Boris Johnson will be presented with the latest COVID data today as he considers whether to impose fresh restrictions in England.

Metropolitan Police are investigating a video reportedly linked to a teenager who was arrested at Windsor Castle while in possession of a crossbow on Christmas Day.

The chief constable of West Mercia Police has formally apologised to the family of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being kicked in the head and tasered by an officer.

Around 8,000 flights were cancelled globally between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day as airlines experienced staff shortages due to COVID-19.

A week of memorial services has been planned to pay tribute to Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Extreme weather events and natural disasters have left the UK's wildlife reeling, the National Trust has warned.

Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the HBO series Big Little Lies and whose 2013 film Dallas Buyers Club earned several Oscar nominations, has died aged 58.

Xander Parish describes his route to the top as a Cinderella story complete with fairy godfather, who plucked him from the ranks of the Royal Ballet and propelled him to principal dancer at St Petersburg's Mariinsky Ballet seven years later.

Around 5,000 wild cranes have been killed by a bird flu outbreak in northern Israel.

A lawyer who as a 26-year-old won a landmark court case to make abortions legal across the US has died. She was 76.