A surge in the use of bootlegged sedatives and anti-anxiety medications linked to a string of hospital admissions and deaths during lockdown has prompted an alert from health officials.

When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a care home where they had called a bingo game months earlier, they may have hoped for an improvement on the mixed reviews they received at the time.

Police have appealed for information after two elderly women were sexually assaulted at a care home in Manchester.

The mayor of Luton has stepped down after breaking coronavirus lockdown rules by going to a party.

A police dog found a missing mother and baby on the steep edge of a mountainside after the pair had been stranded outdoors all night.

An official heatwave could hit the UK on Thursday, with some parts basking in temperatures hotter than top holiday destinations in the Caribbean.

PC Andrew Harper's mother has told Sky News frontline police officers "need protection" as she launched a campaign to call for tougher sentences for those who injure or kill police officers.

Bars, restaurants and cafes are being shut in Aberdeen under the reimposition of coronavirus lockdown measures.

The identities of five friends of the Duchess of Sussex who gave an anonymous interview to a US magazine will not be revealed, the High Court has ruled.

Caroline Flack's mother has said her daughter was "seriously let down by the authorities" before she died - and also accused her boyfriend of leaking a photo of the bloody scene from the night of the star's arrest.