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A judge has rejected Prince Andrew’s attempt to have the sexual assault lawsuit against him thrown out. US judge Lewis Kaplan refused to dismiss...

People with high levels of T cells from common colds are less likely to catch COVID, according to a new peer-reviewed study. Researchers said...

The UK has recorded 141,472 new COVID-19 cases and a further 97 deaths in the latest 24-hour period. The latest government figures compare to...

The scale of loss to COVID-19 is so vast, barely a community in the country can have been spared. In north London, John and...

The UK has recorded more than 150,000 COVID-related deaths since the start of the pandemic after the latest daily figures showed 313 further fatalities....

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has been directly challenged by an unvaccinated hospital consultant over the government’s policy of compulsory COVID jabs for NHS staff....

Some 200 Armed Forces personnel are being deployed to support the NHS in London as hospitals grapple with staff shortages. Military medics will assist...

Two major incidents have been declared in England because of pressures caused by the spread of COVID-19 – after the Ministry of Defence said...

Boris Johnson has hit out at anti-vaxxers, declaring they are “completely wrong” and spreading “mumbo jumbo” as the environment secretary said the country would...

More than 20 NHS trusts have now declared a critical incident as the number of people in hospital with COVID hits the highest level...

Weapons including firearms and hundreds of knives have been seized at crown courts during the pandemic, Sky News can reveal. More than 1,000 knives...

“Around a million people” are currently isolating as a result of coronavirus, a minister has said, as Sky News understands an announcement on the...

MPs are returning to Westminster after their Christmas break and plunging straight into a potentially fiery Prime Minister’s Questions and a Commons showdown over...

Last year saw a record number of migrants entering the UK aboard small boats via the English Channel, latest data suggests. More than 28,300...

Multiple hospitals have declared critical incidents amid warnings the NHS is “in a state of crisis” in the face of staff shortages caused by...

Ministers are “concerned” that the number of over-50s being admitted to hospital with COVID is rising, the education secretary has said. Despite the increasing...

England and Wales have reported 137,583 new COVID cases and 73 coronavirus-related deaths in the latest 24-hour period, according to official data. Figures from...

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

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