French nun – world’s second-oldest person – to celebrate 117th birthday after beating COVID

The world's second-oldest person, a nun born 10 years before the start of the First World War, has survived coronavirus.

Transport secretary defends 10-year jail sentences for lying at UK border

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has defended the introduction of 10-year jail sentences for those who lie about their travel at the UK border as "appropriate".

Lack of PPE and moving patients out of hospitals ‘contributed significantly’ to high care home death rates

A lack of PPE in care homes and the receipt of patients from hospitals without testing "contributed significantly" to the high death toll in the sector during the first wave of the COVD-19 pandemic,...

‘Vital step’ taken in finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease

Scientists at Cambridge University have made a 'vital step' towards finding a cure for Parkinson's disease.

Government failed to contact 375,000 to tell them to shield, watchdog finds

The government had difficulty contacting hundreds of thousands of clinically vulnerable people who were told to shield at the start of the pandemic, a watchdog has discovered.

Eight Britons arrested over hacking phones of US celebrities

Eight British men have been arrested for allegedly hacking the phones of US celebrities.

£5bn bailout for leaseholders trapped by unsafe cladding

A long awaited bailout package worth billions of pounds for homeowners affected by the cladding scandal is being announced by the government.

Man, 100, accused of being an accessory to thousands of murders at Nazi camp

A 100-year-old man in Germany has been charged with 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder over claims he was a member of the SS at a Nazi concentration camp during the Second...