A serving Metropolitan Police officer arrested over the disappearance of Sarah Everard was not on duty at the time of her disappearance it was revealed this morning - as her family told of shock.

Nazir Ahmed, 63, had been accused at Sheffield Crown Court of the rape and attempted rape of two children 50 years ago. But the judge discharged the jury because of 'mass disclosure failures'.

Department of Health figures show there were 5,766 more cases across the UK in the past 24 hours, down on the 6,391 last week, and 231 fatalities, down from 343.

Leading medics, including a top NHS race official, said ministers should have focused on ethnic minority groups after the over-70s got their first dose of the Covid vaccine.

Brian 'The Colonel' Robinson, 78, was the draftsman of the 'crime of the century' at a warehouse in Heathrow airport 1983 but was 'f***** over by people he trusted'.

Sophie Clarke, 26, was suffering with stress as she revised for final exams while working for Savills, an inquest in Truro, Cornwall was told today.

A sobering survey has revealed the majority of the public feel Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have let down the Queen following their interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on Monday.

The tough-talking morning show host, 55, attracted a scathing backlash on Twitter after casting doubt over Meghan Markle's mental health claims in her explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Antony Akid, 35, of Grimsby, Lincolnshire, admitted possessing indecent images of children when police visited his home.

Priti Patel yesterday came under pressure from a Cabinet colleague to order an independent inquiry into alleged misconduct and criminality in Scotland Yard's disastrous VIP child sex abuse probe.

A memo sent to Downing Street staff, after a trip to the vets, warned that 14- year-old tabby Larry 'has put on 0.5kg in lockdown so likely too many Dreamies. Please can we reduce these?'

A cigar case with Sir Winston Churchill's name stamped on the box is set to fetch £10,000 at auction. The box, discovered at a home in Devon, contains cigars from Cuba and Denmark.

Alex Waycot, 21, died in August 2019, months after his family had paid for him to attend a £5,000 drug rehabilitation course. He was found in his bed in Macclesfield, Cheshire.

Harry Theocharis, Greek tourism minister, said the country would be open to international tourists who are vaccinated, have antibodies or can show proof of a negative Covid test.

After two years of cancelled exams, acting Ofqual boss Simon Lebus told MPs there would still need to be 'adaptations' for those sitting papers in 2022.

Steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, 50, (pictured) told unions that Liberty Steel was 'performing well' worldwide and 'benefiting from a 13-year high in steel prices'.

Mr Markle says that he's apologised '100 times' for doing a deal with a paparazzi photographer before the Royal Wedding in 2018 and urged the couple to see him now they live '70 miles away'.

Developers plan to built a football pitch and pavilion on land in Alderley, Cheshire but Reverend Jon Hale fears this will bring loud swearing and other football noise which may distress neighbours.

Amazed locals reported hearing the loud noise in Aintree, Sefton and Clubmoor this morning and told how it shook houses and rattled windows - with many speculating it was a sonic boom.

Ermir Loka, 23, is accused of the manslaughter of 73-year-old Peter McCombie, who was struck as he walked home from work in Bow. east London on July 3 last year.

Millionaire Matthew Topham, 31, took his eyes off the road for 'up to three seconds' before crashing his BMW into a Ford Fiesta on Christmas Day 2019. The crash killed a 75-year-old woman.

Azam Mangori , 24, who is accused of murdering 32-year-old Lorraine Cox told police officers that his name was Christopher Mayer when they arrived to his flat to arrest him last year.

In a letter to local leaders, NHS chiefs have told Covid vaccination teams to prepare for extra supplies, hinting that the UK may get 4million doses per week from next Thursday.

Kenneth McDermid, 43, was extradited from Sweden back to the UK after Wendy Ann Morse, 71, was found dead at her home in Knypersley, Staffordshire, on Mother's Day last March.

The money, stolen by former Nigerian state governor James Ibori and his associates, will be spent on infrastructure and building works for the Nigerian people, the Foreign Office said.

The OECD now expects Britain to record a 5.1 per cent jump in GDP this year - compared to the 4.2 per cent it predicted in December.

Jerome Salomon, French national health director, was forced to deny that another lockdown is looming for Paris after hospitals began cancelling surgeries to free up intensive care beds.

Gloria Allread, who represents 20 of the disgraced financier's accusers, asked why Andrew has not been 'stripped of the royal titles that he enjoys'.

John McCallum, 35, from East Lothian, called NHS 111 with stomach pain and a fever in May and was told to get a covid test. But when the pain returned a month later he was diagnosed with cancer.

The Channel 4 news presenter, 73, from Sussex, donned a yellow puffer jacket as he strolled through the streets of London with a friend before stopping at a coffee shop.

EXCLUSIVE: Data from the Government's Covid dashboard show there have been 393 confirmed virus victims per 100,000 people in Castle Point, south Essex, the highest of any authority in the UK.

Professor Whitty and chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance batted away calls for England's lockdown to be loosened sooner now the epidemic has been squashed to pre-second wave levels.

The Vicar Of Dibley actor Trevor Peacock, who played Jim Trott in the comedy series, died at the age of 89 on Sunday morning after suffering from dementia, his family confirmed.

Four adults from two households will be allowed to gather for 'social and recreational reasons', including in home gardens, three days earlier than previously planned, the First Minister said.

Taken in the early 20th century, the pictures were the work of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky, a chemist who pioneered a method of producing colour photographs in Tsarist Russia.

Ex-Royal Welsh soldier Richard Evans, 29, led the team telling elderly customers their current homes were putting insurance policies in danger.

Defense Secretary Antony Blinken wrote to Taliban leaders and the Afghan government at the weekend, laying out a road map to peace and urging both sides to discuss it as a matter of 'urgency'.

Nicola Sturgeon's deputy John Swinney has confirmed to a Holyrood committee that minutes cannot be found of discussions on two key dates.

A British Airways flight to Aberdeen has been forced to land at Manchester Airport. Flight BA1306 left Heathrow this morning at 10.39am and should have arrived at Aberdeen by 11.51am.

Liam Burbidge, 27, allegedly attacked the woman in St James's Park, central London, July 14 2018. Following alleged assault Burbidge is claimed to have said: 'Sorry, I had PTSD'.

Senior Welsh Conservative Laura Anne Jones faced backlash over the old comment which was made on Facebook eight years ago. She has since said the post does not represent her views.

Turnbull, a longstanding champion of an Australian republic, said it was 'clearly an unhappy family, or at least Meghan and Harry are unhappy' after the couple aired a series of explosive claims.

Krzysztof Gogolewski, 63, had worked as a porter in the maternity unit of Poole Hospital in Dorset for 12 years. The frontline worker contracted Covid-19 the same week he was invited to get the jab.

Samantha, 56, who shares a father, Thomas, with Meghan, 39, unleashed a furious rant against her half-sister in the wake of her bombshell Oprah interview.

Most of the hospitality sector will be able to reopen from April 12 under Boris Johnson's lockdown 'roadmap', but only to serve customers outdoors.

The Duke of Edinburgh, 99, remains at the private King Edward VII's Hospital in London, where he was moved back to on Friday following a successful procedure on a pre-existing heart condition.

RICHARD KAY: Not even the height of the Charles and Diana wars brought such a glow to the heart of anti-monarchists everywhere as Meghan and Harry's interview with Oprah Winfrey has done.

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Gagandeep Singh Anand, from California uploaded images of his grand parents Harbans and Narinder so they could be animated and shown to his parents Gurcharanjeet and Manjeet.

Speaking outside his West London home Mr Morgan told reporters: 'If I have to fall on my sword for expressing an honestly held opinion about Meghan Markle and that diatribe of bilge, so be it.'

Winston Marshall was attacked on social media after tweeting support for controversial US journalist Andy Ngo over the weekend, calling him a 'brave man' and hailing his 'important' book.

The top brass have recruited a former Israeli intelligence officer and his Montreal-based firm to help press their case overseas including in the United States and at the United Nations.

Ian Maxwell told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that his sister was losing her hair and struggling with her eyesight as she awaits her trial which is due to start in July.

21-year-old Kobi Drew-Smith has lost a finger after a group of armed men invaded his Dural home on Tuesday morning. Police have said say the violent invasion could be drug-related.

Mr Shapps attempted to defend the beleaguered programme this morning after a damning cross-party report found it had 'no measurable effect' on the epidemic in England.

Pierce insisted on Twitter that he was not being critical of the Duchess, saying he simply had no interest in her scandalous sit-down with Oprah.

The Fox News host insisted on Tuesday night he was uninterested in 'Prince Whatever-His-Name-Is and his angry wife from Los Angeles,' before proceeding to attack them.

Davis, 68, fiercely opposed many of President Reagan's policies. 'I would like to suggest that you have no idea what it feels like to be vilified publicly,' she wrote Tuesday.

The group allegedly made him walk round a Majorca supermarket dressed like a woman, tattooed penises on his face, superglued his lips together,and shaved his eyebrows off.

President Joe Biden ignored a chorus of questions from reporters during his visit to the W.S. Jenks & Son hardware store in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.

Neil Waters from the Thylacine Awareness Group of Australia has been combing the bush for years to uncover evidence of the marsupial, which was last reported alive in the 1930s.

The devastating past of a man who lost his 29-year-old son and is critically injured after the 4WD he was driving had a head-on collision with a school bus near Gympie, QLD, has been revealed

Normally law abiding people are being drawn into a life of crime to help launder the profits of illegal activity, including drug dealing, according to UK Finance and fraud prevention experts Cifas.

The man snuck into a house in Pacific Paradise on the Sunshine Coast on February 17, and again two weeks later.

Grant Shapps said the current system where return journeys within the UK could face a higher levy than trips abroad was 'bizarre'.

Hearbreaking CCTV footage shows Adelene Leong, 8, eagerly waiting to climb on the Airmaxx 360 ride that killed her at the Adelaide Show in 2014. Evidence of safety issues also released.

The creator of the supernatural drama, 56, stepped out in Brentwood, Los Angeles on Wednesday for an evening walk dressed in a black sweater and blue jeans with a female friend.

A police officer is recovering in a Sydney hospital after he was allegedly assaulted by a man armed with a hammer on Wednesday afternoon.

Royal experts say The Queen's official statement responding to Harry and Meghan's bombshell interview with Oprah was 'edged with sadness,' but have pointed to a 'telling' phrase in the comment.

Australian defence spending was about $40.1 billion in the 2020 financial year and this is predicted to rise sharply to $51.26 billion five years later to modernise and counter Chinese threat.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (pictured in 2019) are said to believe the Prince of Wales plans to change the rules when the Queen dies.

The Met Office says England and Wales face disruption from 'strong winds accompanied by heavy and blustery showers'.

Theo Koutsomihalis' home's value plummeted after the NSW government rezoned all land surrounding the airport at Badgerys Creek - which is due to open in 2026.

The Duke of Edinburgh , 99, remains at London 's private King Edward VII's Hospital, where he was moved back to on Friday after a procedure on a pre-existing heart condition.

Woolworths is currently experiencing an outage across self-serve checkout systems spanning the country.

Boris Johnson admitted he was under pressure to ramp up the pace of his roadmap as infections and deaths tumble.

Rita Meredith's final wish has been granted by officers from the NSW Mounted police, who paid the dying woman a visit at a Newcastle hospital, so she could touch and see a horse for the last time.

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido on Tuesday claimed that Gov Gretchen Whitmer could potentially face charges over her handling of coronavirus deaths in nursing homes.

A Brisbane mother-of-two has revealed how she and her partner paid off $60,000 in debt - before offering tips on how other people can be frugal with their spending.

A fake Uber driver has been accused of sexually assaulting five separate women by luring them into his car as they were leaving popular Brisbane clubs in the early hours, back in September 2018.

The one-metre bull shark was seen cruising between million-dollar homes in Broadbeach, Queensland on Monday, March 8.

Those exceeding the 10km/h speed limit on Southbank Promenade near the Yarra River are being targeted by police as part of a blitz that began at the end of last month.

Cruise company Australian Pacific Touring gave cash back to its customers who were forced to scrap travel plans amid the pandemic, but docked each payment by 15 per cent to cover marketing costs.

The enormous goliath stick insect was seen moulting as it hung from its enclosure in Queensland, Australia.

Jamie Spears fired back at Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan Tuesday after they cited his conservatorship over Britney in a letter demanding a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the issue.

Chanel Contos, a 22-year-old Kambala School alumni, drew attention to the crisis after creating a petition demanding more thorough lessons on consent in classrooms.

A Queensland opposition MP has been criticised for claiming the Duchess of Sussex is trying to damage the British monarchy because she 'married the wrong prince'.

On Tuesday, Democrat Rep. Tim Ryan blasted his Republican colleagues for focusing on culture war issues after the party pushed back against the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.

Qantas boss Alan Joyce has warned tourists and students could abandon Australia if border closures remain a long-term plank of pandemic proofing.

When Harry was just 19 years old - and third in line to the throne - he spent three months living on Tooloombilla Station farm in Central Queensland.

Celebrity chef Sandra Lee was spotted near her home in Malibu on Tuesday as her ex faces mounting fury. Lee dated Andrew Cuomo for 14 years from 2005 to 2019.

Stevie Bamford, 29, has been forced into rehab after a string of offences including driving with ice and cocaine in her system, assaulting a policeman and aggravated burglary.

A number of large Australian organisations using the popular Microsoft Exchange have been warned they are exposed to cyber attacks because they have not patched their systems.

A golf club in New South Wales has been ordered to stop slugging members with disabilities every year to use their own motorised golf carts, as it is discrimination.

Michael Close - who has been charged with 15 counts including first-degree murder - entered the plea in Denver District Court on Monday.

Western Australia premier Mark McGowan has hit back at Gladys Berejiklian's comments that state border closures during the coronavirus crises were a 'national embarrassment'. 

Lindsey Graham on Tuesday warned terrorists could be smuggling operatives into the United States via the border with Mexico, as Donald Trump said the country was being 'destroyed'.

The Austin City Council announced its local mask mandate on Tuesday, a day before the statewide mandate was set to expire under Governor Greg Abbott's sweeping rollback of coronavirus restrictions.

Anna Jabour said she was ecstatic when she landed a job for the Prime Minister's office at 21, but after a few months working in Canberra the political bubble she left and never went back.

Saeed Noori killed 83-year-old Antonio Crocaris and injured 16 others in a 2017 premeditated killing, described by top Victorian judges as the worst kind of murder.

Taxpayers won't know in a hurry what changes are needed in the wake of revelations the federal government spent 10 times the market value on a land deal for a new Sydney airport.

A mouse infestation has been captured photographed as one family has caught over 250 mice. Another family dog has captured over 200. The mice have now begun to spoil hay reserves.

The terrifying ordeal unfolded at the Sport Motors Auto Sales lot in London, Ontario, on March 3 after two men asked 23-year-old salesman Moe Al-Kaissy to show them a used BMW.

An influx of COVID-19 patients from Papua New Guinea has contributed to Cairns Hospital declaring its first Code Yellow in more than 18 months.

The Victorian Premier fell while getting ready for work at a rental property on the Mornington Peninsula on Tuesday morning.

Josh Rider and Aaron Ong are charged with murdering 46-year-old father of two Paul Virgona as he drove along the EastLink Freeway at Donvale, Melbourne, on November 9, 2019.

The spectacular waterfall lies deep within the Brisbane Water National Park at Woy Woy on the New South Wales central coast.

That evening, after yet another roll call, Wilhelm Brasse was walking back to the photographic studio where he worked when his boss came roaring up on a motorbike.

More than 2000 cannabis plants have been seized at a NSW property as police swooped on an organised crime group.

Archie King, 12, was killed after the Nissan X-trail he was riding in lost control and hit a power pole on Fagans Road, in Lisarow on NSW's Central Coast on February 20.

The Grammy winner - who is believed to have met Meghan on just one occasion - shared the message on her personal website on Tuesday.

The Republican governor of Arkansas has signed a law banning nearly all abortions in the state, which supporters hope will be a catalyst for a U.S. Supreme Court review of the Roe v. Wade case.

The woman who says she was sexually assaulted by NRL star Jarryd Hayne has denied thinking they would probably have sexual contact at their first meeting.

Windermere, Florida police have released body camera video of the traffic stop that led to the arrest of Ex-Major League All-Star Johnny Damon and his wife Michelle Mangan-Damon last month.

The NSW premier insists returning international students will never be able to 'jump the queue' ahead of Australians as the state explores ways to get students back from overseas.

Secret Service and NYPD surrounded Trump Tower on Tuesday afternoon as the former president prepared to return to Florida after spending two days holed up in his former Manhattan residence.

Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Lindsay Fox, Jimmy Barnes, Molly Meldrum and Sam Neill are among the mourners arriving for Michael Gudinski's funeral.

Alfredo Isho was seated and gowned at Classico Hair Studio in Bossley Park, in Sydney's west, on January 11, 2019, when Fredon Laith Botrus burst through the door.

Just one in ten Australians believe real estate is the best place to park savings. Faith in property is at some of the lowest levels in 47 years despite a surge in house prices during the past year.

Cameron Fox, 24, and Brayden Downie, 24, repeatedly slapped and punched the victim at the Delaney Hotel on Darby St, Cooks Hill in Newcastle at about 7.30pm on June 13, 2020.

Bristol, Massachusetts County District Attorney's Office has managed to link a suspect in the cold case murder of Howard Ferrini in 1991 whose body was found decomposing in his car left at Boston airport.

The 37-year-old driver for an unnamed company picked up the female passenger in her 20s from Mandurah, south of Perth, about 1.15am on February 28. He faced Fremantle Magistrates Court.

Greg Hunt was admitted to hospital on Tuesday just hours after Victorian Premier Dan Andrews was placed in intensive care after a horror fall.

Meghan Markle's former Suits co-star criticised the Sussexes yesterday for staging an interview while the world is in the 'throes of death'.

Miami Heat center Meyers Leonard was heard using an ethnic slur during a live video game stream on Tuesday. The 29-year-old was playing 'Call of Duty' when he unleashed a profane, bigoted tirade.

The Reserve Bank of Australia fears unemployment will rise when JobKeeper wage subsidies finish on March 28. Governor Philip Lowe has voiced his concerns to a Sydney summit.

NSW Mounted Police granted the dying wish of Rita Meredith, believed to have been the United Kingdom's first female mounted officer. 'There were plenty of tears shed' her daughter-in-law said.

Solomone Taufeulungaki, 15, was fatally stabbed at Brimbank Shopping Centre in Melbourne's west in June 2020.

The three key people who have led NSW through the COVID-19 pandemic for the past year are stepping up to get vaccinated against the deadly virus.

An urgent amber alert has been put out to help find Dasean Kroon, who disappeared after leaving school in Culcairn, NSW. Officers believe is with 36-year-old Tracy Rush.

Aerial footage revealed the incredible scene in the waters at iconic Sydney hotpost Bondi Beach, with swimmers blissfully unaware of the sharks lurking beneath them.

Former model and Farmer Wants a Wife star Henrietta Moore has slammed the beauty culture of social media influencers, targeting Instagram phenomenon Tammy Hembrow.

Duncan McLeod, 36, from Preston in Melbourne's north, told a woman he dreamed about sexual acts with and in front of children after matching with her on the dating app Tinder, a court heard.

Australia's immigration minister has lost an appeal in the country's highest court over a visa cancellation bungle involving an illiterate Afghan man who had his throat cut by the Taliban.

Melbourne great Cameron Smith has finally announced he is retiring, confirming his playing future at the unveiling of his statue outside of AAMI

Ms Ardern said the government wanted to wait until agreeing a vaccine purchase order that could cover the entire country before announcing its plan.

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) at the secretive Porton Down, near Salisbury, has been helping in the fight against the disease ever since the pandemic began.

Eco-friendly hotel The Carbis Bay Hotel in St Ives has started cutting back trees and shrubland to create three extra meeting rooms, as it prepares to welcome world leaders for the G7 summit this year.

Fishermen were forced to furiously stab the water with their rods to avoid an attack on Cocos Keeling Island, northwest of Perth, Western Australia.

Aussie Samantha Cohen was the Queen's assistant private secretary before moving to Kensington Palace after being entrusted by the Monarch to prepare Meghan for life as a royal.

Florida real estate agent Stefano Barbosa, 37, died from a gunshot wound to the chest after being held hostage by a 15-year-old and forced to take out $1,000 at an ATM before being shot on February 1.

'Oh come on, Mr Poirot! Give us a clue about who's being accused of racism'

Health Department boss Brendan Murphy defended the pace of the nation's coronavirus vaccine rollout, arguing that Australia's lack of community transmission allows time to be taken.

The daredevil was spotted holding onto the back of a horse transport truck that was driving down a busy motorway near the Morphettville Racecourse in Adelaide.

The footage shows another driver flashing their high beams to warn of the oncoming vehicle in Maclean, New South Wales.

EnergyAustralia told staff on Wednesday its Yallourn Power Station in the Latrobe Valley will close in mid-2028, despite being licensed to operate until 2032.

A former Australian Toyota manager has been awarded $276,000 after he was wrongfully sacked over a work trip where his son ate a slice of pizza he bought on a company credit card.

The martial artist, 45, sought compensation from Axa after his Audi A6 crashed into a Seat Leon on the A41 in 2018, it was reported.

More than 66 per cent of child witnesses were nine years old or younger, with 35 per cent under the age of five.

Mr McGowan's office in Rockingham, south of Perth, was evacuated on Tuesday after a man threw an item wrapped in tinfoil into the building.