We spoke to Richard Horton, the editor of medical journal the Lancet. In his latest book, called The Covid 19 Catastrophe, he argues that the UK has lacked a clear and bold strategy to fight the pandemic. We asked him how much blame he laid at the go...

Police and bomb disposal teams have been at a Covid vaccine processing plant in North Wales investigating a suspicious package. The company insists its production schedule was not affected.

This is what the latest government figures covering the last 24 hours show. A further 1,725 people have sadly died, bringing the official UK total to 101,887. There have been more than 25,000 new cases. More than 311,000 people received their first d...

England’s lockdown will continue at least until March 8. Boris Johnson said today that schools will not reopen before then – the earliest moment that the most vulnerable could all be protected by the vaccine. Other lockdown restrictions m...

Time now for our special Q&A with the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, Jonathan Van-Tam. Yesterday, as the official number dying within 28 days of a Covid test passed 100,000, we asked you to send in your questions. Earlier this afternoo...

100,000 lives lost: a figure that seemed inconceivable a year ago.

In a showdown of tractors versus tanks, thousands of farmers have taken to the streets of Delhi in protest over India's new agriculture reforms. 

The number of people out of work across the UK has continued to rise. The impact of the Covid crisis on the jobs market has pushed unemployment up to 5%, with more than 800,000 workers dropping off company payrolls since the pandemic began. But even ...

CCTV footage of the hours leading up to death of a man in police custody has been shown in public for the first time in seven years.

We are joined by Professor David Salisbury, the former director of immunisation at the Department of Health. 

Travellers arriving in Britain from coronavirus hotspots could be made to quarantine in designated hotels, to limit the spread of new variants of the virus. Ministers are meeting this evening to discuss the proposals. They could be imposed on people ...

We’re joined by Professor Sir Mark Walport, who is a SAGE adviser and former Chief Scientific Adviser.

Boris Johnson has given a personal apology for the 100,000 lives lost to Covid in the UK. 

India is currently witnessing not just the biggest protests in its history - but the largest demonstrations in the world.

Professor David Salisbury is a  former director of immunisation at the Department of Health