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The COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the UK may be more deadly than the original virus, the prime minister has warned.

The new UK variant of COVID-19 - which is up to 70% more transmissible - could be more deadly than the original virus, the prime minister has warned.

More than 5,000,000 people in the UK have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to latest government figures.

You Me At Six frontman Josh Franceschi has told Sky News "everything is at stake" over the issue of visa-free travel for musicians in Europe - and has called on the government to "prove us all wrong and show they care".

On 16 January 2018, more than five months after the man who murdered and dismembered journalist Kim Wall's body was arrested, authorities were finally able to charge him.

The new James Bond film No Time To Die has been delayed for the third time due to the coronavirus pandemic.

David and Victoria Beckham have paid themselves £21m in dividends from their businesses over the last two years.

Businessman and former star of The Only Way Is Essex Mick Norcross has been found dead at the age of 57.

The COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the UK may be more deadly than the original virus, the prime minister has warned.

The new UK variant of COVID-19 - which is up to 70% more transmissible - could be more deadly than the original virus, the prime minister has warned.

The coronavirus R number in the UK has fallen sharply since last week, suggesting the lockdown is slowing the spread of coronavirus.

The National Care Association has raised concern about the number of carers taking up the COVID-19 vaccine.

More than 5,000,000 people in the UK have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to latest government figures.

The main members of a people smuggling gang have been given long jail sentences after 39 Vietnamese illegal immigrants suffocated in the back of their lorry.

AstraZeneca will cut deliveries of the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine to the European Union by 60% in the first quarter of the year, according to Reuters news agency.

Millions of people in Beijing are being tested for COVID-19 after the Chinese capital recorded three new cases on Friday.

Joe Biden has warned that the fight to bring coronavirus under control in the US is a "wartime undertaking" - devoting much of his first full day in office to tackling the pandemic.

Japanese officials have denied claims the Tokyo Olympic Games are being cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Canada's governor general - the Queen's representative - has resigned amid allegations she presided over a toxic work environment in which staff were bullied to tears.

The impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump will be triggered next week, US Democrats have said.

The full closure of the UK's borders has been "considered" by the government amid concerns about new COVID variants being imported from abroad, a minister has revealed.

There are "no plans" to give everyone who tests positive for coronavirus a one-off payment of £500, Downing Street has said.

Public sector net borrowing reached £34.1bn in December - the third-highest monthly figure since records began in 1993.

Downing Street has declined to criticise US President Joe Biden for removing a bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office - despite Boris Johnson having previously criticised "part-Kenyan" Barack Obama for not displaying it.

Almost two-thirds of elderly care home residents have had a COVID-19 vaccine - with vaccinations among all groups occurring at 200 jabs per minute, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs.

A prankster pretending to be Piers Morgan managed to fool Donald Trump into thinking he was speaking to the real TV presenter.

In honour of Burns Night, a packet of haggis has been launched to the edge of space for the first time.

Snow has fallen in the Sahara desert after temperatures dropped to -3C (27F).

Google has threatened to block its search engine in Australia if it is forced to pay media outlets for their news content.

Google is investigating a member of its ethical AI team after they were found to have taken thousands of sensitive files from its servers and shared the information with external accounts.

Scientists believe they have finally cracked the mystery of how butterflies fly despite their "unusually short, broad and large wings" compared to their body size.

The full closure of the UK's borders has been "considered" by the government amid concerns about new COVID variants being imported from abroad, a minister has revealed.

Snow has fallen in the Sahara desert after temperatures dropped to -3C (27F).

Joe Biden has warned that the fight to bring coronavirus under control in the US is a "wartime undertaking" - devoting much of his first full day in office to tackling the pandemic.

The COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the UK may be more deadly than the original virus, the prime minister has warned.

The coronavirus R number in the UK has fallen sharply since last week, suggesting the lockdown is slowing the spread of coronavirus.

The government is working to persuade Vauxhall's parent company to commit to future production at its Ellesmere Port plant, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said.