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Visits to nursing home residents may be restricted again amid fears about the resurgence in Covid-19.

The accidental purchase of nearly 4,000 shares in Frasers Group might win its chairman an investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority, but the regulator is unlikely to go in with...

Grief-stricken family members of the Manchester Arena bomb victims have described the devastating void caused by the atrocity, repeating their demand for answers.

All nursing home staff will have to undergo mandatory training in infection control to help prevent residents suffering the devastating effects of a second wave of Covid-19 in the coming...

Thousands of people in California are under orders to evacuate in regions surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area as 30 wildfires blazed across the US state amid a blistering heatwave...

Floodwater reached the toes of a famous Buddhist statue for the first time in decades as China suffered flooding and landslides from unusually heavy seasonal rains and a typhoon that...

The government was "caught off guard" by the fast spread of Covid-19, Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has said.

A British design duo have created an eco-friendly hand sanitiser dispenser after noting that sustainability had “gone out the window” during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A newborn kitten was rescued by the RSPCA on Monday after the mother appeared to have moved on without her.

A 16-year-old Sudanese migrant who disappeared at sea has been found dead on a beach near Calais, a French minister has said.

An Iraqi-born man deliberately drove his car into motorcycles along a stretch of Berlin motorway, leaving at least one person in a life-threatening condition in what German officials said was...

Democrats have formally nominated Joe Biden as their candidate in the US presidential election.

What are the new Covid-19 restrictions and how will they impact on your daily life?

What are the new Covid-19 restrictions and how will they impact on your daily life?

What are the new Covid-19 restrictions and how will they impact on your daily life?

A police officer was forced to call the fire service after getting trapped in faulty handcuffs during a demonstration.

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has unveiled his new “Full English sandwich”, complete with baked bean-flavoured bread.

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has unveiled his new “Full English sandwich”, complete with baked bean-flavoured bread.

Night-time pool parties are proving popular in the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak as residents in Wuhan seek relief from lockdown.

Night-time pool parties are proving popular in the Chinese city hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak as residents in Wuhan seek relief from lockdown.

Game Of Thrones actor James Cosmo has warned residents in Oldham that “lockdown is coming” unless they abide by coronavirus guidelines.

A series of crashes on a major road in Berlin was an Islamic extremist attack, prosecutors are reported as saying.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency as major wildfires ravage the region.

The re-election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump has sued New Jersey, following a decision on Friday by its Democratic governor to mail a ballot to every voter in the...

Australia has ordered 25 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Oxford University in partnership with pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, the country's prime minister said.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced the coronavirus infection survey will increase from regularly testing 28,000 people per fortnight in England to 150,000.

Mali's president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced his resignation on state television, hours after mutinous soldiers fired shots into the air outside his home which detained him and the prime...

Claudine Keane has spoken for the first time about her father recovering from Covid-19 and said it has made her appreciate life so much more.

Claudine Keane has spoken for the first time about her father recovering from Covid-19 and said it has made her appreciate life so much more.

Britney Spears has asked a court to keep her father from reasserting the broad control over her life and career that he has had for most of the past 12...

Dubai has again loosened laws governing alcohol sales and possession of liquor as the sheikhdom tries to claw its way out of an economic depression worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.

A team of scientists have discovered that Covid-19 could enter the body via an area of the nose responsible for smell.

A black member of the Harlem Globetrotters has said two white presenters threw fruit including a banana at him while he was performing basketball tricks on a TV news show.

Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden for president on Tuesday, vowing his election would repair a pandemic-battered America and put an end to the chaos that has defined Republican President Donald...

Democrats have formally nominated Joe Biden as their 2020 presidential nominee, as party officials and activists gave the former vice president their overwhelming support to take on Donald Trump.

Schools are on track to start reopening, despite the imposition of new public health restrictions across large swathes of society.

US President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign chairman posed a "grave counter-intelligence threat", due to his interaction with people close to the Kremlin, according to a bipartisan Senate report released yesterday.

Pubs whose licences are due to expire next month are set to get a one-year extension under plans being considered by the Government to help publicans who haven't traded since...

Avril Patterson has witnessed first-hand some unimaginable horrors in conflict zones, but when asked how she manages to keep her mental health strong, the response from the Bangor, Co Down-born...

Avril Patterson has witnessed first-hand some unimaginable horrors in conflict zones, but when asked how she manages to keep her mental health strong, the response from the Bangor, Co Down-born...