Boris Johnson is due to confirm the next stage of lockdown lifting in an announcement later. The third step in the government’s roadmap is set to include the return of indoor hospitality and household mixing from next Monday. The prime minister is expected to appear at 5pm
Former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson died after being tasered and kicked by an “angry” police officer, a murder trial jury has heard. Birmingham Crown Court was told Police Constable Benjamin Monk denies the murder and manslaughter of the 48-year-old. Atkinson, who also played
Queen Elizabeth II has one of the most impressive jewellery collections in the world with a huge range of necklaces, earrings, brooches and tiaras. While the monarch has so many times to choose from, she tends to stick to one specific necklace.
The high-profile investigation into the “chatty rat” who leaked details of the government’s Covid lockdown plans is unlikely to be successful, the UK’s most senior civil servant has said. But Simon Case, the cabinet secretary, denied that Boris Johnson had suggested calling off the inquiry.
A woman has been gang raped by a group of men in a Manchester park in what police have called a “truly horrendous” attack. The victim, in her 20s, was set upon in Kirkup Gardens in the city’s Wythenshawe area at 12.30am on Tuesday.
Opening exactly a year after the UK government advised people to start wearing face coverings in public, a new exhibition plots the risky journey of the face mask from health necessity to fashion statement. Undercover, which begins online on 11 May at the Westminster
Black people are three times more likely to be killed on the streets of London than other ethnic groups, new figures show. Almost half of all murder victims in the capital in 2019 were Black despite them making up only 13 per
The Parsons Green bomber has told a judge he is “destined for hellfire” at a hearing over an alleged attack on a prison guard. Ahmed Hassan, who partially detonated a homemade device on a packed London Underground train in 2017, is accused
A British drugs gang selling MDMA and ecstasy online via the dark web has been “dismantled” by police following a series of interceptions and raids, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). Officers became suspicious and began making enquiries last summer after large parcels of MDMA destined for Europe, Asia and the
The Conservatives are hailing a remarkable boost to party membership, because “everyone loves the prime minister” they say. The numbers paying up to join the Tories were thought to have plunged as low as 70,000 – but have now bounced back to 200,000, its
The UK has set a new daily coronavirus vaccine record for the second day running. A further 873,784 doses were administered on Saturday, health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed. This included 686,424 first doses and 70,449 second doses in England, 9,415 first doses and 13,160
An ex-police chief says the public should be “really worried” about a new crackdown on protests – accusing the government of putting rights “fundamental to our democracy” at risk. Sir Peter Fahy said it was wrong to “rush legislation” just because ministers are angry about
