A man has been charged with the murder of an 86-year-old woman and the attempted murder of her 88-year-old husband.

A former senior Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed after using spy cameras to secretly film naked women.

Radio 1 presenter Adele Roberts has shared an update on her struggle with bowel cancer, revealing she put off getting it checked out because she didn't want to bother her GP during the pandemic.

The Irish government has agreed to lift almost all coronavirus restrictions from tomorrow - in a move attributed to the passing of the peak of the Omicron wave, and the country's high vaccine uptake.

The FTSE 100 has joined a global markets sell-off as it followed Wall Street into the red amid jitters over rate rises and the outlook for tech stocks.

Rebel Tory MPs, known as the "pork pie plotters", are considering publishing a secretly recorded "heated" exchange with the government chief whip, according to reports.

Starts including Cher and Bonnie Tyler have paid tribute to singer Meat Loaf, who has died at the age of 74.

Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian Louie Anderson has died at the age of 68 after a battle with cancer.

The US and UK have warned by Russia that it would "pay a heavy price" if it invades Ukraine.

Could the timing be any worse? A new "sub-lineage" of Omicron coming along just as the government abandons all COVID restrictions.