The UK has reached a new daily record for coronavirus cases with more than 50,000 people testing positive in the last 24 hours.

EU ambassadors say they have given a “green light” to Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal, due to come into force on Friday. Focus now switches to MPs here, who will vote on the new agreement at a special sitting of parliament on Wednesday. So...

The UK has recorded its highest daily increase of coronavirus cases, with 41,385 positive tests recorded in the last 24 hours. And those latest numbers don’t include Northern Ireland. The government nevertheless says pupils in England should st...

Millions more people in England are now living under the strictest, Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions. Household mixing is banned while all non-essential shops are closed. Mainland Scotland and Northern Ireland have also begun new lockdowns with simila...

The Queen praised the resilience of people in the UK and around the world during the coronavirus pandemic.

We are still waiting for that expected Brexit deal – it will need to be ratified by MPs, with hardline pro-Brexit Tories insisting they will scrutinise every detail. Labour though are likely to support it.

We were joined by Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage.

We were joined by the German MEP Bernd Lange – he chairs the European Parliament’s trade committee and is also on the UK coordination group.

Our business and global trade correspondent Paul McNamara is in Downing Street, where Boris Johnson is expected to emerge with a statement shortly.

Hopes for a Brexit deal are looking significantly higher this evening.

Six million people in England will enter tier 4 lockdown from Boxing Day.

Scientists are urgently looking at whether the new strain of coronavirus is spread more easily in children. Although there is no suggestion it’s more dangerous, experts want to know whether children are as susceptible as adults. In today’...

As we prepare for Christmas festivities, thousands around the country will be facing their first holiday season without their loved ones. Among them is Amanda Henry, whose father Robert died of covid inside an East London care home in March. Since th...

Former Cameron aide Sir Craig Oliver’s advice to Johnson on Covid.

Today two men: Eamonn Harrison and Gheorghe Nica were found guilty of multiple counts of manslaughter.