Falling rates of COVID-19 among students could be masking an underlying epidemic, research by Sky News has revealed.

The number of coronavirus deaths in the US may reach half a million by the end of February - but universal mask wearing could save nearly 130,000 lives, according to a study.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been banned from a pub in his constituency for voting against an extension of free school meals.

Allowing an "uncontrolled epidemic" in young people - while subjecting the over-60s to strict coronavirus restrictions - would have "dire consequences for the NHS", the government's scientific advisers have warned.

Notorious Irish criminal John Gilligan has been arrested in Spain after an international drug trafficking investigation.

A senior intensive care consultant in Wales has told Sky News the country's hospitals are in danger of being overwhelmed by the second wave of coronavirus - as the nation enters a 17-day "firebreak" lockdown.

An elderly woman was burgled while she was dying in her bed by people who pretended they were calling an ambulance, police say.

A senior intensive care consultant in Wales has told Sky News the country's hospitals are in danger of being overwhelmed by the second wave of coronavirus - as the nation enters a 17-day "firebreak" lockdown.

Wales is going into a short national lockdown, known as a "firebreak", but the devolved government is facing criticism for a last-minute change banning shops allowed to stay open from selling some items.

A man and his teenage girlfriend have been found guilty of murdering an Irish dancer after poisoning him with a drug called "Devil's breath".