More than a quarter of the UK population will be living under extra coronavirus restrictions when new measures on socialising come into force in parts of the country..

Investigations are continuing into the death of Metropolitan Police Sergeant Matiu Ratana who was shot dead by a handcuffed suspect at a south London custody suite..

A police officer has died after being shot in a police station by a man who was being detained..

The UK’s national debt hit a new record at the end of August, the latest figures show as the country’s embattled public sector borrowed another £35.9 billion..

Would-be late-night drinkers in England have faced the first evening of new measures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus..

People have been urged to take heed of the “stark warning” of coronavirus cases rising to their highest level yet as the Chancellor set out a multibillion-pound support package in a bid to help the economy..