Lionel Messi and three other Paris Saint-Germain players have tested positive for coronavirus, the club have confirmed.

Police have made a second arrest following the death of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed at a park in south London.

A cyber attack – possibly by China or Russia – hit the academic arm of the UK's Ministry of Defence and had a "significant" impact, the officer in charge at the time has revealed.

Further COVID restrictions in England are not expected this week thanks to people testing and getting their boosters, a cabinet minister has suggested.

Off the back of a year that brought us the 2020 Olympics in 2021 and a British 18-year-old following up her A-Levels by winning the US Open tennis, only a fool would make predictions for 2022.

An entire floor has been gutted and the roof has collapsed after a fire broke out at South Africa's parliament in Cape Town.

A man who was abducted by a child-trafficking gang at the age of four has been reunited with his family after sharing a map of his home village drawn from memory more than 30 years later.

Dramatic footage has shown people being winched down from cable cars after being stranded up a mountain overnight on New Year's Eve.

Thunderstorms are expected to hit the south of England this afternoon, bringing the possibility of road closures, power cuts and damage to trees and buildings.

Chelsea have omitted Romelu Lukaku from their squad for the game against Liverpool on Sunday, live on Sky Sports Premier League.