The scientists behind some of the most significant advancements in the battle against COVID -19 have been commended in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list...
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The UK will donate at least 100 million surplus COVID vaccines to other countries within the next year, Boris Johnson has pledged. As he prepares to welcome...
A woman whose employment contract was not renewed after expressing views that sex cannot be changed and transgender women are “not women” has won...
Sexual harassment, online sexual abuse and sharing nude photos are becoming “normalised” among school children according to a review by Ofsted...
Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has called for vaccinations for 18 to 30-year-olds to be included in the government’s “strengthened support...
Boris Johnson is battling to avoid a sausage trade war with Brussels which could see chilled meats barred from shops in Northern Ireland from the end of this...
Former Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens has admitted to the kidnap and rape of Sarah Everard at the Old Bailey. Sarah, 33, vanished while walking home...
A total of 16 candidates will stand in the Batley and Spen by-election next month, it has been confirmed. The full list of those nominated to contest the...
Hospitalisations for COVID-19 remain “broadly flat” despite a rise in the Indian variant in parts of the UK, the health secretary has said. Matt...
The UK has reported another 5,683 coronavirus cases and one additional death within 28 days of a positive test. Yesterday, official figures showed there were...
Boris Johnson has narrowly avoided a rebellion by some of his own Conservative Party MPs over cuts to the foreign aid budget. Thirty Tories, including former...
People aged 25 to 29 in England will be able to book their coronavirus vaccination from tomorrow morning. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the extension...
A paedophile who exploited and blackmailed nearly 2,000 victims globally has admitted to 158 charges, in what has been described as “industrial...
Downing Street has urged football fans to be respectful of England players who choose to take the knee in a stand against racial injustice. Boris...
A man who raped and killed two schoolgirls can be freed, the Parole Board has ruled. Colin Pitchfork, who was the first man convicted of murder on the basis of...
A 34-year-old father who has spent nearly five months in hospital after he almost died with COVID has told of his “blind panic” after the...