There is a "high degree of confidence" that vaccines protect against the Indian variant of COVID-19 - but it can "spread like wildfire" among those who haven't had a jab, Matt Hancock has told Sky News.

A young child has been killed and four adults have been injured, two of them seriously, after a suspected gas explosion in Heysham, Lancashire Police said.

At least 26 people have been killed by an Israeli airstrike, Gaza's health ministry has said, in the deadliest single attack since the start of heavy fighting between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.

A number of experts have warned against the planned easing of restrictions in England on Monday, as concerns grow over the coronavirus variant first seen in India.

A man killed in a car crash may have had his Tesla on Autopilot while posting social media videos of himself, police have said.

UK airports are warning of delays for arriving passengers because they lack the technology to handle COVID-19 forms.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is trailing Boris Johnson as the British public's preferred prime minister by 17 percentage points, according to a new poll.

England plans to treble its tree-planting rates for the good of nature and the climate, the government says.

A tiger that was spotted roaming around Houston is safe and well, the city's police department has said.

A church in Surrey is restoring murals by an unheralded female artist whose paintings have been described by experts as being of "national significance".