Despite Labour scrabbling to find more cash for defence, as many as 53 staff have been employed at the MoD to champion DEI under its watch.

Marlo Swann McNair Plowden, 28, appears to have cast aside his privileged roots to reinvent himself as a Left-wing activist.

Online giant Ocado saw a surge in demand for essentials over the weekend, with several brands of bottled water listed as out of stock.

Was it really only 100 days ago that unhappy donkey Sir Keir Starmer was led to the glue factory? In sauntered Eyelashes Andy, the mayor with a touch of daytime TV, writes QUENTIN LETTS.

Why did the Met seemingly do nothing about that letter? It is one of the most perplexing questions in the saga of Thomas Markle Snr and the accusations against him, writes A.N. WILSON.

OLIVER HOLT: It is July 10 2024, a couple of hours after goals from Harry Kane and Ollie Watkins have taken England past the Netherlands in Dortmund and into the final of Euro 2024.

Mr Markle's ex-wife Roslyn Loveless is understood to have sent the letter to the force in January 2019, before its contents were passed on to the Sussexes.

Mr Burnham warned previously that the free movement of people across borders should never be revived after it was 'defeated at the ballot box' in 2016.

When Hilary Nathan passed away at the age of 88 on the Orkney island of South Ronaldsay earlier this month it was with the minimum of fuss

Hitting back at Barack Obama's weekend gibe comparing the refurbished White House to a chain restaurant, President Donald Trump insisted Monday that Obama was a lousy president.

The Daily Mail has exclusively obtained never-before-seen images of the biggest celebrity wedding of the century.

As the nights draw in, many of us will be reaching for the vitamin D tablets. But a new study appears to raise questions about who really needs it.

Daniesha Charles has won more than £13,000 in compensation after she was screamed and sworn at for dropping an apple crumble.

The Reform leader said he was 'optimistic' despite a slew of controversies in recent months, which has coincided with a slide in his party's poll ratings.

The charges are the latest in an extraordinary effort to prosecute Comey, the former FBI director and one of Trump's biggest perceived political foes.

Fifth-grade teacher Hannah Jorgensen ran in after her student, Ahmed Osman, 10, after he fell into a lake on September 22 in Iowa and told the other 13 children to call for help.

Researchers at the University of Bristol recently reported that they were able to convert the high-risk Alzheimer's gene, APOE4, into the lower-risk APOE3 gene.

The Israeli Prime Minister narrowly trails his main rival, former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, ahead of the country's first election since the October 7 massacre.

Dr Karin Elliott's allegations were branded 'ridiculous' by a neighbour who was accused of gender-based violence because of the way he drove his vehicle.

The Treasury also said it would try to cut taxes for those who drive for work and slash tariffs on some foods.

The AI company is poised to have the biggest ever initial public offering on Wall Street after filing to go public on Monday, with a valuation tipped to reach up to $2 trillion.

Footage from 2024 shows the Prime Minister shaking his hips to Ricky Martin's hit song Livin' La Vida Loca.

Even Andy Burnham must realise that a £2 cap on bus fares is hardly the foundation stone for political immortality

Sufina Aslum, 42, targeted her neighbour's back yard in Yardley, Birmingham, persistently over a period of seven years.

The Duchess of Sussex is reportedly heading to Australia to take a starring role on one of the country's most popular television shows.

Antonoff, 42, criticized Sheeran, 35, for allowing a 'billionaire' tell him 'what to do' after the musician removed Macklemore from his Loop Tour over the rapper's pro-Palestine remarks on stage.

Today, the King embarks on a Caribbean tour which will require all of his considerable diplomatic powers. But will it be enough to avert a proper constitutional crisis?

In last ditch plea before tomorrow's Budget, industry leaders urged Chancellor John Healey to 'slash employment costs' and ease the mounting tax burden or 'households will end up paying the price'.

The Academy Award-winning star had her brown locks in a curly bob style as she accessorized with black sunglasses and carried a vertical black leather tote bag on the daytime outing.

How would you react if the UK did go to the polls over the EU again? Have your say in the Morning Mail poll.

Official police figures show 6,085 under-18s were scrutinised by the Prevent scheme in 2025 after concerns were raised about their obsession with violence and extremism.

Microsoft is offering voluntary redundancy to more than a quarter of its global workforce as it pours money into artificial intelligence.

People who have a cardiac arrest could also benefit from a form of the treatment with everyday tablets - paracetamol, aspirin or ibuprofen

I couldn't quite believe what I was hearing. A Labour Chancellor, with a proud trade union background, was lavishing praise on the banks

Having cooked for Diana and taught Jamie Oliver the secrets of Italian cuisine, it's safe to say that Gennaro Contaldo is more accustomed to handling ingredients than criminals

Robert Jenrick presented 64 measures the party will implement in its 'rival red book' to create jobs and promote growth ahead of Labour announcing its own Budget on Wednesday.

Tech boss Brett Duncan, 51, died from head injuries after his boat failed to turn around a buoy and crashed into the steel-framed vessel which was moored nearby.

TMZ reports the LAPD told the witness she would be hearing from the FBI but has yet to hear anything from the agency.

The platform has been built in a matter of months to counter Vladimir Putin's most advanced jet-powered drones and cruise missiles, which have caused mayhem in Ukraine in recent weeks.

Dysert's wife Michelle made the sad announcement on his Facebook page on Sunday along with a lengthy, but emotional tribute.

Derwent and Ashopton have been uncovered from the depths of Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire after drought conditions hit the county earlier this summer.

David Barnes, 69, was arrested in January 2022, shortly after he flew to Moscow to see his children, whom he alleges were abducted by his ex-wife, Svetlana Boricovna

Footage captured by a secret camera showed Lara Jones, 50, rummaging through the pensioner's drawers in search of expensive items.

Photographer Arthur Edwards, 86, has spent 50 years documenting the Royal Family, and admits his relationship with the King was fiery back in the '70s and '80s.

Chancellor John Healey is expected to announce at the Budget on Wednesday that more than £400million was saved or protected by the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) last year.

The American actor and screenwriter - who starred in seven Star Trek feature films in addition to the original iconic television series - passed away Sunday in Los Angeles.

The Home Secretary told the Commons former Tory Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk will lead a 'rapid', two-part inquiry into the case.

The Chancellor has been warned that Britain 'cannot tax its way to prosperity' and must back business or face a 'generation of stagnation'.

Gye Worthy, 40, assaulted Paul Maull, 46, during the cremation service for his son Cole, who died alongside four others when their car smashed into a police vehicle, killing two officers, in August.

Bern Rogers looked after her mother Sheila Wills for two-and-a-half years at home with her husband.

Maxima, 55, and her 21-year-old daughter, Princess Alexia, attended a performance by American house DJ Armand Van Helden on October 24.

Families have been caught up in a terrifying wave of anti-HMO attacks on homes suspected of housing asylum seekers.

A breakthrough in the fight against womb cancer was unveiled today, after doctors discovered a drug combination that may be able to defeat the disease.

Those who earn even £1 in private pension above their state pension look set to be excluded from the new tax rate - and over-75s on the old state pension could lose out too.

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Brisbane Airport advised its western runway was closed for repair following a lightning strike on Tuesday.

Police attended Brimbank Aquatic and Wellness Centre in Keilor Downs within minutes of the alleged incident being reported shortly after 11am on Sunday.

Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Israel to support Argentina over the Falklands after Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband imposed economic sanctions on West Bank settlements. 

John Healey is expected to announce a 3.9 per cent rise in the minimum wage when he delivers the Budget tomorrow.

Israelis vote for parties, which then form alliances to create a majority coalition. No single party has ever won a 61-seat majority in the 120-member parliament.

The ABC has been grilled over whether it knew it had hired a Hamas fighter as a journalist.

A BMW was driven deliberately into a group of people in Neustadt am Ruebenberge, leaving four to five of them with injuries ranging from minor to severe.

Embattled Congresswoman Ilhan Omar dismissed the media scrutiny of her citizenship and her relationships by claiming she simply 'looks good' on screens.

The President has hit back at Obama repeatedly after the Democrat joked Trump's renovations had the White House 'looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.'

A 32-year-old man was arrested during rush hour at Barangaroo Metro Station.

Oxford Street has been permanently blocked off to cars under Sadiq Khan's plan to pedestrianise the busy shopping hub.

Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of Beau Lamarre-Condon's murder trial.

Andrew Bolt's extraordinary intervention has laid bare a growing rift inside News24 over Ben Roberts-Smith. INSIDE MAIL reveals who's lining up on each side.

A massive manhunt is underway after convicted murderer Jacob Morley, 28, escaped from a Tennessee prison by breaching a perimeter fence late on Sunday night.

Two grieving New Jersey mothers broke down in court as Vincent Battiloro, 18, pleaded not guilty to murdering their 17-year-old daughters, Maria Niotis and Isabella Salas.

Prosecutors are now pushing for life when the trio are sentenced on October 27, while their attorneys want the minimum sentence of 15 years apiece.

Kevin Adkisson was arrested after he flung a six-year-old special-needs child against a wall, police said. 

Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, 19, remains in a critical condition after being shot in the face outside Fitzy's in Loganholme, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night.

Los Angeles placed in dead last, followed by New York City, then Detroit. Each city stood out for metrics in which they performed particularly poorly.

Former US Army soldier Zarrius Hildabrand, 24, has been sentenced to 59 years in prison for shooting dead his 21-year-old wife, Saria, and dumping her body in a storm drain.

Supreme Court of Victoria Justice Christopher Beale sentenced Erin Patterson to life in prison on September 8, 2025, but set a non-parole period of 33 years.

Robert John Crawford, 49, pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Frances Elizabeth Crawford, as details of their 'toxic' marriage were laid bare on the opening day of a Supreme Court trial.

A shark catcher has issued a chilling warning to Australians and what he wants done now before it's too late.

Mark Hendrickson, 46, was piloting the plane and his two sons, Alan, 15, and Case, 13, were on board when the aircraft crashed in western Colorado, near Swampy Pass in Gunnison National Forest.

The One Nation MP accused the government of failing to support the victims of Australia's biggest superannuation collapse after revealing his ex-wife Natalie lost $400,000.

Venues are reportedly opting out of hosting events for Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy.

Four Texas State University fraternity pledges were arrested after witnesses reported seeing a man with tape over his mouth being forced into a pickup truck.

Donald Trump launched a blistering attack on Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, calling him a 'jihadist' and claiming he would struggle to board a plane because of security concerns.

When your word means nothing, or very little, eventually neither do your appeals for better behaviour.

A memorial service was held for Megan Lambert who was killed in an elementary school shooting in Oregon earlier this month

Both Trump and Minaj joked about her replacing Katie Zacharia at an event in Michigan over the weekend.

Independent Senator Fatima Payman has sparked backlash after asking if Anthony Albanese was waiting for her to suffer a Helen Haines style attack.

The jeweller behind the Married At First Sight rings has been ordered to pay his ex-partner more than $800,000 after a judge found he secretly diverted the show's sponsorship deal to a new company.

An insurance insider reveals the companies he would never trust with his own money and the claims practices he says leave Australians stressed and out of pocket when disaster strikes.

Trump was supporting Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith's re-election campaign when he admitted he thought the price of oil to go 'much much higher' because of the war in the Middle East.

Is Trump-backed Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers a MAGA Republican?

The digger had spent days searching Mount Stuart Station near Tibooburra before a faint signal from his Gold Monster 2000 metal detector grew stronger.

The professor, who colleagues and students described as a funny, intelligent and devoted educator, was struck in a hit-and-run on October 9. A suspect has not been identified or arrested.

SNP MP Lara Bird, Green MSP Kate Nevens and Labour MP Clive Lewis were held by Israeli authorities after trying to enter the West Bank to meet olive farmers.

The potential raise for city council members comes as the city faces high crime rates, a homelessness epidemic, an illegal dumping crisis and a major budget deficit.

A warning has been issued to Aussies who use Waze.

Jonathan D Miller, the Libertarian Party candidate for a state Senate seat, was taken into custody at around 3pm following an hours-long standoff with police in Cary.

A social media user shared what appeared to be an internal Aldi notice about the transition, writing that 'staff are as happy as you'd be'.

Two years ago, voters of all parties were more likely to favour spending on public services over taxes.

Jeremy Taylor, 50, was fired by the Oakland School for the Arts in February 2022 after an ex-student, referred to as Jane Doe, accused him of sexually abusing her, according to a civil lawsuit.

Jacinda Ardern has taken up a top job after moving to Australia.

Breathtaking images of a double rainbow, lightning strikes and a swirling supercell thunderstorm are among the strong contenders for the Weather Photographer of the Year 2026 competition.

Two unfolding debacles that tell us plenty about the distance between ambitions and political reality.

Bolsonaro said that police had stopped him in the street moments after he had visited his imprisoned father, former President Jair Bolsonaro.

The event over the weekend was a who's who of the conservative world, with President Trump and members of the first family attending a rehearsal dinner for the couple inside Mar-a-Lago.

Bru was the first capybara to be born in Scotland in 18 years and is set to experience the spooky season for the first time.

Former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn, 59, is charged with the murder of Carol Clay, 73, who went missing from a remote campsite in Victoria's northeast in March 2020, alongside her friend Russell Hill, 74.

Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau's most recent TikTok posted hours before she was shot was since been inundated with dozens of messages from wellwishers.

Mother-of-two Demi McDaid, 23, and her partner Jack Farrelly, 30, remain behind bars in Australian prisons after their case was mentioned in court on Thursday.

A grieving mother came face-to-face with the illegal immigrant truck driver accused of killing her newlywed son and his wife in a horrific highway crash.

Mariana Espinoza was hit by an unknown car near the Oak Forest neighborhood, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.

A Baltimore mother says her terrified children were harassed and chased down the street by a man living in a sewer near their home. Unique Wiggins has initially dismissed their claims.

The director of the Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy (SERP) Institute this weekend warned organised crime groups are deliberately targeting vulnerable children in the care of the State.

Hundreds of birdwatchers raced to catch sight of the rare Northern Nutcracker in Mundesley, Norfolk, over the weekend, a species not seen in the area for almost 60 years.

She landed the dream gig of playing with U2 through her involvement with Music Generation, the national music education programme handsomely part-financed by the band since its launch in 2010.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck off South Australia's coast on Tuesday morning, with dozens of people in Adelaide reporting they felt the tremor.

The Last Ditch Bar, which serves the queer community in Greenfield, announced on social media Monday that it is ending its regular hours and looking for someone to take over the business.

A woman was walking her dog on a leash early Sunday morning just outside her home in Snohomish County, Washington, when a female black bear attacked her.

Ryan James, 18, suffered a medical emergency while holidaying in Japan earlier this month.

Cedric Von Ferdinand, 34, allegedly moved back home to his cancer-stricken foster mother Nadine Jett, 65, to poison her and steal her fortune in a 'despicable' scheme, prosecutors say.

Just two months before Carissa Pollard arrived at Federal Prison Camp Bryan, another woman convicted of fraud turned herself in: Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.

Maria Skopova was found dead at a home in Holywell Heights, Sheffield, the same day she was born on August 30 having suffered 33 wounds.

The magical property on Goodwin's Court in Covent Garden, London, is steeped in history having been built after the Great Fire of London more than three centuries ago.

President Trump is cracking down on 'voter fraud' this midterm season, and he's willing to pay big bucks to those willing to help rat out cheaters.

The long-serving curator at Logan Botanic Garden, which he dubbed Scotland's most exotic garden, was walking near his home on Sunday when he was struck.

Friends and family paid tribute to the woman as they remembered her as a devoted mother, beloved sister and gifted hula dancer.

A United Airlines flight bound for Newark was forced to turn back to Las Vegas after a flight attendant allegedly spotted a passenger text claiming he planned to hijack the plane.

A Fox News correspondent was seemingly caught off guard during a live interview at a Donald Trump rally in Fort Myers, Florida.

Redeploying public sector workers whose jobs have been axed can 'take some time', a senior SNP minister has said

Police chiefs have sparked fears of a 'lawless' Scotland after warning the service may have to prioritise emergency calls amid a funding crisis.

A Reform UK MSP has stoked further tensions in the party by accusing a former colleague at Holyrood of shouting at staff members.

A Green MSP has been accused of using taxpayers' money as her own 'personal piggy bank' after hiring a researcher to look at migrants' experiences in Scotland.

Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole (BCP) Council cited equality legislation as it approved the scheme.

Hardeep Bhachu and Jasskamal Riyat, who did not know each other, began racing when they met at traffic lights and drove at up to 90mph in a residential area.

Donald Trump praised the role the King played in his decision to remove Scotch whisky tariffs during a phone call with John Swinney, according to a note written by the FM.

A flagship SNP election commitment to hand every new primary pupil a free schoolbag will cost £1.35million a year, it has been revealed.

The man walked around the pavement in anger and continued his tirade, while the bar employee tried to remain calm.

The last weekend before the independence referendum, and a vast Nationalist mob descended on BBC Scotland's headquarters with well-made banners.

The 55-year-old, who is married to Ronnie O'Sullivan, failed to turn up in court, claiming she is stuck in Dubai due to 'flight disruption'. She was caught driving 26mph in a 20mph zone.

A Woman's attempts to cover up her husband's murder have been revealed in a new TV documentary.

Now aged eight, the boy has the mental capacity of a newborn baby, experiences daily seizures and suffers from respiratory problems.

Comey was abruptly fired last year after roughly a decade at DOJ, where she oversaw some of the nation's most high-profile prosecutions - including against Jeffrey Epstein and Sean 'Diddy' Combs.

In the Truth Social post, Trump added: 'When you go to the Polls please remember that Bibi has been an outstanding warrior prime minister!

A sixth-grade boy suffered burns to his throat and GI tract after he consumed a soft pretzel at Fowler Middle School on October 20, 2025, that was dusted with a chemical cleaner, according to a lawsuit.

A giant ghost army of civil servants may sound like a Twilight Zone plot but it's far from the stuff of fiction in 21st century Scotland.

Rio de Janeiro's favelas erupted with celebratory gunfire after left-wing Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term in a shock result that defied polls.

A battle is waging within the Pentagon's walls as two top officials struggle to gain command of the Army's top job despite Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's clear support for one man.

Thousands of Taiwanese engineers relocated to the Phoenix area after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company built their factory in the Grand Canyon State.

Joseph Nixon, 43, abused guests attending the festivities at Liverpool's historic Adelphi Hotel in the early hours of September 15 last year, a court heard.

Chronic cannabis user Thomas Childe, 24, deliberately rammed into Colin Starbuck, 79, as he waited at a bus stop in Garforth, West Yorkshire on the evening of October 29 last year.