Scientists warned only mandatory hotel quarantine for all travellers to the UK would come close to fully preventing the import of new COVID variants, it has emerged.

People in areas where community transmission of the South African coronavirus variant has been found should "think again" before they leave the house for reasons even within the rules, a minister has said.

Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell has labelled far-right Marjorie Taylor Greene's embrace of conspiracy theories as "loony lies" and a "cancer" for their party.

Four decades of Only Fools and Horses is being marked with a new set of stamps.

An "upsurge in sinister and menacing behaviour in recent weeks" has led to all physical Brexit checks to be suspended at Belfast and Larne ports.

A fresh appeal has been launched for information to track down a killer who sexually assaulted and strangled a woman 30 years ago.

SpaceX is planning to launch the first all-civilian mission to orbit this year - led by a US billionaire who is paying for the entire flight.

A number of police officers have been suspended after body-camera footage showed a chemical "irritant" being sprayed in the face of a distraught and handcuffed nine-year-old girl.

Marilyn Manson has responded to allegations of abuse by his former fiancee Evan Rachel Wood, saying the claims are "horrible distortions of reality".

The newest update to Apple's iOS includes a feature allowing mask wearers to unlock their phones, despite the barrier the masks pose to Face ID.