Pharmacies will be allowed to prescribe antibiotics and antivirals for common illnesses such as ear infections under plans to free up nearly 30,000 GP appointments a day. Treatments for seven common ...

President Biden has promised to modernise the Philippines armed forces as they face more frequent confrontations with China near the disputed islands of the South China Sea. In a meeting with ...

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.

President Biden urged Americans to “come together . . . to stand against” gun violence yesterday, after a man shot dead six people before killing himself at a Walmart supermarket in Virginia. Police ...

The idea that we could use a vaccine to defeat cancer is not, says Ugur Sahin, chief executive of BioNTech, a new one. “We have had this thought for almost 100 years.” The concept is simple, he says. ...

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 ...

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is now 50 per cent higher than before the industrial revolution, having risen to record levels despite last year’s lockdown-induced dip. The average level of CO2 in ...

Consultants and contractors profiting from the troubled coronavirus test-and-trace system are being offered tailored advice from civil servants on applying for honours such as MBEs. The news that big ...

The Serious Fraud Office has dropped its investigation into British American Tobacco over allegations that it bribed government officials in Africa. After more than three years of investigation the ...

Last March this newspaper reported the concerns of scientists who said that Britain’s shortage of capacity to manufacture a vaccine amounted to a national security risk. They included Peter Piot, ...

President Putin will receive the Sputnik V vaccine. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, told a Russian state TV channel: “He said he will be vaccinated. He made this decision and was waiting until ...

So seductive was the unveiling of Mikel Arteta a year ago that the doubters were immediately disarmed. To those who wondered if Arsenal’s former captain was too young, at 37, and too inexperienced to ...