An extravagant Christmas lights display that generates charity donations has been switched off after a complaint that visitors were breaking COVID rules.
The government has said it expects schools and colleges to remain fully open until the end of term, after a number of councils advised they switch to remote learning.
A taxi driver who took the Manchester Arena bomber on his last journey has described how the killer gave him a Koran - and said: "Pray for me, brother."
A "new variant" of coronavirus has been identified in the UK, which is believed to be causing the faster spread in the South East, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.
