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Work from home guidance, COVID passports and mandatory wearing of face masks are being scrapped in England, as Boris Johnson announced the lifting of Plan B measures.

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford has said defecting from the Conservatives to Labour was "the most difficult decision I have ever had to make".

The Omicron variant of coronavirus is "in retreat" and England is in the "next chapter" of its fight against the virus, the health secretary has said.

The Football Association is probing a yellow card shown to an Arsenal player during a Premier League match, following allegations of suspicious betting patterns.

A 14-year-old boy has become one of the youngest Britons to be convicted of a terror offence after he admitted possessing an extremist publication.

Sir Kenneth Branagh has said the "introspection" of lockdown helped him to write the film Belfast - his semi-autobiographical take on his childhood during The Troubles - giving him a "fresh perspective" on the emotional days of his past.

British Paralympic swimming champion Alice Tai said she was "healthy, happy and thriving" after having her leg amputated below the right knee - an operation she has been considering for the past decade.

The UK has recorded a further 108,069 new COVID cases and 359 deaths in the past 24 hours, the latest data reveals.

Twelve of the UK's most wanted fugitives believed to be hiding in Spain are the subject of a new appeal - over crimes including drive-by shootings and major drug dealing operations.

Annual inflation was up at 5.4% in December, the highest value for almost 30 years.