Afghanistan: Taliban backtrack on reopening high schools for girls

Roughly one in 50 people in England has got the virus, Prof Chris Whitty says.

The four-day event in Manchester begins amid petrol shortages, and rising food and energy costs.

New infections remain steady in the UK, but PM warns there’s no room for complacency.

The Satanic Verses author was repeatedly stabbed while on stage at a US literary event on Friday.

Boris Johnson and other senior ministers are barred for “whipping up anti-Russian hysteria”.