A Cabinet minister has dismissed claims the prime minister tried to block a Downing Street leak inquiry to protect a friend of his fiancee as "tittle-tattle".

The heat is intense. The grief is palpable.

India has set a new global record for daily coronavirus infections - for the fourth day in a row.

Bill Gates is still hopeful the world will be "completely back to normal" by the end of 2022.

A huge wildfire on Northern Ireland's Mourne Mountains, declared a major incident by the Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS), is causing "incredible" damage to the environment.

A man has been arrested after allegedly infecting 22 people with COVID-19 - including three babies - having walked around his workplace and gym coughing and saying: "I am going to infect you all with the coronavirus."

English football will boycott social media next weekend in response to the discrimination and abuse aimed at players, pundits and other members of the footballing community.

There are growing calls for Boris Johnson to explain how the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat was paid for.

Every year since 1929, the Academy has ensured the Oscars must go on, but in a year when no industry has been immune to the devastating impact of COVID-19, it's hard to see how the 93rd Oscars will pull in a big audience tonight.

There are less then two weeks until Wales chooses its new parliament on 6 May.