The UK will have to roll out more than two million coronavirus vaccines a week to meet its target of offering a jab to the top four priority groups by the middle of February, a minister has acknowledged.

Democrat Raphael Warnock has unseated Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate election, NBC news projects.

The head of the World Health Organisation has said he is "very disappointed" China has denied its experts access to investigating the origins of coronavirus.

Boris Johnson is facing a showdown with Conservative backbench COVID-19 lockdown rebels in the second Commons recall of the Christmas recess.

Asda has urged customers to "shop considerately and not buy more than they normally would" after the latest lockdowns were announced.

Foreign travellers may need to test negative for coronavirus before being allowed into the UK if ministers back plans to tackle surging cases.

Critics of the National Security Law (NSL) imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong have described its powers as sweeping - and today authorities swept wide. 

England has gone back into a national lockdown as COVID-19 cases and deaths increase rapidly.

Rapper and producer Dr Dre is in hospital in LA being treated for a reported brain aneurysm.

The closure of schools in England has turned the lives of millions of families upside down for the second time in less than a year.