The UK will need to look "very carefully" at the protection provided by the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, the government's chief scientific adviser has told Sky News, amid concerns its effectiveness is significantly lower than had been f...

Former White House adviser Steve Bannon and rapper Lil Wayne are among the people being pardoned or granted clemency by Donald Trump in the final hours of his presidency.

Donald Trump has said he will "pray for the success" of Joe Biden's administration - but added the political movement he created "is only just beginning".

Joe Biden is today being sworn in as the 46th president of the United States - part of an inauguration ceremony he hopes will start a national healing process after four divisive years.

Parts of the UK could see two months' worth of average rainfall in just two-and-a-half days as Storm Christoph moves across the country.

Vaccines have to work in the real world, not in the artificial bubble of a clinical trial.

Theresa May has launched an unusually fierce attack on Boris Johnson, accusing him of "abandoning" Britain's "moral leadership".

The first real-world analysis of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine suggests it is matching its performance in clinical trials, but raises serious questions about the UK's decision to delay the second dose.

Nine police officers who had breakfast together inside a cafe have been fined for breaching COVID lockdown rules on duty.

He may be behind bars, but the Kremlin has not succeeded in silencing Alexei Navalny.