Rishi Sunak has urged voters to trust that he will deliver on his pledge to cut taxes before the next general election.

The National Audit Office said millions of patients had missed out on vital care during the pandemic - and could now return to the health service to increase the backlog.

Coleen Nolan, 56, has said she will spend Christmas Day with her ex-husband Ray Fensome and her new mystery boyfriend. She recently revealed she had been dating a man she met online.

Donald Trump has spoken with former UKIP leader Nigel Farage for GB News and said Prince Harry had been 'used horribly' by Meghan Markle as he launched an astonishing barrage of criticism.

Cases of the variant were spotted in Barnet and  Haringey in London, Liverpool, North Norfolk and Sutton, taking the UK's total for the variant up to 22, the UKHSA confirmed

Chloé Wilby claims her four-year-old son Mason developed hypothermia after his school, Wigton Infant School in Cumbria, put him in isolation in what she described as an 'outdoor shed'.

Pubs and restaurants said people were already cancelling their Christmas parties even though there is no requirement to wear masks in hospitality venues.

BBC1 will air the same shows - including the Strictly special, Mrs Brown's Boys and Call the Midwife - in the same order from teatime onwards this Christmas, just like last year.

Canning Street was named after George Canning, the former prime minister who campaigned against freeing slaves, while Gladstone Road was named after ex-PM William Gladstone.

Ghislaine Maxwell's first accuser known as 'Jane' took the stand Tuesday to testify that she was 14 years old when she first had 'sexual contact' with Jeffrey Epstein.

Prince Charles was met by a Guard of Honour and a twenty-one gun salute as he as he boarded a plane in Bridgetown and bid farewell to the country after its transition to a republic.

The PM urged people not to cancel Christmas parties or nativity plays as he promised to 'throw everything' at the booster jab campaign to tackle the spread of the Omicron variant.

South Africa's leading virologist Tulio de Oliveira described the surge in infections as 'scary' as he urged the public to get vaccinated and use face masks.

Military personnel who have received an HIV-positive diagnosis will now be recognised as fully fit. Previously they were barred from frontline service over concerns about medication access.

Amber Gibson, 16, went missing from the Hamilton area on Friday night having left her home in Hillhouse at 9.15pm on Friday. She was last seen at 9.55pm on Cadzow Street.

Universities UK, which represents vice chancellors from 140 universities, said hard left members of the lecturers union had 'undermined' negotiations ahead of industrial action

A ten-year plan is set to be unveiled by Health minister Gillian Keegan. The white paper is called 'People at the heart of care.'

Thomas Schreiber, of Gillingham, Dorset, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of the murder of Sir Richard, 83, and attempted murder of his mother Anne Schreiber.

Prince Andrew flew on Jeffrey Epstein's private plane, known infamously as the 'Lolita Express', the pilot of the aircraft has said in damning testimony during the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell.

Despite their boom in popularity, only five shows from the likes of streaming services feature in the top 100 most-watched TV shows in Britain last month, research revealed yesterday.

Archaeologists excavated Durrington Walls, in Amesbury, Salisbury. The site was the settlement where the builders of Stonehenge lived in about 2,500 BC and where the new evidence was found.

Connor Willis, 24, Anthony Wheeldon, 40 and Dean King, 28, were jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh. They stole Rolex watches from Walker the Jeweller in Dundee in September 2019.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer conducted a surprise reshuffle of the shadow cabinet on Monday and has now been accused of heading up a 'hardcore' pro-Remain frontbench

Dr Ugur Sahin, co-founder of Germany-based BioNTech, said a vaccinated person will have the immune system capacity necessary to defeat the mutated virus.

Renowned for snatching chips from unwary visitors to the seaside, the birds possess the skills to solve problems in order to earn a treat, according to researchers.

These are some of the subjects that feature in the 25-strong shortlist for the People's Choice Award, which is part of the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

An article published on November 24 about complaints over a snow dome experience in Bournemouth related to domes offered by the 1812 Lounge Bar, not those at Bournemouth Pavillion...

A 21-year-old man and two teenagers aged 14 and 16 have been stabbed in Wealdstone, north west London. The eldest victim is fighting for his life according to Scotland Yard.

Dr Adrian Harrop, 31, from Liverpool, called one person 'a venomous transphobic bigot' whose central aim was to 'demonise trans people and exclude them from public life'.

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh said their findings suggest the Covid vaccines should be offered to more than 100,000 children in the UK aged five and over with poorly controlled asthma.

The new curbs in England, which came into force at 4am today, mean all fully vaccinated travellers must return to taking costly PCR tests within two days of arriving in the UK.

Jordan Monaghan is accused of killing his children in 2013 and is also accused of murdering his partner Evie Adams in 2019 which he denies and is on trial at Preston Crown Court.

The Met will confiscate e-scooters only from repeat offenders or when 'necessary to keep the public safe' - a move that was slammed by MPs and campaigners who branded the vehicles 'death traps'.

Advance HE, which runs the scheme, is recommending that data be collected exclusively on gender-identity, not sex. Feminist academics said the Athena scheme had lost its way.

Team GB Olympic high-jumper Emily Borthwick, 24, said she was devastated to share the news that her 'beautiful baby brother' Connor, 22, (pictured with Emily) died last Thursday.

The lock-in at the remote Tan Hill Inn in the Yorkshire Dales is expected to end today after dozens of people became trapped in the 17th-century hotel on Friday night.

Winfried Stöcker, 74, staged an illegal vaccination event at Luebeck airport in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, on Saturday.

Aya Hachem, 19, was mistakenly shot in the chest by a hired hitman as she shopped in Blackburn, Lancashire, in May 2020. Her family collected her degree from University of Salford on Monday.

A 'contemporary sculpture' of world heavy-weight boxing champion Tyson Fury, 33, made out of plastic drainpipes has already been mocked by residents in Morecambe, Lancashire.

Footage shows the woman in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, waking up when she is asked if she is ok. The man rings the police and follows in her pursuit, concerned. Police arrest her at home.

Yesterday it was announced 300 UK companies have signed up to the Women in Finance charter, but City minister John Glen (pictured) insists there is still more to be done.

Conservative leader of Plymouth City Council Nick Kelly sparked fury when he made the comments during an interview about the killing of 18-year-old Bobbi-Anne Mcleod.

Footage captured near Monument station in central London shows the commuter launch a furious rant at a Muslim passenger as he recites the Quran on the tube at 6.40am on November 27.

Robert Page (pictured), 68, allegedly plotted to get rid of the 65ft mature pine in the front garden of his home near Poole Harbour, Dorset, after several failed applications to the local authority to fell it.

EXCLUSIVE: Activists said they will turn their attentions to military chiefs they claim 'facilitate illegal hunting on their land'. Pictured: The Royal Artillery Hunt in Wiltshire last week.

New footage shows the moment the £100million F-35B fighter jet crashed in the Mediterranean earlier this month as the investigation into the cause of the crash continues.

Victims are coerced into signing monthly direct debits as cold-callers are pressuring the vulnerable into paying thousands for bogus insurance cover, according to a new poll by Consumer body Which?.

Convicted killer Steve Gallant, 43, (pictured) helped pin down jihadist knifeman Usman Khan, 28, during a terror attack in Westminster. He has spoken of 'deep regret' for committing murder.

David Kerrigan, 38, got access to their homes by telling them two thieves were arrested nearby and asked if he could come and check if anything had been stolen from them..

An Alcohol Health Alliance (AHA) report found that marketing of alcohol at special events made it difficult for those addicted or in recovery to fully participate in everyday life and could trigger relapse.

The researchers suggest that the natriuretic peptide test, which tests for hormones in the blood, could be used to diagnose thousands of heart failure patients earlier and save lives through treatment.

Humza Hussain, 16, was stabbed to death outside a school in Luton in June this year. A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of murder and was told to expect life when he is sentenced tomorrow.

Amanda Staveley, 48, who is worth around £100million and who has a home in the exclusive Park Lane area of central London, had employed Maira Whittaker as nanny since May 2018.

Sajid Javid told Sky News's Kay Burley this morning that revellers should take precautions before going to festive parties amid mounting concerns about the new Covid variant.

WorkSafe Victoria said just over two years ago the 73-year-old drove into an automatic car wash in Springvale, Melbourne, before getting out of his car to re-enter an access code.

Footage captured at East Horton Golf Centre in Hampshire on November 27 shows flower boy Matthew Bell interact with wedding guests as he makes his way down the aisle.

Tory MPs have blasted the Government after it emerged new rules on self-isolation will be enshrined in law until March.

Nick Adderley, head of Northamptonshire Police, said an apprenticeship scheme that gives new recruits a degree at the end had the highest dropout rates.

Retail workers have become the target of feral shoppers with staff subject to death threats, violent attacks and even being spat on.

Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba told counterparts at a NATO summit in Latvia he was 'confident' an invasion could be prevented using a 'three pronged approach' against Moscow.

Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, head of Nigeria's CDC, said retroactive testing of Covid samples collected in recent weeks had identified a case of Omcron Covid dating back to October.

BBC Radio 4 presenter Garry Richardson suffered an unfortunate blooper live on air during the Today programme this morning when he mispronounced the horse Seymour Sox as 'Seymour Cox'.

Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night ridiculed Chris Cuomo, after the CNN star was suspended by the network. The news was announced by Cuomo's stand-in, Anderson Cooper.

Jorge Benitez filmed his friend Rolando Montes desperately paddling away from the shark on his surfboard at Middles Beach, in Puerto Rico, yesterday.

Health minister Nitzan Horowitz said there is indication that people who received two jabs or booster within the last six months protected against Omicron - but did not provide any data.

Brothers Sergio and Jorge Ramalheiro, who previously served in an elite special forces unit in Afghanistan, are on unpaid leave from the Portuguese police while they carry out private security.

Pop superstar Katy Perry was in an 'emotional' state when she fired off a series of emails to her manager Steven Jensen, labelling respected Sydney designer Katie Perry a 'dumb b****.'

Renowned criminologist Patrick Tidmarsh has spent more than 30 years working with thousands of sex offenders, including serial rapists, paedophiles, child molesters and juvenile sex offenders. 

Banjo, a five-year-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier, had a lucky escape after fighting off a saltwater crocodile at Casuarina Beach near Dripstone Cliffs in Darwin on Monday morning.

A push for a parliamentary inquiry into the influence of the far-right in Victoria has been supported by Premier Daniel Andrews.

A young Aboriginal woman has died after being rushed to hospital last week. The woman, 30, was transferred from a Melbourne maximum security prison for women.

Australia's Omicron cases have grown to seven as another traveller from southern Africa - where the new strain first emerged- has tested positive in Sydney.

An inquest into the death of Queensland man Jesse Aaron Kermode will be staged later this month after he was shot at least six times by police at a railway station in September of 2018.

The 44-year-old prisoner of Pacific Islander heritage died at Townsville Women's Correctional Centre on Tuesday evening, Queensland Corrective Services said.

Chloe Morello, who is from the NSW South Coast, revealed her plight via Instagram, claiming she missed out on celebrating her birthday back home with family.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has announced Queensland had a new Covid case - the first recorded in the state in 19 days - as shoppers are placed on alert.

The Duke of Cambridge is understood to be disappointed that broadcasters are still making money from his late mother Diana's BBC interview with Martin Bashir in 1995.

Damian Marko Markovski was found guilty in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday of murdering Robert Charles Frescon during a botched robbery at his home.

The live round that Alec Baldwin fired and accidentally killed Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust may have been a homemade bullet, according to court documents.

Santiago's attorney has denounced the claims, alleging that although his client had been drinking he was not on a level of being intoxicated or impaired. He also claimed the incident was a 'horrible accident'.

After more than 30 years of denial, the Government has admitted it knew the passengers on the August 1, 1990 BA149 flight to Kuwait City were in danger before the flight touched down.

Kenny Wells, 42, turned himself into police on Tuesday after his gun had gone off at an Atlanta security checkpoint and set off a huge panic on November 20

The £100million F-35 fighter jet plunged into the Mediterranean Sea earlier this month while conducting routine flying operations in the region, triggering an underwater race against Russia.

The former NSW Premier donned a stylish red dress as she browsed the aisles of Hot Dollar at Macquarie Shopping Centre in Sydney's north-west on Wednesday.

The family of student Nathan Valencia has slammed UNLV and Kappa Sigma Fraternity over the lack of safety protocols at an annual boxing charity event where the junior was injured.

Specialist police officers were closely watching Mitchell and his bikie mates as they converged on the small town of Echuca in northern Victoria for his 46th birthday on Saturday.

Rory James Nairn, 26, experienced heart palpitations after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and later collapsed on the floor of his Dunedin home in New Zealand.

South Australia has reported its first locally acquired cases of COVID-19 since reopening the state's borders last week.

Kyle Rittenhouse is no longer enrolled at the Arizona State University following student protests demanding his withdrawal from campus despite a jury acquitting him on murder charges.

Ashleigh Banfield has revealed that Katie Couric's cutting words about their professional rivalry drove her to create a new mentorship program that will kick off with a Gayle King interview.

Queensland's former chief health officer Dr Jeannette Young has swapped the stress and worry of Covid updates for the glamour of black-tie nights at the opera and the ballet.

The Labor leader made the remark against the Defence Minister during a fiery Question Time this week. The comment 'boofhead' has left many Australians amused.

A baby Aboriginal boy has tested positive at the same Northern Territory quarantine facility three teenagers escaped from. Testing is underway to determine whether it is Omicron.

The call begins with wife Maggie Murdaugh asking for an ambulance for her housekeeper, Gloria Satterfield after she tripped going up eight steps outside the family's Colleton County home.

The 28-year-old man was taken away in handcuffs from the Northgate train station in Brisbane on Sunday afternoon. Shocking footage shows the man making violent threats.

A retired art appraiser has spoken publicly for the first time about an encounter in the spring of 1990 with a well-known thief, who came to his shop in Boston with what he believed was stolen art.

In documents, Virginia Roberts furiously hit back at the Duke of York's attacks on her credibility after he accused her of launching a civil lawsuit in the US in pursuit of 'another payday'.

The former attorney general announced on Wednesday afternoon he will not recontest the marginal seat of Pearce in Western Australia.

Video shown on day three of the inquest into his disappearance revealed Theo Hayez in deep conversation with a Dutch backpacker while making a bizarre search on his phone.

Kevin McCarthy, the most senior Republican in the House, held meetings on Tuesday afternoon with Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nancy Mace, telling them to end their vicious mud-slinging.

The proposal would have meant voters needed proof of identity before casting their ballot. Sen. Lambie opposed it after running a poll on her website.

The Supreme Court is set to take up its biggest abortion case in 30 years as it decides the fate of a Mississippi abortion law which bans the practice after 15 weeks into a pregnancy.

The Melbourne jockey is scheduled on 10 rides across three race meets in two days this Friday and Saturday in her return from suspension over an illegal party during Covid-10 lockdown.

Experts are predicting a mosquito explosion in Australia following record rainfall that has combined with humid temperatures to create the perfect breeding ground for the bothersome bugs.

The 22-year-old had been visiting her 40-year-old boyfriend James Robert Davis at Parklea prison in Sydney's west on Monday, eight months after he was arrested.

Darren Mewett was attempting to repair the vehicle near the M1 motorway on Stapylton-Jacobs Well Rd at Yatala on Queensland's Gold Coast on Tuesday morning.

Justin Langer flew to Hobart from Brisbane on Tuesday to see Tim Paine with a compassionate grounds exemption on the day he was released from hotel quarantine.

Rep. Ilhan Omar revealed Tuesday night that Rep. Lauren Boebert once asked her if she should register as a 'foreign agent' as she condemned the Colorado Republican for her 'Jihad squad' attacks.

Nurse Angela Cox has told an inquiry about the conditions at St Basil's Home for the Aged in Melbourne following a disastrous Covid outbreak that claimed the lives of over 40 elderly residents.

Gary Chisholm pleaded guilty in March to gross indecency in a public place after pleasuring himself as he watched two topless girls at Casurina nudist beach in Darwin in August 2019.

The police and the missing NSW Central Coast man's family hold concerns for the welfare of Logan Losurdo.

The Sydney radio broadcaster has defended the woman who went on a two day shopping and fast food spree across Sydney and the Central Coast before learning she had Omicron.

Netflix action comedy film Red Notice starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot has become the most watched movie on the streaming platform with 328 million views

Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, said he thought the defense thought his friend Dominic Black would lie on the stand. The teen also stated he took the stand because he 'wanted to the world to know' who he was.

Liberal party figures said he will announce his intention to retire on Thursday, the last parliament sitting day of the year.

Even in the absence of most vulnerable foreign workers, the exploitation of staff has continued through the pandemic.

Houston man Lee Price III, 30, has been sentenced to nine years in prison after he scammed $1.6 million in COVID relief funds and spent money on a Lamborghini, Ford F-350, Rolex, and at strip clubs

Joon Seong Tan, 35, has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Ju 'Kelly' Zhang. Ms Zhang, a mother, went missing on Feburary first and her body was found in a Melbourne landfill in June.

Activist Paul Jukes has been hanging from a huge piece of machinery at the North Queensland Export Terminal north of Bowen since 5am Wednesday. Police have not been able to bring him down.

Chris Cuomo has been suspended indefinitely by CNN, they announced on Tuesday night. His suspension came after he was revealed on Monday to have extensively helped his brother, Andrew.

The Labor leader joined his Liberal counterpart, Greens leader Adam Bandt and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce to place the gifts under the Christmas tree in Parliament House.

A NSW nurse has been deregistered after it was found she provided 12 fake medical certificates to her employer to cover sick leave, and later blamed the fakes on a computer virus.

Independent senator Jacqui Lambie will not vote in favour of Scott Morrison's proposed voter ID laws. The laws are unlikely to pass with senators witholding votes over vaccine mandates.

As the peak of the grass pollen season approaches, towns across regional Victoria, the ACT and parts of NSW are having their heaviest pollen season yet.

Three people who escaped from the Howard Springs quarantine centre in the Northern Territory have been located.

An extremely rare two-headed blue tongue lizard has been filmed in an Australian zoo. The lizard, named Lucky, captured audiences with his prominent second head.

A participant said an MP both sexually harassed and sexually assaulted her at Parliament House in Canberra, and she was far from alone in her experience.

In its first week available in stores, Christie's tome titled Republican Rescue has sold just 2,289 copies, according to BookScan data cited by the publishing newsletter Press Run.

Speaking to DailyMail.com on Tuesday night, shortly after Chris Cuomo's indefinite suspension was announced, Dean called the move 'the very least CNN could do' in light of the revelations.

The bill will now return to the lower house for approval of amendments - but looks set to be passed in a slightly diluted form.

Mostafa Baluch, from Bayview in Sydney, is accused of using fake encrypted messaging app AN0M to try and smuggle more than 900kg of cocaine into Australia.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern could be forced to uninvite people to her upcoming summer wedding because of her own strict Covid rules which could restrict her to just 100 guests.

Extended lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne caused national gross domestic product to shrink by 1.9 per cent in the September quarter.

Real estate data group CoreLogic's research director Tim Lawless said demand for apartments could start to increase as young buyers unable to afford a house looked at other options.

Fauci and Obama made a surprise visit to Kimball Elementary School in D.C. to aid in COVID vaccination efforts. The leaders also tried to combat the stigma against getting the jabs.

Dimitri Evangelou followed the perfect stranger and stabbed her in the back three times in broad daylight. The 2019 attack in north-west Melbourne saw him jailed for three years.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: From the very start, the response to this pandemic has been littered with bad and contradictory messaging. Ministers and scientists have too often sown confusion.

Brian Laundrie's parents Chris, 62, and Roberta, 55, are selling their North Port, Florida home as a for sale sign was seen on the front lawn only a week after their son's death was announced as a suicide

The Biden administration is considering whether to force all travelers returning to the U.S. to quarantine for seven days to curb the spread of the potentially dangerous omicron variant.

A man who flew into Australia from Nigeria is expected to be confirmed as the country's seventh Omicron case within hours.

The team of investigators will be looking into the deaths of Robert Atkins, Trevor King and Jeff Mundy. All men were allegedly murdered by low-level drug dealers in South Australia.

The snap shows the Labor leader celebrating his 29th birthday in 1992 alongside his single mother Maryanne who died of a brain aneurysm ten years later.

Two Elanora men were attempting a daring echidna rescue when they were approached by a policeman. The officer demanded the two to 'get on the ground' with little explanation.

Darrell Brooks, 39, was granted a $1,000 bail despite answering 'yes' to all six questions regarding the risk factors when allowing him out on bail. His criminal history spans more than two decades.

Classes are set to be cancelled and services disrupted as staff ditch teaching to stand on picket lines across 58 campuses Universities branded the walk-outs 'disappointing'.

Kurt Campbell believes the tense relationship between Australia and China should ease when the Asian giant realises the benefits of a good relationship.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he'll reveal later this week his strategy to fight off COVID and its new variant Omicron this winter but indicated it won't be 'shutdowns and lockdowns.'

Workers at Parliament House in Canberra could be hit with booze restrictions if the recommendations of a shocking report into bullying and sexual harassment are acted on.

Attorney Joe Domask has filed a motion to withdraw from Darrell Brooks' cases in Milwaukee, citing 'relationships and familiarities' with Waukesha victims' families.

Republicans poured scorn on his words and promised to continue to oppose the social spending measure as Biden toured Minnesota to push his $1.85 social spending plan.