Johnson is due to announce on Monday whether the planned lifting of restrictions, which would see an end to limits on social contact, can g...

Accelerated vaccinations, surge testing and possible local restrictions are all in the mix after infections of the variant rose from 520 la...

Boris Johnson, who is expected to confirm plans to relaunch international travel and open sections of the economy later on Monday, said the...

The government is initially prioritising the elderly, their carers and health workers, but the health secretary insisted everybody eligible...

The news is another reminder of the severity of the crisis as England and Scotland started a new COVID-19 lockdown, with citizens under ord...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the measures, including school closures and a ban on leaving home except for exercise and essential ...

Under the new lockdown rules, which are broadly similar to those imposed during the first peak of the pandemic in spring, people can go out...

In England's Tier 4, most people are advised to stay home, barred from mixing with the members of other households either indoors or out, n...

"UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by a record 15.5 percent in July to September... as lockdown measures were ease...

The United Kingdom, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe from COVID-19, is grappling with more than 20,000 new coronavirus c...

Johnson is expected to hold a news conference on Monday to announce the new measures, which would allow only essential shops and schools, n...

Peter Openshaw said the new “rule of six” restrictions on large gatherings which comes in force from Monday is extremely crucial.

The British government said Friday it is scrapping a 14-day quarantine rule for arrivals from a number of countries deemed "lower risk" for...

From Monday, up to six people will be able to meet outside in England, some school classes will restart, elite competitive sport can resume...

"This is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week," PM Boris Johnson said in a televised address but added that some primary schoo...

Ministers have already indicated in their daily Downing Street briefings this week that an extension to the lockdown measures, likely to be...

In the first such message of its kind, the 93-year-old monarch and head of the Church of England, said the occasion marks “new hope and fre...