Jonathan Van-Tam is leaving his post as deputy chief medical officer.

A number of Facebook groups shared instances of their canine companions (stock image) falling ill with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea after walking along beaches in Yorkshire.

JANET STREET-PORTER: Prince Andrew is a man who has run out of road. The Duke of York has two stark options - drag his family through the mud or pay up.

While refusing to name him, lawyers on Wednesday said he was the 'mystery motorcyclist' seen driving away from the crime scene close to Lake Annecy on September 5, 2012, and looking lost.

World No 1 Djokovic admitted he attended events in Belgrade while infected with Covid but is now facing further scrutiny over whether his trip to Spain violated entry requirements

Under the Conservative Party's rules, a confidence vote would be triggered if 15 per cent of MPs write letters of no-confidence to Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee.

ANDREW PIERCE: While running the Cabinet Office's 'propriety and ethics team' Gray claimed the scalps of no fewer than three senior Tories, as well as probing a host of other embarrassing matters.

Prince Andrew was facing the biggest gamble of his life after a judge in the US unequivocally rejected a bid to have his sex abuse case thrown out of court.

STEPHEN GLOVER: As apologies go, Boris Johnson's offering in the House of Commons wasn't at all a bad one. In saying sorry went much farther than erring politicians normally do.

The statue - Prospero and Ariel - was made by artist Eric Gill and campaigners have long asked for it to be removed after it was revealed that Gill sexually abused his two eldest daughters.

EXCLUSIVE: Mercedes boss Toto Wolff will sit down with the new ruler of Formula One on Friday to discuss the farcical conclusion to last season which will go a long way to deciding Hamilton's future.

John Stevenson, 68, was found dead on the floor of his living room in Aberdare, Wales, with the body of his partner, Mark Turner, alongside him on March 12, 2020.

Kieron McArdle (pictured), from Coleshill, Warwickshire, said the Downing Street booze-up had 'infuriated' him and slammed it as 'one rule for them, one rule for the rest of us'.

As reported by Reuters, the deal, which is set to be worth £580million, is poised to be finalised this month. Talks over a deal started last summer.

The Prime Minister admitted he attended the No 10 garden 'party' during lockdown in May 2020 but his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings branded his explanation as 'bull****'.

Lee Cunliffe (pictured) was an officer within Greater Manchester Police when he first began messaging a woman he believed was the mother of the child on messaging app Kik in September 2020.

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Mr Johnson was the architect of the most draconian curbs on our freedoms in living memory. People made enormous sacrifices to stop Covid's spread.

RICHARD KAY: Only a settlement with his accuser can prevent the prospect of Andrew facing an unseemly court-room battle in which his most private secrets risk being tastelessly exposed

The Prime Minister admitted he attended the No 10 garden party at the height of lockdown in 2020 prompting Scottish Tories including leader Douglas Ross and Ruth Davidson, to call for his resignation

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimated one in 15 people in England were carrying the virus in the week to January 6, up by about 14 per cent on the previous seven days.

Liz Truss will table 'pragmatic' new proposals designed to break the deadlock which has dragged on since the UK left the EU, when she hosts Brussels leaders at her Chevening estate.

At the beginning of November, this deceptively simple game had only 90 players: now there are two million, with celebrity fans such as Pointless co-host and bestselling author Richard Osman.

The PM's admission that he was at the al-fresco soiree in the Downing Street garden in May 2020 was his first confirmation that he had attended an event whose existence was revealed last week.

RICHARD EDEN: I hear Robbie Williams, whose solo hits include Angels, has accepted an offer on Compton Bassett House in Wiltshire, after slashing the asking price by £1.35 million.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Here, in a huge Milton Keynes car park, I am sitting in a prototype of something which could be about to do to Uber and its ilk what Uber did to the taxi trade.

Ovo Energy is said to be axing roughly 1,700 out of 6,200 roles as part of a voluntary redundancy programme in a bid to save costs.

JASON GROVES: After days of prevarication, Boris Johnson finally went to the Commons and said sorry for the lockdown-busting party in the No10 garden in May 2020.

Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick faced demands for Boris Johnson to be interviewed under caution as part of a full criminal investigation into the 'illegal gathering' on May 20, 2020.

HENRY DEEDES: Not since Boris Johnson first burst into the Commons after being crowned leader has an appearance by a Prime Minister been so hotly anticipated.

David Colombo, 19, shared the warning on Twitter, saying the flaw was found in a third-party software that stores the Tesla owner's sensitive information. Tesla is looking into the matter.

MATTHEW GOODWIN: while some people think the Starmer did a good job, I think he fluffed it. Instead of pinning Boris Johnson firmly to the floor, Starmer allowed the PM to wriggle free.

Activist Laurence Fox has announced his engagement to Arabella Fleetwood Neagle. Emily Hill says for the rest of the anti-lockdown lovelorn, the struggle is very real.

Georgina Lucas, who lives in London, recounts having to decide with her husband Mike, whether or not to withdraw baby Grey's life support after he was born at 31 weeks with serious abnormalities.

JENNI MURRAY: Do judges look on a grandmother in her 60s or 70s as someone who couldn't possibly have the energy to endure the undoubted pressures of looking after a small child?

Amazon Prime delivers most things one may desire less than 24 hours after the impulse has struck. UK-based writer Clare Foges explains why she has chosen to deactivate her account.

Teacher Hannah Brady, 25, was among members of five families who met Mr Johnson at Downing Street last September to represent the Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice Group.

The Prime Minister's wife was said to be deep in conversation with Henry Newman (pictured together), a former protégé of Michael Gove who worked on the Vote Leave campaign.

CONTAINS SPOILER. English speaking fans of the guessing game Wordle vented their frustration on social media today after they were undone by a word not using the British spelling of a word.

Zaid al-Hilli, 62, whose brother Saad was gunned down near Chevaline in France on September 5, 2012, said he was 'hopeful' that justice would finally prevail following an arrest today.

Social media erupted into a hive of memes mocking Boris Johnson, with one showing Ant and Dec in a fit of giggles - alluding to the television presenter's previous jibes at the Government.

The Prime Minister told MPs at lunchtime that he hopes to 'bring you more about that as fast as possible' in a clear hint that a decision could be imminent.

The widow of a man killed on a smart motorway questioned why 100 miles of them would still be completed amid growing safety fears - asking 'if something is dangerous, surely you isolate it?'.

Fire experts said the design of a nearly 50-year-old building and its older fire safety features likely contributed to spreading of smoke, which caused all 17 of the fatalities. Officials say dozens were injured.

Both cryptocurrencies have seen their prices drop drastically since start of the year, following remarks from the Federal Reserve that it may raise interest rates.

Russia and the U.S. indicated they remained a long way apart after the first day of security talks In Geneva on Monday when the Russian negotiator insisted Moscow had no plan to invade Ukraine.

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Bosses at M&S hailed a 'strong' Christmas and said the transformation plan launched two years ago is leading to better results as the group posted a 9 per cent jump in sales for the past three months.

The Duke of York has been urged to settle out of court 'for the sake of his mother', who celebrates her Platinum Jubilee this year.

The victims, two women in their 20s, were heading home after a night out when they were approached in the street by two women and a man in Montrose Crescent, Wembley.

The woman, 30, has sued the sperm donor after finding out he was Chinese, not Japanese, had not graduated from Kyoto University, and was married, not single as he claimed.

The Conservative Party is in open civil war today after Jacob Rees-Mogg labelled the Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross a 'lightweight figure'.

The woman, an IT graduate, believed to be from Walthamstow, east London, quit her 'toxic' job two days ago, citing on Twitter that she had experienced racism and bullying 'multiple times.'

Shah Ali (pictured), 41, deliberately drove at the 84-year-old man in his Mini Cooper and knocked him over when the pair went 'nose to nose' in their vehicles at a car park in Moseley, Birmingham.

A total of 270 experts and medical professionals called on Spotify to adopt a misinformation policy after Joe Rogan hosted the controversial Dr Robert Malone last month.

A shocking road rage attack near Byron Bay in which the driver of a Barina hatchback waves an axe at another motorist before ramming his car has led to a man being jailed for two years.

Detectives from Operation Pike made the arrests on Thursday - exactly two weeks after the fire - with the support of the Australian Federal Police.

The NSW health minister's intervention came after footage appeared of young religious revellers partying at a Hillsong youth camp - despite millions of Australians being banned from singing and dancing.

Officers Eric Pratt and Daniel Robbins had pulled the couple over in Moab, Utah, on August 12, 2021, after they responded to a call from a witness who saw the couple involved in a domestic fight.

The ACCC has recalled Huggies Fragrance Free nappies sold at Woolworths which feature the Little Mermaid and Toy Story's Rex dinosaur designs on the packaging.

The men, woman and children were brought into Dover by an RNLI lifeboat looking cold and tired amid freezing temperatures before dawn today as they were helped ashore by officials and paramedics.

Brahamdev Mandal, 84-year-old serial-vaxxer has threatened to kill himself if he is prosecuted by the Indian authorities. Police are conducting raids to arrest him.

San Bernardino County firefighters rushed to the commercial yard in Adelanto, California, after 911 callers reported hearing explosions and seeing flames at around 4.35pm.

Meeting senior Kremlin envoys at NATO HQ in Brussels, Western ambassadors unanimously rejected Moscow's demands for a guarantee that Ukraine will never be admitted to the group.

Jason Barker, 49, was arraigned in court on Wednesday after he allegedly murdered his LA business manager girlfriend Angela Kukawski, 55, who was found in the trunk of a car

The Met Office issued a yellow warning for fog across parts of the West Midlands, as well as the south west and south east of England, lasting until 11am today.

John Zou, 27, found the scampering sugar glider in his Holborn flat on Monday morning. After initially thinking it was a rat, he looked after the creature, providing it with fruit and calling the RSPCA.

Tomic was trounced 6-1 6-4 by Russian Roman Safiullin - ranked No.146 in the world - on Tuesday, but his Covid claim has turned out not to be an excuse, it was true.

Premier Mark McGowan will soon introduce a number of new restrictions for the unvaccinated in Western Australia. The raft of changes will be implemented from January 31.

The 45-year-old made the revelation about those frightening five years for the first time on Wednesday, ahead of the release of her memoir This Will Be Funny Later.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison added a personal message as his press conference on Thursday wound up with the world closely watching amid the Novak Djokovic visa saga.

Attorneys for Virginia Giuffre said that Judge Loretta Preska should make public material from a civil lawsuit she filed against Ghislaine Maxwell relating to eight anonymous John Does.

Scott White has admitted to murder more than three decades after pushing mathematician Scott Johnson from a cliff in the northern beaches suburb of Manly.

Hanna Scigala, 31, was at her Newcastle home with her three kids, on January 4 when her allergy was unexpectedly triggered around 9.30pm by a post-dinner treat. 

In a short clip posted to Instagram on Wednesday, a man could be seen chasing after his black minivan as another man, armed with a knife, plows into a car in front of it in an effort to flee the scene.

A man injured in the fight was released last month, with a judge blasting the Department of Correction and Mayor Bill de Blasio for failing to protect the public and the detainee.

Casino giant Crown Resorts said on Thursday it received a revised proposal worth at least $8.87 billion from Blackstone that it would recommend to shareholders.

Prime Mininster Scott Morrison said the federal government are yet to make a decision on deporting tennis champion Novak Djokovic - as Serbian is locked in as the number one seed.

The US Air Force is asking for an Inspector General investigation to take place following claims an unqualified female airman was pushed through special tactics officer training despite quitting.

Adams County Judge Robert Adrian said it would not be right to sentence Drew Clinton, 18, to prison for allegedly raping Cameron Vaughan during a graduation party in Quincy.

National cabinet have agreed that close contacts who work in a raft of key industries will not have to isolate if they return a negative Covid rapid test.

Scott Smith, whose daughter was raped in a school bathroom in Virginia by a boy in a skirt, said on Wednesday night he was 'relieved' the boy had been sentenced to an institution.

Ronald McDonald House's British Columbia and Yukon Branch came under scrutiny after Austin Furgason, whose son is battling cancer, confronted an administrator on video about its vaccine policy.

The bedraggled leftovers of an abandoned Melbourne strip club make for a weird late-night video clip - but 138,000 people have tuned in to view the insides of Goldfingers, which closed in 2020.

For diners, food appears less fattening to them when it is shared because they do not feel they 'own' the food, research has found.

Paul Manafort, 72, appeared on Sean Hannity's show on Wednesday night to promote his book - his first interview since being pardoned by Donald Trump in December 2020.

Former league and union star Sonny Bill Williams will be out to prove he is the real deal with a boxing match-up against Barry Hall on March 23. The two men are scheduled to fight 10 three minute rounds.

'Rust' armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed (left) claims Alec Baldwin (right) failed to attend 'cross bow' gun training about a week before cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (inset) was killed

The mother accused of torturing and murdering her daughter has religious beliefs that 'God heals', not doctors and hospitals as she remains in custody with her co-accused husband.

A team of devoted Sydney engineers has developed a hypersonic 'space plane'. The vehicle will be powered by four hydrogen fuelled scramjet engines which will send small satellites into orbit.

Proposed Australian laws would allow people to speak freely about their religious beliefs, even if they are offensive, so long as their message is not threatening or intimidating.

NSW Health has advised when to use a rapid antigen test as the state records 92,264 new Covid-19 infections this week despite mass RAT shortages.

A hot cross Karen's angry note stuck to a packet of early Easter buns has led to a hilarious debate online - with many saying that the baked treats should be available all year round. Do you agree?

The Utah and Minnesota Department of Health both published guidance notifications that stated race and ethnicity could be considered when determining eligibility for COVID treatment.

Vice President Kamala Harris discussed opposition to voting rights legislation on Wednesday night saying by not supporting was a violation of the 'oath to protect & defend our Constitution'.

Fredrik Blencke will shack up at Lune de Sang, an award winning 146 hectare timber plantation in the Byron Bay Hinterland owned by one of his good mates.

Judge Lewis A Kaplan's decision is a huge blow for Andrew, whose lawyer argued earlier this month the case should be thrown out as Ms Giuffre had waived her right to pursue the duke.

The spotlight is again on Andrew's advisers after Judge Lewis Kaplan dismissed his claim to have the civil lawsuit in New York thrown out on a technicality.

The Michigan-based pizza chain said wings will also become an online exclusive, which will save the company money because customers spend more online and stores will need less workers.

A young WA couple has been prosecuted for animal cruelty after starved dogs were found chained in their carport. An inspector discovered the pups in June with their 'bones poking out.'

Australian Aboriginal woman Katerina Lee Roe explains in a video uploaded to TikTok on Tuesday, why she and other indigenous artists consider the word 'black' racist.

There are calls for an inquest into the death of an Indigenous man discharged from Dubbo Hospital. His father blames the hospital staff's discriminatory treatment.

Former President Ronald Reagan's famed top economic advisor Arthur B. Laffer has slammed President Joe Biden's approach to inflation as 'exactly the opposite' of what is neededKeith Griff.

Xavier Israel, 25, had been lying on the sidewalk at 476 5th Avenue around 8 pm when he punched and robbed a 59-year-old Good Samaritan who tried to give him his coat, surveillance video shows.

Robert Kiyosaki, a bestselling author, fears property prices in Australia will crash because of the Reserve Bank pumping money into the financial system during the pandemic.

The 13-year-old victim died after allegedly being stabbed in the chest in a suburban street in Kariong, on the NSW Central Coast, around 11pm on Tuesday.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday called Republican criticism of Joe Biden's voting rights speech in Atlanta 'hilarious.'

Video taken by a bemused neighbour in Hinchinbrook in the city's south-west showed hundreds of prospective tenants lining up to inspect the $530-a-week four-bedroom home about 2pm on Wednesday.

Kelly Ernby's death from COVID on January 2 sparked widespread derision online, due to her outspoken opposition to vaccine mandates and refusal to get vaccinated herself.

The search for a Victorian teenager last seen in floodwaters in southeast Queensland is continuing in an area police say looks like a 'war zone'.

Barack Obama joined the campaign to pressure Democratic senators into supporting voting rights legislation, backing Joe Biden's demand to kill the filibuster, calling it a tool to 'prop up Jim Crown.'

MSNBC's Joy Reid on Wednesday called for people who remain unvaccinated to pay for tax as a result of their healthcare choice.

Woolworths has announced customer limits on painkillers and toilet paper after reports of widespread shortages around Australia due the ongoing supply chain crisis.

David, 35, claimed he used his experience with sexual assault to influence other jurors, saying: 'When I shared that, they were able to come around on the memory aspect of the sexual abuse.'

New research commissioned by Amazon Prime Video has found that Australian home buyers are settling for less than ever. Data revealed most people don't consider natural lighting or smell.

Residents on Australia's east coast should prepare to be battered with torrential downpours this weekend as forecasters warn the wet conditions could last an entire week.

The American man bought lottery tickets as Christmas presents for family and one ticket won $70,000. His wife believes they should take it back but husband disagrees.

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews quoted Rafael Nadal while criticising Novak Djokovic's stance on vaccinations - as the tennis star anxiously awaits a decision on his potential deportation.

Photos revealed the dramatic moment a two-month-old baby was saved from the wreckage of a helicopter after it crashed on a Philadelphia street on Tuesday afternoon

Coles has announced they will have enough rapid antigen tests for everyone in the next few weeks as Australia's Covid-19 crisis worsens.

Australian captain Pat Cummins confirmed the omission, with Khawaja to open the batting alongside David Warner in the pink-ball Test that begins in Hobart on Friday.

House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced on Wednesday night that he will not cooperate with the January 6th committee, saying it was not 'conducting a legitimate investigation.'

301 active-duty law enforcement died from COVID in 2021 from a total of 458, with the virus causing more officers' deaths than any other way, making it the deadliest year in nearly a century.

The White House admitted on Wednesday it was not prepared for the supply chain challenges and inflation surge that came with the coronavirus pandemic. 

Biden reacted to General Raymond Odierno's death in October and said he was 'forever grateful for the words and the kindness' the late military commander shared at Beau's 2015 funeral.

The 15-year-old boy from Loudoun County, Virginia, has not been named because he is a minor. He was sentenced on Wednesday to three years in a locked residential facility.

Jason Richard Struhs, 50, and Kerrie Elizabeth Struhs, 46, were charged with murder on Tuesday after Elizabeth Struhs, 8, was found dead inside their Toowoomba home.

All domestic border restrictions will be removed in Queensland after the state suffered 14,914 new Covid cases and six deaths.

The former Prime Minister and wife Cherie, 67, were seen leaving exclusive private members' club Oswald's in Mayfair as news of his knighthood continues to spark fury across the country.

Australians feel they need to earn as much as a surgeon to feel wealthy. Finder's personal finance expert Kate Browne has revealed how pressure on social media was making people unrealistic.

The 18-time singles grand slam winner slammed the defending Australian Open champion over his vaccination views and believes his visa to remain in Melbourne to play should be cancelled.

Crowds attending the 2022 Australian Open will be capped at 50 per cent as Daniel Andrews introduces tough new restrictions across Victoria.

A 46-year-old woman was dramatically arrested by five police officers at a popular cafe in Queensland after she refused to show her proof of vaccination.

The function, which produces a purple line beneath words or phrases it deems to be potentially problematic, can be turned on and off in Word's settings.

The ACT has recorded 1,020 new covid cases, bringing total active cases to 5,000. However, Thursday's figure did not include results from rapid antigen tests but will be included in Friday's.

A police officer was filmed dragging a barefoot alleged drunk driver down a quiet street in Adelaide after she plooughed her van into several parked cars.

The Royal Shakespeare Company has teamed up with British cruise line Cunard to take the Bard's work out to sea as part of a three-year partnership.

Dr Erin Pritchard of Liverpool Hope University warned supermarkets 'midget' is 'a form of hate speech' and has been lobbying supermarkets to change the name.

The Spanish government is now reportedly looking into whether the Serbian tennis star entered the country illegally before flying to Australia.

A huge haul of $8.2million in cash plus meth, ecstasy and weapons were seized after early morning raids in western Sydney. NSW police showed several photos on social media of the millions seized.

The federal government is expected to announced on Thursday whether it will launch a new bid to deport the defending Australian Open champion.

New Zealand's 'first bloke' Clarke Gayford has been busted trying to force a chemist to sell rapid antigen tests to his musician mates just before he is due to marry Jacinda Ardern.

Billionaire James Packer is set to lose his embattled Crown casino empire in a takeover bid from a private equity firm worth $8.87billion.

A captioning service has launched an investigation after footage went viral of Channel Seven newsreaders Rebecca Maddern and Mike Amor slamming the Australian Open champion.

NSW has recorded 78,000 positive Covid-19 rapid test results, less than 24 hours after the new reporting system went live.

CNN averaged just 548,000 viewers during the week of January 3, a precipitous drop to the nearly 2.7 million viewers from the same week in 2021. The ratings come amid multiple scandals.

Dame Vera Lynn, pictured, was an accomplished painter having completed more than 300 works of art that have been catalogued since her death at the age of 103.

Mom-of-three April Meadow, 43, was dumpster diving with friends when they found a newborn bay in the trash. 'His arms were ice cold,' told DailyMail.com

Alexis Avila, 18, appeared in court in Lovington, New Mexico, on Wednesday afternoon and was confronted by angry protesters following a hearing to decide if she would be jailed.

Tasmanian wildlife authorities released a CCTV image hoping to identify a dog. The dog is believed to be responsible for killing 17 little penguins on December 31 after post-mortem analysis.

Daniel Andrews has reintroduced tough new Covid restrictions in Victoria but released tens of thousands of critical workers from close contact isolation amid a national supply chain crisis.