Former Conservative MP and Commons Speaker John Bercow has said his switching of allegiance to join the Labour Party is "not personal against Boris Johnson".

A man searching for the "guardian angel" who saved his life when he suffered a stroke in the street has been reconnected with her.

The number of coronavirus deaths in Brazil has now surpassed 500,000 - with thousands taking to the streets to demand the president's resignation.

The thud of drums and chanting filled streets across Brazil. A day of protest on the day official figures recorded over 500,000 deaths from COVID-19. 

Three children have been wounded after a shooting at a one-year-old's outdoor birthday party in Toronto.

More than 700,000 vaccine appointments were booked on the day that jabs became available to people aged 18 to 20 in England.

A six-year-old girl has died after she and her father were hit by a car as they walked together in Stoke-on-Trent.

A 20-year-old man whose e-scooter was involved in a crash with a car has died in hospital.

Six cyclists are in a critical condition after being hit by a truck in Arizona, with the driver chased down and shot by police.

The world's best dad joke can be revealed after thousands of "funny" fathers battled it out in a competition that was no laughing matter.