Stacey Solomon confirms date of wedding to Joe Swash as loved-up pair book venue Loose Women panellist Stacey Solomon and former EastEnders star Joe Swash got engaged on Christmas Eve and have already booked a venue for their big day

One vaccine dose 'cuts hospital risk by 90%' with Oxford jab 'most effective' A new study reportedly handed to ministers using 'real world' data from the NHS coronavirus vaccine rollout has thrown up very encouraging results that one dose is cutting hospital cases by 90%

Second ex-aide accuses Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment Move prompts New York governor to request independent investigation into allegationsA second woman has come forward to accuse New York governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment in a move that has prompted the under-fire Democrat to launch an independent investigation into the allegations.Charlotte Bennett, who was an executive assistant and health policy adviser in the Cuomo administration until November, told The New York Times that he had harassed her last spring, during the height of New York’s fight against the coronavirus – which Cuomo led and which at the time gave him an international reputation for good leadership. Continue reading...

Coronavirus live news: US approves Johnson & Johnson vaccine; Auckland starts second lockdown in a month Australian state of Victoria reports zero new cases; Auckland seven-day lockdown begins; UK records lowest cases in five monthsConcerns grow as UK Covid testing labs scaled back before even openingHouse approves $1.9tn Covid aid bill despite minimum wage setbackNew Zealand: Auckland to go into seven-day Covid lockdownSee all our coronavirus coverage 12.30am GMT Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, woke up on Sunday morning to a second lockdown in a month as health authorities try to rein in a coronavirus cluster of the more contagious UK variant.Reuters: The seven-day lockdown, announced late Saturday by prime minister Jacinda Ardern, follows a three-day stay-at-home order in mid-February after a local emergence of the UK variant of the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19. 12.28am GMT Hello and welcome to today’s live global coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Helen Sullivan and I’ll be bringing you the latest for the next few hours. Continue reading...

US steps up combat capabilities in strongest signal yet to Beijing over South China Sea THE US ramped up its combat abilities in recent military exercises, sending its strongest signal yet to China that it is prepared to contest Beijing's sovereignty claims over the South China Sea.

Covid vaccine: Germany urged to back AstraZeneca jab for over-65s A senior German immunologist tells the BBC that his country should reverse its decision on the jab.

Second accuser comes forward against embattled Gov. Cuomo A second former aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come forward with allegations of sexual harassment, which came just days after his first accuser made her claims public.

Anyone aged 60 to 63 can book Covid vaccine this week The NHS is moving onto the next group after more than three in four people aged 65 to 70 have had their first dose.

El Salvador polls: More power for President Nayib Bukele? While the election is for the legislative assembly, it is seen as a key test for President Bukele.

‘It’s a funeral march’: French artist JR’s powerful elegy for Australia's Murray-Darling Exclusive: The street artist’s latest work saw 60 people parade through Lake Cawndilla in NSW, holding aloft enormous portraits of local farmers and leaders as they fight to save Australia’s vital river systemThe mood around Lake Cawndilla in north-west New South Wales on Saturday is funereal but defiant, as a procession of around 60 locals parade through scrub and sand around its banks.They carry between them a series of 30m-long cloth figures: three local citrus farmers and prominent Baakandji artist William Badger Bates. Continue reading...

Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine: FDA approves single-shot jab The US is the first country in the world to approve the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Lady Gaga's dogs were found tied to a pole by 'good samaritan': report Lady Gaga's dogs who were stolen this week during an armed robbery were located by a woman who found them tied to a pole in Los Angeles, reports say.

Families with kids at school will get free Covid tests for home use twice a week Secondary and college pupils will be tested with lateral flow tests twice a week, receiving three initial tests at school before they start taking them at home, the government said

Every house with school aged kids offered 2 rapid Covid tests per person a week The policy for England will coincide with the return to school on March 8 as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown

At least 13 arrested as rioting resumes in Barcelona over jailing of rapper who praised terrorists, insulted monarchy (VIDEOS) Violent protests over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasel resumed in Barcelona, reportedly leading to more than a dozen arrests as rioters torched a police van, threw objects at officers and damaged banks and other businesses.