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President Joe Biden has committed the US to halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

A further 55 cases of the coronavirus "double mutation" variant first detected in India have been discovered in the UK in the week to 21 April, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

More than 11 million people in the UK have now had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, new figures show.

Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown has died at the age of 65, his family has said.

Prince William, alongside the celebrity judges of the Earthshot Prize, has called on the world to "harness that spirit of invention" which led to the development of coronavirus vaccines to help tackle the climate crisis.

The BRIT Awards will have an audience of 4,000 people at its O2 Arena ceremony next month, making it the first major indoor, and in-person, live music event in more than a year.

Fallon Fox, the only openly-transgender MMA fighter, is to have a movie made about her life.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has brought the world-famous Theatre Royal Drury Lane back to life by recording an album with an 81-piece orchestra.

A further 55 cases of the coronavirus "double mutation" variant first detected in India have been discovered in the UK in the week to 21 April, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

More than 11 million people in the UK have now had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, new figures show.

Britons' prospects of booking a foreign holiday this summer have been given a boost, with the government saying coronavirus passports will be available "as soon as possible".

Bay City Rollers singer Les McKeown has died at the age of 65, his family has said.

A new photograph of Prince Louis has been released by his parents to mark his third birthday on Friday.

Britain's most senior civil servant is personally overseeing the fallout from the refurbishment of Downing Street, Whitehall sources have told Sky News.

President Joe Biden has committed the US to halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

In his neat flat in the Polish town of Rybnik, Emil Nagalewski sips a coffee, strokes his cat and then asks if we want to see how he stops his family being poisoned by the air around us.

Ireland has joined European Commission plans for possible legal action against AstraZeneca over its "complete failure" to meet delivery and contractual agreements, its health minister has said.

India has reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period - the biggest one-day total seen anywhere in the world since the pandemic began.

Russia is pulling troops back from an area near its border with Ukraine, in a move which will cool tensions in the region and also with the west.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered an "unreserved apology" after a new report found up to 350,000 predominantly black and Asian service personnel have not been formally remembered in the same way as their white comrades.

David Cameron repeatedly lobbied the Bank of England over access to government-backed COVID support on behalf of the now-collapsed financial services firm he worked for.

In a House of Commons debate last week on the Greensill lobbying scandal, several Labour MPs referred to former prime minister David Cameron as "Dodgy Dave".

Britain's most senior civil servant is personally overseeing the fallout from the refurbishment of Downing Street, Whitehall sources have told Sky News.

Boris Johnson has performed a U-turn after Downing Street announced an internal inquiry into how private text messages between the prime minister and billionaire Sir James Dyson were leaked.

Wales is again speeding up the lifting of COVID lockdown restrictions by bringing forward further reopenings by two weeks.

A police dog and his handler have received an award after tracking down hit and run suspects more than two miles (3.2km) away from the incident.

Dulux has apologised after making fun of Tottenham Hotspur - immediately after being signed as their new sponsor.

A river in Wales has turned white after a milk tanker overturned and spilled its contents into the water.

MI5 has revealed the "secret to successful spying" with the first post on its new official Instagram account.

People are being encouraged to look up to the stars on Thursday morning to catch the Lyrid meteor shower.

Apple launched a series of new products at an event broadcast from California on 20 April, including AirTags.

President Joe Biden has committed the US to halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

A further 55 cases of the coronavirus "double mutation" variant first detected in India have been discovered in the UK in the week to 21 April, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

David Cameron repeatedly lobbied the Bank of England over access to government-backed COVID support on behalf of the now-collapsed financial services firm he worked for.

The former children's commissioner for England has launched legal proceedings on behalf of 3.5 million children under 13 against TikTok.

More than 11 million people in the UK have now had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine, new figures show.

Britons' prospects of booking a foreign holiday this summer have been given a boost, with the government saying coronavirus passports will be available "as soon as possible".