MPs are returning to Westminster after their Christmas break and plunging straight into a potentially fiery Prime Minister's Questions and a Commons showdown over COVID-19.

Updates from the fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground as England look for their first win of the series.

A little girl wrapped up in a pink all-in-one suit and a man carrying her in his arms are believed to be among the first people this year to reach the UK after making the dangerous Channel crossing in small boats.

A petition calling for Sir Tony Blair to be stripped of his knighthood has been signed by more than 670,000 people.

A state of emergency has been declared in Kazakhstan following major protests over fuel prices.

Taking pictures of breastfeeding mothers without their consent could result in a two-year jail sentence under plans to change the law.

More than a million new COVID cases were reported in the US on Monday - the highest anywhere in the world since the start of the pandemic.

Jamie Murray has questioned the decision to grant world number one Novak Djokovic a medical exemption from getting vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to compete at the Australian Open.

Fallon Sherrock continued to rock the darting world with a record-breaking 2021 campaign, but as she prepares to embark on a crucial 12 months, what does 2022 have in store for The Queen of the Palace?

An ex-Olympic showjumping coach raped and sexually abused a teenage girl over a seven-year period, a court has heard.