Tesco warns Xmas panic buying ‘could be worse than COVID stockpiling’ due to HGV crisis – reports

Tesco has warned the government that it is worried about panic-buying in the run-up to Christmas as a shortage of HGV drivers results in empty shelves, reports suggest.

US to donate 500m extra vaccine shots – as Biden tells rich nations to share ‘with no strings attached’

The US is buying a further 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to donate to other countries, bringing its total commitment to over a billion jabs, President Joe Biden has announced.

US to donate 500m extra vaccine shots – as Biden tells rich nations to share ‘with no strings attached’

The US is buying a further 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to donate to other countries, bringing its total commitment to over a billion jabs, President Joe Biden has announced.

‘I can’t sleep at night’: Families on Universal Credit seven times more likely to face a crisis

Families on Universal Credit are seven times more likely to face a crisis paying their bills and debts than others, according to new research for Sky News from the Resolution Foundation.

Which energy firms have gone bust – and what do you do if your supplier is one of them?

More than a million people have now been affected by energy suppliers going bust after the price of buying gas on wholesale markets surged.

Former health sec Lord Norman Fowler refuses to apologise for ‘Don’t Die Of Ignorance’ AIDS campaign

The architect of one of the country's most high profile health campaigns has refused to apologise for potentially "vilifying" people infected with HIV through infected blood products.

Starmer given leadership election warning as he fails to win over unions for Labour rule changes

Sir Keir Starmer has failed to win immediate trade union backing for his plans to change the way Labour chooses party leaders, amid a deepening row over his proposed reforms.

Police hunt man who punched nurse in the face after she gave his wife COVID vaccine

Police in Canada are searching for a man they suspect punched a nurse in the face for giving his wife a COVID jab without his consent.