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All-Star goalie Henrik Lundqvist will sit out the upcoming NHL season because of a heart condition, he said Thursday, about two months after he joined the Washington Capitals following 15 years with the New York Rangers. Calling it 'a pretty tough and emotional day' in a video posted on social media by the Capitals, Lundqvist said he has been taking various tests on his heart 'for several weeks.' 'And after lots of discussions with doctors around the country, and finally receiving the last results earlier this week, I unfortunately won't be able to join the team this year,' Lundqvist said. 'It's still very hard for me to process all of this,' Lundqvist said. 'And kind of shocking, to be honest.' All-Star goalie Henrik Lundqvist will sit out the upcoming NHL season because of a heart condition, he said Thursday, about two months after he joined the Washington Capitals following 15 years with the New York Rangers. Calling it 'a pretty

British Airways has cut more than 15 long-haul routes due to operate next year due to collapse in demand during pandemic.  Destinations dropped by the airline include Seoul, Calgary and Kuala Lumpur after long-haul routes were the worst affected.  Flights to Sydney, Bangkok, Abu Dhabi and the Seychelles have also been cut.  Destinations dropped by British Airways include Seoul, Calgary and Kuala Lumpur after long-haul routes were the worst affected (stock image)  The carrier has been badly hit by the collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Its owner IAG swung to a pre-tax loss of 6.2 billion euros (£5.6 billion) for the nine months to the end of September. Plane passenger numbers are not expected to return to 2019 levels until at least 2023. British Airways said in a statement: 'We are sorry that, like other airlines, due to the current coronavirus pandemic and global travel restrictions we are operating a reduced and dynamic schedule. 'We will be in touch with a

Prisoners have been paid £40.8million in compensation in just three years for issues including lost property, in-custody injury and even death, MailOnline can reveal. The taxpayer-funded payouts peaked at £19.6million in the financial year 2018/19 alone, during a record year for violence in jails.  Some £10.9million was spent compensating criminals in the latest financial year 2019/20, including £259,515 on lost and damaged property. It comes amid a record high for prison violence in England and Wales, with 34,223 assaults in 2018 - up 16 per cent on 2017 - and 317 deaths in custody between March 2018 and 2019. The amount paid to prisoners out of taxpayer funds peaked at £19.6million in the financial year 2018/19 alone - a record year for violence in prisons. File photo of HMP Pentonville in London  Figures obtainted by MailOnline through a Freedom of Information request found £7million was paid to compensate injured prisoners in 2019/20. Some £2.4 million was paid after prisoners died

Annastacia Palaszczuk has warned Sydney could soon be declared a coronavirus hot spot, as she moved to protect Queensland's vulnerable residents. A desperate search is underway to find the source of Sydney's worrying coronavirus outbreak after a 17th new case was recorded on Thursday afternoon.  More than 250,000 residents from the Spit Bridge up to Palm Beach have been ordered to isolate immediately amid fears of a Victoria-style outbreak. The growing outbreak has put the Queensland premier and health authorities on high alert less than three weeks after she reopened the state's border to Greater Sydney residents for the first time since August.  Queensland health officials are on high alert after a growing coronavirus outbreak on Sydney's northern beaches. Pictured are residents lining up to get tested at the Avalon Community Centre pop up health clinic in Sydney on Thursday 'To protect vulnerable Queenslanders, anyone who has been in the Northern Beaches region i

Joe Biden's inaugural committee won't let the coronavirus and a mostly virtual gathering get in the way of the quadrennial tradition of sending out big bucks solicitation of donors for the festivities. This time, with the Biden inaugural committee drastically scaling back in-person events, the pitches are seeking cash donations and promising photos, 'preferred' viewing option online - and VIP tickets to a 'future in-person event.' The inauguration will have fewer than 1,500 official guests viewing the swearing-in at the Capitol, organizers revealed Wednesday, compared to the usual 200,000. Joe Biden's inaugural committee is raising funds for events that will be mostly virtual Less is known about how the Presidential Inaugural Committee for Biden will organize any additional celebrations. But it is still seeking funds. Donors at the highest level, Chairman, give up to $500,000 per individual or $1 million per organization. That gets an invite to a virtual eve

A woman was seen lying in the middle of a busy road in a pool of blood with a serious head wound after she was hit by a car in Bondi. Emergency services rushed to Bondi Road, in Sydney's eastern beaches, early on Friday morning after a 62-year-old woman was hit. NSW Ambulance told Daily Mail Australia paramedics were called just after 6.45am. 'There were reports a person had been hit by a car and had a head injury,' he said. Emergency services were called to Bondi Road, in Sydney's east, about 6.50am on Friday after a 62-year-old woman was hit (Street view pictured) She was treated by paramedics at the scene before being taken to St Vincent's Hospital in a stable condition. A witness who was travelling along the busy road said she saw the woman lying in the road in a pool of blood. 'I saw an older woman lying stiff in the middle of the road with paramedics attending to a head wound,' she said. 'They were patting the back of her head down with white gauze

Happy Days actor Scott Baio said that he still has love for his co-star Don Most despite their differences in political views.   On Wednesday, Most said Baio had made some 'disappointing' comments about a October fundraiser the cast held for Democrats running for office in Wisconsin, where the show was set.   'I know he has expressed some things about the fundraiser and us getting together for it that was a little disappointing. It was disappointing to hear how strongly he felt. And how he was so critical and negative about us doing this. I felt it was way out of line. I really did,' Most told Fox News.  In response to Most's comments, Baio, who starred as Chachi, in the 70s sitcom said he still has a lot of love for Most.   Happy Days actor Scott Baio has expressed that he still has love for his co-star Don Most despite their differences in political views On Wednesday, Most said Baio had made some 'disappointing' comments about a October fundraiser the c

Millions of secondary school pupils in England will have their return to school delayed by up to a week after the Christmas holidays amid a Covid crisis in the classroom. Downing Street confirmed that the planned January 4 and 5 restart would now be 'staggered' with the use of online lessons, with full face-to-face learning beginning on January 11. It came as figures showed more than half of schools in England had coronavirus cases during the first two weeks of November's lockdown and those aged 12-18 have the highest infection rate of any age group.  The move comes just days after Education Secretary Gavin Williamson took legal action against London councils which wanted to close schools early before Christmas. He is expected to outline the post-Christmas plan more fully later today.  The Prime Minister's official spokesman said: 'The start of the term won't be delayed but what we are doing is asking secondary schools and colleges to operate a staggered return

A Michigan man who spent more than 37 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit was finally freed last month after a key witness admitted that she had lied.  Walter Forbes, 63, walked free on November 20 from the state's Kinross Correctional Facility where he had spent 37 years following the wrongful conviction for murder and arson.  Forbes was arrested back in 1982 and sentenced to life in prison after a man, Dennis Hall, died in an apartment fire that had been deliberately lit.  He became a suspect in the case after it emerged that Forbes has broken up a bar fight between Hall and another man, the Detroit Free Press reports.  Walter Forbes, 63, walked free on November 20 from the state's Kinross Correctional Facility where he had spent 37 years following the wrongful conviction for murder and arson Hall went on to shoot Forbes the day after he had broken up the fight. Hall ended up dying soon after when a fire was deliberately set in his apartment.  Police immediately

A senior Metropolitan police officer who resigned from the force after having a 'sex and whips' romp with a dominatrix in the office, called a colleague an 'Asian babe' in a series of 'racially and sexually explicit messages', a misconduct panel heard.  Detective Sergeant Stephen Redgewell, 54, 'abused his position' as deputy general secretary and treasurer of the Met Police Federation by 'behaving in a predatory manner' towards a female colleague. Among 2,000 texts shared between the pair over a two year period, a police watchdog found evidence that Redgewell sent 'numerous racially and sexually charged messages'. Redgewell is said to have made references to the woman's race in a 'sexual context, calling her an 'Asian babe' and suggested the woman should leave her husband', The Independent Office for Police Conduct found. 'He also sent pictures of a sexual nature, non-sexual pictures of himself, photographs of an

Peter Nygard is seen in disturbing footage prowling a Brazilian beach and leering at young girls in bikinis, even making a sick remark that a 15-year-old should lie about her age, a video obtained by DailyMail.com reveals. The 79-year-old was arrested on Monday in Canada on allegations he sexually abused women and girls after luring them into his orbit with opportunities in fashion and modeling over the past 25 years, with the charges announced by Acting US Attorney Audrey Strauss in Manhattan, the FBI and New York City police. He was indicted on racketeering, sex trafficking, and related crimes arising out of a 'decades-long pattern' of criminal conduct involving at least dozens of victims in the United States, the Bahamas, and Canada, among other locations, prosecutors said in a statement. Now in unearthed footage, the elderly fashion mogul is seen shirtless roaming Rio de Janeiro's famous Copacabana Beach on New Year's Eve in 2007 with an entourage, pointing out girl

Home Secretary Priti Patel blasted a Tory colleague today as he apologised for attending a Christmas Party days after claiming festive family gatherings risked a third wave of coronavirus. She tore into former defence minister Tobias Ellwood after it was revealed he attended a dinner for 27 guests at a posh London club just before the capital entered Tier 3. Mr Ellwood, a former Army officer who chairs the Commons Defence Committee, gave a speech for the event at the Cavalry and Guards Club in Piccadilly on Tuesday.  He insisted it was a 'business meeting' allowed under the Tier 2 restrictions that applied at the time.  But hosts the Iraq Britain Business Council described the occasion on its website as its 'Christmas Party'.  Ms Patel suggested the Bournemouth East MP could face a fine . Asked by ITV News if his actions were an 'egregious' breach of the rules, Ms Patel said: 'Well, it is. Of course it is exactly that. 'Having dinner outside of the rules