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A gang of people smugglers linked to the deaths of 39 migrants have been jailed. Ringleaders Ronan Hughes and Gheorghe Nica, who were convicted of...
The reproduction number, or R rate, of coronavirus transmission across the UK is between 0.8 and 1.0 according to the latest government figures –...
The UK has recorded 1,290 more Covid-related deaths since Wednesday. It brings the total number of fatalities to 94,580 since the pandemic began. That...
Five ‘danger to life’ flood warnings issued Rivers reach ‘unprecedented’ levels Train disruptions and electricity outages caused by...
At least two people died and eight more were injured when a building in central Madrid was blown apart in an explosion on Wednesday. One of the...
Nigella Lawson appears to have thrown some shade in Donald Trump’s direction on the day the US president is set to leave office to make way for his...
The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is likely to protect against the more infectious strain of the virus that has helped drive...
People on the coronavirus vaccine priority list will be invited to take up leftover doses at the end of each day at “very short notice”, HuffPost...
A major incident has been declared in South Yorkshire as Storm Christoph is set to bring widespread flooding, gales and snow to parts of the UK....
Young people who spent years saving for a deposit on a house have been ruled out of financial support during the coronavirus pandemic, forcing them to...
A 33-year-old man has appeared in court accused of tricking a 92-year-old woman into paying him £160 to administer a fake coronavirus vaccine. ...
The glitch-ridden Universal Credit benefit system left claimants destitute over Christmas, with one ending up with just 9p in the bank and living off...
A Brazilian variant of coronavirus that has been detected in the UK is not the mutation that sparked a South American travel ban, it has been...
A man raped and murdered a “vulnerable” student in an act of sexual violence before dumping her body into a river, a court heard today. Pawel...
Coronation Street actor Harry Visinoni has told of the alarming moment he found a four-foot long snake in his home. On Saturday night, Harry was...
House Democrats have introduced an article of impeachment against president Trump for “incitement of insurrection”. If successful it would make...
The Reading terror attacker who murdered three men in a park and injured three others has been sentenced to life in prison. Khairi Saadallah, 26,...
Bodies are being stored at a temporary facility in Surrey after the county’s hospital mortuaries reached capacity amid rising Covid-19 case rates. ...
Coronavirus outbreaks in care homes are surging as the government scrambles to deliver vaccinations to vulnerable residents, new figures show. Public...
The UK has reported a record 1,325 more Covid-related deaths in the space of 24 hours. The number is the highest number of UK deaths reported on a...
The Moderna coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. US firm Moderna has said its trial results indicate the jab is generally well...
Five out of six police officers in a “toxic” specialist unit of Hampshire Constabulary have been sacked by a disciplinary panel for their...
Australia has enforced a three-day lockdown in Brisbane after a hotel quarantine worker tested positive for the more contagious variant of Covid-19...
Firms are being forced to sack staff as a strict government cut-off date has left many excluded from the furlough scheme. Workers who began new roles...
Food for millions of school meals could be destined for the bin because schools weren’t given adequate notice of the national lockdown. Fresh and...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail, days after he avoided being extradited to the United States. District judge Vanessa Baraitser...
Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock has won a hotly contested US Senate race in Georgia, beating Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler. It is one of...
A 62-year-old man has been charged with murdering a woman in her 90s in a care home in Catford. Police were called to the care home in Canadian Avenue...
Thousands of vulnerable elderly people in care homes remain at risk of contracting coronavirus because bosses have been told nothing regarding the...
A full and strict national lockdown will be imposed in Scotland from midnight for the rest of January, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The first...
A judge has ruled that Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US. The WikiLeaks founder faces an 18-count indictment, alleging a plot to hack...
The Trump administration executed 40-year-old Brandon Bernard on Thursday, his punishment for acting as an accomplice to a crime when he was 18 years...
The 14-day self-isolation period for “close contacts” of coronavirus cases will be cut to 10 days from Monday, the government has announced. The...
A serial rapist has had his 30-year jail term increased by a decade. Joseph McCann, 35, was given 33 life sentences at the Old Bailey in December for...
A serial rapist has had his 30-year jail term increased by a decade. Joseph McCann, 35, was given 33 life sentences at the Old Bailey in December for...
An MP has warned the government is “discriminating” against people living in inner-city areas by rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine in hospitals in...
As the coronavirus vaccine rollout takes place across the UK, precautionary advice has been issued that anybody who has a history of “significant”...
A mother with an auto-immune condition and a brain aneurysm was told her kids couldn’t be schooled at home – even though she could die if one of...
It’s little wonder that the coronavirus pandemic has dominated discussion on Twitter this year. But it’s testament to the human spirit that that...
Vaccination cards given to patients after receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are a standard NHS procedure and not so-called immunity passports, the...
Dear Dominique, I vow to give you a debt-free life. I vow to not define you by how much money you have in the bank. I vow to stick to a...
To say Rudy Giuliani is having a tough month would be understating things. Donald Trump’s personal lawyer is currently in hospital recovering from...
Nick Hewer has quit Countdown after eight years. The 76 year old has been absent from filming the Channel 4 quiz show in recent weeks due to...
Pub and restaurant owners are deciding to “hibernate” over winter rather than reopen and face losing more money under the new tier system. Tier 3...
There will be a temporary easing of coronavirus rules over Christmas, allowing three households to mix in a bubble for five days. Given that a highly...
Huge parties will erupt in the streets if people are forced out of pubs at 11pm on New Year’s Eve, the leading nightlife industry body has warned....
Revenge is a dish best served cold, and for freelance photographer Jake Walters this was certainly the case when he decided to resurrect an extremely...
The first coronavirus vaccines have arrived in the UK and inoculations are due to begin on Tuesday. Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers,...