For most of us, an invasion of rats is the stuff of nightmares, but now the invasion of the rodents has become a grim reality.

When the Duke of Edinburgh's death was announced on Friday, the nation's broadcasters, including Channel 4, rearranged their schedules to make way for extended programmes paying tribute to his life. 

Trade between the UK and the European Union rebounded in February after a slump in January caused by Brexit.

Hundreds of thousands of people across south London are being urged to get tested for the coronavirus in an effort to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious South Africa variant.

We spoke to former Conservative MP Dominic Grieve who, as attorney general, was David Cameron's principal legal adviser between 2010 and 2014.

A senior civil servant advised the scandal-hit finance firm Greensill Capital while he was still working in Whitehall, it's emerged today.

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.