Ireland will impose an 8pm curfew for hospitality venues as part of a host of new measures aimed at slowing the spread of the Omicron variant.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak and his team has held meetings with business leaders as pressure mounts on the government to provide assistance to companies impacted by the Omicron variant.

Serious doubt has been cast over the future of a Whitehall investigation into alleged Christmas parties in Number 10 after the man in charge of the probe was revealed to have been aware of a separate party in his own office.

Boris Johnson "doesn't want to make the case for what he's doing", Adam Boulton has said as he bows out from Sky News after 32 years.

Scientists have discovered a millipede with 1,306 legs - the most of any known animal - and say it is a "marvel of evolution".

A full invasion of Ukraine by Russia would spread conflict around Europe and could even trigger World War Three, a Ukrainian government minister has warned.

A man was kicked off a flight in the US for wearing women's underwear as a face mask.

Families are paying tribute to the five children who were killed in a bouncy castle tragedy at an Australian primary school after they were named by police. 

A small crowd has gathered, shuffling to keep warm and talking quietly. All of them are men, some in traditional Afghan clothing, others in jeans and jumpers; all of them pensive.

Russia's Foreign Ministry has published draft proposals outlining the kind of security guarantees it would like to see from the West, including a stop on any further NATO expansion and restrictions on the deployment of troops and weaponry in Eastern Europe.