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A further 27,000 excess deaths are "likely" between now and next April under the current approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic, a former government chief scientific adviser says.

There are "quite significant concerns" about employment practices within clothing factories in freshly locked-down Leicester, the health secretary has told Sky News.

The widow of a community pharmacist who died from COVID-19 has spoken of the heartbreak of not being able to see her husband before he passed away.

A man has been shot dead in broad daylight in London.

Lewis Hamilton has told his Formula One rivals that "silence is complicit" in racism after it emerged drivers are divided over whether to take a knee before Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.

Some of London's "most dangerous criminals" have been arrested and jewellery, cocaine and £13m in cash seized after specially built "hides" were discovered in transit vans by the Met Police.

The UK is poised to end the use of Huawei technology in its 5G network as soon as this year over security concerns.

Every single element of Chris and Fiona Fisher's wedding had to be changed, apart from the date.

The number of free HIV self-testing kits issued in London was 20% higher during the first eight weeks of lockdown than the same time last year, Sky News can reveal.

Major sporting events, as well as TV and film productions, are to be given an exemption from the UK's 14-day coronavirus travel quarantine.