AstraZeneca's chief executive has said the UK's target of vaccinating the top four priority groups against COVID-19 by mid-February will be possible.

More than 100,000 people have now died within 28 days of testing positive for COVID-19. But this official government total is just one measure of lives lost.

The makers of an experimental drug, now being trialled by the NHS, say it is 100 per cent effective in protecting against symptomatic cases of the virus.

An announcement on mandatory hotel quarantine for some travellers is expected later today, a move that could deal a further blow to an already struggling tourism industry.

A totally blind guinea pig and her sister that helps guide her around are in need of a new home after being taken in by the RSPCA.

Britain's landmarks will be bathed in purple light this evening as people stop to remember the horrors of genocide.

Elliot Page is divorcing his wife Emma Portner after three years of marriage.

The head of Capitol Police has apologised for "failings" during the deadly rioting in Washington DC earlier this month.

Completion of the Hinkley Point C nuclear plant has been delayed further and the cost revised upwards by £500m, according to EDF Energy.

Labour is calling for "wartime juries" - by slashing the number of jurors from 12 to seven - in order to help clear a crown court backlog of 54,000 cases.