UK coronavirus deaths pass 100,000, latest figures suggest

Coronavirus deaths in the UK are now expected to have surpassed 100,000, after the release of figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Biden hints at 1.5m jabs a day – but warns America’s COVID death toll could top 600,000

Joe Biden has suggested the US could soon be vaccinating an average of 1.5 million Americans a day - but warned the country's growing COVID death toll could still top 600,000.

Italian PM to offer resignation after defection leaves him short of majority

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte intends to resign after losing his majority, his office has said.

Italian PM to offer resignation after defection leaves him short of majority

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte intends to resign after losing his majority, his office has said.Mr Conte will officially inform his colleagues of his intentions at a cabinet meeting tomorrow. He will then go...

Man arrested on suspicion of murder after death of 11-year-old boy

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of an 11-year-old boy.The child was taken to hospital after being found unwell at a property on Geneva avenue, Lincoln, just...

Arrests as four charged with toppling Colston statue plead not guilty

Supporters of four people appearing before Bristol magistrates charged with criminal damage in relation to the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston have been arrested for breaking lockdown rules.Ahead of the...

Moderna to test out COVID jab against South African variant

Vaccine manufacturer Moderna is to test out a jab against the South African variant of the virus that causes COVID-19.The company made the decision after laboratory tests showed a six-fold reduction in the ability...

Four men fined £800 over lockdown trip to ‘look at snow’

Four men have been fined GBP800 for breaking lockdown rules after claiming they were "out looking at the snow".The group, who are all from different households, were travelling in two separate cars in Guildford...