Boris Johnson will announce on Tuesday which sectors of England’s economy can reopen from 4 July – and he is expected to set out a reduction in the two-metre social distancing rule.

A 30% rise in London’s congestion charge and extension in its hours of operation from 7am to 10pm, seven days a week, have come into force today.

Police investigating the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol have released images of 15 people they want to speak to.

The daughter of an 88-year-old man who died of suspected COVID-19 in a care home has formally begun legal action against the health secretary.

Counter-terrorism police officers are assisting in an ongoing investigation into multiple fatal stabbings in a park in Reading.

The chancellor has hinted heavily that social distancing rules will be relaxed when they are reviewed next week – as new guidance is being drawn up for the hospitality industry.

After five decades of campaigning, people who were allegedly damaged by a pregnancy drug called Primodos had looked like they were about to get recognition of their condition.

A witness has told of how he saw a man walk up to a group of about 10 people and stab some of them in the neck and under the arms in a busy Reading park.

A court blunder over the Madeleine McCann suspect’s sex crime history let him slip through the net after she vanished, it is claimed.

Coronavirus infections are falling across the UK by between 2% and 4% a day, according to new government figures.