History was made at the Baftas last night after Chloe Zhao became the first woman of colour to be named best director, her film Nomadland emerging as the big winner of the night's awards.

The Liberal Democrat peer who helped to change the face of centre-left politics in the UK, Baroness Shirley Williams, has died at the age of 90.

The inquest into the deaths of two young people in a terror attack on London Bridge in November 2019 has opened, with newly released CCTV footage showing convicted terrorist Usman Khan chasing people with knives taped to his hands.

Julie Abraham is chief executive of Richer Sounds, the home entertainment retailer with shops across the country, and Mariana Mazzucato is an economist who's written about recovery from the pandemic.

Covid vaccines could be offered to people aged over 40 as early as this week, according to one NHS official, and doses of the Moderna vaccine may also begin to be rolled out in England.

Pubs across the country have certainly been busy today and we are at one outdoor venue in Manchester.

Pints are being poured, hair is being cut, tills are ringing in the shops, and al fresco meals are being served, as one of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns finally came to an end.

We spoke to Dr Hannah White, from the Institute for Government and Lord Myners, who was financial services secretary under Gordon Brown.

The government has ordered an independent inquiry into the lobbying work by former Prime Minister David Cameron on behalf of the finance firm Greensill Capital, which has now gone into administration.

Is the AstraZeneca jab safe? Spoiler alert: yes, probably. So why has it been dominating the headlines for weeks? And do broken promises and missed targets mean that the supply of the AstraZeneca vaccination is under threat? 

Now Sir Alan Duncan left government in 2019, after working in Westminster for nearly three decades as an MP and government minister. His diaries are now being published in a book out next week. ‘In the Thick of It’ covers the fall of two ...

We spoke to Sir Alistair Graham, who was Chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life from 2003 to 2007 and began by asking him what he made of these new developments.

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock had a “private drink” with the former Prime Minister David Cameron and the financier Lex Greensill in 2019 to discuss a payment scheme which was later rolled out in the NHS, it’s been revealed. It&#...

Officials have warned people to stay cautious as England takes a major step to ease lockdown restrictions tomorrow – to minimise the risk of another wave of infections. The latest 24-hour government figures show 111,109 people received their fi...

We spoke to the Bishop of Dover, Rose Hudson-Wilkin, who was also a chaplain to the Queen and began by asking her for personal memories of the Duke of Edinburgh.