Lowest temperature recorded in UK since 2010 as Highlands hit -20C

The UK has recorded its lowest temperature since December 2010, after the mercury plummeted below -20C in northern Scotland.

NHS reforms to cut red tape, but doctors say we need ‘stability’ during COVID crisis

Boris Johnson is being accused of undermining the fight against COVID-19 by launching a re-organisation of the NHS in the middle of the pandemic.

EU accuses UK of ‘shortcomings’ over implementation of Northern Ireland protocol

The EU has accused the UK government of "shortcomings" over implementing Northern Ireland protocol, ahead of a meeting between the government and the bloc in London.

One of UK’s longest-suffering COVID patients ‘may need ventilator for rest of life’

One of the UK's longest-suffering coronavirus patients may need a ventilator to help him breathe for the rest of his life, his wife has said.

Appetite-suppressing drug hailed as a ‘game changer’ the fight against obesity

A drug that suppresses appetite has been described as "gamechanger" in the fight against obesity after research showed it could cut body weight by up to 20%.

Porn magnate and First Amendment rights campaigner Larry Flynt dies from heart failure

Larry Flynt, the founder of porn magazine Hustler and campaigner for the First Amendment in the US, has died at the age of 78.

Trump impeachment: Democrats lay out the case against the ‘inciter-in-chief’

Donald Trump was described as the "inciter-in-chief" who "had left everyone in this Capitol for dead" as the impeachment trial against him began in earnest.

The meticulous planning behind assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist

A team of Mossad officers spent months learning the minute-by-minute routine of a top Iranian nuclear scientist - before killing him with a remote-controlled machine gun.