A man holds a sign against a window at the Renaissance London Heathrow Hotel reading "HM Prison Heathrow". Getty Images

Hotel quarantine guests complain of rights abuses at ‘HM Prison Heathrow’
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and former leader Alex Salmond in happier times. Getty

Power struggle at top of Scottish politics as former leader turns on his former protege

Europe
Diamond magnate Nirav Modi at his office in Mumbai in 2016. Photo: Getty Images

Diamond tycoon Nirav Modi loses extradition fight

World
The UK's GCHQ surveillance agency says it is embracing AI to tackle a range of threats. Ministry of Defence

UK spy agency GCHQ accelerates AI use to tackle state-backed threats

Europe

UK's Bluewater bomb plot terrorist allegedly behind prison radicalisations

World

Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak set to raise corporation tax in line with US plan

Economy

Bankrupt Iraqi developer 'duped' businessmen over prestige UK property projects

Europe
IN DEPTH
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg uses outsourcing firms to employ content moderators. Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images

Inside the lucrative but troubled world of Facebook moderation

World
Relocating to your home country can be a stressful experience and requires detailed planning that includes closing bank accounts, switching off utilities, shipping your items, and moving investments. Getty Images

How to relocate your life and finances from the UAE to Britain

Money
The lockdown both defines Gabriel Makhlouf's job as Governor of the Irish central bank and provides a perspective on the decades of movement and upheaval that have brought him where he is today. Courtesy Central Bank of Ireland

Irish bank chief confronts crisis from perspective of a well-travelled man

Europe
The first image of Mars as taken by the UAE's Hope Probe. 

UAE's Mars mission has paved the way for future deep space missions

Science
A health worker takes oxygen cylinders to Covid-19 wards at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, on Saturday, January 30, 2021. The southern African country is being overwhelmed by a resurgence of the coronavirus, and a presidential residence and a sports stadium have been turned into field hospitals to save lives. AP

Hospital's quick action saves hundreds of lives in Malawi

Africa
An image released on Twitter by Scotland's Tayside Police with the caption 'We know it’s inconvenient having to clear your car before you drive, but it MUST be done.' Tayside Police

Motorist caught driving with porthole in snow-covered windscreen
Turki Al-Shammari saved Dean Lowe from drowning in a river in Preston. Saudi Embassy UK

Saudi student in UK feels ‘honoured’ after saving man from drowning
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 07: Mohamed Salah of Liverpool looks dejected after Manchester City's third goal scored by Raheem Sterling (Not pictured) during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield on February 07, 2021 in Liverpool, England. Sporting stadiums around the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Liverpool bounce back, Tuchel extends unbeaten start: Premier League predictions
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 15, 2020 Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton gives an interview after winning the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix at the Intercity Istanbul Park circuit in Istanbul. Lewis Hamilton has ended his long-running contract saga with Mercedes by signing a new one-year deal, the Formula One team announced on February 8, 2021. / AFP / POOL / Clive Mason

Lewis Hamilton signs one-year deal to stay at Mercedes
Dr Ahmed ElHaddad, an ICU consultant overseeing a team at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London.  Rob Greig / The National

British-Egyptian doctor combats misinformation on social media
The English National Opera wants to extend its Covid programme. Getty Images

Opera stars reveal their secrets to help long-term Covid sufferers
York Terrace West exterior. Courtesy Savills

Fancy living in Regent's Park? You can for $15m - in three adjacent apartments
A busy Tube train on Thursday. Father Grant Ciccone

Tube hit by overcrowding despite pleas to stay home
It is hoped the new tests can prepare for new mutations. AFP

Pfizer-BioNTech evaluates benefit of third jab as a booster

Europe
Former Facebook moderator Chris Gray has revealed the trauma he suffered after witnessing extreme content.

Traumatised ex-Facebook moderator: I cried my eyes out in a cafe

World
A pharmacist prepares a syringe of AstraZeneca's vaccine to be administered to German police officers. AP

Merkel aims for 10m shots per week under revamp of struggling vaccine drive

Europe
Pedestrians walk past boarded-up shops in south London. Bloomberg

Cost of Britain's Covid furlough scheme hits £53.8bn

Economy
Nearly half of people who experienced cancer symptoms in the UK during the first wave of the pandemic did not seek medical help. Getty Images

Half of those with cancer symptoms did not seek help during first UK lockdown

Europe
Facebook's European headquarters in Dublin. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)

Facebook moderators across Europe sue for damages over viewing of extreme content

Europe
In Dunkirk a sign warns that 'Wearing a mask is mandatory'. Reuters

France orders Dunkirk lockdown as area becomes focus of European Covid surge

Europe
Paul McCartney will trace his life through 154 songs, from his teens and early partnership with fellow Beatle John Lennon to his solo work over the past half century, in a new memoir. AP

Paul McCartney to release 900-page memoir in November

Music
Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed she contracted Covid-19 last year. EPA

NHS warns against Gwyneth Paltrow's Covid-19 advice

Wellbeing
The creatives part of the Arab British Centre's Connect ME Digital Residency programme

Arab British Centre launches new artwork from Middle East digital residency

Arts&Culture
'No Time to Die' will release a week early in the UK, while 'Loki' and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' have also had their release dates revealed. 

'Spider-Man 3', 'Loki' and 'No Time to Die' release dates

Film
A care home resident receives a Covid-19 vaccine in the UK. Reuters 

Major UK care home group insists new staff must have Covid-19 vaccine

Europe