Reduced numbers of vaccines are due to problems with international supplies, a government minister has suggested - but he insisted the issues would not slow down the easing of lockdown.

Amid the turmoil and rancour in Brussels, there is one sure thing today - the name of AstraZeneca will be in the headlines again.

Asylum seekers could be sent to processing centres abroad under the home secretary's plans to overhaul the immigration system, according to reports.

The volume of goods being ferried across the Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland has collapsed since the UK left the EU.

A second post-mortem examination is being carried out on Sarah Everard's body after the first proved inconclusive.

An Australian police chief has suggested a phone app could be developed to document sexual consent as a way to improve conviction rates for sex crime cases.

More than 500 people may have had their human rights breached over 'do not resuscitate' decisions made during the coronavirus pandemic, it has been revealed.

Coronavirus vaccine certificates could pave the way for Britons to have European holidays this summer under new EU plans.

Several people must know what happened to Claudia Lawrence and should come forward now to stop the "unrelenting anguish" caused to her family, the new senior investigating officer has said.

A headteacher in South Africa has been charged with child abuse after lowering an 11-year-old boy into a pit toilet to search for his mobile phone, according to local news reports.