It's a Friday evening on Oldham's Eldon Street Estate, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in town.

A total of 7,320 deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 5 February mentioned coronavirus on the death certificate, according to new figures.

Over the next week the government and its advisers will be assessing a host of COVID-19 data to come up with a plan for easing lockdown restrictions.

The government is battling a "tsunami of disinformation" when it comes to coronavirus jabs, the vaccines minister has told Sky News.

Britons could be allowed to return to nightclubs and theatres with the use of rapid coronavirus tests, the prime minister has suggested.

Five people have died after rare ice storms, frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall swept across the southern US.

Myanmar police have filed a second charge against deposed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Spanish rapper Pablo Hasel has been arrested after a 24-hour standoff with police that saw him barricade himself inside a university to avoid prison.

Around 70 people have been fined £200 each after an illegal nightclub - complete with a DJ and VIP area - was raided by police in central Birmingham.

Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles has said she would stop her daughter joining the USA Gymnastics set-up following the organisation's handling of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal.