Today marks the 73rd birthday of the National Health Service and to coincide, the organisation has been awarded the George Cross by the Queen, who commended the "courage, compassion and dedication" of all its staff.

Four years on from the Grenfell fire disaster, and hundreds of thousands of homeowners are facing hefty bills to remove cladding, often running into tens of thousands of pounds. 

For supporters of Biomass, it is a vital tool in helping the UK switch away from fossil fuels. Biomass involves burning energy crops or waste timber in power stations that used to burn coal.

Conservative MP Jake Berry was the Northern Powerhouse minister until 2020 and joined us from Westminster, and Kate Bell is head of employment rights at the TUC and joined us from south east London.

The latest 24-hour government figures for the UK show that the number of new Covid cases rose by more than 27,000.

The final decision will not come for another week, but Boris Johnson did not leave much doubt about his determination to scrap England's Covid restrictions at his Downing Street press conference this afternoon. 

England have been making final preparations ahead of tomorrow night's Euro 2020 quarter-final clash with Ukraine in Rome.

The family and friends of two children who disappeared 25 years ago in the West Midlands have started digging in a location where they think the boys are buried.

A 60 year-old man stabbed to death in the evening sunshine; and a teenager killed in his own home in the early hours of Thursday morning. Just two of the latest high-profile, violent incidents in London this summer.

Boris Johnson hosted German Chancellor Angela Merkel at Chequers on her last official visit to the UK before she leaves power in September. After lunch with Mr Johnson she also had tea with the Queen.

We spoke to General Sir Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army.

It is one of the darkest hours in the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. But now the prosecution of a paratrooper accused of two murders on Bloody Sunday has been abandoned. 

Labour MP for Bradford West Naz Shah gave her reaction to the party’s by-election win in Batley and Spen.

We spoke to David Hall, the leader of the Conservatives on Kirklees Council, and asked him if he believes Matt Hancock lost the by-election for his party.

Under attack from the left in the shape of an abrasive George Galloway, even Labour loyalists predicted the party would lose in Brexit-backing Batley and Spen.