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Some Omicron cases are reportedly experiencing “mild” symptoms and experts should have more information about the transmission of the new COVID variant within days,...

The government plans to offer booster vaccines to everyone over the age of 18 by the end of January, Boris Johnson has said. Speaking...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson appears to have begun his Christmas celebrations early as he put his faith in a ramped-up booster programme to save...

Today fresh measures designed to deal with the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron have come into force in England. They were announced...

A judge has ruled that a 14-year-old convicted of shooting schoolboy Keon Lincoln can be now identified. The decision comes as the teenager and four...

Millions more adults and children could be offered extra COVID-19 jabs under emergency measures to limit the spread of the Omicron variant. Experts on...

A third person infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant has been identified in the UK, health officials have said. The individual, who is no...

Compulsory PCR tests for everyone arriving in the UK have been described as a “huge blow” for the travel industry. It is hoped the...

Boris Johnson has said that people who come into close contact with anyone who tests positive for coronavirus with the new Omicron variant will...

A rare red “danger to life” weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for Storm Arwen – with winds so strong they...

No cases of the new COVID variant have been detected in the UK, but it is highly likely it has now spread beyond southern...

Britain is bringing in travel restrictions for six African countries due to a new COVID variant that UK experts have called the “worst one...

The number of COVID cases the UK has seen since the start of the pandemic has passed 10 million, official figures show. According to...

An alleged victim of a Hull grooming gang has told how she was bitten, beaten and burned during a violent rape – and that...

Two police officers who shared photos on WhatsApp of the bodies of two murdered sisters have been found guilty of gross misconduct. PC Jamie...

Those who kill emergency service members will face mandatory life sentences after the government decided to back a law change prompted by the death...

Scotland will not be expanding vaccine passports to pubs, cinemas and theatres, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. There had been speculation that the scheme would...

The UK could be hit by a wetter-than-normal winter with households urged to be prepared for the risk of flooding. A Met Office outlook...

Child killer Colin Pitchfork was arrested and recalled to prison after approaching young women in the street, it has emerged. Pitchfork was jailed for...