Several reporters drew the short straw as they braved the high winds and torrential rain to deliver the Storm Austen latest.

GB News South of England Reporter Isobel Feculak was nearly blown away by the wind as she attempted to raise an umbrella above her head.

She appears on camera with her jacket and trousers drenched by the rain and her hand firmly placed on her head to prevent her hood from being displaced by the gusts.

The reporter can be seen squinting throughout the video as she powers through the report.

She said: 'The RNLI are warning people to stay well away from sea, because a big wave could quite easily come, crash down, knock them over, and drag them out to sea.

'The fire service are telling people to bring in any loose outdoor furniture in case it flies away and hits anyone.'

Towards the end of her report she attempts to demonstrate to viewers how windy it is by raising an umbrella above her head, but the umbrella instantly inverted and nearly took her away with it.

Ms Feculak said: 'I could quite literally blow away. This is my

A key Conservative campaign chief and his wife have been spared jail after admitting to cheating at gambling by betting on the date of the 2024 General Election. 

Anthony Lee - the Tories' former director of campaigning - used 'inside information' from a private meeting called by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to bet on the general election date months before it took place. 

Lee, 49, and his wife, parliamentary candidate Laura Lee, 38, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to placing more than £2,000 worth of bets from March 10 and May 21, 2024, standing to win more than £23,000 had their cheating not been unearthed.

At a sentencing hearing held on Friday, it was heard Lee 'abused' inside information that July 4 was the working election date by passing it to his wife so they could profit, prosecutor Zoe Johnson KC said. 

He was sentenced to 10 months and two weeks' imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, while his wife was sentenced to four months and two weeks' imprisonment, suspended for a year.

The court also heard Amy Hind, the wife of former

Kevin McCarthy has no hope left of Republicans maintaining control of the House.

In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday, the former House Speaker said Democrats would likely win the chamber, pointing to historical midterm trends and criticizing Speaker Mike Johnson for keeping lawmakers in Washington for too few legislative days.

'It's not that the Democrats are going to win this election,' McCarthy said. 'Republicans are going to lose it.'

He also challenged Republicans to explain what they would do if they retained control, saying, 'What are the three things Republicans will do if they win the majority? I can't tell you what that is.'

McCarthy, who helped Republicans win the House in 2022 before being ousted as speaker less than a year later, predicted Democrats would struggle to govern if they took power, arguing they had failed to lay out a clear agenda of their own.

His pessimistic assessment comes as other Republicans have privately conceded that holding the House is becoming increasingly difficult, with party officials shifting their focus toward limiting losses rather than expanding their majority.

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For most, seven hours in a pub would result in little more than an empty wallet and a sore head. But Patrick Barrie's recent gruelling session was rather more fulfilling – as he won the tiddlywinks world title for a 12th time.

The Cambridge university professor retained the title on Thursday by seeing off an American challenger nicknamed the Dragon, also known as 11-times world champion Dave Lockwood.

The venue for this clash of tiddlywinks titans? The Castle Inn pub in Cambridge. No spectators went to the 2025 final and it is thought there was a similar attendance this time around. 

Professor Barrie, 61, who is part of Cambridge's Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, compared the format to a boxing world title, with the reigning winner of the World Singles Tiddlywinks Championships only able to be challenged by national title winners.

Of his latest title – a hard-fought 26-23 victory – he added: 'It's a curious mixture of elation and relief. I'm very pleased.'

Tiddlywinks is a game in which players try to get small plastic discs into a cup by pressing one piece against another to make it fly through the

This is the moment when Daily Mail journalists were nearly taken out by a collapsing tree while reporting on the upcoming Budget.

Political correspondent Christian Calgie and cameraman Aiden Smith had been filming around Westminster for over an hour before setting up camp in Green Park, overlooking the doorway to the Treasury.

Ahead of the crucial first Budget of Andy Burnham's premiership, which will be announced on Wednesday next week, there was plenty to explain to viewers.

The cost of energy will be top of voters' minds when Chancellor John Healey stands at the Dispatch Box for the first time, with a recent cut to VAT on household electricity bills already being wiped out by ever-rising gas and oil prices.

But filming came to a sudden halt when, minutes into the shoot, an enormous branch crashed down on the Mail's cameraman, who captured the moment in full despite being struck by the falling foliage.

Despite being left with a bleeding cut to his forehead, Mr Smith valiantly continued filming for another hour before returning to the office.

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A mother has admitted to killing her three children after they were found stabbed to death.

Yasmeen Ali's children - Fares Bash, seven, Joury Bash, three, and nine-month-old Mohammed Bash - were found dead at the family's home in Bristol in February 2024. 

Ali, 44, also tried to take her own life at the property in the Sea Mills area of the city.

She was subsequently charged with murder but, during a hearing at Bristol Crown Court today, Ali pleaded guilty to three charges of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

Mr Justice Linden sentenced Ali to an indefinite hospital order, after hearing psychiatric evidence that her offending was 'almost entirely attributable to mental disorder'.

The judge said: 'Yasmeen Ali, you pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of your three children in February 2024 by reason of diminished responsibility.

'For reasons which will become apparent, I am entirely satisfied that the prosecution are right to accept those pleas.

'It is now my sad duty to sentence you for those offences, but before I do so, I would like to extend the court's condolences to you and your husband Mr Bash.'

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor can be called to give evidence about his business dealings, a judge ruled today.

The High Court granted permission to a former Goldman Sachs banker to call for evidence from the former Duke of York.

Andrew is not accused of any wrongdoing and the case is not about him, but he has been drawn into it after gifts of up to £750,000 were made.

The case involves an elderly Turkish millionairess, Nebahat Isbilen. 

Mrs Isbilen claimed she was conned into giving some of her fortune to the then Prince Andrew and his family by former Goldman Sachs banker and alleged fraudster Selman Turk, who had won an award at Andrew's Dragons Den-style initiative Pitch@Palace.

A trial begins next month, with the royal expected to be called as a reluctant witness.

The judge said it was 'unlikely that a person in the position of Mr Mountbatten-Windsor would wish voluntarily' to provide evidence in the case. 

According to claims in her complex and long-running High Court case, Mrs Isbilen alleges Mr Turk stole millions from her. 

The Yorks were dragged into the mystery which involved

An angry passenger has been removed from a Delta flight in New York City after going on a racist rant before the plane took off.

Jerome Anixter, 60, from Brooklyn, was arrested on Thursday at John F Kennedy Airport, law enforcement sources told the Daily Mail.

Port Authority police officers were called to Atlanta-bound Delta flight 2342, which had 160 customers and six crew members on board, as it sat at the gate preparing for departure shortly after 1.30pm ET.

Law enforcement sources said there were reports of a passenger, believed to be Anixter, who was causing a disturbance and appeared to be intoxicated.

Footage showed the man being escorted off the plane by officers while he pretended to shoot them with finger guns and went on an expletive-filled rant.

'Can you believe these motherf*****s? Can you believe this?' the man said, then turned to a person recording and added, 'Put it on Instagram.'

He then repeatedly said: 'Look at these n*****s,' which prompted boos from the other passengers. 

The man then appeared to try and slap away one of the officers who was walking  him off the plane,

A tsunami alert has been issued in Italy after a series of tremors were detected off the southern tip of the country. 

At least 12 quakes were recorded with magnitudes of up to 5.0 near Sicily on Friday, prompting authorities to issue an orange-level alert.  

Schools in Palermo and Messina have been evacuated as a precaution, while the head of the Sicilian Civil Protection, Salvo Cocina, ordered an immediate state of alert for the affected areas.  

The epicentre was less than 60 miles from Palermo, according to the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.  

Locals reported feeling tremors in Palermo, Patti, Licata, Capo dʿOrlando and Campofelice di Roccella. 

'We are closely monitoring the evolving situation,' said Palermo Mayor Lagalla, adding that he was 'in constant contact with all relevant authorities.'

Mr Cocina urged locals to stay away from the sea and follow instructions from relevant authorities. 

There have been no reports of damage at the time of wiriting.

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A prestigious private school attended by former Cabinet minister Michael Gove is taking legal action against a proposed cut to its bursary funding.

Aberdeen Endowments Trust (AET) applied to redirect cash earmarked for Robert Gordon's College (RGC) towards state schools and charities in September.

The college, a 300-year-old private school with fees of up to £21,000 a year, is taking the trust to court over the plans, a source close to the school told the Mail.

AET funds free places for more than 30 pupils at the school from families earning less than £80,000.

RGC historically received the majority of AET's funding, but the proposals would see its share cut to 70 per cent over the next five years and a minimum of 49 per cent afterwards.

A spokesman for the school said: 'I can confirm that Robert Gordon's College has a longstanding association with Aberdeen Endowments Trust. As the trust's primary beneficiary, RGC offers transformational bursaries to talented pupils who would otherwise not be able to attend the College.

At the conclusion of a dismal five-hour dash through incessant rain to London, James Shaw stood in silence as his son Michael's broken body lay before him. He had expected to see him in his St Bartholomew's Hospital bed, but death had come quickly – an hour before family members could reach him. Their goodbyes were now being said in the mortuary chapel.

A devout Catholic and a Lanarkshire miner all his adult days, the father was a man rooted in traditional beliefs. The son was homosexual, and now dead at 37 from Aids.

It made the scene which followed all the more striking. After a brief eulogy, as Michael's siblings were turning to leave, the father walked slowly towards his son, leaned forward and gently kissed him on his forehead.

It was, says Michael's older brother Peter, who was there that day 33 years ago, an act of 'unconditional love' which has been etched on his memory ever since.

In 2006, the art investor found his own way to express his love for the 'beautiful soul' lost to his family so tragically young.

It lay in a painting which he vowed

Bosses at the British Museum have said they will keep their mummies on display amid a growing 'woke' row over the removal of human remains from Kelvingrove.

Experts at the London museum said mummies have an important educational, historical and scientific value and will continue to be on show.

But its stance clashes with the policy at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, which has withdrawn mummies from public view as a 'mark of respect'.

The Mail revealed this week that Egyptian human remains were removed from display at Kelvingrove because museum chiefs said they had not received consent to showcase them from the 'deceased individual'.

Chris McGovern, who advised the Policy Unit at Downing Street under Baroness Thatcher and Sir John Major, said the British Museum is the 'greatest museum in the world'.

He said: 'As a long-standing member of the British Museum, and a former government advisor on history, I am very concerned about the direction of travel of our museums.

'They belong to the people, not to the powerful.