The enormous container ship wedged across the Suez Canal has been "partially refloated".

People are now allowed to meet in groups of up to six or as two households and outdoor team sports are reopening in a major easing of England's lockdown restrictions.

Fewer than two in five licensed premises will have outdoor areas available to serve diners and drinkers when lockdown rules are eased next month, new figures show.

Slough is following in the footsteps of Wuhan by becoming a "sponge" town.

Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic's richest man, has been killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska.

The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin starts today - 10 months after the death of George Floyd - and the stakes are high for race relations in America.

A senior police chief has warned of the damaging effect distrust in British policing in black communities is having on the effectiveness of law enforcement as he vowed to bring about change.

Thailand is bracing itself for an influx of refugees after Myanmar's military launched further airstrikes in the border region of Karen state.

A group of Batley Grammar School parents have called for calm after a teacher showed students a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed.

Lockdown might be easing but it is still forbidden to meet indoors with people from other households.