- Children should be vaccinated to boost the UK’s immunity levels and stem the risk of a large winter wave of coronavirus, a leading scientific adviser to the government has said.
- In a forthcoming seven-episode podcast titled The Witch Trials of JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author sits down with US writer Megan Phelps-Roper at her home in Edinburgh
- Nicola Bulley's family urged that the press and members of the public “must be held accountable” for false accusations, misquotations and “vilifying” her friends and relatives
- Putin will address members of both houses of the Russian parliament in Moscow and seek to reassure Russia’s political and military elites on the Ukraine conflict in his speech
- The prosecution in Alex Murdaugh’s double-murder trial brought its case to a close with a detailed timeline piecing together four weeks of dramatic testimony
- Among the revelations in the 88-page timeline was an internet search on Murdaugh’s phone for restaurant minutes after he called 911 about finding his wife and son’s bodies
- Biden said Washington would stand with Ukraine as long as it takes, while Mr Zelensky replied: “Your visit is an extremely important sign of support for all Ukrainians”