Chris Whitty is expected to recommend next week that children aged 12 and over be vaccinated after expert advisers told him it would benefit their mental health, education and social development. The ...

Everyone in Britain should be given a digital ID incorporating their passport, driving licence, tax records, qualifications and right to work as the cornerstone of a “technology revolution”, Sir Tony ...

Scotland is the coronavirus capital of the UK with around twice as many cases per head as the other UK nations and regions. Scottish councils take up 17 of the places in the top 20 UK coronavirus ...

Newcastle United fans have been angered by an alcohol ban placed on trains taking them home after the Carabao Cup final on Sunday, given that Manchester United fans are not subject to such measures.

The England prop Joe Marler has tested positive for Covid-19 and will miss this weekend’s Autumn Nations Series clash against Australia. Marler, 31, began isolating for ten days yesterday evening ...

David Moyes turned the question back on a journalist. “Tell me,” he asked, “how many games do you think Kurt should be banned for?” The reporter could not answer and instead clambered back to the high ...

A former Labour MP submitted fraudulent expense claims totalling £30,000 to part-fund an “extensive” cocaine habit, a court was told. Jared O’Mara, 41, who represented Sheffield Hallam between 2017 ...

Russia and Belarus have begun joint military drills as President Putin pushes President Lukashenko to agree to closer integration between the two former Soviet states. The Russian defence ministry ...

Anthony Joshua admitted on Sunday that he “let himself down” with his rant in the ring following another agonising defeat against Oleksandr Usyk. The rematch in Saudi Arabia was an entertaining and ...

Senior judges have confirmed that protesters do not gain legal “carte blanche” to vandalise property by arguing that they believe the victims support their cause. Activists accused of causing criminal ...

It was in a bistro in Paris that Diana de Vegh, a young American student, learnt of John F Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963. The news left her numb. She went home, went to bed, and the next ...

When Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, met President Macron of France for talks on the future of Europe’s security, the stakes were high. The supply of American armaments to Ukraine has been all but ...