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NHS Fife says adults between 18 and 39-years-old not considered as clinically vulnerable will get the opportunity to book coronavirus booster vaccine appointments 'in the coming weeks'.

A diversion trial will take place on the Forth Road Bridge a week on Saturday.

Police in Fife are appealing for information to help trace a missing 50-year-old man from Dunfermline.

Cases of the Omicron variant in people without any travel history have been confirmed in the UK meaning it is now being transmitted within the community, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said.

Adults in the UK are being urged to take up the COVID-19 booster vaccine as part of efforts to tackle the spread of the new Omicron variant.

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is already causing up to 1,000 infections a day in the UK, many more than official figures would suggest, a leading scientist has told Sky News.

England's record wicket-taker James Anderson is set to miss the Ashes opener in Brisbane.

Max Verstappen "has got to think about his driving standards", according to Martin Brundle as the Sky Sports F1 pundits, along with Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, questioned whether the Dutchman's aggressive approach was "too much" in Sunday's ill-tempered Saudi Arabian GP.

The US government will not send an official delegation to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in objection to China's practices on human rights, the White House confirmed on Monday.

Inflation looks set to "comfortably exceed 5%" next spring as a likely energy bill hike for millions of households takes effect, the Bank of England's deputy governor has said.

Warehouse workers and and drivers at Tesco are to hold a series of strikes over pay which their trade union says could result in shortages in stores.

A so-called "flash crash" for Bitcoin over the weekend has wiped out positions worth $2bn and left market experts pondering whether a wider reset for value has set in.

Alec Baldwin has deleted his Twitter account after his first interview since the fatal on-set shooting.

DJs and music fans are hoping to secure Unesco world heritage status for Berlin's techno culture amid ongoing fears it could struggle to survive.

Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence has told reporters of one of the hardest things about shooting her latest movie Don't Look Up - losing a tooth.

Cases of the Omicron variant in people without any travel history have been confirmed in the UK meaning it is now being transmitted within the community, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said.

The mother of two sisters murdered in Wembley has said the officers who took photos of their bodies are "more sorry they got caught" after they were jailed for two years and nine months.

A multi-million pound strategy to cut drug crime and save lives has been unveiled by the government – but will it work?

The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is already causing up to 1,000 infections a day in the UK, many more than official figures would suggest, a leading scientist has told Sky News.

Adults in the UK are being urged to take up the COVID-19 booster vaccine as part of efforts to tackle the spread of the new Omicron variant.

A lot can happen in 10 days, but for homes across the north without power far too little has happened.

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received a two-year jail sentence as a court delivers the first verdicts in a number of cases which could see her imprisoned for decades.

Italians face tougher rules from Monday if they are not vaccinated against COVID-19.

The US will stage a diplomatic boycott against the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics to protest against human rights abuses in China.

A council in Australia appears set to effectively ban cats from being outdoors unless they are on a lead.

Two people have been injured after two large pigs charged on to a golf course in West Yorkshire.

A family's "pet dog" that angered neighbours by killing and eating ducks and chickens has turned out to be a fox.