Public anger in China towards continuing COVID-19 lockdowns has sparked rare protests in a number of major cities in recent days, with some demonstrators calling on the Communist Party to step down.

Health officials have raised concerns that some migrants have been moved from a processing centre in Kent to other parts of the country while suffering from suspected diphtheria.

Inflation-busting pay rises are "unaffordable", cabinet minister Mark Harper has told Sky News in the face of strikes in the public sector.

Further disruption is threatened by Just Stop Oil protesters in the run-up to Christmas, Scotland Yard has warned.

Two 16-year-old boys have been stabbed to death in two locations around a mile apart in southeast London, police have said.

The Queen Consort has appointed the women who will support her as she carries out her official and state duties.

Plans to make encouraging self-harm online illegal have been backed by a charity set up in memory of a teenager who died after viewing content related to suicide, depression and anxiety.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appeared in public with his daughter for the second time, as the two posed for photos with soldiers, scientists and others involved in this month's Hwasong-17 missile launch.

To see people protesting in the streets in China is incredibly rare.

A firefighter has described how he suffered racism in different forms in the service and also felt frustrated with bosses when he tried to help tackle the issue.