The top civil servant at HM Revenue & Customs refused to sign off on two key policies in Rishi Sunak's mini-Budget due to 'uncertainty' over whether the were value for money, it was revealed today. Jim Harra asked for a specific instruction from the Chancellor to proceed with £1,000 bonuses …...Read More

Owners of zombie knives, knuckledusters and other weapons valued at £30 or more will be 'fairly compensated' when they hand them over to authorities, ministers have said. Home Office Minister Baroness Williams of Trafford told the House of Lords that the proposals may 'stick in their craw', but said it …...Read More

A new isolation order has been imposed for people in NSW who have visited Victoria. Beginning on Thursday, anyone who enters NSW from the coronavirus-stricken state will be forced to self-isolate at home for 14 days. NSW Health issued a clarification on Thursday night after it was widely reported the …...Read More

Advertisement Johnny Depp today accused Amber Heard of withholding his rehab medicine while he lay 'sobbing like a child' as he from suffered from withdrawal on a pre-wedding detox trip to his private island in 2014, as the actor took the stand for a third day of his libel trial …...Read More

Prince Harry has reignited the row over Britain's colonial history as it emerged today he wanted the organisation to 'acknowledge the past', even if it's 'uncomfortable'. It is likely to cause a ruckus in the Royal household, with his grandmother the Queen being head of the 54-nation group, and his …...Read More

Instead, the task force supports a government-run insurance option that would be offered to all Americans on a sliding scale according to income — and automatically provided to low-income Americans free. A so-called public option has always been a part of Mr. Biden’s health plan, but the recommendations specify new …...Read More

Voters in battleground states who named Sanders as their top choice for president said they would back Biden over Trump, 87 percent to 4 percent, according to Times/Siena polls conducted last month. Among those who preferred Elizabeth Warren, Biden beat Trump 96-0. In a new analysis of New York Times/Siena …...Read More

A greedy mother-of-two who stole nearly £700,000 from her boss to gamble online has avoided jail after her defence team argued she would catch Covid-19 behind bars and die. Accounts assistant Sandra Greaves, 61, used her heart condition and COPD to say she would be 'particularly susceptible' to the virus …...Read More

The good news is that the experience in other countries suggests that it may be possible to reopen schools. Germany, Denmark and others have done so without causing big new virus outbreaks, as President Trump noted yesterday. But those other countries have taken two steps that the U.S. has not. …...Read More

A 6ft 1in taller woman has revealed how she overcame her own feelings of self-consciousness to date a man who is shorter than her. Jess Kay, 22, of Newcastle, said she had never dated someone shorter until she met current boyfriend Matthew Brown-King, 24, who is 5ft 9in, through work …...Read More