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The Queen is again breaking with tradition due to COVID and will spend Christmas Day at Windsor. Her Majesty made the decision not to...

The UK has recorded 122,186 new cases of coronavirus and a further 137 deaths, the latest daily figures show. It is the highest number...

People will be able to get a COVID-19 booster on Christmas Day as part of NHS England’s “jingle jab” campaign. The rollout will also...

The Queen is expected to deliver a particularly personal Christmas Day message as she prepares for her first festive period since the death of...

The Queen will spend Christmas Day with the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall, a Clarence House spokesman has said. It comes...

The UK has reported more than 100,000 daily COVID cases for the first time since of the start of the pandemic. Some 106,122 cases...

The self-isolation period for people in England will be cut from 10 days to seven for those who can produce negative lateral flow results...

Boris Johnson has confirmed he will not introduce any further COVID restrictions in England before Christmas, but warned that the situation remains “finely balanced”...

Wales is ordering sports events to take place without fans to help fight Omicron, as reports suggest new restrictions in England are unlikely before...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not announced further restrictions today – but said he is following the data “hour by hour” and warned the...

Dominic Raab says he cannot make “hard, fast guarantees” that more restrictions won’t be imposed in the run-up to Christmas. However the deputy prime...

Number 10 has defended a photo which appears to show Boris Johnson and staff relaxing and drinking in the Downing Street garden at a...

Sajid Javid has not ruled out plans for a two-week circuit breaker after Christmas, as he accused those unwilling to have the vaccine of...

Extra restrictions are needed within days to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed by Omicron, according to senior government scientists. Sky News understands experts who...

Officials are drawing up plans for a two-week circuit breaker lockdown after Christmas which would include a ban on indoor mixing, according to reports....

The UK has reported 93,045 cases of coronavirus in the latest 24-hour period – a record high for daily infections as the Omicron variant...

Four children who are believed to be related have died in a house fire in south London. The London Fire Brigade (LFB) said eight...

Wales will introduce new social distancing restrictions and close nightclubs from 27 December in a bid to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus...

People should “make a sensible choice” if their priority is to make it to the Christmas dinner table with their families, a health minister...