Campaigners for blind and visually impaired groups demand an end to e-scooter trials

Campaigners are calling on the government to stop rentable e-scooter trials until safety reviews have been completed, claiming the vehicles have made towns and cities "no go zones," for blind people. 

PM dismissed autumn lockdown as those dying were ‘all over 80’, Dominic Cummings claims

Boris Johnson did not want to tighten restrictions last autumn as "the people who are dying are essentially all over 80", Dominic Cummings has claimed.

Highest ever single day total of migrants sailing across the Channel arrive in the UK

More than 430 migrants sailed across the English Channel to the UK on Monday.

Dancers back on Blackpool Tower’s ballroom floor for first time in 16 months

Through all the twists and turns of this pandemic, the so-called Freedom Day offered a cathartic release for many.

Raye and Polydor ‘part ways’ after she claimed label wouldn’t allow her to release an album

Brit Award-nominated singer Raye has "parted ways" with her record label after she claimed she was not allowed to release an album.

US Capitol rioter becomes first to be jailed following pro-Trump insurrection

A man who breached the US Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has been sentenced to eight months in prison.

Prince Harry announces ‘accurate and wholly truthful’ memoir set for 2022 release

Prince Harry is to release a memoir next year, which he says will be "accurate and wholly truthful".

Vallance corrects mistake to say 60% of people being admitted to hospital with COVID are unvaccinated

Sixty percent of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are unvaccinated, the government's chief scientific adviser has said.