Two teenagers who met on social media during lockdown have been nominated for a Brit Award.

Opposition MPs say the inquiry into alleged parties at Downing Street during last year’s lockdown should be lead by an independent figure.

We spoke to Sir Victor Adebowale, chairman of the NHS Confederation.

A major incident has been declared in London, amid soaring Covid cases across the country.

We spoke to Archie Young, the UK's lead climate negotiator, and started by asking him one month after COP26, if he still thinks he got a good deal.

It's been a month since Glasgow played host to the COP26 UN climate change summit - that ended of course, eventually, with an agreement.

As the government stakes everything on the mass booster drive, there is still one particular group at risk - children aged under 12. They still can't get any vaccines at all.

The Welsh government’s cabinet has met twice today to discuss whether to introduce tougher Covid restrictions as its most senior doctor advised people to prioritise who they see at Christmas.

The Metropolitan Police has announced that it is to speak to two people who attended a gathering on 14 December 2020 at Matthew Parker street, the road where Conservative Campaign Headquarters is located.

We spoke to economist and director of the Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde, Mairi Spowage, and asked her what impact will the increase of interest rates have on inflation.

At a time when the economy faces a growing threat from the Omicron surge, the Bank of England has hiked interest rates for the first time since the start of the pandemic. They've risen from their historic low of 0.1% to 0.25%.

In the already hard-hit hospitality sector, business leaders have been pleading for financial help as they face a wave of cancellations and closures because of the Omicron surge.

We spoke to Professor Christina Pagel from University College London and asked her how we should be behaving, when we don't yet know how severe the Omicron variant is.

The surge in Omicron has already pushed Covid infections to their highest on record and that is just the cases we know about.

At his press conference, the prime minister said 12 to 15-year-olds could book a second dose of the coronavirus vaccine from Monday, and urged parents to get their children jabbed before the new term begins next year.