People in England will no longer have to self-isolate after testing positive for coronavirus by the end of next week, Downing Street has said.

A doctor who has suffered violent shakes and hallucinations during her ongoing 15-month battle with long COVID has criticised the government's plan to "live with the virus".

Everything Russia is doing indicates an invasion of Ukraine is "very, very likely and very, very imminent", the Europe minister has told Sky News.

Storm Franklin is set to hit the UK, with an amber weather warning issued for Northern Ireland, the Met Office has said.

A passenger thought to be missing after a fire swept through a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy has been found alive on the vessel's stern.

Team GB have won their first gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the women's curling.

Police in Cornwall are searching for a dangerous dog on the loose after the animal broke free from its lead.

Police in Canada have retaken control of the streets around Ottawa's parliament buildings after a three-week protest - declaring: "This unlawful occupation is over."

A helicopter has crashed into the ocean waters off Miami Beach just feet away from crowds of swimmers.

As warnings of war in Ukraine grow louder, the fear and tension felt in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv are also felt in neighbouring Poland - for the two countries share far more than just a border.