Last April, the government set a target of 100,000 PCR tests for COVID each day. At the time, it seemed incredibly ambitious.

The top civil servant will no longer lead a Whitehall investigation into alleged Christmas parties in Number 10 after he was revealed to have been aware of a separate party in his own office in December last year.

Heather Knight has vowed that England will "be bold" as they look to regain the Women's Ashes in Australia - and has backed her players to behave responsibly ahead of the flight out as they try to prevent Covid-19 hampering their preparations.

Two men who bought a £4m-winning scratchcard with someone else's debit card details have been jailed for 18 months for fraud.

The Kurdish travel agent responsible for 10 of the people who died crossing the Channel last month has told Sky News he thinks about the dead every day and defended his role in the network.

Artur Beterbiev glared at Marcus Browne as the unified world champion targets another explosive win that would fuel speculation about a Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez fight.

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.