Police told drivers to leave their cars 'if you want to stay alive' as a van fire sparked a wildfire by a dual carriageway this afternoon.
Traffic came to a halt and drivers were ordered to the side of the road after flames from the van ignited 'tinderbox bracken' by the westbound A31 near the New Forest in Hampshire.
A policewoman told drivers to get out of their cars and move to the central reservation next to the road 'if you want to stay alive'.
Later a firefighter was overheard telling a police officer: 'We want all the cars and people off the carriageway. Unattended cars are basically bombs when they go off.'
A fire officer at the scene said: 'We believe it was a van that caught fire on the road and that set alight to the shrubs at the side of the road.'
The van driver is believed to have escaped.
Another fire officer said the blaze was out of control and would not be tamed until at least tomorrow.
Hundreds of drivers remained stuck by the spreading fire while crews worked out how to evacuate them from the area.
Customers signed up to news publications, dating apps and streaming services such as Netflix could be hit by higher prices at the start of next year, it was warned last night.
It comes after the Government unexpectedly brought forward plans to restrict rules around subscriptions.
Firms now say this gives them 'little to no time' to comply with the changes and meet the new deadline.
A source close to a coalition of businesses including publishers and tech firms said an abrupt decision to impose the crackdown in January rather than next spring as previously promised would force companies to bring their operations in line faster – costs they would then likely pass on to their customers.
Under a package of 'everyday fixes' to help ease the cost-of-living crisis, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that from January, new rules would be put in place that would end what he dubbed 'subscription traps'.
These are where firms make it harder for people to cancel their subscriptions or have to renew them at a higher cost than initially advertised.
The rules will mean businesses will need to provide clearer information
French police did nothing more than watch as a baby and toddlers were carried aboard a dinghy to England yesterday.
Dozens of migrants clambered aboard the boat in the waves as tourists enjoyed lunch on the beach.
The youngest hauled aboard was a baby who appeared to be just months old. There were a number of other youngsters and women, too, alongside many young men.
Remarkably they were boarding a small boat the French authorities had closely tracked for nine-and-a-half hours – and simply let it be – as it picked up multiple groups of passengers along the French coast.
The dinghy appears to have been launched near Dieppe at around 4am.
This is far further south than from where boats usually leave, but people-smugglers are using new launch spots away from regular police searches.
Soon after setting off it was followed by a French coastguard vessel – but only in case of a sinking.
After 40 miles it pulled in alongside Berck beach, then 12 miles further north it approached Camiers beach at around noon, where photographer Ioannis Alexopoulos saw the youngsters taken on board after groups of migrants had emerged from the dunes.
Labour has been accused of yet another pro-trade union stitch-up - after businesses seeking government contracts were hit with fresh demands.
Under changes to the 'social value' model used since 2012, private sector companies bidding for work will get extra points for giving union representatives access to their staff.
Small print in the document released last week shows weight will also be added to bids from firms offering flexible working, pay above the National Minimum Wage and 'progressive remuneration policies' to retain staff.
Critics labelled it yet another example of Labour kowtowing to union paymasters with moves that could hinder economic recovery via higher costs and more red tape.
It follows changes brought in by the Employment Rights Act in December, allowing union representatives to enter business premises to 'meet, support, represent, recruit or organise workers'.
And earlier this year, then Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, now Foreign Secretary, was criticised for demanding green energy firms introduce pro-union measures if they wished to keep access to government subsidies.
Incredibly, new Prime Minister Andy Burnham will today begin a summer cost-of-living tour in which he will ask the public for ideas on how the
The captain who was in charge of the boat that flipped and capsized near the Statue of Liberty has been arrested as the mother and daughter killed are named.
Manuel Hernandez, 46, faces 13 charges of reckless endangerment after Sara Sanchez, 27, and her daughter, five-month-old Antonella Garcia, were killed when the boat capsized in New York Harbor on Saturday night.
The boat captain had allegedly been operating the 22-foot bowrider motorboat while it was dangerously overloaded with 14 people onboard when it turned over at around 10.30pm, the New York Police Department said.
Emergency responders found Sanchez and her daughter at the scene and they were both airlifted to NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn in critical condition, according to police.
Both were later declared dead.
A large search and rescue operation was launched after the incident, as 12 people were rescued with minor injuries and transported to hospital.
Harrowing cries from loved ones of the victims could be heard at the hospital, the New York Post reported.
Multiple drones were detected flying over a restricted military airspace in Australia, with defence bosses having no idea who is responsible.
The 'Unmanned Aircraft Systems' were seen hovering over tactical fighter jet defence hub, Williamtown RAAF base, between July 11 to 13.
Commanders were instructed to close window blinds to prevent sensitive information from being observed.
The Australian Defence Force are still trying to identify who was operating them and the reason behind the breach.
The NSW Police Counter-UAS Unit is believed to be investigating why anti-drone weaponry wasn't used to take down the aircraft.
The incident is particularly concerning given that Williamtown RAAF base is home to some of the nation's most sophisticated military aircraft, including F-35A Joint Strike Fighters and the E-7A Wedgetail.
A Defence spokesman told The Daily Telegraph it was aware of the 'uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operating in the vicinity of Newcastle Airport and RAAF Base Williamtown'.
'Defence employs robust, layered security measures to protect its personnel, establishments and capability,' he said.
A Democrat hoping to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress has taken down a 'racist and sexist' campaign website used to mock a rival after admitting the tone-deaf attack 'missed the mark.'
California state senator Scott Wiener launched an AI chatbot last Monday which impersonated his opponent, District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan.
That chatbot was branded 'racist and sexist' by Pelosi and a slew of other Democrats who called it 'a gross misuse of technology.'
Just five days after its launch, Wiener's campaign backtracked and said they would be taking down the website and the multiple billboards that promoted it.
Wiener said the bot, ConnieChan.ai, was meant to be a parody highlighting Chan's record on housing, public transit and other issues.
'Today, we are taking down the chatbot, and the billboards that promoted it will come down soon,' he announced Friday.
In a statement to the Daily Mail on Sunday, Wiener's team said: 'The conversation became about the tactic instead of the issues that actually matter to San Franciscans - housing and health care they can afford, transit
The men work dutifully, jet-washing cars and vans, soaping them up and drying them off again with a tatty chamois leather.
For just £7, it's a thorough treatment, paused only momentarily when the team of six share a joke in their native language over bonnets and wheel arches.
As fine a job the boys at Kalar Car Wash do on this industrial estate close to Huddersfield town centre in West Yorkshire, one would be hard-pressed to describe their work as skilled labour.
Yet the car wash is one of more than 140,000 firms in Britain with a Home Office licence to sponsor visas intended to bring in 'skilled workers' from overseas.
Hundreds of kebab houses, chippies, chicken shops, vape shops, off-licences, barbers and a handful of hand car washes such as Kalar have successfully applied to become visa sponsors.
They pay just £611 for the privilege, which, in theory, allows them to hire 'skilled workers' from far-flung countries who are then given a visa to stay in Britain for up to five years.
After that, they can apply to remain here permanently.
The list of eligible occupations is lengthy but many are
The federal government is demanding answers after Jetstar and Qatar Airways planes were involved in a potentially disastrous incident.
A Jetstar flight was preparing to depart Sydney Airport for the Gold Coast when it almost collided with a Qatar Airways plane at 7am on Sunday.
The Jetstar Airbus 320 pilot was forced to brake suddenly to avoid a collision with the Qatari plane on the tarmac.
The Qatar Airways Boeing 777, which was not carrying any passengers, was being towed by an aircraft tug and received minor damage.
A Jetstar spokesperson said its aircraft was following instructions from air traffic controllers when the pilots were forced to brake firmly as another aircraft came into 'close proximity'.
Transport Minister Catherine King said the series of disruptions over consecutive days at Sydney Airport, with grounded flights and lengthy delays compounded by Sunday's near miss, were not good enough.
'Airservices Australia needs to be better at managing these disruptions,' she said.
'They cause significant challenges to passengers, staff and airlines.'
Royal Navy surveillance drones used by Britain's elite special forces were fitted with cameras containing Chinese-made components that were secretly sending data to an address in China.
The K3 Scout drones, operated by Royal Marines, were found to be transmitting so-called 'heartbeat' communications to an IP address in China.
The signals were designed to tell a remote device that the cameras were online and operating normally.
The discovery has triggered national security concerns and forced the Ministry of Defence to strip the cameras of their internet connectivity.
Officials insist there is no evidence that sensitive military information or Ministry of Defence systems were accessed or transmitted overseas.
But the revelation has raised fresh questions about the security of Britain's military supply chains – and whether Chinese technology has found its way into highly sensitive areas used by special forces.
The £12million fleet has been in use since March and was supplied by British defence contractor Kraken Technology Group.
Kraken had sourced the cameras from a third-party supplier which had provided assurances over their security.
The Met Police seized more than £8million worth of vehicles including a Ferrari worth £3.7million following a supercar meet-up in London.
In just two days between August 7 and August 9, officers detained a staggering 90 luxury vehicles across Hyde Park, Kensington and Chelsea.
The record-breaking seizure was part of an operation involving 120 officers targeting uninsured drivers and anti-social and dangerous driving.
It is believed that the large number of vehicles gathered in the capital for a meet-up where wealthy owners take to the roads in their flash cars.
But some motorists are thought to have shipped the vehicles into Britain without the insurance valid on UK roads.
One of the priciest vehicles seized by the police was a one of 499 Ferrari Monza SP2 worth an eye-watering £3.7million.
The motorist was only carrying a provisional driving license and had been in the car for one hour before officers stopped the vehicle.
Other supercars seized from Friday to Sunday included a Lamborghini Revuelto, a Rolls-Royce Wraith and a Porsche 911 GT3, to name a few.
Australia has been warned the country is vulnerable to attacks for at least the next ten years as an urgent defence probe is launched into the nation's weaknesses.
Former Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo told Daily Mail that the decade-long wait for major defence programs such as AUKUS to come online placed Australia in a 'window of vulnerability'.
If war were to break out in the region - specifically between China and the US - it would likely spell disaster for Australia, with some predictions putting a Pacific-based conflict as soon as 18 months away.
'All of our defence programs are geared to the building of quite a significant force that arrives from the 2030s onwards, which means for a ten-year window where the kinds of capabilities that will help protect us simply won't be around,' Pezzullo said.
'There's a window of vulnerability opening up - (former Prime Minister) Kevin Rudd has a theory that (Chinese President) Xi Jinping might decide to move on Taiwan after the Taiwanese presidential elections in January 2028 - that's 18 months away.'
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