UK Covid-19 vaccinations: Latest figuresShoppers have been urged to respect retail workers and help keep them safe when non-essential stores reopen in England on Monday.The British Retail Consortium said that “everyone should be considerate and…

Former prime minister David Cameron is coming under increased pressure over his lobbying for failed finance firm Greensill, after it emerged that he pushed the company’s case with Downing Street and health secretary Matt Hancock.Labour…

Boris Johnson has drawn comment for his “shabby” and “disrespectful” appearance while making a statement on the death of Prince Philip in Downing Street. Mr Johnson emerged from No 10 shortly after Buckingham Palace broke…

Nikki Grahame has died of complications from anorexia, aged 38.The former Big Brother contestant had been struggling with the eating disorder for years.Her family recently started a GoFundMe page asking friends to support the reality…

The UK has passed the figure of 32 million first vaccinations, equal to the estimated number of people most vulnerable to coronavirus who the government promised to offer a jab by the 15 April deadline.It…

The machinery of the British government spun into action to facilitate formal arrangements following the death of the Prince Philip, but a period of mourning will mean a major pause in politics at Westminster and…

The EU’s vaccine tsar has said that AstraZeneca has agreed that all but one batch of its Covid vaccine produced at a Netherlands plant will be sent to European member states rather than Britain.In an…

Mary Dejevsky is an Independent columnist on foreign affairs, having previously been the title’s foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris and Washington. She has written about the collapse of communism from inside Moscow, the dissolution of…