Oldest swan in UK to celebrate 30th birthday – with cake and bird friends

A famous resident of the grounds of Leeds Castle in Kent is set to celebrate a milestone birthday.

PM avoids questions on Cummings allegations – but suggests some claims aren’t based on ‘reality’

Boris Johnson has avoided answering questions on Dominic Cummings's explosive allegations - but suggested some claims were not based on reality.

Global tax reforms that could raise billions edge closer as G7 on brink of agreement

The biggest reforms to the global taxation system in a century are edging closer to reality, with the group of seven leading industrial economies now on the brink of agreeing to a global minimum...

Kelly Clarkson taking over Ellen DeGeneres’s chat show spot

Kelly Clarkson will take over the slot left vacant by Ellen DeGeneres when she ends her chat show next year, NBC has said.

Rule, Brittania! to return in full force – along with an audience – as date set for this year’s Proms

The BBC Proms will return this summer at the Royal Albert Hall - complete with an audience and Rule, Britannia!

Tokyo games could lead to emergence of ‘Olympic’ COVID variant, warns top medic

A leading doctor in Japan has warned this summer's Tokyo games could lead to the emergence of an "Olympic" strain of the coronavirus.

Another COVID vaccine set to enter production within weeks – and UK has 60m doses ordered

Production of the coronavirus vaccine developed by French firm Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will begin within weeks, the firms have said.

No human remains or ‘items of significance’ found under cafe linked to Fred West

No human remains have been found under a cafe in Gloucester believed to have links to serial killer Fred West and missing girl Mary Bastholm, police have said.