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Jabs for 16 and 17-year-olds expected to provide ‘really good knock-on effect’
Offering a Covid-19 vaccine to 16 and 17-year-olds could reduce transmission of the virus and limit disruption to their ...
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Scotland to end most Covid restrictions but face masks stay in some settings
Most of the remaining Covid restrictions are to be scrapped in Scotland from Monday, Nicola Sturgeon has said, but the l...
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Belarus sprinter says she would have faced punishment at home
Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya has said officials from her home country “made it clear” she wou...
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Government abandons ‘amber watchlist’ plans for travellers
Ministers have abandoned plans for an “amber watchlist” as Boris Johnson promised to keep travel rules as simple as ...
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Covid-19 app updated to cut number of people isolating as ‘pingdemic’ continues
The NHS Covid-19 app is being updated so fewer contacts will be instructed to isolate after an increase in people being ...
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Sturgeon invites Johnson to meet her in Edinburgh to discuss Covid recovery
Nicola Sturgeon has urged the Prime Minister to meet her to discuss the country’s recovery from coronavirus....
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Tributes to boy, 5, found dead in river as three held on suspicion of murder
Tributes have been paid to a “beautiful” five-year-old boy found dead in a river in South Wales after two adults and...
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New ‘measures’ at Samaritans amid reports of volunteers meeting callers for sex
Samaritans has introduced new safeguarding “measures” amid allegations of incidents of helpline volunteers meeting v...
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Almost 2m more premises to benefit from £5bn gigabit broadband upgrade
Almost two million more premises across rural parts of England will be plugged into superfast internet as part of the Go...