Details of the new system, aimed at tracking cases and detecting new variants, will be set out later today.

Police warn people not to travel as conditions force some Covid vaccination centres to stay shut.

The online supermarket says the Covid pandemic has permanently changed the grocery landscape worldwide.

Gender inequalities in the economy have been ignored in the pandemic, a Commons committee says.

Ministers believe the contact-tracing app has prevented 600,000 cases of the disease in England and Wales.

The travel firm says 2.8 million customers have already booked holidays, 44% down on last year.

James Anderson inspires England to a famous 227-run victory against India on the final day of the first Test in Chennai.

Labour wants the law to strengthen victims' rights for people like Tracey Hanson, whose son was stabbed to death.

Changes could mean replacing gas boilers in homes and finding new ways to make steel without coal.

The rate of infection has more than tripled across England's smallest county.

Lynx, known as the "ghost cat" in Europe as they are rarely seen, became extinct in the UK in AD700.

Staff at Lewisham Hospital treated London's first known Covid-19 patient - they reflect one year on.

Social care staff are having to decide who receives care - or not - with services stretched.

From a DJ in a hot air balloon to stars singing in streets, Covid has forced artists to be creative.

A massive task lies ahead for schools as they try to make up for teaching time lost during the pandemic.

John Jackson, 52, known as Adam, was "a true gentleman", his sister says.

The health minister says the 5,000 who have died in Wales with Covid are not "just numbers".

A delivery company courier explains how lockdown has kept them busy but affected their mental health.

Many people are choosing "bucket-list" destinations for 2021, a travel consultant says.

Internal reports seen by the BBC show police officers have been called to illegal parties in properties booked online.

A man and woman are arrested and more than 50 people fined in a raid at a gym in Liverpool.

The party says the pandemic shows more transparency is needed for work given to private companies.

Tips on lockdown life in cold weather, from keeping your windows open to watching films in the bath.

A decade ago, the government set out a plan for channels to be "a new voice for local communities".

A boy from Cornwall is the UK's youngest person to have committed a terror offence.

Online fashion giant Boohoo has mopped up the last of Arcadia's retail empire - did it need them?

Storm Darcy has brought freezing temperatures and snow to parts of the UK.

Phoebe says she received 100 death threats in one day in 2020, and believes coronavirus is to blame.

People share their photos of snow, as forecasters predict more flurries and ice for the coming days.

The lifesize replica of the Anglo-Saxon ship will not be launching next year as planned.

Will hydrogen or heat pumps be able to replace gas central heating?

Schools kept refusing to take Jacob who ended up dead at 16 following a descent into drug crime.

Hugh Bonneville has been surprising people queuing for the vaccine at a hub near his home.

A British supermarket chain in Belgium is on the verge of closure with no deliveries since December.

One consequence of lockdown has been that neighbourhoods come to life after dark.

Michael Gove says the protocol's "application on the ground" needs to be scrutinised.

Weather warnings are in place across the UK as Storm Darcy disrupts services, including vaccination centres.

Jonathan Brown hopes to encourage people to have the jab and see "light at the end of the tunnel".

Prof Jonathan Van-Tam's remarks that the South African coronavirus variant is no cause for panic feature on many of the front pages.

Four cases of a new mutation of the Kent coronavirus variant are confirmed in Manchester.

An amber weather warning for snow is in place across parts of Scotland.

Officials will try to work out ways of avoiding more controversies involving Northern Ireland.

Social care staff say they are more stretched now than at any point in the pandemic.

Ellie Taylor is reunited with her husband's 999 hero when they are put on the same ambulance shift.