An investigation by The Mail on Sunday exposes how the drive to inoculate health workers has stalled amid an alarming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among some ethnic minority employees.

The pandemic - both the spread of the virus and the vaccination programme - demonstrates how we live in a world that is more interdependent and interconnected than at any time in human history.

Deeply polarised views in the normally staid and uncontroversial world of epidemiology have led to the academic equivalent of a stand-off in recent weeks.

Protesters were met by a heavy police presence before they could make it to the Dublin city centre park, which police had closed to the public before the planned demo at 2pm.

The Campaign for Pubs, which claims to represent thousands of ordinary publicans, has written an open letter to the Chancellor laying out an extensive wish-list.

Deception at the hands of a charming psychopath are common themes in TV dramas. But Mary Turner Thomson suffered a real-life ordeal that the most imaginative scriptwriters would find hard to invent.

The roadmap to recovery has been successfully delivered. And now, for the first time since the Election, the political pathway for Boris Johnson is clear.

Pubs and high street shops will be thrown a lifeline in Rishi Sunak's Budget as he promised to 'get the tills ringing once again'. Chancellor set to unveil £5 billion in cash grants for businesses.