The Met Office has confirmed today is the hottest day of the year so far as Brits continue to enjoy the Bank Holiday sun. Scotland is topping the temperature tables this afternoon with Kinloss recording…

A section of the dunes on Formby beach remained taped off today while enquiries continued into a multiple stabbing which left one man critically injured. A Merseyside Police 4x4 vehicle was today on the stretch…

Thousands travelled from India to the UK after ministers were first informed about the variant (Pictures: PA/AP)Ministers knew the highly infectious Indian Covid variant had arrived in Britain two weeks before informing the public, it…

Boris Johnson is said to have dropped the F-bomb during a furious rant at Matt Hancock (Picture: PA; EPA)Boris Johnson unleashed an extraordinary four-letter tirade at Matt Hancock over the care home crisis during the…

Peter Andre sent an accidentally rude - and utterly hilarious - message to Boris Johnson after hearing about his wedding. It was revealed over the weekend that the Prime Minister had married his partner Carrie…

Linda Bauld says June 21st restrictions ease is 'ambitious'Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the rollout may accelerate in time for the ­proposed end of lockdown. And vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said: “We are in a…

The Labour leader has taken aim at the Government’s handling of the crisis, marking a dramatic change in tone (Picture: Getty/Rex)Sir Keir Starmer has said tens of thousands of coronavirus deaths during the UK’s second…

Edwin Poots has rejected a proposal for a Swiss-style deal to overcome trade barriers and checks between Britain and Northern Ireland.  r Poots described the proposal by a senior EU official as "a temporary solution",…