Free, rapid twice-weekly COVID-19 testing for everyone in England is being promised by the government - starting this Friday.

Each UK nation has set out a roadmap out of lockdown with specific dates. From today, Scotland reopens hairdressers and some non-essential retail - a week ahead of England.

A two-week-old baby boy has died after his pram was hit by a car.

At least 76 people have been killed and thousands displaced by flash floods and landslides following a tropical cyclone in Indonesia and East Timor, according to officials.

New cases of COVID-19 in India have surged passed 100,000 a day - the highest total of daily cases recorded in the country since the pandemic began.

Actress Thandiwe Newton has been known by an anglicised version of her name for decades.

A failed burglar has been offered a job by one of his victims in a bid to embody the Easter spirit of rebirth and renewal.

Mozambique is in the throes of an insurgency by Islamic State-linked militants, which has left a British man among those killed.

Police in Northern Ireland came under attack for a third night in a row as tensions spiralled into violence across the region.

Broadcasters are required to take better care of TV contestants' mental health under new Ofcom rules that come into force today.