PM says ‘schools are safe’ but warns of possible tighter restrictions to come

Boris Johnson has said "there is no doubt in my mind that schools are safe" in areas where they are open - as he warned of tighter restrictions in the coming weeks.

Policeman pays for shoplifting family’s Christmas dinner

A US police officer called to charge two women for shoplifting instead paid for them to have Christmas dinner with their children.

Veteran talk show host Larry King, 87, ‘in hospital with coronavirus’

Veteran US talk show host Larry King is in hospital with coronavirus, according to US media reports.

‘The country faces a catastrophe’: Liverpool leaders call for national lockdown

Council leaders in Liverpool have called for a national lockdown to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

Jeremy Clarkson feared he would ‘die alone in a plastic tent’ during Christmas COVID battle

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he spent Christmas battling the coronavirus.

Hundreds of new vaccination sites for launch of second COVID vaccine

Hundreds of new vaccination sites are expected to be up and running this week as the NHS expands its coronavirus immunisation programme.

Shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens treated in hospital for COVID-19

Labour's shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens is being treated in hospital for COVID-19, her team has said.

Shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens in hospital with COVID-19

Labour's shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens is being treated in hospital for COVID-19, her team has said.