Covid: Boris Johnson ‘hoping to avoid’ national lockdown

The PM says the Conservatives will cut 2p from employees’ NI and scrap the main rate for the self-employed.

Family and friends pay tribute to those who died at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston.

Civilians evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol finally arrive in the relative safety of Zaporizhzhia.

“Mr AG” shared an arson guide in a Telegram group chat used by UK rioters after the Southport attacks.

Kyiv says senior officials in Russia’s Black Sea fleet were present, but did not offer evidence.