The Latest Breaking News from Pandemic

Watch live as Rishi Sunak gives evidence at the Covid-19 inquiry on Monday, 15 December, as the probe investigates the government’s response to the pandemic.

US-listed company, whose profits have been in decline since the pandemic, will be taken over by Picea

For years, the home office loophole gave remote workers and freelancers a way to deduct expenses tied to working from home. Internet bills, utility costs, office furniture, and even a portion of rent or mortgage payments could be written off under certain conditions. This deduction helped offset the hidden costs…

Andrew Bailey told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry that policymakers would have benefited from having easier sight of data, such as universal credit.

The most unstable, violent societies have one thing in common: lonely young men. We are producing millions of them, writes Scott Galloway

Ecologically important Diadema africanum almost eliminated by unknown disease in Canary Islands

A federal judge says she plans to rule quickly on a Georgia man's assertion that his execution next week should be halted

It is too early to know whether the latest figures represent the start of a new upwards trend.

The pandemic saw a jump in the number of deaths in the UK – which in turn caused a fall in life expectancy estimates