A new drug which can reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID by 79% has been approved for use in the UK for people aged 12 and up.

Don't be distracted by headlines saying the Omicron variant might be less deadly than Delta. More worrying pictures are starting to emerge from South Africa.

Alec Baldwin broke down in tears in his first interview since Halyna Hutchins was shot dead on a film set - and insisted he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed her.

The US Supreme Court has signalled a willingness to curtail abortion rights in the US and possibly overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that legalised terminations.

The "trigger" behind extremely rare blood clot complications stemming from the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine may have been discovered, according to new research.

An 11-year-old boy who recently arrived in the UK from Afghanistan has gone missing.

A number of parties were held in Downing Street in the run-up to Christmas last year while indoor mixing was banned in London under COVID restrictions, Sky News understands.

The US has delayed its removal of trade tariffs on UK steel and aluminium products amid concerns at the government's approach to the dispute with the EU on post-Brexit trade rules affecting Northern Ireland.

The government has signed contracts to buy 114 million more COVID vaccine doses for 2022 and 2023 as UK cases of the new Omicron variant rise to 32.

The original house from the 1990 film Home Alone will be available to rent on Airbnb during the festive period.