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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:52:40 GMT
Covid UK: Fears economic recovery will be hit by uncertain summer
Millions of Britons have already booked holidays (pictured, Barcelona last year) ahead of the PM's announcement of the country's plan for easing restrictions.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:08:10 GMT
Teenage couple who died in fireball crash were not wearing seat-belts, inquest hears
Patrick McDonagh, 19, and his pregnant wife Shauna, 18, were killed when their silver Renault Mégane hit a coach and burst into flames in West London.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:06:13 GMT
Thousands of vulnerable patients not told to shield during Covid pandemic due to out of date records
National Audit Office found hospital records shield system relied on were weeks out of date or had missing or wrong phone numbers.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:31:51 GMT
Princess Eugenie gives birth: Queen's granddaughter has baby boy
Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie was safely delivered of a son today, 9th February 2021, at 0855hrs at The Portland Hospital. Jack Brooksbank was present.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:23:35 GMT
Waiting lists of more than a year for NHS treatment 'are here to stay'
A letter from the NHS Confederation warned the Prime Minister that healthcare unrelated to coronavirus will most likely not resume at the speed it did during the summer and autumn of last year.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:00:49 GMT
WHO investigators BACK Beijing's claim Covid did not leak from a Wuhan lab
WHO experts sent on a Covid fact-finding mission to Wuhan have said no further study is needed on theories the virus leaked from a lab, but the possibility it was imported on meat should be probed.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:39:29 GMT
'I hope she's living the life she always wanted': Shannon Matthews' best friend breaks down in tears
Megan Aldridge has spoken for the first time to Channel 5 and was visibly emotional as she described her grief at never seeing Shannon again since she was snatched in 2008.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:16:07 GMT
Aspiring lawyer, 22, was hacked to death with at least three different knives
Sven Badzak, 22, was brutally attacked by a group of men on Willesden Lane in Kilburn on Saturday. His mother Jasna, 49, said he was attacked with at least three different knives.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:09:21 GMT
MI6 is recruiting foreign-born spies
The Secret Intelligence Service plans to recruit from the 'biggest talent pool' and create a team with a 'diversification of thought ... not people who all think in similar ways', an insider said.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:05:24 GMT
FBI and Secret Service join hunt for Florida water system hacker
The hacker breached the system at the city of Oldsmar's water treatment plant in Florida last Friday using a remote access program shared by plant workers.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:05:12 GMT
British cyber gang 'stole large amounts from US sports and music stars and posed as them online' 
Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) said sports stars, musicians and their families had been targeted by the scam in which criminals gain access to their victim's phones or accounts.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:00:33 GMT
Hospital tells midwives to use terms like 'birthing parents' and 'human milk'
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust unveiled a blizzard of 'gender inclusive' phrases in a drive to stamp out 'mainstream transphobia'.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:52:14 GMT
Offensive conversations in your own home are NOT a hate crime as law reform chiefs ditch plans
The Law Commission had proposed extending hate crime laws into private houses, meaning heated dinner party conversations could have landed the hosts or guests with a police probe or even jail.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:36:25 GMT
James Blunt uses taxpayers cash to furlough 25 staff at his Chelsea gastro pub
EXCLUSIVE: Singer James Blunt has claimed taxpayers cash through the government's Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to furlough staff, despite being worth an estimated £14.5million.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:33:13 GMT
NHS breast surgeon, 57, sacked after setting patient on fire wins £65,000 in unfair dismissal claim 
Breast specialist Obi Iwuchukwu, 57, was sacked after a fire caused major burns to his patient at a Sunderland hospital. Five years later he has been awarded £65,000 for unfair dismissal.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:53:40 GMT
Donald Trump rages at his defense attorneys after 'rambling' opening speech
The Senate will move forward with its trial against Trump Wednesday after Democrats, and six Republicans, voted 56-44 Tuesday that impeaching the former president is constitutional.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:22:18 GMT
Leon Brittan's widow breaks silence over Met's 'moral failure' in child sex abuse probe
In a bombshell Mail interview, Lady Brittan breaks her silence to accuse the leaders of Britain's biggest police force of lacking a 'moral spine'.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 23:10:41 GMT
Babysitter, 29, jailed after sexually abusing toddler and sending video to paedophile lover
Paige Poole, 29, from the US, and Ross Kingsland, 44, from Exeter, met on an extreme fetish website and described each other as sharing the same 'black heart'.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:43:17 GMT
Tenants on Charles' estate are banned from buying freehold under laws 'vetted by heir to the throne'
Parts of the Duchy of Cornwall - a £1 billion portfolio of land, property and investments - are exempt from two property laws which give families the right to purchase their homes outright.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:03:54 GMT
British shoppers in Europe are left with NO custard creams due to Brexit customs chaos
Scotch whisky has sold out in Paris and custard cremes are nowhere to be found for British expats in Belgium because of Brexit red tape chaos.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:34:59 GMT
Covid EU: South Africa variant 'hotspot', Tyrol, goes into lockdown
Some 293 cases of the more contagious South African variant have been confirmed in Tyrol. More than 120 of those cases are currently active, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:33:57 GMT
Parents fume as teachers cancel Zoom lessons for pupils because of SNOW
Sue Blyth, a headteacher at Fourfields Community Primary School in Peterborough, Cambs., said parents had 'complained' after students were given time to play in the snow.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:15:15 GMT
Teenager launches knife attack on 17-year-old and lunges at him with blade
Shujaat Ali, then 19, hid a blade up his sleeve before ambushing another boy, then aged 17, as he was sat on railings with two friends by Abraham Moss Tram stop in Manchester.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:59:04 GMT
8,433 Covid deaths in England and Wales in second week of January
Office of National Statistics data shows this was 11 more fatalities than the previous week, when 8,422 succumbed to the virus. Care home residents accounted for a third of Covid deaths.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:55:58 GMT
UK lesbian mother in EU court battle as baby not given nationality
The baby girl was left without a nationality after she was born in Spain to an unnamed same-sex couple from Bulgaria and Gibraltar, and will be at the centre of a test case heard by the EU's top court.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:51:03 GMT
Coronavirus symptoms: Headache and tiredness more common than fever
Office for National Statistics testing shows that fewer than half of people testing positive for coronavirus had any symptoms at all, with cough the most common at 30% in England.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:50:03 GMT
Covid UK: Scientist says South African variant 'NOT cause for alarm'
Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, hinted that evidence from Oxford's own trials in South Africa strongly indicated the vaccine still prevents serious illness and death.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:46:01 GMT
Clarifications and corrections 
A subheadline to a comment article on January 14 about EU customs checks on UK goods said that 'lorries sweep into non-EU Switzerland without a hitch while Dutch jobsworths ...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:30:38 GMT
UK newspaper editors call on government to protect FOI Act
Boris Johnson has said he supports press freedom in Britain but an investigation has revealed that his Government operates a secretive taxpayer-funded 'Clearing House' allegedly stifling disclosure of data.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:25:34 GMT
Over-70s trying to book Covid vaccines online offered appointments up to 60 miles from home
The teething troubles came after Mr Hancock urged all over-70s in England who haven't yet had a Covid vaccine to book their own online via the NHS website.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:09:46 GMT
US Covid expert Anthony Fauci calls for double-masking to slash the spread of coronavirus
Dr Benjamin Killingley, who is advising the UK's pandemic response, said the claim was not 'grounded in lots of study' and warned it could be uncomfortable to wear two masks at the same time.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:59:16 GMT
Sadiq Khan unveils taskforce to review capital's landmarks to ensure they 'reflect diversity'
The project has come under fire from politicians concerned that London's monuments to our national past could be erased by 'unelected activists'.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:58:33 GMT
Freedom of speech fears amid Facebook Covid 'fake news' crackdown
Some of the claims that Facebook said it would be clamping down on includes unproven claims that Covid-19 is man-made or manufactured and that vaccines cause autism.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:30:38 GMT
London couple fined in Norfolk after triggering search and rescue
The pair from London left their car unattended by a Norfolk beach for four hours, causing concern amongst the emergency services with the severe weather of Storm Darcy.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:04:01 GMT
Covid UK: Vaccinated may be given scannable QR codes to allow travel
At least eight companies have been awarded UK Government grants to develop schemes that would allow users to carry digital proof that they have received an approved Covid-19 jab.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:53:41 GMT
Boris Johnson is urged to toughen border controls
Home Secretary Priti Patel is looking into the case of a passenger arriving in the UK from South Africa without receiving any checks.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:49:40 GMT
Woman claims 20 firemen raped her over two years from the age of 13 in France
The woman, now aged 25, said she was groomed by a firefighter who assisted her during an anxiety seizure in 2008.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:44:59 GMT
Police confirm Armie Hammer is not a suspect in death investigation following online rumors
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Office has told The Sun that it has 'no plans' to investigate Armie Hammer actor over the unidentified remains, which were found on January 31.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:41:28 GMT
George Eustice slams EU over barriers on live shellfish exports
Environment Secretary George Eustice insisted there is 'no legal barrier' to the trade as he demanded the European Commission behaves reasonably.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:26:29 GMT
Police issue e-fit of man wanted over rape of 12-year-old boy in Bedford
The suspect is believed to have attacked a 12-year-old boy in August 2018 after grabbing the youngster who was running towards Bromham Bridge from Bedford.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:25:41 GMT
Intelligence Corps sergeant, 42, forced himself on young private on ski trip, court martial hears
British Army intelligence expert Paul Tate allegedly demanded a 'goodnight snog,' from a younger private before backing her against a minibus and saying 'Don't make me push you to the floor.'

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:14:04 GMT
Gary Lineker is accused of 'mocking the poor' with tweet on 'taking a pay cut' from his £1.3m wage
BBC star Gary Lineker was today accused of mocking the poor after joking about his £1.3million salary over an increase to the cost of the broadcaster's licence fee.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:52:18 GMT
Elderly woman 'collapses with hypothermia' in vaccine queue as pensioners left queuing for hours
NHS Fife's chief executive has apologised after an 'entirely unacceptable,' booking error left Scottish pensioners, including some in wheelchairs, queuing in the freezing cold on Monday.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:27:09 GMT
Britain could be trapped in lockdown cycles for 'several YEARS', top SAGE scientist warns
Professor Sir Ian Boyd, from the University of St Andrews and a member of SAGE, said potentially jab-resistant strains means the UK could be stuck in a pattern of 'control and release for a long time'.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:04:44 GMT
Murder and rape suspects charged by POST
The Metropolitan Police sent letters to 2271 people informing them of charges against them from 2016 to 2019.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:58:50 GMT
Couple married for 70 years hold hands in their hospital beds before they both died of Covid
Margaret and Derek Firth, both 91, died in Trafford General Hospital last week - but had been able to see each other in the hospital before they passed away.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:42:24 GMT
EU plan to copy Australia and make big tech companies such as Google and Facebook pay for news 
The plans could require big tech companies to pay for news content as well as inform publishers about changes to how they rank news stories on their sites.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:35:21 GMT
Dave Egerton: Fomer England and Bath rugby star passes away at 59 after a short battle with Covid-19
He made 163 appearances in a decade with Bath, with the club saying on Twitter: 'We are all deeply shocked and incredibly sad to learn Dave Egerton has passed away.'

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:10:16 GMT
Cornish fishermen rebrand their catches to persuade UK customers to buy them
Fishing industry chiefs fear the names 'spider crab' and 'megrim' might be putting customers off - and want to call them Cornish King Crab and Cornish sole instead.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:54:57 GMT
Rents in London could plunge by a FIFTH
A sudden drop in the population of the UK last year has led to a huge rise in vacancy rates in the London and Midlands rental markets, according to analysis by Capital Economics.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:07:37 GMT
The Queen and Prince Charles vetted more than 1,000 laws parliamentary approval
The secretive procedure, known as Queen's Consent, has been used on at least 1,062 parliamentary bills that are of personal interest to either The Queen or Prince Charles.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:04:47 GMT
George Eustice warns EU that Britain will get tough if Brussels doesn't back down
Environment Secretary George Eustice warned yesterday that the Government could drop its 'pragmatic and sensible' approach unless Brussels backs down in a row over shellfish exports.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:01:19 GMT
Nick Kygrios blows up at female umpire in Australian Open showdown 
Nick Kyrgios hasn't taken long to lose his cool as he fights to keep his Australian Open campaign alive.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:00:31 GMT
Hoard of old photo slides left at Shetlands tip give glimpse into islands' past
An incredible hoard of old photograph slides that were saved from being dumped at a tip in Shetland give a glimpse into the islands' past and reveal how little has changed in up to 50 years.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:00:06 GMT
Storm Darcy to bring six inches of snow today with warnings until Friday
Bitter Baltic weather is continuing to bite across Britain, bringing nearly two feet of snow and the coldest night for more than a decade.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:59:24 GMT
Grant Shapps reveals his 89-year-old father is fighting for life on Covid ward
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he hasn't been able to visit his father for two months due to lockdown rules - but praised the 'incredible' NHS staff who he speaks to 'every day'.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:53:38 GMT
Is this the study that will finally END lockdown?
The Pfizer vaccine starts to immunise in as little as two weeks and is just as effective in the elderly as it is in the young, official findings will reveal in the coming days.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:53:02 GMT
WHO attacks AMERICA after Wuhan whitewash
Peter Daszak, a British-born WHO scientist probing into the origins of Covid in Wuhan, launched an attack on the US today after it questioned whether China had been open with his investigation.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:52:29 GMT
Mother-of-one, 51, dies more than 20 years after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer
Michelle 'Shelly' Edwards, 51, passed away at Clarendon Hall care home in Humberston after her battle with bone cancer. She was first diagnosed with the terminal illness at the age of 30.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:47:07 GMT
School catch-up plan is thrown into doubt as union makes pay demand
Britain's largest teaching union, the National Education Union (NEU), said any plans to lengthen the school day or extend terms dates would require a new deal over pay.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:46:03 GMT
Prostitute's ex-boyfriend charged in overdose death of famed Cipriani chef
Leslie Lescano, 44, has been charged with conspiring with his prostitute ex-girlfriend, Angelina Barini (right), to distribute a controlled substance in connection to a chef's 2019 death.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:45:21 GMT
Two sanitation workers rescue kidnapped girl, 10, in Louisiana
Two workers at Pelican Waste & Debris, Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine, spotted the silver vehicle in a field in Louisiana and used their garbage truck to help rescue Jalisa Lasalle.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:45:01 GMT
Police fine three men who drove 150-miles to the Peak District because 'lockdown is boring'
Derbyshire Police tweeted: 'Three visitors to Derbyshire from London because lockdown is ''boring''.'

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:39:31 GMT
French leader Marine Le Pen faces three years in jail for tweeting images of ISIS atrocities
The French far-right leader, Marine Le Pen, appeared in a Paris court today after being accused of spreading hate by posting images of James Foley, who was murdered by Islamic State in 2014.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:34:39 GMT
NSW Gosford father who went on a violent ice-fuelled rampage is jailed for four years
Aaron Heather was having a drug-induced psychotic episode when he grabbed NSW Sergeant Rachael Robins by the ponytail and kneed her four times in the head and punched her twice in the face.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:31:42 GMT
Father-of-four, 36, who vowed to BURN ex-lover and family to death is spared jail
Portuguese national Gilson Paiva, 36, subjected Sara Andrade and her mother Rita to terrifying phone calls. He was given a nine-month suspended sentence in Minshull Crown Court.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:24:59 GMT
Pet goldfish is anaesthetised as it undergoes surgery
Vet Shona Hingston, pictured, from Northumberland was able to save the life of her pet goldfish Stephen, eight, who swallowed a Cory catfish while she was out at work.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:23:51 GMT
Celebrities including David Beckham, David Walliams and Dame Joan Collins line up to back Mail Force
David Beckham, David Walliams, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Joan Collins are among the 30 big names backing the Mail Force charity. They star in a unique fundraising video for the charity.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:20:38 GMT
Driver is spotted 'watching YouTube videos' on her phone
Mike Mclellan, 33, had pulled up behind the silver Vauxhall along a residential street in Blackpool as he made his way back from doing a food shop before beeping the 'distracted' driver.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:19:16 GMT
Melbourne's Holiday Inn hotel Covid cluster surges to EIGHT cases as two banks exposed
.A Covid outbreak at Melbourne's Holiday Inn hotel has forced returned travellers to be evacuated and marched into waiting buses wearing lavender-scented bin liners, plastic gloves and masks.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:18:11 GMT
Bernard Tomic crashes out of the Australian Open with 40 unforced errors
Bernard Tomic's Australian Open campaign has come to an end with a disappointing loss in straights sets at Melbourne Park.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:14:21 GMT
Police deny that port staff in Northern Ireland are under threat
Inspections on goods entering Belfast and Larne were stopped last week when DUP politicians withdrew border staff after menacing graffiti branded them 'targets'.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:12:38 GMT
Police arrest Russian convicted sex killer suspected of murdering his lover's daughter, 13
Nikita Silnov, a 33-year-old convicted sex killer, was detained in Tver, Russia after he is suspected of strangling the 13-year-old daughter of his prison officer lover, Ekaterina Sholokhova.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:06:56 GMT
Heathrow charges passengers extra £8.90 a flight to check-in desks, baggage system and lights going
These costs are normally covered by annual fees agreed with airlines, but passenger numbers have plummeted over the last year, which saw the airport lose its status as Europe's busiest last Autumn.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:06:23 GMT
Generation cocaine: One in ten teenagers has tried hard drugs as use by under-17s hits a peak
Children from middle-class backgrounds are more likely to binge drink and shoplift, a new study by the University College London has found.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:00:48 GMT
South Australia closes its border to Greater Melbourne 
Victoria has closed down its Melbourne Airport Holiday Inn quarantine hotel after two more people tested positive on Wednesday.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:00:42 GMT
Real estate agent popped four Viagra pills before he attacked woman with samurai sword
Karl Adon Howard, 44, allegedly attacked his 27-year-old love interest and her 29-year-old friend at his home at Annandale, in Sydney's inner-west, in the early hours of Monday morning.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:53:35 GMT
Woman, 19, fights for life after being shot in the head during Myanmar protests
The woman shot in the head is in critical condition in an intensive care unit on Myanmar, following protests on the fifth consecutive day of nationwide demonstrations against the coup.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:50:29 GMT
Two men and woman rescued from deserted island in the Bahamas after 33 days
A US Coast Guard helicopter crew conducted the Hollywood-worthy rescue on Tuesday in Anguilla Cay, an uninhabited Bahamian island between Cuba and the Florida Keys.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:47:16 GMT
Manufacturing firm boss says hauliers are not willing to take goods into the EU
David Stirling, CEO of Zotefoams, says hauliers are choosing to cross the Channel empty because of the red tape and delays at ports caused by Boris Johnson's deal with the EU.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:42:31 GMT
Oil spill at Chevron refinery dumps 'up to 600 gallons' of fuel into San Francisco Bay
Chevron said it became aware of the oil spill after a 'sheen' was observed on the water near its Richmond Refinery in Northern California at about 3pm on Tuesday.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:41:19 GMT
Bronx woman shoved into the path of an oncoming train as NYC sees five subway slashings in a week
A Bronx cleaner told of her terror after she was pushed onto train tracks by a woman on Tuesday morning in an unprovoked random attack, as NYC sees five subway slashings in a week.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:36:03 GMT
Netflix star 'yelled 'Do you know who my mum is?' as he was arrested over drunken flight rampage'
Matthew Mawhinney, whose mother is Commonwealth Secretary-General Baroness Scotland, was returning from filming in the Caribbean for Netflix's Too Hot to Handle.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:26:18 GMT
Don Bradman as you've NEVER seen him before: Life behind Australia's greatest athlete
A series of remarkable photos have emerged offering a behind the scenes look into the life of Sir Donald Bradman.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:25:14 GMT
Eerie footage shows the Blue Mountains devoid of visitors as tourist numbers drop by 600,000
Asian tourists usually flock to the NSW Blue Mountains region during the Lunar New Year but border closures due to Covid-19 have left tourist sites virtually empty.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:22:05 GMT
Serena Williams's unique Australian Open outfit inspired by late athlete Florence Griffith-Joyner
The Number 10 seed smashed Serbian Nina Stojanovic in the second round of the Australian Open 6-3 6-0 while wearing the striking outfit on Wednesday.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:19:31 GMT
Billions on way for victims of the cladding scandal
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick will pledge state assistance for many of those hit with huge costs to repair their fire-risk homes, offering long-awaited help for victims of the cladding scandal.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:19:20 GMT
Hungry Jacks is blasted over its new STRAWLESS cups for soft drinks
The new sippy cup style lid was launched in Australia this week after the fast food company announced a plan to reduce plastic waste two years ago.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:16:36 GMT
Wally Lewis' new squeeze is seen for first time since rugby league immortal's shock split
Lewis said the couple quietly broke up last year after 36 years of marriage and he is now in a new relationship with Townsville mum and writer Lynda Adams.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:13:42 GMT
Roadside shooting of Yale graduate student Kevin Jiang may have been targeted, say investigators
Kevin Jiang, 26, a graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment, was found shot dead next to his rear-end damaged Prius on Saturday night in New Haven, Connecticut.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:01:06 GMT
Fears eshays running riot in affluent Sydney after teens 'threaten mates with knife' at Mona Vale
A Northern Beaches mother alleged how her son, 21, confronted by two teenagers as he ate his dinner with his friends at Mona Vale Beach in Sydney's northern suburbs on Tuesday evening.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:57:06 GMT
Eddie McGuire recedes into the shadows, but it will likely only be a brief reprieve
The sun has only just set on ex-Collingwood president Eddie McGuire's tenure at the top, but already Melburnians are contemplating his inevitable return. 

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:50:57 GMT
Animal rights lawyer, 43,charged in murder for hire plot to have girlfriend estranged husband killed
Jennifer Emmi, 43, a well-known Colorado animal rights attorney and media personality, has been jailed. She is charged with trying to hire a hit man to murder her husband's girlfriend, their au pair.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:50:14 GMT
Mortgage broker reveals the 5 things home buyers should know before buying their first property
Joshua Vecchio, director of Brisbane mortgage broker firm Hunter Galloway, made 'many' errors during his search for his first home, costing him $5000 and 12 months of his life. 

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:48:02 GMT
Historian backs Canterbury Cathedral 'for keeping statues with slavery links'
Canterbury Cathedral has won praise for resisting calls to remove statues with historic links to slavery despite calls by Justin Welby to look at them 'very carefully.'

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:40:50 GMT
Collector of rare whale poo could make millions selling the incredibly valuable substance
A New Zealand man who has collected 45kg of whale waste for over two years, could come into a small fortune selling the incredibly rare substance that has a similar market price as gold.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:39:00 GMT
'I'm not a cat': Hilarious moment lawyer appears via court Zoom with a kitten filter
The amusing mishap happened to Presidio County attorney Rod Ponton during a live streamed hearing this morning for the 394th Judicial District Court of Brewster, in Texas.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:35:26 GMT
Ted Cruz blasts Dems as hypocrites and says their impeachment case fails on the merits
'The president was careful to say that the protesters should be peaceful,' claimed Cruz, a Texas Republican, speaking Tuesday after the first day of Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:29:58 GMT
Suncorp Melbourne manager's assistant steals $165,000 from her boss' credit card
Jenna Ross' lawyer Sam Tovey told the County Court of Victoria on Tuesday his client committed the fraud as she had an 'overwhelming desire to be appreciated'.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:25:18 GMT
Man surprised by a VERY inappropriate find in Melbourne on Google Maps
  An image of the phallic-shaped pattern that appears to have been mowed into the grass outside a small church in north Melbourne, was posted to the platform on Tuesday night.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:23:09 GMT
Chiefs coach Britt Reid is placed on administrative leave after admitting to drinking and driving
Britt Reid, 35, who was involved in a car crash in Missouri that left a five-year-old girl named Ariel critically injured has been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into the crash.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:22:38 GMT
Music teacher Theodore Conos from Kew, Melbourne pleads guilty to raping three teenage girls
Theodore Conos, 28, from Kew in Melbourne was accused of raping three 15-year-old girls between December 2017 and September 2019.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:13:55 GMT
Trump's attorney David Schoen slams impeachment video as spliced and manufactured
Attorney David Schoen was reacting to the first piece of evidence presented by House impeachment managers on Tuesday, a video which inter-cut footage of Trump and the Capitol riot.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:12:19 GMT
Adolf Hitler's toilet seat grabbed by US soldier from his mountain hideaway sells for £13,750
Adolf Hitler's toilet seat from his private bathroom at the Berghof, his mountain hideaway in the Bavarian Alps, has sold for £13,750 at auction in Maryland, U.S. It was looted by a US soldier.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:11:22 GMT
Twitter suspended Devin Nunes' account briefly when he failed to solve a reCAPTCHA puzzle 
Twitter briefly suspended the official account for Republican Rep. Devin Nunes, pictured, for about 30 minutes on Tuesday after he failed to solve a reCAPTCHA puzzle.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:08:21 GMT
Floridians captivated by strange light coming in the sky Trident sub-launched ballistic missile test
A Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test occurred over the Atlantic on Tuesday evening. The launch grabbed the attention of Floridians who saw the missile's comet-like trail.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:40:37 GMT
Channel Nine commentators are blasted over disrespect during an Australian Open match
Hsieh Su-wei delivered one of the first major upsets of the 2021 tournament sending Canadian and 2019 US Open champion Bianca Andreescu packing with a 6-3 6-2 second-round victory on Wednesday.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:38:16 GMT
Glenn Greenwald attacks Facebook for cracking down on vaccine misinformation
Journalist Glenn Greenwald on Tuesday night accused Facebook of succumbing to pressure from media outlets like CNN and the New York Times after they removed COVID vaccine posts.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:35:57 GMT
Crown's James Packer secured Sydney $2.2 billion casino at Alan Jones power lunch
A meeting between billionaire James Packer and then premier Barry O'Farrell in the home of broadcaster Alan Jones to discuss a casino license shows how big business in Sydney is done.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:26:13 GMT
Law student, 21, is stunned when Uber Eats delivery driver texts to say he's scoffed her food
Illy Ilyas, 21, placed a £14.71 order for two burgers, chips and a chicken wrap from Bim's in Ilford, east London on Saturday using the Uber Eats app.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:25:53 GMT
Seven-day average for daily US COVID deaths falls by 15% in two weeks
In the week ended Tuesday, an average of 2,787 Americans died from the virus each day, down from 3,302 in the week ended January 26, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:24:14 GMT
Mitch McConnell again signals to Republicans that finding Trump guilty is 'vote of conscience'
McConnell, left, indicated that Republicans who disputed the constitutionality of the Senate trial could still vote to convict Trump, right, a report said on Tuesday.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:23:18 GMT
Aunt Jemima's new name will be Pearl Milling Company
The new packaging will appear on store shelves in June. Products with the Aunt Jemima name, but without the character's image, will continue to be available until then, the company said.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:15:53 GMT
Sydney rapper ChillinIT begs fans to help free his Australian uncle from Myanmar authorities
Sydney Rapper ChillinIT, otherwise known as Blake James Turnell, has pleaded with his fans to help lobby the Australian government to release jis uncle Dr Sean Turnell.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:04:52 GMT
Estate on smallest inhabited Hawaiian island of which Larry Ellison owns 98% hits the market
A home, pictured, has been listed for $8.8million on a tiny island in Hawaii which is mostly owned by Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, inset. It is one of the few properties not owned by the billionaire.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:04:33 GMT
Neighbourhood dispute over a man's drain pipe ends with a woman smashing it with a garden rake
A dispute between neighbours has gone viral after a tradie filmed a neighbour smashing a rake into a property.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 06:03:42 GMT
Incredible 100-year-old home set to sell for $10million in one of Sydney's most sought-after suburbs
An amazing 100-year-old home is set to sell for $10 million when it hits the market, but real estate agents predict the old charmer will be knocked down to make way for a new designer residence.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:51:48 GMT
Another pandemic is 'just around the corner', warns disease expert
Professor Sanjaya Senanayake of the Australian National University said the 'greatest minds' on Earth including Elon Musk should help stop the next disaster.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:45:23 GMT
Overseas king pins 'very upset' after $9 million in cash and 175kg of meth are seized by WA police
Western Australian Police have seized $9million in cash and 175kg of meth in two major operations in Meckering and Fairbridge. Four men the alleged drivers of the vehicles have been charged.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:31:48 GMT
Donald Trump's impeachment lawyer Michael van der Veen 'called him a f***ing crook' and sued him
Michael van der Veen, 57, is one of three lawyers representing Trump at his impeachment trial. On Tuesday it emerged van der Veen had disparaged Trump, donated to Democrats and sued him.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:30:05 GMT
Bubble tea shop owner where a female worker was allegedly slapped says he has received death threats
The viral video, which has been viewed more than 100,000 times, showed the moment a verbal altercation took a violent turn inside the Fun Tea store on Gouger Street, Adelaide, on January 29.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:29:04 GMT
Tradie parks ute across footpath forcing kids to ride on the road - but who is in the wrong here? 
When a tradie parks their ute across a driveway and partially onto the footpath and a cyclist cannot get by, who is in the wrong? Facebook users furiously tried to solve the everyday event on Wednesday.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:20:59 GMT
Suspect who 'shot five at Minnesota health center' was dependent on opioids 
Gregory Paul Ulrich, 67, left, was arrested after he allegedly shot five people at Allina Health Clinic, right, in Buffalo. Brother Richard Ulrich said he had been prescribed opioids after a back surgery.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:17:12 GMT
Man charged with murder over teen death released on bail had breached bail EIGHT times in a year
'Another kick in the guts': Grieving father outraged after the 20 year old who allegedly killed his son, Jack, bailed again despite breaching bail EIGHT times. He was freed again despite lying to police.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 05:02:36 GMT
Melbourne elderly man arms himself with stick and fights off thugs who broke down door to Lalor home
Peter Damianopolous, 81, took matters into his own hands after waking to the sound of the would-be burglars trying to break down his door in Lalor in Melbourne's north early on Tuesday morning.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:30:45 GMT
Māori Party leader Rawiri Waititi is kicked out of New Zealand's parliament for not wearing a tie
Rawiri Waititi was ordered to leave New Zealand's parliament by Speaker Trevor Mallard after attempting to ask a question while instead wearing a taonga, a Maori greenstone pendant.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:30:25 GMT
Simple road rule question stumps Australian drivers on who gives way in 10km/h shared zone
A 'simple' traffic rule quiz asking who gives way in a 10km/h shared zone has stumped Australian motorists.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:26:27 GMT
Old AFL record shows Collingwood star Heritier Lumumba listed his nickname as 'The Chimp'
Lumumba is suing the Magpies over allegations he was subjected to a culture of 'racist jokes', including being nicknamed 'chimp' by fellow players, during his stint with the club from 2005 to 2014.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:04:11 GMT
South Australian man to face court over painted number plate
The 26-year-old was driving a Mitsubishi sedan along John Rice Avenue in Adelaide's north just after 2am on Monday.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:01:59 GMT
Holiday Inn guests are taken from hotel to awaiting buses in lavender
A Covid outbreak at Melbourne's Holiday Inn hotel has forced returned travellers to be evacuated and marched into waiting buses wearing lavender-scented bin liners, plastic gloves and masks.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:41:20 GMT
Ash Barty and Daria Gavrilova to put niceties aside for their Australian Open match
The perfectionist in Ash Barty yearns for more - and that could spell huge trouble for Daria Gavrilova's Australian Open hopes.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:38:16 GMT
Server at California celeb-loved restaurant says she lost job after wearing Black Lives Matter mask
Server Kimi Stout wore a Black Lives Matter face mask when a guest complained. The Girl & The Fig restaurant introduced a mask policy requiring all workers to wear plain masks.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:30:18 GMT
Man investigates wild McDonald's conspiracy theory about cookies and finds it to be true
A comedian has stunned the internet after uncovering a similarity between McDonald's iconic cookies and a biscuit released by Arnott's.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:25:54 GMT
Annandale real estate agent, 44, charged over samurai sword attack
A Sydney real estate agent with a sparkling smile who allegedly used a samurai sword in an attack on two women will stay behind bars, after being refused bail by a court.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:10:34 GMT
Australia's first convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika to stay in jail
Abdul Nacer Benbrika, 60, and 15 other men were charged in 2005 for plotting to blow up the MCG on AFL Grand Final day.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:00:17 GMT
Daughter of woman who went missing in 1989 details mother's descent in Rama cult
The body of Brenda Kerber, left, was recovered from the bottom of a New York reservoir, right, in January. Her daughter has detailed her involvement with the Rama cult, led by Frederick P. Lenz III, inset.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:44:17 GMT
Real Mindhunter John Douglas explains why white supremacist killer Joseph Paul Franklin scared him
John Douglas was one of the first within the FBI to trial criminal profiling to catch suspects. His book was turned into Netflix's Mindhunter, and he has now written about the most haunting man he met.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:41:27 GMT
Greg Hunt accuses ABC journalist Michael Rowland of left-wing bias
ABC journalist Michael Rowland quizzed Greg Hunt about his decision to attach the Liberal Party logo to a Twitter post about the government's vaccine rollout last week.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:32:02 GMT
Blockfolio is hacked and users are sent messages saying services will be closed to all black people 
The news and signal feed on the Blockfolio app were hacked on Monday night, resulting in users receiving a push notification announcing the 'closure of all services to black people and n*****s'.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:09:12 GMT
Trump-hating celebrities led by George Takei and Alyssa Milano crow about his impeachment
Actress Alyssa Milano was among those who ridiculed Trump's lead defense attorney Bruce Castor, who argued on Tuesday that it was unconstitutional to hold a trial after Trump left office.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:04:13 GMT
Dan Wyllie: Stunning photos were 'fatal flaw' in police case
Stunning selfies can be revealed showing yoghurt dripping down the face of actor Dan Wyllie after a court heard they represented a 'fatal flaw' in his wife's claims he assaulted him.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:52:22 GMT
DJ filmed smoking pot in Capitol during MAGA riots is arrested
Greg Rubenacker, of Farmingdale, New York, was taken into custody by the FBI on Tuesday morning on misdemeanor charges for disorderly and disruptive conduct on Capitol grounds.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:51:34 GMT
Britain signs pact with India that will secure 1,500 new jobs in UK
A new pact has been signed between Britain and India which will see the creation of 1,500 new high-skilled jobs in the UK as well as creating a path to a strong free-trade deal in the future.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:40:27 GMT
Nursery under investigation after toddlers escaped - and boy, three, wandered dual carriageway
Two toddlers escaped the Busy Bees Nursery in Derriford, Plymouth, before 11am this morning, with police called to reports of a three-year-old boy wandering along a dual carriageway alone.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:37:35 GMT
How McDonald's Australia became a global success story
McDonald's Australia has become one of the best performing operations for the fast food chain, going from strength to strength despite the Covid pandemic. 

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:37:10 GMT
Covid restrictions are relaxed for millions of Greater Sydney residents
Covid restrictions for millions of Greater Sydney residents will be relaxed from Friday as NSW recorded 24 straight days of no locally acquired cases.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:32:23 GMT
PAUL THOMAS on... lockdown holidays ban
'What! You've cancelled the Nile cruise to pay for our U.K. hotel quarantine? Egypt's NOT on the list!'

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:24:42 GMT
Donald Trump's defense lawyer David Schoen brandishes Mao's little red book to attack impeachment
Donald Trump lawyer David Schoen held up a copy of t Mao's little red book during impeachment trial arguments and claimed Trump was being denied due process.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:22:28 GMT
Melbourne Holiday Inn hotel at the centre of coronavirus outbreak is evacuated
Melbourne's Holiday Inn hotel has been shut down amid reports a quarantining family of three infected two workers.  

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:13:02 GMT
Best Aussie performance at the Australian Open in 29 years as 12 locals through to second round
From outsiders to tournament favourites, Daily Mail Australia gives you a rundown of the stars you need to watch after our domestic talent had their best first round at the grand slam since 1992.



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