A record number of people in the UK have had COVID in a single week, new figures have shown.

The Liverpool vs Leeds and Wolves vs Watford Premier League matches on Boxing Day have been postponed due to Covid-19 cases

China has put 13 million people in the city of Xi'ian into lockdown in a bid to control a spike in coronavirus cases.

Ministers are not planning to announce any post-Christmas COVID restrictions this week, the health secretary has confirmed.

The businessman drafted in by Boris Johnson to advise on the supply chain problems which hit the British economy in the autumn has concluded that major infrastructure changes are needed to avert repeated crises.

Sajid Javid has confirmed that the government is not planning to announce any post-Christmas COVID-19 restrictions this week.

The Queen will spend Christmas Day with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, a Clarence House spokesman has said.

Russia doesn't want conflict with Ukraine but Western powers must provide Moscow with "unconditional security guarantees", President Vladimir Putin has said.

The world's oldest family tree has been discovered after DNA analysis from a 5,700-year-old tomb in the Cotswolds.

When Steven Gerrard arrived at Aston Villa in November, they were looking firmly over their shoulder. The relegation zone, an unthinkable abode at the start of the season, lurked ominously to drag them in.