A school headteacher has dismissed the government’s plan to increase term-time absence fines. Parents in England who take their children out of class without permission will now face higher fines as part of a drive to boost school attendance follow ...

Researchers said monitoring the long-term clinical and cognitive consequences of the pandemic is important.

Travel agency’s revenue from leisure arm now exceeding pre-pandemic levels as head predicts ‘watershed’ year after four years of disruptions

The recommendations by Dr Clive Dix also include the creation of a National Vaccines Agency.

Tony Blair said Sir Patrick’s expertise would be ‘invaluable’ to client governments

Around 187,000 five-year-olds in England – or 30 per cent – are falling behind their expected reading levels

The ITV drama follows a hospital before and throughout the Covid pandemic - and it's terrifying

Failure to tackle post-pandemic needs was ‘massive missed opportunity’, say council directors

The true-life ITV drama takes a look at the Covid pandemic from the perspective of NHS doctors

A new review of post-Covid social research has revealed how much society has changed since the pandemic – and in unexpected ways

The fourth quarter contraction was the biggest since the first three months of 2021, at the height of the pandemic

Shares fall 5% further, as value dropped by almost two-thirds in past year, and other breweries struggle after pandemic

Hong Kong has celebrated the Chinese New Year with a dazzling firework display over Victoria Harbour. Hong Kong celebrated the New Year of the Dragon with a spectacular display on the second day of the Lunar New Year (Sunday). The 23-minute show stre ...

The change in the way we do our jobs since the pandemic accounts for half of the 30% drop in break-ins since 2019

Clinics de-listed people without warning, forcing them to go private or find another NHS practice

Breathtaking starring Joanne Froggatt takes a look at the pandemic from the perspective of NHS doctors

‘Deep-scarring effects’: Living standards for hardest hit won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until 2027, report predicts

German photographer Valentin Goppel took photos of his friends and family during Covid – and found a metaphor for the period between child and adulthood

A digger has torn down parts of an unauthorised building during a demolition at the home of pandemic fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter. Workers could be seen removing scaffolding before the arrival of a digger at the property in Mar ...

A BBCQuestion Time audience member defended Nicola Sturgeon after the former first minister faced criticism for deleting WhatsApp messaged on her mobile phone. The comments appeared to refer to the time the Covid Inquiry spent discussing the use of W ...