A 12-year-old boy is in a critical condition after he and a man in his 50s were struck by lightning during a school football tournament.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has continued to dodge questions on the future of HS2, despite the issue dominating his party's conference in Manchester.

Up to 200,000 people will be monitored for COVID-19 this winter in a scaled-down version of the three-year infection survey for the virus.

Scientists say they have discovered planet-like objects in a distant nebula unconnected to any star to orbit - and floating in pairs.

Boohoo has reported a plunge in revenues, saying that an anticipated recovery in group sales volumes proved weaker than expected in the first half of its financial year.

The second part of the public inquiry into the UK coronavirus response starts today, focusing on "core decision making and political governance".

The Conservative Party candidate for London mayor has been urged to apologise after she claimed Jewish communities were "frightened" by Sadiq Khan.

A consumer group has named its 12 best locations in the UK to retire - with a popular cathedral city and the home of English tennis making the list.

Food prices have dropped for the first month in more than two years, according to an industry lobby group that says food inflation is now in single digits.

Charlotte Sena, the nine-year-old girl who went missing in a New York park, has been found "in good health", police have said.