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.