It had been hoped that Turkey would move from the red travel list to amber, meaning double-jabbed travellers could visit without having to quarantine for the first time in nearly a year.

Despite growth across Scotland's businesses bouncing back from the pandemic faster than expected, fears were raised that progress will be hampered by 'devastating' Covid rules.

People from around the world took to anonymous confessions app Whisper to share their most scandalous stories about getting amorous at work, including a boss who slept with two employees.

TOM LEONARD: The attacks have long been as puzzling as they are disturbing - strange, high-pitched sounds that victims have sometimes described as a loud ringing or scraping.

Laurence Fox, 43, says he could remove his two sons from school over his opposition to schools Covid jab programme as he fears they'll be vaccinated without his consent.

Peter Copland, 66, arranged time slots for when his wife and children could use the large kitchen in their family home and demanded they stay five metres away from him at all times.

Oxford professor Kazem Rahimi believes blood pressure tablets should be given to all over-50s as they were found to reduce risk of stroke, heart attacks, heart disease and heart failure in study.

Ministers are reportedly concerned that the UK is at risk of becoming an 'outlier' as other nations, such as Germany and the US, push ahead with giving jabs to children aged between 12 and 15.

Centuries of drainage, tree-planting and peat extraction for garden compost have left only 13 per cent of England's 1.4 million hectares of peatlands in a near-natural state.

Ofcom said it had imposed the fine on Star China Media Limited, the licence holder for the China Global Television Network (CGTN), for breaches of its rules around fairness and privacy.

The average cost of 'pandemic puppies' reached £1,550 last year, according to the Royal Veterinary College in England, compared to just £955 the previous year.

The Abbey gate of the Hamid Karzai airport was targeted and there were also reports of gunfire as panicked Afghans and foreigners try to escape Taliban rule in Afghanistan.

Britain's diabetes crisis threatens to 'bankrupt the NHS' as £1.19billion was spent on the likes of anti-diabetes pills and insulin in England last year - up a quarter since 2015/16.

The 'decline in willingness' of Britons to pay the TV licence fee is going to become a real challenge for the BBC, media minister John Whittingdale warned yesterday.

Drink-drive victims killed or seriously injured is at its highest for eight years - around 2,050 people were victims of serious drink-drive accidents in 2019, with 230 of these proving fatal.

The blundering wannabe PC lost out on the £21,000-a-year job after his emergency call was reported to senior officers at North Wales police.

A Mexican Navy helicopter crashed with 15 passengers aboard - and the all survived - moments after it took of Wednesday to inspect the damage caused by Hurricane Grace in Veracruz.

The Home Office data shows there are 56,617 cases relating to 70,905 people - including 3,064 citizens of Afghanistan - still to be resolved, over nine times the level a decade ago.

Pen Farthing, the former commando turned animal charity boss, warned the pets will die from the heat in their travel crates if the ten-hour stand-off does not end.

Data from King's College London shows the number of symptomatic Covid cases rose by 19 per cent from 43,693 to 51,961 in the week ending August 21. Cases are highest in 18- to 35-year-olds.

Lucian Freud's controversial oil portrait of the Queen - with a rugby forward's thick neck and 'five o'clock shadow'- is to feature in a major exhibition marking the artist's centenary.

Robert Elms, 62, has been a presenter on the station since 1994 and has a loyal audience. He will be lose his Monday-Friday mid-morning show and present on Friday and weekend mornings instead.

Mariusz Chudy, 52, from Sneinton, Nottingham, found three of his hives completely destroyed and three others partially burned when he arrived at his Rushcliffe site at 6pm on Saturday.

Earl Grinhaff, 45, refused to 'take no for an answer' after company director Tiffany, 36, ended their brief romance two summers ago. He denied, but was convicted of, stalking on Thursday.

At least 60 people have been killed 140 injured in twin blasts at Kabul's airport - the centre of efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan, a senior Afghan health official told the BBC.

Tens of thousands of people queued for over three hours and crammed onto the banks of the River Thames to attend Reading Festival in Berkshire, which was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.

The British Medical Association said the statistics are 'appalling' and that their report into the problem makes for 'shocking' reading.

Bosses at the Road Haulage Association said the pay rises offered by firms in need of new drivers could force supermarket bosses to pass the costs on to British customers.

Police were seen sloshing through the fountain at the Queen Victoria Memorial to grab protesters before carting them off in handcuffs.

Mohammed Umar, 24, was sentenced at Manchester Crown Court for the possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence at the funeral of criminal Clive Pinnock on April 23 last year.

Jack Carson, 22, had been walking through a park towards Drumry train station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, when he spotted the 14ft boa constrictor on the grass.

Police searching for missing Claudia Lawrence began uncovering the floor of a fishing lake today and combing woodland in Sand Hutton today.

Pat Faulkner ran over her husband Harold Faulkner, 98, in a fatal accident on the driveway of their detached home in South Petherton, Somerset, in January. He died from asphyxia.

Hampshire Police have confirmed that three people, who were all in separate vehicles, were killed in a four-vehicle collision on the A303 near Andover yesterday.

The antique rose vase was given as payment for a demolition job during the 1980s and inherited by the owner's son who then stored it away for 15 years before deciding to sell it off at auction in Hants.

EXCLUSIVE: Nicole Dobbin, 50, from Suffolk has called for harsher punishment for the thugs who assaulted her husband, Simon, in a random football hooligan attack in March 2015.

Prosecutors have claimed that Ghislaine Maxwell tried to 'barricade' herself in the video conference room in prison with a cart of legal documents.

Although it was previously reported that she 'cannot face' the prospect of a court appearance, a source said friends and family have rallied around her to ensure she has the strength.

Tony Junior, who appeared in Channel 4's Seasiders, was admitted to hospital at the start of his month after contracting coronavirus. South Tyneside Council confirmed his death on Monday.

The middle-aged holidaymaker was rushed to hospital after allegedly being knifed in the stomach and leg during an argument at a restaurant on the Balearic island of Majorca.

In the latest documentary about his crimes, Jimmy Savile: The People Who Knew, a former Leeds hospital worker says people never addressed it directly but alluded to his preference for young girls

As the Department of Health and Social Care were unable to provide precise figures for how many nurses are in each pay grouping, a decision was taken to remove the story from MailOnline.

Spanish teacher Sophie Nugent, who lives in Doha, Qatar, with her husband, had not been able to return to the UK for more than a year because of travel restrictions.

Abigail Kikke (pictured) from Scotland was supposed to be looking after the child but claimed the pandemic left her in a 'dark place' before she sent the pictures.

A poll found that only a fifth of French women would go topless on the beach in France, with 46 per cent saying they cover up for fear they would be photographed and the photo posted online.

Tenants are increasingly looking for pet-friendly homes as demand for such properties online soars 120 per cent during the past year.

Nickie Aiken, the Tory MP for Cities of London and Westminster, said the £50,000 cost of the clean up fell on the taxpayer as Extinction Rebellion activists target the streets of London again this week

The six-year-old girl was playing in an open area on a street called Timberleys (pictured) in Littlehampton, West Sussex, when she was approached by a man at around 5pm on Monday.

In a sign that the lacklustre summer is really over and autumn is here, the drink has been launched more than five weeks earlier than usual int the UK. Last year, Greggs announced the return on 1st October.

Michael Murray, who is engaged to Mike Ashley's daughter Anna, is set to take over the Frasers Group next year when Ashley steps down. The group owns Sports Direct and House of Fraser

British body language expert Judi James told FEMAIL that rather than being the loved-up reunion photo one would expect from Charlene and Albert of Monaco, the snaps showed 'no connection'

HARRY GALLOP: Chicken chain Nando's shut 50 outlets across the UK last week after its suppliers struggled to deliver enough peri-peri wings.

A survey by the Office for National Statistics showed that 11% of over 50s may delay retirement if working from home continues after the pandemic ends, compared to just 5% of those in the office.

A Taliban spokesman said there is 'no proof' al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was involved in the September 11 attacks against the US that killed 3,000 people, calling it a 'justification' for war.

STEPHEN GLOVER: The Remainers haven't all gone away. Some of them are having a field day. There's an awful lot of gloating going on in Parliament and the Press.

According to Sole Bliss some 66 per cent of women in the UK say their feet have spread since lockdown. Lucia Ferrari asks experts for advice on easing back into wearing heels.

Benjamin Mendy, 27, who plays for Manchester City, is accused of attacking three women over ten months and faces four charges of rape as well as a single sexual assault charge.

Actor Laurence Fox, 43, has blasted social media giant Twitter after his account was suspended over a controversial post on Manchester city star Benjamin Mendy, who faces court today.

The animal charity boss had chartered a private plane which was due to take off from Luton, but it was unable to do so due in the wake of an ISIS attack that killed 103 people.

Two truck drivers have tested positive to Covid after arriving in Perth from New South Wales.

Boris Johnson will only reimpose coronavirus restrictions if the number of deaths is heading for 50,000 a year, it was claimed today.

Adam Banks from Hutton Rudby in Yorkshire told how he had to learn to walk, talk and swallow again after being struck down with the disease in January.

Parental rights organisation UsForThem, which was founded following the decision to close schools, said it had been flooded with calls from parents worried they would have no say.

Joe Biden on Thursday said he was unaware of a specific list of names of Americans and Afghan allies handed to the Taliban but that it was possible. Trump called him 'stupid' for being so naïve.

Detectives looking for Claudia Lawrence began searching in gravel pits and a fishing lake following an environmental survey commissioned by church landowners.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has floated 60 per cent support as the potential threshold for the UK Government giving the green light to a re-run of the 2014 vote.

Parents are using Facebook and WhatsApp groups to get their children vaccinated against Covid-19 - with kids as young as ten already given the jab.

The South West is expected to bear the brunt of the traffic over the weekend, with journey times on classic holiday routes such as the M5 and A303 more than doubling at certain times.

A study of 27 at-risk 12 to 15-year-olds in the UK that were double-jabbed with Pfizer found only one experienced severe tiredness, discomfort and agitation, while the rest had mild symptoms.

Supermarket giants are working furiously to feed a third of the population of a Victorian country town that has been trapped in Covid isolation for more than a week.

Copenhagen has overtaken Tokyo to be named as the safest city anywhere in the world in a new report - just pipping Toronto to the crown.

Qantas is expected to offer good deals to get Australians flying overseas again for a holiday for the first time in almost two years. The flying kangaroo is taking bookings now for December.

The latest Oxford University study suggests the risk from clots is significantly higher from the virus itself than the British-made AstraZeneca vaccine.

Pen Farthing, who founded the Nowzad animal shelter in Kabul, has been engaged in a desperate attempt to board an RAF evacuation flight in recent days.

Ashli Babbitt's widower - Aaron - went on Tucker Carlson's show hours after the cop who fatally shot his wife made his first public comments and expressed his anger.

Shoppers watched on in horror as the attack took place at the store in Sheffield. South Yorkshire.

Trade union Unite has slammed Booker - which is owned by Tesco - for refusing to grant a £5 per hour temporary pay rise to drivers working from its depot in Thamesmead, south-east London.

President Biden called on the 'most interesting guy I know' - Peter Doocy of Fox News - in a tense exchange where he took on the deal with the Taliban negotiated by President Donald Trump.

Police in South Australia have warned the general public and business owners to closely check all cash following two recent instances of counterfeit $50 notes being passed as legitimate legal tender.

Tucker Carlson branded President Joe Biden 'a lunatic with no self-respect' on Thursday after the Kabul suicide bomb killed 13 U.S. service personnel.

The Indiana congressman, who served in Afghanistan in 2014 and 15, said it was 'unfathomable' how the HIIDE devices, used to store biometric data of Afghans, had fallen into Taliban hands.

The Manhattan prison where Jeffrey Epstein allegedly hanged himself is being temporarily shut after lawyers and inmates have complained of dirty toilets, crumbling infrastructure and rats.

Peloton lowered the price of its original Bike to $1,495 marking the second time it has reduced the Bike's price from $2,245 when it was released. It is predicting a revenue drop in 2022.

Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who raised the alarm about government surveillance, has spoken out about Apple's new plans to access peoples' photos, to search for child porn.

Brett Methven was fishing with mates on Fraser Island off the coast of Queensland earlier this month when he spotted a pair of fins above the water's surface.

Vice President Kamala Harris canceled her planned trip to stump for California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday after twin bombings in Afghanistan killed at least 13 US soldiers.

A brow technician in Double Bay, in Sydney's affluent east, has garnered the support of a huge chunk of her clientele by proposing treatments in her local park.

Just 79 of the main shops in Britain remain open compared to 467 five years ago, new data shows (file photo).

Thousands of Afghan evacuees arrived at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, but many children weren't as lucky as this one after being separated outside the Kabul airport.

SIAN BOYLE: Most people's idea of a pre-party loosener is a glass of something fizzy. Not so for Lady Amanda Feilding who once drilled a hole in her head an hour before hitting the town.

Melbourne doctor Eileen Moore has demanded a $4,995 refund for her joining fee and a letter of apology from Elite Introductions.

On one day this week, 335,420 Australians received a Covid vaccine. This was an even faster pace than anything achieved in the US or the UK when adjusted for population.

Reptile experts risked their lives to pair two Komodos at the Australian Reptile Park on the NSW Central Coast. Here's why the feat is so remarkable - and equally dangerous.

While NRL superstar James Tedesco earns $1.1 million each year, spare a thought for his Sydney Roosters teammate Ben Thomas - the hard working prop who signed a $5,000 contract.

Eric Hartter, the biological father of Eminem's adopted daughter Stevie, died of a fatal combination of cocaine and fentanyl in 2019. His mom found him in an abandoned home in Detroit, Michigan.

Suzette Maree Webster, 56, pleaded guilty to fraud after an investigation uncovered she had taken 17 days of sick leave she wasn't entitled to. She used three days to attend Melbourne Cup functions.

A fisherman had spotted the whale towing a buoy off the coast of Coolangatta, on the Gold Coast, on Thursday.

Maddy Bourke from Melbourne has posted two TikTok videos detailing her experience living with long Covid, when the symptoms of the virus continue for more than 12 weeks after an infection.

Victoria has tightened its border restrictions and introduced a new hotel quarantine permit after the state recorded 79 new cases.   

Legendary New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns has been left paralysed in his legs after suffering a stroke during an emergency heart surgery to treat a tear in the lining of a major artery.

A video taken at Coles in Croydon, in Sydney's inner west, has gone viral on social media site Reddit showing their QR check in code placed on the sliding entrance door of the store.

Students that have been stuck completing their schoolwork from home during the NSW lockdown will finally be allowed to return to the classroom from October 25.

Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, who serves as an adviser on enlistment efforts, received a backlash for his tweet to promote diversity in the armed forces amid the chaos in Kabul.

Education Scotland has introduced the new guidance over fears that groups impacted by racism are not currently sufficiently represented in the curriculum.

PAUL THOMAS on... a world in turmoil

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palasczuk's plan for a new 1,000-bed regional quarantine facility has come under fire. The facility near Toowoomba is due to open later this year..

Thousands of Toll truck drivers will strike for 24 hours from midnight, potentially disrupting food, fuel and the delivery of packages, as a dispute over a new workplace agreement escalates.

Harrison Kefford posted a video to his TikTok account explaining the symptoms he experience after getting the jab, stating that he is immunocompromised, having multiple chronic illnesses

The US has suffered the worst loss of life in Afghanistan since 2011 on Thursday after two suicide bombings by ISIS-K killed at least 13 US troops. In August 2011, the US lost 30 troops in one day.

Sources say the UK holiday firm has shown interest in hosting hundreds of families fleeing the crisis (file photo).

A Covid-positive businessman accused of being 'public health enemy number one' allegedly went on the run because he was scared police would 'harass' him in isolation, his family claim. 

Dennis Quirk, president of New York State Court Officers Association, posted the addresses for Chief Judge Janet DiFiore to Facebook after the state required court workers to get the jab.

A Gold Coast business owner was reduced to tears after receiving an aggressive email from a 'Karen' questioning why she was given a complimentary pack of lollies with an online order.

Lisa Steadman, 58, is mourning the loss of her husband, Ron Steadman, 55, who she found dead in their bedroom after struggling with COVID at Winter Haven Hospital for over a week.

A furious woman was filmed calling a Walgreen's manager a 'b*tch,' before torming out of the store after being refused a refund. A bystander filmed the incident and posted it to TikTok.

DailyMail.com can reveal the Capitol Hill cop who shot dead Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt on January 6 is 28-year police veteran Lieutenant Michael Byrd, 53.

NYPD officers identified as Joshua Polo, Gifford Griffiths, Mohammed Uddin and Sterling Medina have been suspended after being seen on video failing to act during a shooting in Harlem.

El Cajon school district near San Diego announced Tuesday that at least 24 students and 16 parents from Afghan families are now stranded in Kabul.

A teenage girl is fighting for her life in hospital after veering off a quiet country road in rural Victoria and slamming into a tree, tragically killing the two passengers inside.

Former President Donald Trump phoned in to Sean Hannity's Fox News show on Thursday night to slam the Biden administration for using 'zero resistance' on the Taliban when they moved into Afghanistan.

Joe Biden on Thursday said he was optimistic that the Taliban would work with the United States to evacuate anyone who was left behind after the August 31 deadline, and had won approval to travel.

The man, 41, and woman, 42, were visiting a shopping centre in Wetherill Park, in Sydney's west on Thursday night when they were approached by police.

Australia's vaccine experts recommended the jab for all kids in this age group on Friday. Previously it was only recommended for aboriginal children and those with underlying conditions.

Dave Kramer, a close friend of Hannah Clarke, the Brisbane mother-of-three who was set alight with her children by her ex-partner, reveals the reason she stayed with him despite warnings.

Early details are emerging of the ISIS-K attack that killed 12 US troops and at least 60 Afghan civilians, as the Pentagon reveals a suicide bomber slipped past a Taliban checkpoint at the Kabul airport.

Biden on Thursday said he would hunt down the ISIS-K terrorists behind the Kabul attacks, but must do so with limited intelligence capabilities in Afghanistan following his withdrawal.

Leon Panetta said on Thursday that the Unites States military will have to return to Afghanistan to tackle terror threats posed by Taliban and ISIS-K after a suicide attack killed 13 U.S. troops.

A 17-year-old girl suffered a graze wound to the head and a 35-year-old woman was shot twice in her backside at Bousso African Hair Salon. The gunmen fired multiple shots before sprinting away.

In an interview with FOX News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday, Glenn Beck revealed his organization has saved 5,100 Afghans from persecution, but is facing backlash from the State Department.

Four jockeys including top rider Jamie Kah have been fined for breaching Victoria's lockdown restrictions by staying at a Mornington Airbnb.

Dan Andrews has flagged he will keep Victorians in lockdown thanks to 'selfish' actions he claims residents are up to, despite new modelling show opening up at 70 per cent jabbed rate won't increase deaths.

Lt. Michael Byrd, the Capitol police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt during the January 6 Capitol riot said his actions 'saved countless lives.'

Time's Up CEO Tina Tchen has become the second leader to step down from the anti-sexual harassment group after allegations that she helped Andrew Cuomo fight claims of misconduct.

Two more NSW residents have died from Covid-19 as the state recorded another 882 local cases of the virus overnight.

Covid cases in South Dakota rose from 657 on August 4 to 3,655 cases on August 25 following the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally that began on August 6.

Sen. Lindsey Graham urged the US to take back control of Bagram airbase after reports of two explosions at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

The outlet's chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay had been reporting on the desperate attempts of thousands to flee the country after the Taliban took control of the capital on August 15.

Sydney pizza shop worker who participated in the gang rape of a drugged teenager in the back of his restaurant has been jailed for at least eight years.

Anthony Karam, 27, was arrested by Bankstown police just before 5.30pm on Thursday at an apartment in Wentworth Point after allegedly failing to self-isolate for two weeks.

The group posted a statement claiming responsibility from their Telegram account on Thursday, following the two explosions in Kabul earlier today.

Ralph Puglisi, 59, was spotted walking out of the Sam Gibbons United States Courthouse in Downtown Tampa, Florida after stealing $12.8m from a University of Southern Florida non-profit.

Video showed families passing their children and babies over a barbed wire fence to Australian soldiers outside Kabul Airport on Thursday. No Australian troops were killed in Thursday's deadly blast.

Tony Armstrong argued that Australians needed to accept they were living in a racist country after watching unsettling footage from 'Incarceration Nation'.

Aurora Preston, who teaches at South Johnston High School, said she had worn a face mask in the previous school year, but now doesn't think they're effective in slowing transmission of COVID-19.

Noor Ahmad Amiri, 26, was queuing with his two brothers and their wives to enter the airport when chaos broke out last week. He died on Wednesday after spending more than a week in hospital.

Yesterday, 1,400 Afghan evacuees arrived at Gate 12 of Heathrow's Terminal 4. They were about to start their new lives in Britain. It comes as some Afghans who helped Britain have been left behind in Kabul.

Notorious Sydney gang rapist Mohammed Skaf could be granted parole to leave jail within weeks after authorities confirmed it was appropriate in a hearing on Friday.

A journalist from The Times discovered the documents containing contact details - including names and addresses - of Afghan embassy staff, as well as CVs from local job applicants at the embassy.

GUY ADAMS: Supporters of the charity, which is run by a former Royal Marine named Paul 'Pen' Farthing, have mounted a highly personal lobbying campaign via social media

ABC News President Kim Goodwin told staffers that she won't be 'sweeping this under the rug,' after two staffers claimed they were sexually assaulted by senior producer Michael Corn during business trips.