Severe weather has disrupted transport and caused power cuts and damage to buildings

Advocates say longer weekends mean healthier staff and more productive businesses – so could the UK be on the cusp of a workplace revolution? Colin Drury heads to Wigan to find out

Public told to ‘continue with their plans as normal for Christmas’ - although there are no ‘guarantees’

Exclusive: ‘Richer countries hoarding vaccines will only increase the risk of new Covid variants and mutations taking hold’

Brits will need proof of a Covid-19 vaccination to visit Spain from Wednesday

Boris Johnson also imposes 10-day isolation for contacts of omicron cases – regardless of vaccination status

Boris Johnson’s press conference leaves travellers in the dark on when new rules come into effect

‘It was great to be back on the streets to show London we are reclaiming the night’

Men killed by falling trees as storm batters country

Both taken in on suspicion of murder and remain in custody for questioning, police say

Workers could frustrate implementation of controversial policy, says union boss

Four teenage boys arrested on suspicion of murder remain in custody following killing

Cladding test in 2002 ‘was a clear forewarning of what would happen at Grenfell 15 years later’, expert says

‘I don’t believe it happened. I have known Stanley for 15 years. He is a gentleman. It never happened to me’

‘We can’t just say it’s difficult because it’s hundreds of miles of coastline – we have to do what’s necessary’

Exclusive: Parliamentary committee, borders watchdog and UN refugee agency all sounded alarm

The dispute comes after accusations that Transport for London (TfL) “ripped up” an agreement made in 2016

Skirmishes have erupted in Serbia between police and anti-government demonstrators who briefly blocked roads and bridges in the Balkan country in protest against new laws they say favor interests of foreign investors who are devastating the environme...

A relative described her as a ‘romantic’ type of person and a ‘beautiful angel’

Professor Andrew Pollard reveals ‘optimism’ that current vaccines will prevent serious disease

Whitehall officials have been placed on a ‘war footing’ and told to start weighing future restrictions to be implemented if the variant eventually takes hold, while leading scientists have called for pre-emptive action