Ministers have been accused of creating "confusion and uncertainty" after people were urged to avoid non-essential travel into and out of areas of England worst affected by the Indian COVID variant.

The father of a journalist detained in Belarus says his son was forced to appear in a video admitting to organising anti-government protests and that he appeared to have been beaten.

Of all the stories coming out of Gaza this past fortnight, one in particular is so terribly tragic.

Hundreds of people are expected to join members of George Floyd's family in Minneapolis today to commemorate one year since he was murdered by a white police officer in an act that shocked the world and shook America to its core.

Stuart Lawrence was watching television with his wife and young son when he first saw the murder of George Floyd.

A man has admitted killing a 15-year-old girl by plying her with alcohol and leaving her on a hill to die, while he went to get the last train home.

Britain notched up £31.7bn of borrowing in April as the costly impact of the COVID-19 crisis stretched into a new financial year, official figures show.

Nadia Whittome, the youngest MP in Westminster, has been advised to take a leave of absence as she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Projects funded by UK financial institutions are responsible for 1.8 times the carbon emissions of Britain's annual net total, a new report has suggested.

An explosion that killed a toddler in Heysham, Lancashire, was caused by a cut gas pipe inside a neighbouring house, police have said.