The relaxation of Christmas rules is scrapped for much of south-east England and cut to just Christmas Day for the rest of ...

The UK has recorded another 46,558 Covid-19 cases while single-day deaths from the disease have jumped to 96 - the highest figure since March. The latest infections tally is the biggest Tuesday figure ...

The UK is experiencing a new spike in COVID-19 infections driven by two recently emergent Omicron subvariants dubbed “Stratus” and “Nimbus”. Together these now account for the majority of cases in the ...

The second stage of the three-part official UK COVID Inquiry—dealing with the response of the four governments of the UK (covering England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) to the pandemic—has ...

Hearings have begun in the public inquiry, external scrutinising the UK's response to, and impacts of, the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus spread, government agencies increasingly published figures ...

A new strain of Covid, with an apparently telltale symptom, has reached the UK, and already accounts for a high proportion of new recorded cases in England. The arrival of the Stratus strain comes as ...