The busy bank holiday is expected to bring the warmest weather of the year so far, with temperatures expected to hit 25C today.

The UK economy will grow even faster than expected this year and next, but it is nonetheless expected to suffer the most long-term economic damage of any of the seven major industrialised nations following the pandemic, the OECD has warned.

Thousands more Afghans will be able to settle in the UK under plans to relocate those who worked for Britain during the recent conflict.

By Tom Gillespie, news reporter

Israel's opposition parties are moving closer to reaching an agreement that could mean the end of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12 years in power.

Three men have been airlifted to hospital after an axe and samurai sword were reportedly used during a fight on Formby beach in Merseyside.

China's ruling Communist Party will now allow couples to have three children instead of two in a drive to reverse its ageing population.

Actor Joe Lara - best known for starring in the TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures - has been killed in a plane crash in Tennessee.

France has tightened restrictions on foreign travellers in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus variant first identified in India.

A pregnant woman and her unborn child have died after being hit by a car in a town centre.