There were 8,433 deaths linked to coronavirus in the final full week of January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Thousands of extra COVID tests are being rolled out in Manchester after a mutation of the Kent variant was found in the city.

All travellers arriving in the UK are to face mandatory coronavirus tests - paid for by themselves - from next week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock is poised to announce to MPs.

Police in Myanmar have fired gunshots into the air and used water cannon and rubber bullets to disperse crowds as the country's biggest protests in more than a decade continue.

People in parts of the UK are being warned not to travel as Storm Darcy shows no sign of relenting.

TUI has said the UK's coronavirus vaccine rollout will boost its summer holiday programme while reporting a surge in bookings despite official advice it is too soon to think about breaks abroad.

An 11-month-old puppy had a "miraculous" escape after falling 40ft off a bridge into a frozen river.

Britons have been told the more "elaborate" their hopes for summer holiday plans the less certainty there is about whether they can go ahead.

The impoverished country of Haiti - already an economic disaster zone with organised crime and kidnapping for ransom out of control - now finds itself in the midst of a constitutional crisis with violent confrontations between anti-government protest...

For the first time in history, a US president is due to be tried by members of the country's upper house for the second time.