The NHS is considering plans to discharge patients into hotels as hospitals become swamped with COVID patients, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed - as he said it was "impossible to know" how long lockdown restrictions might last.

Republicans have joined the race by Democrats to remove Donald Trump from office, after Mike Pence rejected a vote to oust the president.

Students could yet be given "externally set tasks or papers" despite the cancellation of formal GCSE and A-level exams.

The only woman on federal death row in the US has been executed after the Supreme Court overruled a stay on the sentence by lower courts.

Almost half of intensive care workers have turned to alcohol or had suicidal thoughts during the coronavirus pandemic, a new study suggests.

An Italian prosecutor, who has been called a "dead man walking" by members of the mafia, has told Sky News he will not be intimidated at the start of the biggest trial against a criminal syndicate in decades.

She may have won an Oscar aged just 26 but Gwyneth Paltrow has admitted she has never really felt comfortable with the fame her success has brought her.

The prime minister has led tributes to the co-owner of The Daily Telegraph, Sir David Barclay, who has died at the age of 86 after a short illness.

Donald Trump has been banned from uploading videos on YouTube "in light of concerns about the ongoing potential for violence", the platform said.

Even if Donald Trump's White House journey is almost over, the "Trump Train" is far from running out of steam.