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Boris Johnson has toughened coronavirus measures in England amid concern over the increasing spread of the Omicron variant.

Fresh COVID restrictions are being brought in across England after the government implemented its 'Plan B' in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Boris Johnson has warned the Omicron COVID variant is "growing much faster" than Delta and its doubling rate could be between two and three days.

Two Stereophonics shows set to take place next week have been pushed back to 2022 due to fears over new COVID-19 variants.

Fans wanting to see Adele live in Vegas will need to be double-vaccinated and test negative for COVID-19.

Arctic Monkeys are returning to the stage after being announced as one of six headliners at next year's Reading and Leeds festivals.

American comedian and presenter Nick Cannon has announced that his five-month-old son Zen has died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Rapper and singer Drake has withdrawn his two nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards.

Boris Johnson has toughened coronavirus measures in England amid concern over the increasing spread of the Omicron variant.

Fresh COVID restrictions are being brought in across England after the government implemented its 'Plan B' in response to the emergence of the Omicron variant.

Boris Johnson has warned the Omicron COVID variant is "growing much faster" than Delta and its doubling rate could be between two and three days.

Boris Johnson has apologised after footage emerged of senior Number 10 officials joking and laughing about a Downing Street Christmas party last year, but told MPs he has been "repeatedly assured" no such gathering took place.

Boris Johnson's adviser has resigned after a video showed her joking about a Christmas Party at Downing Street last year while London was under Tier 3 restrictions.

A man who stood in the rain as he saw his sick father for the last time has said he is "devastated" and "very angry" that he followed lockdown rules while Downing Street staff held a Christmas party.

The man detained in Paris over suspected links to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi was misidentified, French authorities have confirmed.

Olaf Scholz has become Germany's ninth post-war chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel after her 16-year tenure.

Australia's prime minister has said his country will join the US in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics due to human rights concerns.

India's Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and 12 others, including his wife, have been killed in a helicopter crash in the southern state of Tamil Nadu - during an incident which left only one survivor.

Indonesia's president has vowed to rebuild communities after a powerful volcanic eruption killed at least 34 people and left thousands homeless.

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Boris Johnson has toughened coronavirus measures in England amid concern over the increasing spread of the Omicron variant.

Fewer than one in 10 people believe Number 10's claim that no party took place in Downing Street last December during lockdown.

Boris Johnson has apologised after footage emerged of senior Number 10 officials joking and laughing about a Downing Street Christmas party last year, but told MPs he has been "repeatedly assured" no such gathering took place.

It is a week since the Daily Mirror first published reports about parties held in Downing Street last year which may have breached COVID rules.

Boris Johnson's big Christmas party apology was perhaps inevitable. Considering the levels of frustration among his backbenchers and the public, it was a wise move.

Travelodge has revealed its strangest requests from guests at some of its hotels this year - including asking where the Welsh rarebit lives and arranging afternoon tea with pandas.

Omicron, Tsitsipas and cryptocurrency Dogecoin have made it on to a list of the year's most mispronounced words.

A council in Australia appears set to effectively ban cats from being outdoors unless they are on a lead.

Three shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been shown to generate a neutralising effect against the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test.

Calls are growing for the government to step in as some families face a second Christmas without being able to purchase a gaming console unless they pay a "hugely inflated" price.

The government has been urged to close a loophole that allows child abusers to openly share images of victims on social media.

Fewer than one in 10 people believe Number 10's claim that no party took place in Downing Street last December during lockdown.

Boris Johnson has apologised after footage emerged of senior Number 10 officials joking and laughing about a Downing Street Christmas party last year, but told MPs he has been "repeatedly assured" no such gathering took place.

Olaf Scholz has become Germany's ninth post-war chancellor, replacing Angela Merkel after her 16-year tenure.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has announced a new AI system called a "Few-Shot Learner" that can be used to detect harmful content without months of training.

Another 131 cases of the Omicron COVID variant have been recorded across the UK, taking the total to 568.

Australia's prime minister has said his country will join the US in a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics due to human rights concerns.