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The busy bank holiday is expected to bring the warmest weather of the year so far, with temperatures expected to hit 25C today. But as many people flock to beaches, parks and beer gardens, one of the country’s top scientists has warned that the next two weeks are critical for our way out of the

Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have released a photograph of their wedding day after the couple tied the knot in a surprise ceremony. The prime minister, 56, married Ms Symonds, 33, in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday. The image shows the couple in the Downing Street garden after the wedding. The ceremony

Anti-lockdown protesters caused one of the UK’s biggest shopping centres to close early on Saturday after forcing their way inside. Demonstrators clashed with police as they pushed to get into Westfield shopping centre in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Anti-lockdown protesters gather in west London Officers

The Duchess of Cambridge has shared a photo of herself receiving the coronavirus vaccine. Posting on Twitter, she said she had got the injection at the Science Museum in London. “Yesterday I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at London’s Science Museum. I’m hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in

In Porto’s Ribeira Square, the unmistakable sight and sound of English football fans abroad has returned. Singing, swilling inexpensive local beer and standing on chairs, they have commandeered a pretty corner of this coastal city. There are 12,000 ticket holders from Chelsea and Manchester City arriving over the weekend and many more have travelled in

Plans to fully reopen society on 21 June “look somewhat in doubt” after cases of the Indian COVID variant in England doubled in the space of a week. Professor Danny Altmann of Imperial College London told Sky News that the final stage of the roadmap, which would see all limits on social contact lifted, are

The number of cases of the Indian COVID variant in England has risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week, according to official figures. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the variant is spreading and the latest estimates show it makes up more than half – and possibly as many as three quarters – of all

Matt Hancock is launching a personal fightback after Dominic Cummings’ sensational claims that he should have been sacked for telling lies about COVID. After a brutal onslaught by Boris Johnson’s former aide, the health secretary will come out fighting in the Commons and at a Downing Street news conference. He is answering an urgent question

Dominic Cummings has said Boris Johnson initially considered COVID a “scare story” like swine flu. Boris Johnson’s former adviser kicked off a morning of questioning by MPs over the lessons learnt from the pandemic by saying the government did not do as much as it could in the early months of 2020. Explaining why Mr

People aged 30 and over old can now book their COVID-19 vaccine in England as the rollout opens up to more age groups. One million more people will now be invited by text over the coming days, leaving only adults aged between 18 and 29 still having to wait. People aged 39 and under, and

Local authorities worst affected by the Indian variant have insisted no further COVID-19 travel restrictions apply to their areas after meeting government officials. The eight councils affected have said people are still allowed to travel in and out of the areas listed on the government website which were interpreted as having stricter measures placed on

People have been advised to avoid travelling into and out of areas of England among the worst affected by the Indian COVID variant, unless it is essential. The government’s coronavirus restrictions website changed its guidance over the last few days for people living in eight areas where the new COVID-19 variant of concern is spreading.

Former Formula 1 boss and privacy campaigner Max Mosley has died aged 81. Ex-F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone made the announcement, saying he died on Sunday. “He died last night,” Mr Ecclestone said. “He was like family to me. We were like brothers. I am pleased in a way because he suffered for too long.”

A black equal rights activist is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the head in the early hours of Sunday. Police are appealing for information after finding the 27-year-old woman with life-threatening injuries in Southwark, south London, at about 3am. In a statement on its Facebook page, the Taking The Initiative

Princess Diana’s biographer has said she was scared “half to death” into being interviewed by Martin Bashir due to his lies – but would have spoken her mind in any interview. Andrew Morton said there was a “mile-long queue outside Kensington Palace” to interview her and there was “no question at all that Diana was

Journalist Martin Bashir has broken his silence following the publication of the Dyson Report, telling The Sunday Times he doesn’t believe he harmed Princess Diana “in any way”. In an interview with the paper, Bashir apologises to Prince Harry and William over the 1995 BBC Panorama interview that was later found to be secured under