Scientific advisers to the government have predicted that any new coronavirus restrictions - including a ban on indoor mixing - could be in place until the end of March in order to reduce COVID-19 deaths in England.

The Queen is again breaking with tradition due to COVID and will spend Christmas Day at Windsor.

Today the Queen is delivering her 69th Christmas message.

Scientists say a "new era of astronomy" could be brought in as they prepare to launch the James Webb Telescope today.

Any historian determined to write a comprehensive account of the life and times of Ethiopia - and those who have lived there - will have to go back a long, long time. 

A South African minister has called for a US auction house to cancel the sale of a key to the Robben Island prison cell, where Nelson Mandela was jailed.

At least 4,500 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the Christmas weekend, with the Omicron variant causing chaos for travellers.

A policeman has killed four fellow officers and injured three others in a shooting at a police station in Sri Lanka.

Former England striker Daniel Sturridge has been ordered to pay $30,000 (£22,400) to a man who found his missing dog.

The Duchess of Cambridge “absolutely nailed” playing the piano accompaniment in a performance at Westminster Abbey, popstar Tom Walker has said.