Young people are being told not to "miss out on the good times" by getting both of their COVID-19 jabs in the latest government move to drive up vaccination rates.

The government has announced extra funding for medicine and dentistry schools to allow them to expand their courses after applications increased by a fifth.

Laura Kenny has won the fifth gold medal of her career after taking the Olympic title in the women's cycling madison - making her the first British woman to win gold at three consecutive Olympic Games.

Climate minister Alok Sharma's air travel to 30 countries in seven months is "bizarre" and sets a bad example ahead of COP26, a Labour minister has said.

What began as a peaceful protest in London, over the killing of Mark Duggan, quickly turned into chaos. 

The nurses in the COVID unit at UF Health hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, cannot believe they are here again, reconfiguring their space like a jigsaw puzzle to find room for yet more patients.

Around 15 million families will see their energy bills soar by up to £139 after the regulator hiked the price cap by the biggest increase yet.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it has removed two Belarusian team coaches from the Games, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystina Tsimanouskaya back to Belarus.

US police have seized a car after a woman was seen hanging out of its window brandishing an AK-47 assault rifle during an illegal drag race.

Sir Keir Starmer and Nicola Sturgeon have led criticism of Boris Johnson after he said Margaret Thatcher gave the UK a "big early start" in its battle against climate change when she closed coal mines in the 1980s.