Watch: Woman And Dog Pulled From Sinking Car
Watch the terrifying moment a rescuer saves a woman from drowning, before disappearing back under water to find her dog.
More than five million applications in total have been made since the scheme opened.
Florida Governor DeSantis will be loyal to the president — but that doesn’t necessarily leave Trump in a good position
The Guardian view on the SNP feud: the personal is political. The battle between Alex Salmond’s zeal and Nicola Sturgeon’s caution risks pushing the women at the centre of the saga to the margins
"If you tell people they don’t believe it happens so often."
Revival of classic Nineties sitcom was officially announced this week
Parents of Gigi Morse, 6, say she seemed fine except for a few unusual ailments.
Wayne Lineker has stunned fans by claiming he’s engaged to his Celebs Go Dating co-star Chloe Ferry. The official Celebs Go Dating Instagram page wrote: “Ummmm...” The millionaire club owner starred on the latest Celebs Go Dating series with Geordie Shore star Chloe.
Fewer than one in seven people travelling to Scotland from abroad are being forced to quarantine in hotels, as hundreds of people benefit from loopholes in the SNP's controversial system. Nicola Sturgeon had said she wanted all people arriving in Scotland from outside the British Isles to have to quarantine in hotels, a policy significantly harsher than the UK Government’s approach. However, new figures show that of the 2,548 people who were travelling to Scotland from outside the UK in the first week the policy was in force, only 346 were quarantined in a hotel. And despite Scotland’s stricter policy, the majority of those were in English hotels, having flown in to airports south of the border from one of 33 high-risk “red list” countries.
Follow the latest updates
The Northern Ireland Protocol must be abolished rather than tweaked, the European Research Group will urge the Government on Thursday. The hardline Tory Brexiteers will publish a report, seen by The Telegraph, urging Boris Johnson to overhaul the problematic protocol rather than work with the EU to amend it. It comes amid a growing outcry over bureaucracy and checks, required under the protocol, hampering the inward flow of some goods to Northern Ireland from Great Britain. The protocol was established to smooth trade friction arising from Northern Ireland remaining inside the UK internal market while continuing to apply some EU rules. The Brexiteer MPs propose replacing it with a “mutual enforcement” arrangement, via which both the UK and EU would agree voluntarily to enforce each other’s rules. This would see the UK apply EU customs regulations in Northern Ireland, undertaking checks “at source” in warehouses and factories instead of checks taking place at a border. The ERG’s 38-page report comes after Michael Gove and Maros Sefcovic, the EU Commission vice-president, on Wednesday night issued a joint statement declaring both the UK and EU’s “full commitment” to “the proper implementation of the protocol”. The pair’s statement acknowledged that “joint action” was needed to make it work, but their declaration of support for it disappointed Tory Eurosceptics and Unionists. A UK Government source was also downbeat on the prospect of a breakthrough over the issues surrounding the protocol, conceding “there was no real progress” made in the meeting between Mr Gove and Mr Sefcovic. The source added that there “seems to be a lack of understanding on the EU side” of the situation on the ground in Northern Ireland and how the protocol is impacting people’s everyday lives there. It appeared Mr Sefcovic has “not been given any political room for manoeuvre” by hardliners in the Commission and member states, the source added, saying the bloc appeared to have forgotten its aborted move to trigger Article 16 of the protocol last month. The ERG, which boasts more than 50 MP supporters, called in senior Brexiteer lawyers Martin Howe QC, Barnabas Reynolds and James Webber to help draft its report. Their publication, entitled “Re-uniting the Kingdom: How and why to replace the Northern Ireland Protocol”, argues the mechanism has “had a profound and negative effect” on the UK’s internal market, as well as the constitutional position of Northern Ireland. It sees the ERG formally join the growing chorus of opposition to the protocol, which has been led by the Democratic Unionist Party and other Unionists who insist it is unworkable. This week DUP leader Arlene Foster, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, and senior party DUP MPs announced they were backing legal action against it. She has said a “long-term solution rather than sticking plasters” is needed, adding: “Whether it is the flow of parcels, supermarket goods, chilled meats or medicines, from GB to NI, the United Kingdom single market has been ruptured.” Mark Francois, chairman of the ERG, told The Telegraph: “As this report makes crystal clear, from the viewpoint of the ERG, the NI protocol has to go. We’ve recommended an alternative called mutual enforcement which gives both sides what they need without infringing the sovereignty of either party.” He added: “We very much hope that just as the EU swore blind they would never abandon the backstop and then did so, they may yet abandon their adherence to the protocol as well.” Eurosceptic Tories were buoyed last week by Downing Street’s promotion of Lord Frost to the Cabinet to lead on the UK’s post-Brexit relationship with the EU, believing he will take a tougher approach to Brussels than Mr Gove, who holds the brief until the end of this month.
Six destinations most likely to make the 'green list' this summer When can I go on holiday? Will vaccine passports open up our holidays? Key dates in the lockdown exit roadmap 20 UK holidays with availability from April 12 Sign up to the Telegraph Travel newsletter Spain, the United States and Singapore are among the destinations with which Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is in talks over international travel agreements. The Transport Secretary was asked by ITV's Robert Peston how far along the Government was in its discussions with other countries about vaccine passports, which are being considered as way to open up foreign travel. Mr Shapps said: “The Prime Minister only announced the task force on Monday but I can tell you that in the last few days I’ve spoken to my Singaporean opposite number today, actually, my American opposite number today, actually, my Spanish opposite number … So we’re speaking to a lot of other governments.” His comments come as the EU meets to discuss vaccine passes and as individual countries, including Spain, have said that they will form part of their plan for reopening tourism. However, Greek tourism minister Harry Theoharis has said that British visitors could be welcomed back this summer with or without having received the vaccine; under the UK's roadmap out of lockdown, international travel could resume from May 17. Scroll down for the latest travel updates.
Ex-president’s son is latest family member interviewed over alleged misuse of 2017 inaugural money
A former SNP minister has called for secret documents about the Alex Salmond affair to be made public and said Nicola Sturgeon should resign if they prove allegations of a conspiracy. Alex Neil, an MSP who held senior cabinet posts in Edinburgh under both Mr Salmond and Ms Sturgeon, called for transparency from both the Scottish Government and the Crown Office, which have both been criticised for withholding evidence. Mr Salmond has alleged that senior figures in the SNP, including Ms Sturgeon’s husband and her chief of staff, conspired against him by using sexual assault allegations to attempt to ruin his political career and potentially imprison him. Ms Sturgeon has said claims of a conspiracy involving not only the SNP but the prosecution service and other public bodies are ridiculous.
Gwyneth Paltrow has been urged by NHS boss Professor Stephen Powis to stop spreading "misinformation" over treatments for long Covid.
The anchor was called out “fatphobic” on social media
A substantial amount of England has now offered a vaccine to all people aged over 70.
Mary-Kate entered rehab for eating disorder treatment later in 2004
Follow all the latest news from the White House
Dr Hans Kluge has warned coronavirus restrictions could still be in place for sometime.
‘This is a story about a fiercely loyal, loving, and dedicated father,’ says Jamie’s attorney Vivian Thoreen