The decision to travel to amber list countries is a "personal responsibility", a minister has said.

Boris Johnson is being warned by scientists that a surge in vaccinations in COVID hotspots may not be enough to halt the spread of the Indian variant - and that he should not have relaxed lockdown rules this week. 

Some reusable face masks found on the high street have "alarming flaws" in their effectiveness, with one popular mask only blocking a third of potentially harmful particles, consumer group Which? has said.

The rate of inflation more than doubled in just one month to 1.5% during April, posing a price rise challenge to the Bank of England amid the fragile economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

An investigation of Donald Trump being carried out by the state of New York's attorney general is now a criminal inquiry.

A wet May is set to get even more rainfall, and risks of high winds have led the Met Office to advise people to tie down their garden furniture.

Eleven children having treatment to help them deal with trauma were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in recent days, according to an independent humanitarian organisation.

Warning: This report contains references to self-harm, suicide, eating disorders and nasogastric tube feeding.

It started with a skirmish in Jerusalem's historic Old City.

There remains little sign of a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza after more than a week of cross-border attacks.