Liverpool's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at Arsenal on Thursday has been postponed after the EFL accepted a request from the Merseyside club following further cases of Covid in their squad.

JK Rowling's name has been dropped by a secondary school as a title for one of its houses over her "comments and viewpoints surrounding trans people".

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has tested positive for coronavirus, a party spokesman has said.

Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead at his home on the south coast.

A British army officer has become the first person to reach the South Pole on foot in two years, completing the trek in a little over 40 days.

Staff shortages because of COVID infections or isolation are driving the current crisis in the NHS.

Yellow weather warnings have been issued for snow and ice in large parts of the UK - amid the threat of lightning strikes that could cause some homes to lose power.

A third state of emergency has been declared in Kazakhstan - with the alert now raised in the capital Nur-Sultan - after violent protests broke out in several major cities.

An ambulance service in the northeast of England is still asking patients suffering from suspected strokes or heart attacks to get a lift to hospital due to pressures on staff from coronavirus and the new year.

The Carabao Cup semi-final first leg between Liverpool and Arsenal has been postponed due to rising COVID-19 cases within the Merseyside club.