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The four unidentified jumpers vaulted from the top of the ancient limestone arch, known as Durdle Door in Dorset, which reaches 200ft at its highest point (unknown man jumping from the cliff this afternoon, left). Images from the scene show a mass of sun-seekers crammed into one area, near the only available exit, to vacate the area as the air ambulance lands. Pictures taken earlier on Saturday showed the beach busy as the public were reminded to practise social distancing in the good weather following the relaxation of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

England's deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van Tam gave his colourful instruction as sun-seekers jumped the gun on Monday's easing of restrictions and crowded on to the nation's beaches. At the daily Number 10 briefing, the top scientist reminded the country of how infectious Covid-19 is and likened the lifting of curbs to gently lifting the lid on a coiled spring. Speaking beside Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden he said the country was at a 'very dangerous moment' in the pandemic.

NASA and Elon Musk's SpaceX have officially brought spaceflight back to US with the successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center to the International Space Station. Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley took off from Launch Complex 39A at 3:22pm Saturday - the first time in nearly a decade that an American crew has launched from US soil. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence made a second trip to Florida to watch the launch. The International Space Station was only accessible to NASA astronauts through the purchase of seats on Russian capsules launched from Kazakhstan - but that has all changed as of today. Crew Dragon has successfully separated from the Falcon 9 right and has now started the 19-hour journey to the International Space Station, where Behnken and Hurley will join the Expedition 63 crew.

The rocket and the International Space Station passed over the UK near 10.15pm this evening, with excited stargazers flocking to take photos and video. Images flooded in from all over the country, with people spotting the fast-moving dots marking the rocket and the ISS. The rocket passed over Britain initially at 8.40pm, though most people missed it because of high light levels. Its second pass, just after 10 and after sunset, was far more visible and captured by phones and camera across the nation.

Trump blasted what he called the 'rioters, looters and anarchists' that have taken to the streets of at least 30 cities this week to demand justice over Floyd's death. He warned rioters 'there will be no anarchy' as he addressed crowds at Cape Canaveral after the successful launch of Elon Musk's Space X rocket. He again leveled blame at the 'ANTIFA and other radical left wing groups'. Meanwhile back at the White House, protesters have surrounded the seat of the US government for a second day and clashes have broken out between the crowds and Secret Service agents.

Crowds of thousands gathered in the Harlem section of Manhattan, Philadelphia, Chicago and at least 35 other cities on Saturday afternoon, chanting slogans and listening to speeches. Outside of the Daley Center in downtown Chicago, tensions erupted before 4pm local time, as demonstrators clashed with police and fired off bottle rockets. On Friday night, Minneapolis saw its worst night of arson, looting and vandalism yet, as protests in more than 30 cities spilled over into violence and clashes with police. In a tweet on Saturday, President Donald Trump warned: 'Crossing State lines to incite violence is a FEDERAL CRIME! Liberal Governors and Mayors must get MUCH tougher or the Federal Government will step in and do what has to be done, and that includes using the unlimited power of our Military and many arrests.'

Buses and cars travelling along Rye Lane in Peckham were forced to a standstill this afternoon as hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters marched along the main road. Videos posted on social media show groups shouting 'no justice, no peace' as they marched. In another, the demonstrators shout: 'The UK is not innocent'. Many of those attending were seen holding 'BLM [Black Lives Matter] placards', while others appeared to call for riots, like those seen in America over the past few days.

A woman from upstate New York who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at an occupied police cruiser during protests in Brooklyn on Friday night has been charged with four counts of attempted murder.  Samantha Shader, 27, is accused of throwing the cocktail at the NYPD vehicle, which had four officers inside, shortly after 10.30pm as it was stationed in Crown Heights.   The lit bottle did not explode, and no officers were injured.  

They descended on a family home in a quiet, tree-lined street, a mob of placard-wielding protesters spewing foul messages of hate. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that in addition to a shared desire to 'hold Dominic Cummings to account', those hurling abuse outside his London house appeared united by another cause: antipathy towards Brexit. Among them were former BBC journalist Lara Pawson (top right), TV producer Samuel Jones (bottom right) and freelance Guardian photographer Jill Mead. Pictured: Oliver Leith, 29, (middle) one of the brightest stars in classical music, taunts Dominic Cummings with a vulgar gesture outside his home.

Captain Brian Trautman, from the US, and his Swedish wife Karin, pictured together with their daughter Sierra top left, live aboard their boat SV Delos and host a crowdfunded travel vlog, exploring the world's oceans. They had only planned to remain in the area for a month, but when the global pandemic broke in March, they decided to extend their stay. Speaking to the BBC World Service , Karin said: 'We've been able to stay very isolated and we've been able to stay very self-sufficient, catching our own food (top right).' Describing their current lockdown home, Brian (bottom right with Sierra) said: 'There's basically nothing here, it's a completely uninhabited island. It's just us, a bunch of beaches, some sharks, some rays, some turtles, that's about it. No people, no nothing (bottom left). It's kind of an idyllic little paradise where we are.'

The stagnant pool's water is believed to have old cars, animal carcasses and even excrement beneath the surface. The site in Buxton, Derbyshire (inset) is now a toxic lime dump and was dyed black (left) in the early hours of Friday morning to stop people approaching it. It is full of harmful chemicals that can cause skin irritations, thrush and illness, with the water reportedly having the same PH value as bleach. The man (right) was said to have been abusive towards firemen when they told him not to jump in yesterday.

Senior Tory MPs have urged Boris Johnson to reduce the UK's two metre social distancing rule as they warned failure to do so could risk a wave of redundancies in the hospitality sector. There is a growing campaign for the existing restriction to be eased to one and a half metres. This would give pubs, bars, restaurants and theatres much more room for manoeuvre when they are allowed to reopen and significantly increase the number of patrons allowed in a specific premises. That could in turn boost the financial health of businesses and stop them from having to make staff redundant because of lower revenues. Mr Johnson revealed earlier this week that he has asked top Government scientists to review the existing rule in the 'hope' that it could be reduced. But Tory MPs, including former business secretary Greg Clark and former Brexit secretary David Davis, are seeking a commitment from the PM now.

An overwhelming majority of Britons oppose moves to ditch animal welfare and environmental rules as part of any new trade deal with the United States, an exclusive Mail on Sunday poll (right) has found. The news comes as TV chef Jamie Oliver (left) joins The Mail on Sunday's Save Our Family Farms campaign today and issues an impassioned plea to the Prime Minister not to 'open the floodgates' to cheap, low-quality imports from the US and at the same time drive world-class British producers out of business. There are just over 50 days for MPs to stop a hugely important change in the law that family farm campaigners fear will allow sub-standard food into the country.

The daughter of Instagram influencer, Ashley Stock, has passed away, just days after her third birthday.  Stevie Lynn Stock, three, was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor back in April, which has a 0% survival rate.  Ashley brought her to the hospital after noticing her 'rapidly declining motor function.' 

Footage shows three armed police officers rushing through lanes of traffic towards Marble Arch station after a stabbing outside Hyde Park. Sirens can be heard as a large group of police officers are already attending the scene, gathering near the Pret a Manger outside the underground entrance. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that three people were stabbed and nobody was injured. This comes as Britons flocked to Hyde Park today as coronavirus lockdown measures are beginning to be relaxed.

Only recently has it emerged that an inspiration for Killing Eve's Villanelle (left) was Idoia Lopez Riano (right), a green-eyed femme fatale who became the world's most wanted female assassin in the 1980s while carrying out atrocities for Eta, the Basque separatist group. In total, she killed 23, including 12 Civil Guards in one bomb attack. Finally caught in 1994, she was handed a 1,500-year jail sentence but later renounced terror and walked free in 2017, aged 52. A sadistic penchant for luring police officers to bed, before gunning down their colleagues, got the disco-loving, tousle-haired killer the nickname 'La Tigresa'.

TALK OF THE TOWN: The 58-year-old, pictured left, whose empire once boasted 400 eponymous shops in 65 countries, has dramatically downsized from the palatial home in Kent, pictured right, that was her 'pride and joy'. She and partner Ben Charnaud have now moved to a four-bedroom farmhouse a few miles away. The old house - which boasted a swimming pool, lake, private cinema and football pitch - went on the market in 2018 after Karen, left, was declared bankrupt over a £6 million unpaid tax bill.

This is the incredible image which shows the destruction that fell upon the Isle of Sheppey on Friday night, as a cliffside collapsed into the sea leaving many residents needing urgent evacuation. The crumbling of the cliffside immediately sent panic through the community and sparked fears of properties crashing down into the sea below. Kent Fire and Rescue Service helped remove people from 20 homes following the 'significant cliff collapse' at the picturesque coastal retreat of Surf Cresent in Eastchurch just before 10pm. The area has now been cordoned off (seen inset) with all footpaths blocked off and large portions of the beach inaccessible.

The chiselled jaw and rugged good looks are instantly recognisable. As screen legend Rock Hudson walks along the red carpet for the Oscars in 1948, hand-in-hand with his black male lover, the flashbulbs of Hollywood's paparazzi light their way. Hudson is one of the biggest stars on the planet, admired by men and desired by women everywhere. Now he has chosen to announce his controversial romance to the world. He is not afraid, he insists, showing only the briefest flicker of nerves, and his confidence is rewarded. From the crowd, there is only applause. Pictured: Rock Hudson in 1951, top right, with Doris Day and, bottom right, the Netflix adaptation about his life

As a pride of lions took their first tentative steps into their new habitat, Ivan Carter (left) proudly whispered to the camera: 'This is the front line of conservation.' The TV presenter and safari guide had been instrumental in one of history's 'biggest recovery projects' that had seen dozens of big cats relocated to an area of Mozambique ravaged by poachers. But The Mail on Sunday has unearthed an earlier video of Carter revelling in the slaughter of elephants and lions, and eulogising about the merits of a powerful double-shot rifle. Pictured: guides a trophy hunter through an elephant kill (right) and Ivan Carter praises the merits of his double-shot rifle after killing a lion (inset).

British spies warned Pope John Paul II (left) that he was in danger of being murdered by an assassin using a poison-tipped umbrella (inset) - two years before he was attacked by a gunman, it is claimed. The Pontiff survived (bottom right) being shot four times in St Peter's Square by Mehmet Ali Agca (top right) in May 1981. The Turk was caught and later confessed to the crime, initially claiming Bulgaria's Soviet secret service, guided by the KGB, had orchestrated the plot.

TIM BOUVERIE: Without the belligerency of Great Britain - fighting in North Africa and at sea, restricting supplies and bombing German cities - Germany would have been exponentially stronger. The beach of Dunkirk after the evacuation is pictured centre, while Churchill and Lord Halifax are seen right. The Russians would have received none of the tanks, aeroplanes and raw materials supplied by Britain and the US and there would have been no chance of a second front in Western Europe. It is for these reasons we owe such a debt to Churchill. He had been wrong about a range of issues before 1940 and was not always sound in his judgment thereafter. But when European civilisation teetered on the brink of destruction, he showed courage, perspicacity, tact and leadership. It is to the world's enduring gratitude that Britain had such a Prime Minister at a such a time.

Charlotte Heckermann, from Manchester, bought her sister Ami Heckermann (pictured left and right with her sibling) a scented wax melting pot and gave her a tealight to burn to release the scent into her room last weekend. But 18-year-old Ami was horrified to discover the wax in the tealight 'disappeared' after burning for four hours, and immediately texted Charlotte claiming she was 'confused' and upset. In a hilarious text exchange (inset), Ami asked her 21-year-old sibling 'where has the wax in my candle gone?' and claimed it had 'disappeared'.

Robyn Westrope-lane, from Huntingdon, told how she was after a temporary solution while she saved up enough money to replace her beige flooring (pictured left). To give the upstairs hall a quick-fix spruce, she used brightly-coloured timber effect wallpaper (pictured right) - and the makeover cost her just £23. She shared her clever tip on the Facebook group DIY On a Budget UK, where her tip (inset) received dozens of positive comments.

Arsenal's supposed away kit for the 2020-2021 season has been leaked on Twitter, with fans quick to criticise the design. For the first time in 10 years, Arsenal will be wearing a predominantly white shirt with a marble print that has divided opinion online.

This is the shocking moment a learner scooter driver uses the pavement to overtake a car. Dashcam footage that captured the dangerous manoeuvre, which happened in broad daylight, has gone viral online. The footage shows a busy road during the daytime as the car driver trails behind another vehicle.

Russian beauty salon Nail Sunny, has divided its Instagram fans after sharing footage of its latest nail art design, which features mini shish kebabs cooking over a tiny BBQ with real flames. Footage shows how the nails are prepped and polished before creating mini kebabs using and aluminium drinks can and a wax-like substance painted with nail polish. The accessories were then attached to the nails before being set alight.

Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Rokke (pictured bottom right) is using his bottomless reserves to give something back, after overseeing the creation of a £280million superyacht which will be intermittently offered to scientists. The magnificent vessel, named the REV Ocean, stands as the worlds largest of its kind, and comes lavishly furnished with three swimming pools and two helipads (seen left). Yet it is the eight separate laboratories which will be of most interest, with the oil and fishing tycoon set to invite up to 400 marine scientists a year to spend three to four weeks each on board studying how to protect the ocean from climate change, overfishing and plastic waste.