A school and a childcare centre have been placed in lockdown while police deal with the incident, while officers have urged people to avoid the area.

Armed police were called to Aberfan in south Wales following reports of a stabbing

Former PM’s lockdown decisions, cavalier comments, and toxic culture at No 10 expected to come under scrutiny

China’s surge in respiratory illnesses, especially pneumonia among children, is most likely a result of the country’s extended COVID-19 lockdown, which was longer than any other country in the world.

Sam Bright reports on one of the most decisive days of the pandemic, when the Prime Minister defied his advisors and rejected a circuit-breaker lockdown

The SNP has denied reports two of their politicians broke strict lockdown rules to engage in an extramarital affair.

Ex-health secretary’s latest inquiry appearance reveals tensions between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson over second lockdown

PM favoured ‘a lot more punishments’, Patrick Vallance wrote in diary in September 2020, three months after his own law breaking

The affair is said to have been discovered by the partner of one of those involved.

Former health secretary also discusses patients discharged to care homes during second day at Covid inquiry

The secret relationship is said to have carried on during the Covid pandemic in 2020, when the SNP forced the rest of the country to stay at home under tough lockdown restrictions.

Former health secretary Matt Hancock says his affair with aide Gina Coladangelo during lockdown should be a warning to future politicians. Mr Hancock took to the stand for a second day of questioning at Britain’s Covid inquiry on Friday (1 December ...

Authorities appeal for calm, saying spike is due to end of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions

Boris Johnson’s former top aide mockingly suggested holding a press conference from the great outdoors

Professor Dame Jenny Harries has been giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 public inquiry.

Expletive-laden messages show ex-Cabinet Office minister warned the situation is ‘worse than you think’ before first lockdown

But the minister apologises for the government's "errors" during the pandemic at the Covid inquiry.

Former health secretary had been in ‘despair’ at announcing a policy that wouldn’t work, inquiry told

School leaders in England describe culture of non-compliance since lockdowns, with pupils wandering corridors but skipping lessons

Former health secretary had been in ‘despair’ at announcing a policy that wouldn’t work, inquiry told