weighing whether he could bring charges against Trump and others.

Experts writing for The Washington Post say the people who have been arrested in connection with the riot may use Trump s encouragement to try to get lesser sentences or have the charges dropped.

Stephanie Goddu, 35, allegedly ordered a driver from the ride-share service to pick up her little girl from their home in Manchester last Monday morning.

NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer highlighted glaring issues in the city's process to sign up for a vaccine appointment after the state dramatically loosened eligibility requirements.

Sydneysiders heading down to the white sand beaches of Booderee National Park for a summer getaway are being turned around and sent home.

A disgruntled worker at the State Department changed the biographies of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in a 'prank'. Dates on a webpage were altered.

Australia had its deadliest year for shark attacks in 2020 where eight people died - compared to no deaths in 2019 - which has beachgoers in Western Australia too fearful to swim far out.

One Australian state is set to take the lead in raising the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 - and the rest of the country could follow. 

Mike Pence and Donald Trump reportedly did not speak in the five days following Wednesday's riots, but on Monday they appeared to bury the hatchet at an Oval Office meeting.

Masks were made mandatory and home gatherings were limited to five visitors after an outbreak on the Northern Beaches of Sydney was identified on 16 December.

Chris Dawson has been granted permission to move from his huge 4 bedroom Sunshine Coast QLD house to a 2 bedroom unit as he awaits trial for the disappearance of his wife Lyn.

A man armed with a gun is on the run after he stormed an animal shelter in Melbourne's southeast and threatened a worker.

Former Attorney Gen. Bill Barr and White House counsel Pat Cipollone have counseled President Trump not to seek to execute a self-pardon, as Trump has been warned of potential civil liability.

Australia in 2020 became a tale of two countries, for tenants at least, with rents diving in Sydney and Melbourne but surging dramatically in Darwin and Perth and rising in every other state capital city.

In the two weeks over Christmas and New Year tourism revenue was down $3billion compared with last year, according to study for the Transport and Tourism Forum released last week.