Zookeeper taken to hospital after being attacked by lion as she cleaned its cage

A 25-year-old zookeeper has been hurt after she was attacked by a lion while cleaning the animal's cage.

‘One of country’s worst eco disasters’: Oil spill hits 100 miles of coastline as Israeli beaches shut

Israel has been forced to close all of its Mediterranean beaches after an offshore oil spill resulted in tar hitting 100 miles of coastline.

UK reports another 215 coronavirus deaths as number of people jabbed hits 17.5 million

Another 215 COVID-19 deaths and 9,834 cases have been recorded in the UK, while the number of people to have received a first vaccine dose has now surpassed 17.5 million.

Trump set to talk about Republican party’s future in first public appearance since leaving office

Donald Trump is expected next Sunday to make his first public appearance since leaving office.

Jo Whiley: My sister has finally been offered a vaccine but it’s too late – she’s in hospital fighting for her life

Radio broadcaster Jo Whiley says her younger sister has finally been offered a coronavirus vaccine but it could be too late, as she is already "fighting for her life" after catching the virus in...

A world-first: Heart transplants in children carried out using organs brought back to life by a machine

In world first cases, NHS doctors have completed heart transplants in children with the organs brought back to life using a pioneering machine.

Surge testing in Brentwood area of Essex after one case of South Africa variant found

Surge testing is being deployed in the CM13 postcode in Brentwood where a single case of the South Africa coronavirus variant has been found.

You can smell the improvement in government without Cummings and Cain, former Tory leader says

Tory former leader William Hague has told Sky News "you can smell" the improvement since the departure of controversial Downing Street aides Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain.