Only half of people know the main COVID symptoms and most who have them don’t get tested or isolate

Just half of people in the UK are able to correctly identify the main symptoms of COVID-19, despite being in grip of the pandemic for more than a year, a major study has found.

Biden sets out his green vision for America, but weaning the US off fossil fuel will be hard

In a speech pitched squarely at working American men and women the US President invoked history to sell his vision of a green future.

Chauvin murder trial: George Floyd begged police not to shoot him

George Floyd begged police officers not to shoot him after he was stopped for allegedly trying to use a fake $20 note.

School’s former pupils say girls were ranked and sexually harassed by boys

Sarah, not her real name, says she was sexually assaulted in her classroom by a fellow pupil.

New confirmed sighting of missing London student as police search forest in Essex

Police investigating the disappearance of student Richard Okorogheye have been carrying out searches in Epping Forest, Essex, after a new confirmed sighting of him nearby.

Students stage walkout over school’s ‘discriminatory’ uniform rules

A large group of students from Pimlico Academy in London have left their lessons to protest against "discriminatory" measures introduced by the school.

Strict national lockdown imposed on France as Macron warns ‘the numbers are charging away from us’

France will widen strict lockdown restrictions - which have already been in place in several areas including Paris - to the whole country to combat a third wave of coronavirus sweeping Europe.

Huge queues form after vaccine centre makes social media shout-out for people to come and get unused jabs

A vaccination centre in London which discovered a surplus of vaccine doses became inundated with people after it made a social media shout-out for walk-ins.