UK bucks Europe’s Covid trend but winter concern remains

Spain, Sweden and Switzerland confirm cases linked to the UK, as fears of the variant’s spread grow.

The rapid tests are being made available for free, ahead of the next stage of lockdown easing.

The former cabinet minister joins calls for Boris Johnson to stand down, as a Tory MP defects to Labour.

Health leaders urge the government to change quarantine rules to avoid severe staff shortages.

One woman tells the BBC a security guard employed by G4S mimed sex while they were alone in a...

The foreign secretary says the air strikes were necessary after Houthis attacks on ships in the Red Sea.