Gabriel Power

The Week joins a life-affirming nine-day tour of Hokkaido and Tokyo

Have you been paying attention to the year’s biggest events?

Chadwick Boseman, Jack Charlton and Eddie Van Halen are among the famous figures who have passed away this year

Southern state introduces tighter restrictions as infection rates tick up across the country

Prime minister is meeting with European Commission chief Ursula Von Der Leyen

PM takes matters into his own hands after Michel Barnier sets Wednesday deadline for deal

UK woman becomes first person to receive Pfizer jab as NHS launches biggest-ever vaccination drive

Government recovery plan criticised as think tank reveals pandemic has hit northern regions hardest

Talks enter 11th-hour phase with likelihood of an agreement hanging in the balance

Anthony Fauci apologises after suggesting Britain’s regulator ‘rushed’ process of assessing Covid jab

Prime minister battles to quiet rumblings of discontent in his party as talks with EU falter at final hurdle

Opposition leader facing threat of frontbench revolt over withdrawal deal vote

Health secretary claims speedy approval of Pfizer jab is thanks to UK’s impending departure from EU

Negotiators from EU and UK are nearing finishing lap of race to reach future trade treaty

Total of 55 backbench Conservatives vote against tier system in most serious revolt yet against PM

Charities mark World Aids Day by calling for wider testing to halt new transmissions of the virus

Critics voice privacy concerns as minister leading vaccination rollout says leisure venues may turn away customers who haven’t had jab

Insiders says Marcus Rashford and members of Royal Family being eyed up for NHS campaign to counter anti-vax theories

Environment secretary seeking ‘new blood’ to make UK agriculture greener and more productive as subsidies phased out

Conservative rebels threaten revolt amid demands for more transparency on data and reasoning behind restrictions

Officials from Moscow descend on Minsk as President Alexander Lukashenko clings to power

Harshest restrictions will apply in much of the North but not London or most of the South

Spending watchdog admits Sunak based cut-heavy spending review on forecasts formulated before trial results were in

Experts warn that growing wave of scepticism could ruin ‘whole programme’ of vaccination rollout

Some experts fear that allowing households to mix over festive season risks ‘pouring fuel on the coronavirus fire’

President-elect facing major challenge to keep Tehran satisfied as Europe forms nuclear strategy

Team behind university’s Covid jab admit the 90% effective dosage was discovered by mistake

President-elect to ramp up relations with EU27 in effort to repair the damage of Trumpism

Latest trial results show the university’s jab is up to 90% effective

Capital city was expected to become a virus battleground but is stemming mass infections

Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?

As the Oxford vaccine posts promising results, the UK’s £100bn mass-testing plan is looking less essential

Dispute over Covid-19 recovery package highlights divisions at heart of EU27

Italy and Spain have recorded highest daily death tolls since spring