The self-isolation period for people in England will be cut from 10 days to seven for those who can produce negative lateral flow results on both day six and their final day of quarantine.

As Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the evidence does not yet justify stricter COVID-19 measures in England, both Scotland and Wales have announced new rule changes.

A Madagascan government minister said he swam for 12 hours after his helicopter crashed at sea during a rescue mission for a ship that sunk, killing at least 64 people.

Former cabinet ministers who remain in parliament earn an average of £162,000 on top of their MP salary from the private sector in their first year after leaving government, Sky News research has found.

Israel has announced it will offer a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to people aged over 60, saying it is the first nation set to roll it out.

A blueprint for making millions of doses of a new vaccine within 100 days has been published by researchers, who claim it could "save many lives".

Vladimir Putin has threatened a "military-technical response" if Western countries continue with what he calls "unfriendly" actions over Ukraine.

An "exquisitely preserved" embryo has been found inside a fossilised dinosaur egg.

Winter is coming... and bringing the world's only permanent Game of Thrones Studio Tour to Northern Ireland.

A "leaky dam" is not something I'd heard of before coming to Broughton Hall Estate in North Yorkshire, but, as I discovered, it's very aptly named.