A minister has said the travel industry has had months to prepare for the half-term rush and should have had staff in place - as hundreds of flights have been cancelled.

Russian troops are slowly advancing towards the centre of the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, a regional governor has said, with British intelligence warning "gains are being held".

Average petrol prices have reached a new record high of 173.02p a litre, figures show, after an EU ban on Russian oil imports.

After making a surprise appearance on stage alongside Jeff Beck in Sheffield, Johnny Depp joined the guitar legend again for the second night in a row, amid his ongoing US legal battle.

A Ukrainian teacher who spent 65 days sheltering underground with her six-month-old baby in the besieged Azovstal steelworks has spoken of life in the last outpost of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol.

Police forces are routinely failing to answer "life and death" 999 calls within target times, new data shows.

US and Canadian food regulators are investigating a hepatitis A outbreak that could be linked to fresh organic strawberries.

The EU has agreed to ban around 75% of Russian oil imports.

People with monkeypox symptoms should not have sex, health officials have said.