The Indian (Delta) variant of COVID-19 is 40% more transmissible than the Kent (Alpha) strain, Matt Hancock has told Sky News.

Tony Blair has said it is "time to distinguish" between people who have and haven't had a coronavirus vaccine.

The prime minister will call on G7 leaders to pledge to vaccinate the world's population against COVID-19 by the end of 2022.

A UK ticket holder has claimed the £111m EuroMillions jackpot from Friday's draw, the National Lottery has said.

Social media companies must do better in removing posts that are "glamourising" dangerous migrant crossings, the home secretary says.

William and Kate could be asked to spend more time in Scotland under plans reportedly drawn up to save the union.

Fifteen-week-old American bully Zeus was asleep in a makeshift kennel area when RSPCA and police inspectors discovered him among a litter of nine puppies all with cropped ears.

Mo Farah's hopes of competing in the Tokyo Olympics have suffered a setback after he fell 22 seconds short of the time needed to qualify.

The US Department of Justice has said it will no longer secretly obtain reporters' records during investigations of leaks of classified information.

A man in his 60s has been repeatedly stabbed while sitting in his car in Bedford.