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Calls for Drax Hall to be opened to public as Barbados becomes a republic
Removing the Queen as head of state is seen as the final step for Barbados in cutting ties with its colonial past, a past haunted by nearly 200 years of brutal enslavement.
Barbados to remove Queen as head of state and declare itself a republic
At midnight tonight, Barbados will inaugurate its first president, removing the Queen as the head of state and declaring itself a republic, beginning a new chapter in the country’s history.
Families fear the worst for missing relatives after Channel deaths
France has called for a new post-Brexit agreement between Britain and the EU to deal with illegal immigration.
Sir Keir Starmer begins Labour shadow Cabinet reshuffle
News of the changes to his team started to emerge this morning, overshadowing his deputy Angela Rayner as she made a speech on cleaning up politics.
Exclusive: Convicted murderer Steve Gallant on tackling Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist on London Bridge
A convicted murderer, who used a narwhal tusk to tackle Fishmongers' Hall attacker Usman Khan, has spoken exclusively to Channel 4 News, saying his actions prove “people can change”.
Omicron Covid: UK ‘long way from panicking’ says JCVI
I spoke to Professor Anthony Harnden who's Deputy Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
Omicron Covid: Third case of variant confirmed in UK
A third case of the Omicron variant has been confirmed, with contact tracing now underway in Westminster and in Essex and Nottingham.
London’s theatreland to dim lights in tribute to late composer Stephen Sondheim
Lights will be dimmed in London's theatreland on Monday to honour the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim who died yesterday, at the age of ninety one.
“I am so worried” says sick London nurse stuck in Africa
The speed with which travel restrictions were brought in for parts of Southern Africa have left some British travellers unable to come back home.
New Covid variant ‘very infectious’ but may not cause more serious illness.
Professor Sir John Bell was part of the team that brought us the AstraZeneca vaccine and is Regius Professor of medicine at Oxford University.
Nottingham household now in isolation with new Omicron Covid variant
Our Home Affairs Correspondent Darshna Soni is in Nottingham where one of the two Omicron cases was discovered.
New Omicron Covid variant in UK as two people test positive
Hours after it emerged that a more transmissible Covid strain had arrived in the UK, the prime minister announced new restrictions to try and slow its spread.
Lubaina Himid: Black artists ‘enriching, not threatening’ British culture
"I've always been ambitious to change the way British art galleries are," says the artist Lubaina Himid, the first Black woman to win the Turner Prize four years ago.
Sir David Amess: MPs attend funeral service at Westminster Cathedral
A lifetime of devoted public service was remembered today in Westminster at a requiem mass to commemorate Sir David Amess, the MP who was killed in his Southend constituency last month.
‘Normal for governments to go through these patches’ – Jeremy Hunt on recent criticism
A shortage of trained staff is affecting every part of the NHS, and today a move to oblige the government to publish an independent assessment of staffing every other year was defeated in parliament.