Joe Biden on Wednesday mocked his recent spat of gaffes - including his miscounting of a story about awarding a medal to a soldier in Afghanistan - in an interview with Stephen Colbert.

Australia's most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has rejected allegations aired in a Nine Network report that he had been involved in a war crime.

For more than a decade, Emma Roberts-Smith, Australia's most decorated SAS trooper Ben Roberts-Smith, went to bed some nights not knowing if her war hero husband was still alive.

Filming of the £1million 2020 Army Belonging campaign will begin in Morocco tomorrow. This appears to be the latest in a series of blunders in the drive to make the Army more politically correct.

Cate Blanchett made a surprise appearance at De Niro's interview at the British Film Institute while he discussed his new role in Martin Scorsese's latest gangster film, The Irishman.

The actress, 50, looked nothing short of sensational as she arrived at the Fayre of St James Christmas Carol Concert at St James's Church in Piccadilly, London on Tuesday.

This white wooden villa on a quiet street overlooking Brisbane's CBD looks like any other 19th century Queensland property. But behind the facade lies one of Australia's most unique homes.

Julia Roberts appeared to take Garcetti's advice to heart when she braved the open air on Friday for a CVS shopping trip in Malibu. Roberts had a mask over her face and wore a pair of gloves.

It will be in showrooms this spring, priced at £160,000, following its global unveiling at the Detroit Motor Show on January 14. Bentley describes it as its ' performance flagship convertible'.

That rare shaft of sunshine this week was enough for British supercar-maker Aston Martin to launch a blistering £200,000 flagship soft-top, a highlight of its centenary year.

In a stinging report, tax officials said people 'can easily disadvantage themselves' in a system that 'appears illogical', and told the Government to find a way to restore lost credits to parents.

Thousands of families are being forced to complete complicated paperwork to report the value of a loved one's estate to the taxman when they die - even when there is no inheritance tax to pay.

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 49, and the Pussycat Doll, 38, put on typically playful displays as they larked around their empty office at Global Studios in a bid to cheer up the nation on Tuesday.

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 41, gorgeous Hertfordshire property boasts chic furniture, a large garden, and a spacious gym that is jam-packed with everything Alesha needs to keep fit.

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 49, cut a glamorous figure for the day as she donned a beige long-sleeved dress with a deep v-neckline.

Britain's Got Talent viewers complained about the 60-second advert which was broadcast 15 minutes before the 9pm watershed on Saturday night.

Footage of Bradley Robert Edwards, a former Telstra technician hearing the allegations against him for the first time in December 2016 was played at Supreme Court of Western Australia trial on Tuesday.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Like every Sandhurst cadet, Prince Harry had the age-old maxim drummed in to him throughout his military training: time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted.

ROBERT HARDMAN: The crowd went bonkers, giving her a proper A-list, rock star welcome. Among a tearful few - Greta's most ardent devotees - this was nothing short of a Second Coming.

ROBERT HARDMAN: As we confront the gravest national and global crisis since World War II, it is our shopkeepers who are rapidly emerging as one of the principal bulwarks against downright anarchy.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Yesterday, churches up and down the land stood empty on what should have been one of the busier days of the year - Mothering Sunday.

ROBERT HARDMAN: In the coronavirus crisis, we need ventilators. Nick Grey - founder of Worcester-based appliance manufacturer Gtech - has invented a prototype.

ROBERT HARDMAN: The Prince of Wales has become the world's most high-profile Covid-19 patient to date. But despite the inevitable concerns, he is said to be in good spirits and 'up and about'.

ROBERT HARDMAN: We are now almost numb to the pace of daily developments. The graph lines of infection and mortality grow steeper as the global situation verges on the Biblical.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Here are two nations of comparable size. Both have a long and proud history of medical excellence and both are home to international pharmaceutical giants.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Yesterday morning could not have got off to a more harrowing start as Michelle Fay arrived to take over from the night shift.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Thus it was that the Prince of Wales opened the 4,000-bed Nightingale Hospital in east London yesterday - while sitting in his armchair in deepest Aberdeenshire.

ROBERT HARDMAN: There is, quite simply, no one else in Britain who could have delivered such a message with such unimpeachable authority.

ROBERT HARDMAN: As every false dawn turns to dusk; as every fresh promise - be it of testing kits or ventilators - falls short, so the cries grow louder: where is the Lord Beaverbrook of our times?

ROBERT HARDMAN: No peal of bells from an empty Westminster Abbey. No thunderous gun salutes from Hyde Park, the Tower of London, Edinburgh Castle or anywhere else.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Of all the last-minute cancellations caused by the ghastly coronavirus, one of the saddest is the great national gathering which we should all have been enjoying.

ROBERT HARDMAN: I have no doubt Sir Winston Churchill (pictured outside Downing Street in April 1945) would be equally moved by the magnificent response to the call to arms by Mail Force.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Reminding us of the central message of VE Day itself, the Queen declared: 'Never give up, never despair.'

CHARLIE SKILLEN: Everton, for years the plucky underdogs, have been transformed by Roberto Martinez into genuine Champions League candidates. The Spaniard has brought about an immense change in style, outlook and ambition at Goodison Park.

THE NUMBERS GAME: All good things come to an end. For Roberto Martinez and Everton, that finale could come all too abruptly.

Everton boss Ancelotti is turning to his former employer to strengthen his Everton side. He has always admired Allan and was the man who signed Lozano at Napoli earlier this season.

Everton are looking to sign AZ Alkmaar captain Teun Koopmeiners, who is thought to be available for around £12million, according to The Sun.  

The 20-year-old was caught on camera hosting a house party at his Cheshire apartment despite the coronavirus lockdown - and has also failed to impress on the field.

The 20-year old has been long term target for Everton who nearly signed him in January, only for him to join Bundesliga side Schalke on loan for the rest of the season instead.

Mesut Ozil's future at Arsenal is reportedly looking uncertain with the club yet to offer the German playmaker an extension on his contract which expires in August, 2021.  

Though Man United and Everton have been monitoring McNeil, Palace hope the offer of regular first-team football coupled with a handsome increase on his current salary will help them land him.

The news comes as further grim reading for the financial positions Premier League sides find themselves in due to the drastically reduced incomes as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

After the shock revelation on Tuesday afternoon that the Ligue 1 season would not be restarting, clubs have been left to count the cost of the decision. That could leave some open to losing their top talents.

Coveted Napoli captain Kalidou Koulibaly has become a transfer target for Liverpool. The 28-year-old is widely regarded as one of the best central defenders in world football.

The Big Brother contestant, 32, looked pleased as punch with her new look on a night out in Manchester with her pals Ryan Ruckledge and Hughie Maugha on Friday.

Ensuring she'd show off every inch of her cosmetically enhanced frame as she headed to her car, the reality star, 32, removed her robe to show off her underwear.

Charlie,  who previously worked as a stripper, was terrified when a mystery bang sounded just inches away from her on a late-night ghost hunt at 15th century pub The Black Horse in Pluckley, Kent.

The Radio 1 DJ, 40, who is one of ten stars on the 2019 series of I'm A Celebrity, added that she 'let herself down' on the controversial TV show and wishes she had been a 'nicer person'.

JONATHAN MCEVOY: Back at my digs in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, close to where David Niven lived, those who had been on yachts to watch the Grand Prix were mulling over the day’s events.

Chrissie Beales, then 24, was on a yearlong holiday with her husband in Vatican City when she decided to send her Catholic father a postcard in 1977.