The COVID booster jabs rollout has been extended to all adults aged 40 and over from today, it has been announced.

The taxi driver who escaped the car explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital has been named as David Perry.

Police have maintained a heavy presence on the streets of Liverpool, as counter-terrorism officers investigate a car explosion outside a hospital which killed one person and injured another.

Police will begin digging an area of land in Kettering in connection with the disappearance of a 14-year-old girl from a care home more than 21 years ago.

The possible introduction of further coronavirus restrictions this winter is in "our hands", Oliver Dowden has said.

A nine-year-old boy has become the youngest person to die from injuries sustained during a crowd surge at a Travis Scott concert in Houston.

Austria is placing millions of people not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in lockdown as of today as Europe becomes the epicentre of the pandemic once again.

More than 300,000 workers are set to receive a pay rise after higher rates were announced for the Real Living Wage, the voluntary rate paid by thousands of employers.

The Trump Organization has reached a deal to sell the rights to its Washington DC hotel for $375m (£279m), according to the Wall Street Journal.

People in Wales will now have to prove they are fully vaccinated or have had a negative lateral flow test to visit theatres, cinemas and concert halls after the existing NHS COVID Pass scheme was widened.