More funding is needed to prepare for pandemics and prevent gains from being lost, Dame Sarah Gilbert says.

A new drug strategy will see investment in treatment and a crackdown on gangs, the government says.

Fences at a site dedicated to the victims of the Manchester Arena attack were pulled down on Sunday.

Fewer drivers are leaving the profession, Logistics UK says, but more action is needed to attract recruits.

The man was struck at the Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink tram stop on Sunday night, police say.

The former health secretary Matt Hancock tells the BBC he is "sorry for all the people I let down".

Amelie Osborn-Smith says her brain went into "overdrive" as she fought off the reptile in Zambia.

Former England fast bowler Darren Gough is appointed as Yorkshire's interim director of cricket until the end of the 2022 season.

A new Scottish government campaign aims to end the stigma associated with drug and alcohol problems.

Up to 1,200 workers across four sites will stage walkouts over pay, according to the Unite union.

The woman says there were serious failings in the handling of her rape case by a military court.

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Nicola Sturgeon says there is community transmission of the new variant but it is not widespread.

"Time will tell" if they are required to control transmission rates, says virologist.

Scientists in South Africa have identified a spike in the numbers catching Covid again.

It's called sotrovimab and should cut the risk of severe illness, even for new variants such as Omicron, say scientists.

Researchers in Cardiff and the US work out how the Covid jab may be linked to the extremely rare clots.

Best Western is one hotel group that has seen many customers scrapping Christmas bookings.

Dave wins best album and Little Simz wins best female at the first full Mobo ceremony since 2017.

Pick from a shortlist of six for this year's BBC World Sport Star of the Year award.

BBC Panorama unpicks the financial webs behind leading companies, as families ask where their fees go.

Politicians are due to give their recommendations for the landmark piece of legislation.

Campaigners call for a memorial to members of an RAF reconnaissance unit who died in World War Two.

Northern unionist papers were outraged while many nationalist papers took a hopeful tone.

A head balancer wants to break his 100th world record before retirement.

BBC journalist Tom Brada, who happens to be British and Jewish, investigates what's going on.

A serious case review is underway following the death of six-year-old Arthur Labinjo-Hughes.

Tally the Turtle is recovering in a UK zoo awaiting a flight back to the warm waters of Mexico.

Nuns, imams and Buddhist monks are among those sharing successful - and often fun - short-form videos on social media.

Ros Atkins investigates a Christmas party at Downing Street in the midst of 2020 Covid restrictions.

Monday's headlines include warnings from scientists over the risk of a post-Christmas Covid surge.

Northern Powergrid says the last 1,300 homes should be reconnected ahead of Tuesday's bad weather.

Evidence of a negative test for Covid-19 can now be used as an alternative to a vaccine passport in Scotland.

Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots says recent outbreaks could grow due to winter migration.

Passengers are being "rammed into trains like sardines," one politician claims.

Lawyers for Sarah and Jack Hawkins say it is the highest damages award in a stillbirth case.