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Production on ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale has once again been briefly halted as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Both shows went...
Government ministers are considering giving everyone in England a £500 payment if they test positive for Covid-19 in a desperate effort to improve...
Dozens of care home residents were forced to evacuate after heavy rain brought by Storm Christoph led to across northern England. Around 40...
As he was sworn into office, Joe Biden promised unity and an end to the “uncivil war” dividing America. But nature already appeared to be healing...
Joe Biden was sworn in as US president on Wednesday, assuming the helm of a country reeling from deep political divides, a battered economy and a...
The BBC has apologised after for describing music producer Phil Spector – who died in prison while serving a murder sentence – as “talented but...
Scientific advisers to the government on Friday published a batch of papers that contained a series of measures to help get the Covid-19 spike under...
The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 87,295 – an increase of 1,280 over 24 hours. The...
A Telegraph article that made “misleading” claims about immunity to Covid-19 in order to criticise lockdown and social distancing has been...
On Wednesday, the United States House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump after accusing the president of inciting insurrection ahead...
In her first Downing Street press conference since May, home secretary Priti Patel made at least one unforced error amid a series of rambling and at...
The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 83,203 – an increase of 1,243 over 24 hours....
Police in the West Midlands are facing criticism for “targeting” homeless people who are outdoors during the nationwide lockdown. A “community...
US president Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter on Friday. Less than two weeks before the inauguration of president-elect Joe Biden,...
House speaker Nancy Pelosi has spoken to the top US military commander about taking precautions to ensure that Donald Trump cannot initiate...
Donald Trump has condemned supporters who rioted at the US Capitol and appears to have conceded to US president-elect Joe Biden for the first time. ...
All travellers to England from international destinations will have to test negative for coronavirus before they can enter the country, the government...
Donald Trump has been blocked from using Facebook and Instagram “indefinitely and at least for the next two weeks”, Facebook founder Mark...
Hundreds of supporters of outgoing US president Donald Trump stormed the grounds of the Capitol on Wednesday as Congress met to certify the results of...
Twitter has removed the retweet, like and reply functions on a Twitter video posted by Donald Trump “due to a risk of violence”. In the video,...
A crowd of Donald Trump supporters clashed with police outside the US Capitol building as they stormed the home of Congress to protest the outgoing...
MPs have overwhelmingly backed the latest coronavirus lockdown in a Commons vote. They voted 524 to 16, majority 508, in favour of the lockdown...
The government has been forced to make another embarrassing U-turn after moving to ensure all primary schools in London will stay closed – days...
The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 74,125 – an increase of 613 over 24 hours. The...
Well, it’s finally happened. The UK has begun a new future outside the European Union’s trading structures, with Boris Johnson saying it offers...
Closing all schools may not be a “sufficient” measure to control the new Covid-19 variant, the government’s scientific advisers have said. ...
The number of people who have died in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has risen to 73,512 – an increase of 964 over 24 hours. ...
Primary schools in a London borough where Covid-19 cases are soaring have been added to the government’s closures list after an “utter shambles”...
The deaths of 981 people who tested positive for coronavirus in the UK have been recorded in 24 hours as the disease continues to ravage the...
Coronavirus patients are being treated outside a hospital in ambulances as rising numbers put “significant pressures” on the NHS. Footage shared...
With Covid-19 cases in the UK soaring, and hospitals under increasing pressure, questions have been raised over whether the harshest tier 4 lockdown...
More than 50,000 people in the UK have tested positive for coronavirus in a day as the disease continues to surge. As of 9am on Tuesday, there had...
Snow is set to fall across much of UK as a cold snap is expected to continue on Tuesday and temperatures could plunge as low as -10C. The Met Office...
Covid-19 cases recorded in a single day in the UK have risen above 40,000 for the first time. The government said that, as of 9am on Monday, there had...
Some 200 British tourists have fled quarantine in the Swiss ski resort of Verbier after authorities moved at short-notice to contain a new variant...
Manchester City’s fixture away to Everton on Monday night has been postponed due to further cases of coronavirus within the club. Three days after...
Scientists advising the government on coronavirus warned ministers two weeks ago that Christmas relaxation rules would hit the elderly worst. In a...
Boris Johnson has said it looked “very likely” a post-Brexit trade deal would fail to be agreed unless the European Union position changed...
The leader of an NHS mental health trust has apologised after emailing a staff member’s handwritten suicide note to thousands of workers in a daily...
Matt Hancock has signalled people should self-isolate before seeing elderly relatives at Christmas as he defended moves to relax restrictions over the...
Postal workers have spoken of the “chaos” on the Royal Mail shop floor as the service is hit by a perfect storm delaying deliveries of millions of...
Ministers have been urged to ditch “extravagant word play” and use clearer language when tackling coronavirus as the government’s top scientific...
Much-loved actress Dame Barbara Windsor, who is best known for her roles in EastEnders and the Carry On films, has died aged 83. One of Britain’s...
Boris Johnson has said that the public and businesses should prepare for a no-deal Brexit as the prime minister shifted his tone on securing a trade...
You’re reading The Waugh Zone, our daily politics briefing. Sign up now to get it by email in the evening. Much of the focus of Westminster was on...
Donald Trump has said it is “terrific” that 15% of the US population have been infected with Covid-19 in one of the last bizarre press conferences...
Kay Burley has said she will not front Sky News in the coming weeks amid speculation she would not be at work again before 2021 after admitting...
Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen are to meet in Brussels in a last-ditch attempt to salvage a Brexit deal after admitting “conditions for...