Boris Johnson is facing calls to close every school in England after an embarrassing government U-turn which means all primary schools in London will remain shut next week.

Intensive care units in three London hospitals were "full" on New Year's Eve, leaving patients waiting to be transferred to other hospitals for critical care, according to a leaked NHS email obtained by Sky News.

Two million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be supplied each week by the middle of January, according to a report, despite a warning from England's chief medical officer about shortages.

In the summer of 2012, Robin Williams wrote a note in the inside cover of his Twelve Steps book, just a short sentence detailing what he hoped might be his legacy. "I want to help people be less afraid."

The smooth start to post-Brexit border operations may be the "calm before the storm", industry bosses have warned.

Caviar was the traditional delicacy of the Caspian Sea but these days production has a new headquarters: China. 

A new year could not have come faster. But we have at least some reasons to smile about the one we have gladly bid farewell.

One lucky UK ticket-holder has started the new year by winning Friday night's entire £39m EuroMillions jackpot.

Iran has signalled that it intends to start enriching uranium to 20% purity, in its most significant breach yet of the 2015 nuclear deal.

The father of a man found dead in Michael Barrymore's swimming pool nearly two decades ago has called for a new inquest to be opened.