A fire has broken out at South Africa's parliament in Cape Town.

It was "respectful" and the "right thing to do" to give Tony Blair a knighthood, the Commons Speaker has said.

A research station in Antarctica is battling a coronavirus outbreak, with at least 16 of the 25 workers testing positive for the virus.

Around 132 million coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in 2021 - the largest inoculation campaign in British history.

It would be fair to say Steven Gerrard was not everyone's first choice replacement for Dean Smith at Aston Villa.

Michael Smith ended the title defence of Gerwyn Price at the World Championship, despite a magnificent nine-dart finish from the world No 1 in a quarter-final classic at Alexandra Palace on New Year's Day at the darts.

Microsoft says it is aware of a programming flaw which saw some customers' Exchange servers stop processing emails just as the clock struck midnight on New Year's Eve.

Emergency services searching for people missing after wildfires swept through communities in Colorado will use cadaver dogs to hunt through layers of fresh snow covering the smouldering debris.

Secondary school students in England are again being asked to wear masks in classrooms to help tackle the rise in Omicron coronavirus cases.

Contingency plans are being drawn up over fears a quarter of public sector workers could be absent due to the Omicron wave of COVID infections.