These are 10 of the key battleground seats which are likely to determine the UK's Brexit fate at the next general election.

Boris Johnson is facing potential embarrassment caused by his private life, including probes from the IOPC and the GLA over public money granted to his alleged former lover Jennifer Arcuri.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had announced a desire to speed up the current plan for a prohibition which would favour electric replacements by 2040.

In an article for The Conversation, Dr Kimberley Smith of the University of Surrey explains her latest research into the negative health affects of isolation and loneliness,

Digital Finance Analytics principal Martin North said that in a 'worst case' scenario, unemployment could surge to 14 per cent to levels unseen in Australia since the early 1930s Great Depression.

The findings were based on surveys concerning feelings of loneliness and local amenities undertaken in Finland, Poland and Spain between 2011-2012.

More than one million Australians will lose their jobs from the economic crash caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre predicts.

Griffith University politics lecturer Paul Williams said even a Coalition government would have to consider raising taxes on high income earners to fund job creation programs for COVID-19 victims.

David Blanchflower, who was part of the Bank during the 2008 financial crisis, said unemployment is rising at the fastest rate in living memory as job losses mount around the world and in the UK.

Yellen said Monday: 'If we had a timely unemployment statistic, the unemployment rate probably would be up to 12 or 13% at this point and moving higher.' Ten million are now jobless.

Former Telstra boss David Thodey has written a report for the New South Wales Treasury exploring how taxes on home buyers and employers can be scrapped.

SQM Research chief executive Louis Christopher fears COVID-19 shutdowns and a halt in immigration will cause Sydney and Melbourne house prices to plunge by almost a third by 2021.

The economic shock of coronavirus in Australia has smashed jobs and businesses faster than the Great Depression.

THE NUMBERS GAME - KIERAN GILL: A cold wet Wednesday night in Stoke has long been the benchmark when it came to the question of whether Lionel Messi could deliver in England.

'Look at me, I'm different,' special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson Cummings appears to be saying with his body language, writes Dan Hodges.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and British Geological Survey analysed samples taken from Bowland in Lancashire to make the finding.

The former PM describes in his new memoirs the heartbreaking pain of watching Ivan, who had Ohtahara syndrome, endure up to 30 seizures a day and the 'torture' of grief after his 2009 death.

The £100million project, to be trialled on Britons, has the backing of Bill Gates and former prime minister David Cameron. The wrist-worn device uses artificial intelligence to monitor more than 30 indicators.

The findings, which suggest car workers would be most at risk (pictured, the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg), give voice to Brexiteer hopes that EU leaders will have to give ground in Brexit talks.

German politician Walter Luebcke, who was known to have pro-migrant views, was found dead at his home in the city of Kassel. Investigators fear his killing had a far right motive.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (pictured) has told her fellow EU leaders that the projected rise would make Germany the largest per-capita contributor, overtaking the Netherlands.

Saskia Esken, a new left-leaning leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), has proposed setting a national speed limit of 80mph in a move to appease climate-conscious voters.

The Robert Koch Institute, a German government agency responsible for disease control, made the claim on Tuesday as it strengthened the threat risk for Germany from 'moderate' to 'high'.

A restart of the Bundesliga could be pushed back a week to May 16 as clubs nervously wait for Chancellor Angela Merkel's verdict. 

Democratic strategists have been reassessing the chances of Bernie Sanders winning the nomination and concede he could be the person who takes on Donald Trump in 2020.

KC Osbourne has indicated she might like to go on Dancing With The Stars. 

The Blue singer begged fans of the former Emmerdale actress to stop 'ripping her apart' and said 'mental health' issues could explain why Roxanne 'over-exaggerated' the incident.

British boxing champ Tyson Fury could take on undefeated Australian Jai Opetaia in what would be a global event in Sydney next year. 

Tyson Fury's father says he could 'smash Dana White with one punch' after the UFC chief claimed the heavyweight champion would be 'smashed' if he fought in MMA.

Today in The Mail on Sunday, Martin Carefoot (pictured) is sensationally retracting evidence that formed part of Fury's defence against a 2016 doping charge.

Deontay Wilder suffered his first professional career defeat when his cornerman Mark Breland threw in the towel in the seventh round of his rematch with Tyson Fury in February.

Tyson was a fearsome destroyer in his early days and captured the imagination of millions around the world during his rollercoaster career before bowing out in 2005.

Bernie Sanders' victory in Nevada was propelled by Latino voters who came out for the democratic socialist in force.

The stock market experienced its largest one-day drop since early 2018. Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 3.56%, while healthcare stocks dropped 5.45%.

Birmingham airport could become a temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies, in a worst-case scenario, as construction begins on another emergency morgue in Upminster, Essex.

Coronavirus presents a 'clear and present danger' to wildlife that could push vulnerable species 'over the edge', a leading expert from Birmingham University warned last night.

Dr Adnan Sharif (pictured), who works at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said the amount of social interaction during Ramadan festivities could be a worry.

Although some are still suffering trauma from tours of Iraq, Afghanistan and Northern Ireland, members of the armed forces now face working into their eighties after losing nest eggs worth up to £50,000.

The deal was signed on Saturday in the Qatari capital Doha by U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

ANDREW PIERCE: Lord Adonis has called Sir Keir Starmer, Labour MP for ember of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras, Labour's 'only hope' and has urged people to join 'ASAP' and vote for him.

Four men and two women, will today sit in judgment in an anonymous office in the Whitehall edifice that houses the Treasury on the most contentious set of peerage nominations for a generation.

Mailonline has had an exclusive first drive of the astonishing new ‘green’ super-frugal car offering 2p a mile motoring that could swiftly put Osborne and the Treasury out of business.

While technical details are sparse, the French car manufacturer claims it will be the 'world's most powerful, fastest, most luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car.'

By the  time you retire you should really have mapped out how you’ll get an income that’ll last as long as you’ll need. Ideally, that means sitting down with a financial adviser.

I have four other siblings but I'm the only child who still lives there. I have never lived anywhere else and consider it my home. Lawyer Bonita Walters (pictured right), of Clarke Willmott, replies.

The Treasury is reportedly considering raising a key threshold where the controversial 'taper' kicks in from £110k to £150k, but pension experts think this will be ineffective or 'a sticking plaster'.

Sweeping reviews of pension calculations have uncovered tens of thousands of errors that have seen pensioners overpaid, and underpaid, for decades.

Proposed changes to inheritance tax could make it more costly to help children onto the housing ladder, with a proposed 10% tax levied on sums above £30,000 given away each year.

What is to stop my ex-husband converting everything to useless shares that are falling in value? Barrister Rhys Taylor explains how pensions are handled when couples divorce.

Pension credit is a benefit for the poorest pensioners, and a surge in applications is likely to be underway due to the decision to means test pensioners for the free TV licence.