All schools in England will reopen to all pupils on 8 March under the prime minister's roadmap out of lockdown to be announced today, with outdoor after-school sports and activities also allowed to restart.

The UK's rollout of COVID-19 vaccines has been linked to a "substantial reduction" in the risk of hospital admissions, a new study has shown.

The UK's vaccination programme is "beginning to really bear fruit" and has allowed the government to unveil its plans for lifting lockdown, the vaccines minister has said.

The prime minister is set to unveil his plan to end England's lockdown, with measures to be relaxed nationally rather than on the regional tiered basis of the past.

Boeing has recommended temporarily stopping flights of planes with a similar engine to one that suffered a catastrophic failure mid-flight over the weekend.

The behaviour of Australian Open fans who booed the mention of a COVID-19 vaccine rollout after Sunday's men's final has been branded "disgusting".

A teenager who was stabbed to death in northwest London is believed to have first had a car driven at him and then been chased by four people before the fatal attack, police have said.

A prominent activist who fled Hong Kong after Beijing passed a new security law has said he hopes his efforts to keep fighting for democracy will "pave the way" for a return home.

President Joe Biden will mark the US surpassing half a million coronavirus deaths - the highest total in the world - with a moment of silence and a candle-lighting ceremony at the White House.

French police say they will "probably" have to wait until spring to continue the search for a British hiker who went missing last year in the Pyrenees.