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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...

A 14-year-old girl died after being hit by a car in a New Year’s Eve collision that led to the arrest of a suspected...

A spectacular display in London has helped the UK usher in 2022, with people turning out to watch despite being encouraged to stay at...

The number of people in hospital with COVID-19 is increasing significantly, it has been warned, with one hospital suspending visitors “due to health and...

Leading scientists have warned that ongoing shortages of COVID tests across the UK are a “great concern” ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations. In...

A number of new Nightingale “surge hubs” are to be set up around England as the NHS goes on a “war footing” in preparation...

The UK has reported a record 183,037 new COVID cases in the latest daily figures. The number includes five days of infection data from...

Boris Johnson has said “up to 90%” of people currently in intensive care with COVID-19 have not had their booster jab as he urged...

England has reported another record number of daily coronavirus cases, with 117,093 new infections. It breaks the previous record of 113,628, which was set...

The government has said it will not be introducing any fresh COVID restrictions in England this side of new year – despite the record...