England will need ongoing restrictions to normal life after lockdown, with measures likely to last into December and over Christmas in order to keep the coronavirus under control, government scientists have warned.In a new analysis…

European countries have warned it is ‘too early’ to make Christmas travel plansEngland's former chief medical officer has claimed the UK was ill-prepared for the Covid-19 crisis because officials planned for the “wrong pandemic”.  Dame…

The John Lewis Christmas advert is an undisputed highlight of the festive season. With big production values and even bigger budgets, it never fails to disappoint viewers. In fact, most of the time, it moves…

Who could find fault with Jack Grealish’s decision-making now? If the obvious thought there is over his and Declan Rice's choice of England over Ireland, which a 3-0 victory like this more emphatically vindicates, it's…

Government figures put the number of fatalities at a slightly lower figure than the previous day’s figure of almost 600 - with the nationwide total now standing at 50,365 since the beginning of the UK’s…

<p>The Oxford coronavirus vaccine is expected to be easier to roll out than Pfizer jab</p>The business secretary Alok Sharma has stood by the government’s commitment to end the national lockdown on 2 December as the…

A north London police station has been evacuated after it was hit by car.The offending vehicle remains outside the station, where a large police cordon is in place and London Ambulance Service and London Fire…

Fresh plans to allow students a one-week window to travel home for Christmas are “riddled with holes”, the government has been warned.Jo Grady, University and College Union (UCU) general secretary, highlighted the tight timescale for…