‘Dear British, we envy you’: Germany’s top-selling newspaper admires UK’s vaccine rollout

Germany's top-selling newspaper has hailed the UK's COVID vaccine rollout success and its plans to lift lockdown, announcing on its front page: "Dear British, we envy you."

Face masks may not be needed indoors over summer

Face masks may not be required indoors in public places over the summer, one of England's deputy chief medical officers has suggested.

Handforth Parish Council – made famous by that Zoom meeting – may be abolished

A parish council that went viral after a Zoom meeting descended into chaos could be scrapped.

Springsteen escapes driving charges but fined for drinking two shots of tequila in park

Drink driving charges against Bruce Springsteen have been dropped - but the rocker has been fined for drinking "two small shots of tequila" in a park.

BoE’s Bailey warns EU against ‘dubious’ attempt to grab multi-trillion clearing business

Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned Brussels against creating a "serious escalation" by forcing firms to relocate euro clearing business away from the UK.

Live exercise before Manchester Arena bombing was ‘catastrophic failure’

A live counter-terrorism exercise a year before the Manchester Arena bombing was a "catastrophic failure" and would have led to even more loss of life had it been real, the inquiry has heard.

Salmond to appear before harassment inquiry next week – days after pulling out over Sturgeon evidence row

The on-off appearance of Alex Salmond before a Scottish parliament inquiry is back on.

More than 18 million COVID jabs now administered in UK

More than 18 million people have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the UK.