One year on: How COVID first arrived in the UK – and what happened next

Coronavirus has spread through the UK with bewildering speed, upending our lives and presenting those in power with a seemingly insurmountable challenge.

How the Novavax vaccine works – and the benefits it has over the three already approved

A jab made by the US firm Novavax could become the fourth vaccine to be approved in the UK after promising data from a late-stage trial emerged.

Agents seize ammunition, pipe bombs and ‘White Privilege’ credit card from pro-Trump supporter

A Donald Trump supporter who wrote about attacking high-profile Democrats and the offices of Twitter and Facebook has been charged with stockpiling weapons and homemade explosives.

Agents seize ammunition, pipe bombs and ‘White Privilege’ credit card from pro-Trump supporter

A Donald Trump supporter who wrote about attacking high-profile Democrats and the offices of Twitter and Facebook has been charged with stockpiling weapons and homemade explosives.

‘Masked men’ search Navalny’s flat as UK considers Russia sanctions

Masked men have broken into the Moscow flat of detained Vladmir Putin critic Alexei Navalny, according to one of his allies.

WHO team leaves quarantine in Wuhan to begin coronavirus origins study

A World Health Organisation-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic is due to begin fieldwork in Wuhan after completing two weeks of quarantine.

British-born man acquitted over journalist’s murder to be released from Pakistan prison

The Supreme Court in Pakistan has ordered the release of British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh who was convicted, and later acquitted, over the beheading of a US journalist in 2002.

Thousands protest in Poland as controversial abortion law imposed

Poland's top court has enforced a controversial near-total ban on abortion in country which takes effect today.