Notting Hill Carnival cancelled for second year running due to COVID

Notting Hill Carnival - Europe's biggest street party - has been taken off the streets for the second year running because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Almost all of UK’s COVID cases are Delta variant, says PHE

The Delta variant now accounts for almost all of the UK's coronavirus cases, according to Public Health England.

Kim Kardashian says she was almost a ‘runaway bride’ – and reveals her one regret

Kim Kardashian West has said she almost became a "runaway bride" before her 72-day marriage to basketball player Kris Humphries. 

Government hints VIPs could get COVID quarantine rules exemption for Euro 2020 final amid UEFA talks

A minister has said the government is trying to "accommodate" Euro 2020 "as much as we possibly can" - amid reports thousands of VIPs will be granted quarantine-free access to England for the final.

Retail sales find reverse gear as hospitality’s return hits grocery demand

A sharp fall in demand for groceries, as pubs and restaurants reopened to indoor customers, has driven a decline in retail sales volumes.

Blue wall wobbles as Conservative stronghold falls to Lib Dems

It’s an unwritten rule of politics that every electoral action can have an opposite - if not quite equal - reaction.

10,000 to attend rock festival in latest pilot – but it comes too late for many other live events

A live rock festival seems at odds with the government's decision to delay lifting restrictions, but that's exactly what's happening from today as Download Pilot takes place in Donington Park.

Footballers told to stop moving sponsors’ drinks at Euro 2020 news conferences

UEFA has asked players to stop moving strategically placed sponsor drinks from Euro 2020 news conference platforms.