MPs have approved England's third coronavirus lockdown - but the government has been urged by leading Conservatives to allow further votes on the measures both this month and next month.
Britain is putting vulnerable people at risk from mutant variants of the coronavirus by delaying the second dose of the vaccine, according to South Africa's top adviser on immunisations.
Visitors to Ireland will have to produce a negative COVID-19 test taken within the previous 72 hours, as the country's government brings in a raft of tough new restrictions.
