Contact tracers fired after Test and Trace told to ‘reduce staff’ as case numbers fall

Large numbers of contact tracers have been fired without warning by Test and Trace, after a manager claimed they were told to "reduce the number of staff as the number of cases reduces".

Energy bills to rise by up to £96 for millions as Ofgem hikes price cap

Around 15 million families will see their energy bills rise by up to £96 after the regulator hiked the price cap.

Cheap gout drug cuts COVID hospital stays and should be standard treatment, study suggests

Colchicine, a cheap drug normally used to treat gout, helps to reduce hospital stays and the need for oxygen therapy in COVID-19 patients, a study has concluded.

Chaos and confusion over hotel quarantine plan makes Whitehall look like The Thick Of It

Hoteliers have claimed the government’s much-delayed quarantine hotels plan – aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 to the UK from abroad – has been a shambles.

Cheap gout drug cuts COVID hospital stays and should be standard treatment, study suggests

Colchicine, a cheap drug normally used to treat gout, helps to reduce hospital stays and the need for oxygen therapy in COVID-19 patients, a study has concluded.

Foul-tempered (and occasionally sweary) parish council meeting becomes internet hit

The films on Netflix have nothing on the latest lockdown viewing sensation: Handforth Parish Council.

‘Thank you’: US actors’ union responds after Trump quits

Donald Trump has resigned from an American actors' union, telling the organisation: "You have done nothing for me."

People getting COVID twice may be ‘far more common than we imagined’, doctor says

People may be able to catch COVID-19 twice and suffer two completely separate bouts of the disease within just four months, doctors have said.