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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...

Large numbers of COVID patients ending up in hospital is a “nailed on prospect” as the Omicron variant spreads at an “absolutely phenomenal pace”...

Grant Shapps has said he believes “with some confidence” that no further COVID restrictions will be required in England before Christmas and that people...

Boris Johnson has suffered the biggest Conservative rebellion since the 2019 general election as almost 100 Tory MPs opposed the introduction of COVID certificates...

Boris Johnson is facing the biggest Tory rebellion since the 2019 general election in a bitter Commons showdown with many of his own MPs...

The health secretary has said the Omicron variant now represents more than 20% of COVID cases in England. Sajid Javid said the UK Health...

Sajid Javid has urged the British public to “play your part” and get a COVID booster vaccine – warning that the UK is “once...

Everyone aged 18 and over in England will have the chance to get their booster vaccine before the end of the year to combat...

Cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant are now being treated in hospitals, cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has told Sky News. The education secretary also...

Another 633 Omicron cases have been found in the UK – the biggest daily increase since the COVID-19 variant has been detected in the...

The UK will have more than one million Omicron cases by the end of this month if current trends continue unchanged – but booster...

The UK has recorded 448 new Omicron cases in the latest 24-hour period – taking the total across the country to 1,265. It comes...

Further measures to control the spread of the Omicron variant come into force in England today – while people in Scotland are urged to...

Boris Johnson’s most senior communications adviser addressed staff and handed out awards on the night of the alleged Downing Street party, it is understood....

Boris Johnson has warned the Omicron COVID variant is “growing much faster” than Delta and its doubling rate could be between two and three...

Boris Johnson has toughened coronavirus measures in England amid concern over the increasing spread of the Omicron variant. Speaking at a Downing Street news...

Storm Barra is not quite done with the UK yet – more ice, wind, and rain are on the way, with flooding expected in...