Senior Civil Service mandarins have expressed ‘serious reservations’ about the plan, which comes after tensions between No 10 and the British broadcaster over its funding model.

Joan, 32, revealed that she and her son Zanyar, ten, and daughter Sidra, nine, were among 33 would-be asylum-seekers who nearly died crossing the Channel. They now are in a camp in Dunkirk.

Indianapolis Police is investigating a shooting that saw five people get shot outside a funeral home. The victims include a four-year-old girl who was critically injured during the incident on Saturday.

Coronavirus fragments have been found in sewage catchments in regional New South Wales despite the areas reporting no cases of Covid-19.

TALK OF THE TOWN: Alice Eve has been secretly hunkering down for months with Pete Czernin, heir to the Howard de Walden barony, whose family owns 92 acres of Marylebone.

An amendment specifying the ban is planned for the Animal Welfare Sentience Bill to avoid Government laws being sabotaged by ‘vocal and well-funded animal rights groups’.

Ministers agreed in principle to a new ‘watch list’ which could see amber countries go straight to red. MPs called for a guarantee UK tourists would not have to quarantine in this case.