New Zealand has reported its first case of COVID-19 outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months. There was no immediate evidence the virus was spreading in the community but the…

The UK has recorded a further 610 COVID-related deaths in the latest reporting period, along with another 30,004 cases. It brings the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the UK to…

John Lennon was “bubbling over with excitement” about returning to the UK in a phone call the night before he was assassinated in New York, according to a newly released letter by…

Heavy snow has fallen across large swathes of the UK as four vaccination centres were forced to close and a rare “thundersnow” event was reported amid the severe weather. The Met…

Teachers have a “good shout” to be “very high” on the next priority list for a coronavirus vaccine, the health secretary has told Sky News. Matt Hancock said…

Nicola Sturgeon has accused Boris Johnson of being “frightened of democracy” and said she will seek a “legal referendum” on Scottish independence. Scotland’s…

It is still a “long, long, long way” before coronavirus cases are low enough for lockdown to be lifted, the health secretary has told Sky News. Matt Hancock said “early…

Eleven gold miners have been rescued a fortnight after they were trapped by an underground explosion in China, according to state media reports. It is not known how many others are still alive…

The alleged leader of an Asian drug syndicate and one of the world’s most-wanted fugitives has been arrested by Dutch police. Tse Chi Lop, a Chinese-born Canadian national, was arrested…

Dozens have been fined after police caught 300 people at an illegal rave in northeast London. Officers raided the unlicensed music event at a railway arch in Nursery Road, Hackney, at around…