Boris Johnson has been told to scrap an investigation into alleged Christmas parties in Number 10 following claims that the man leading the probe also attended events himself last year.

A man has been found guilty of murdering one of Britain's wealthiest men, Sir Richard Sutton, and attempting to kill his own mother.

The father of murdered toddler Star Hobson has said he will "never recover from the callous and cruel way" in which his daughter was killed.

A man who murdered his partner and two young children - one of whom was less than a month old - has been sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in prison.

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after four children - two sets of twin boys aged three and four - died in a house fire in south London.

Boris Johnson has said he takes "personal responsibility" after his Conservative Party lost the North Shropshire by-election in a shock result that has dealt another significant blow to his premiership.

Omicron is now the dominant COVID-19 variant in Scotland, as England's R number rises to between 1.0 and 1.2.

The UK has reported 93,045 cases of coronavirus in the latest 24-hour period - a record high for daily infections as the Omicron variant surges across the country.