Ex-girlfriend of Babes in the Wood killer jailed for six years for lying during murder trial

The ex-girlfriend of Babes in the Wood killer Russell Bishop has been jailed for six years for perjury and perverting the course of justice.

World’s first clinical trial on COVID booster vaccines launched in UK

Thousands of volunteers will get a booster coronavirus vaccine as part of a world-first clinical trial in the UK, the health secretary has announced.

Hitting global protected area target ‘insufficient’ to prevent species decline, warns UN

Hitting the global target for protected land is "insufficient" to prevent biodiversity loss, the UN has warned, as species continue to decline.

Queen left ‘devastated’ after new dorgi puppy Fergus dies – reports

A puppy given to the Queen while Prince Philip was in hospital has reportedly died.

More than 70% of UK adults have now had a first COVID vaccine dose

More than 70% of UK adults have now had their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, the government has announced.

Number of Indian variant cases recorded in UK up 28% since Monday

There are now almost 3,000 cases of the Indian variant in the UK, the health secretary has told MPs.

Erosion forces top of Galapagos’s famous Darwin’s Arch to crash into the sea

The top of a famous rock formation in the Galapagos Islands, known as Darwin's Arch, has fallen into the sea.

Rose West unlikely to revisit ‘horrors of her past’ if interviewed over missing Mary Bastholm

Rose West is unlikely to help investigators if questioned about the disappearance of Mary Bastholm because the convicted killer will not want to revisit "the horrors of her past", her solicitor has said.