Matt Hancock: The last year 'hardest in a generation'Coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be eased “once and for all,” Boris Johnson has said as the UK marks the anniversary of the first national lockdown.The prime minister…

Israel holds 4th parliamentary election in two yearsPolls have opened in Israel’s fourth election in two years, with long-serving prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoping to win enough seats to form a coalition government.The vote comes…

Nicola Sturgeon reacts as inquiry finds she did not breach ministerial codeNicola Sturgeon misled MSPs on a Holyrood committee, which was investigating her role into the government’s unlawful handling of harassment allegations against Alex Salmond,…

Protests will be permitted but holidays abroad will be banned under new coronavirus laws coming into force from 29 March.The government has published the new “steps” legislation for England, which will govern the gradual easing…

“I’m quite a sociable person. I found it really hard not being able to leave the house,” India Grainger tells The Independent.The 11-year-old, like millions of others, has spent months of her childhood away from…

DCI Cassie Stuart (Nicola Walker) and DI Sunny Khan (Sanjeev Bhaskar) are getting closer to the truth about what happened to Matthew Walsh, whose decapitated body was found in a freezer.But even in the penultimate…

Following “anarchic” scenes in Bristol that saw 20 police officers injured, including a punctured lung and broken bones, forces across the country were drawing up plans for further “Kill the Bill” rallies.John Apter, chair of…

Today's daily politics briefingAn independent inquiry into whether Nicola Sturgeon breached the ministerial code is to be released on Monday, reports suggest, four days after a leaked government committee report found she had lied.The investigation by James…