A state of emergency has been declared throughout the oil-rich country of Kazakhstan, according to the RIA news agency, after widespread protests broke out.

Novak Djokovic is under armed guard and alone in a room at Melbourne airport, according to his father, as he waits to hear if he will be allowed into Australia.

Thirteen people, including seven children, have died in a house fire in Philadelphia after smoke alarms apparently failed to go off.

Police searching for a missing student have recovered a body from the River Thames.

The education secretary has said "we must do everything we can" to keep schools open as he made a series of announcements to protect pupils as COVID cases surge in the UK.

Pre-departure testing will no longer be required for travellers returning to England and arrivals will not have to isolate until they get a negative PCR test.

Protesters have seized the airport in Kazakhstan's biggest city and the presidential palace there is on fire, according to reports, after country-wide demonstrations broke out.

Lewis Hamilton is puppeteer to an F1 community sitting cross-legged and eager-eyed in anxious wait of an update on his future, with clamour for resolution testament to a sport that needs its record-chaser, its activist, its face.

A 64-year-old former Labour peer has been found guilty of attempting to rape a young girl and sexually assaulting a boy under 11 in the early 1970s.

Another 194,747 coronavirus cases and 334 deaths have been reported in the latest daily UK figures.