The former Brexit secretary David Davis said that Cummings's presence could alter the advice offered in meetings. It was last night revealed the PM's chief aide had attended Sage meetings.

Phones 4U founder JOHN CAUDWELL: The lockdown has gripped our economy in a deadly embrace - one from which it may never fully recover.

Care home nurse Larni Zuniga, 54, was a married father originally from the Philippines who had worked in Britain for 12 years and had not seen his family for five years.

In a statement in Downing Street, the PM assured the country he is back in charge after weeks recuperating from a serious scare with the killer disease.

Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, the wife of former British PM Tony Blair wished Carrie Symonds 'all the best' after she gave birth to a healthy baby boy with Boris Johnson this morning.

Bets are off at Ladbrokes with Wilfred emerging as the heavily backed favourite. Winston is another popular choice with punters.

The Prime Minister is expected to set out his latest thinking on social restrictions this evening when he leads the daily Downing Street press conference for the first time this month.

The 71-year-old multi-millionaire flew on a private jet to his £3 million villa on the Algarve where he said he would spend 14 days in quarantine although restrictions will actually be lifted in three.

TOM UTLEY: On the day this week when Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds were celebrating their happy event, my wife and I received joyful news about our own baby boy.

Nicola Sturgeon has already urged Scots to don home-made masks - but not medical-grade ones - in shops and on public transport.

With the birth of his son in the early hours of this morning, Boris Johnson becomes only the fourth Prime Minister to welcome a baby to Downing Street. Here is what family life might look like for them.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick admitted in interviews today that getting UK plc back on its feet would require the public accepting a more 'nuanced' message.

Corbyn (pictured in parliament) sparked fury among Starmer loyalists by appearing to signal he was wrong to keep pressing the government over how the country will get out of the lockdown.

The Mail on Sunday has learnt that Carrie Symonds chose a picture that deliberately did not show the baby's face and will shun the path taken by past PMs who had babies while in Downing Street.

He confirmed that the Government would follow a 'whack-a-mole' strategy against resurgent areas as the Government slowly lifts the economically crippling restrictions and get UK PLC going again.

A ban on exercising more than once a day outside could be one of the first lockdown measures lifted by Boris Johnson, with golf courses, tennis clubs and fishing lakes allowed to reopen next month.

A delivery from My 1st Years - which describes itself as 'the number one personalised baby brand in the world' - arrived at 10 Downing Street in central London this morning.

The world's media has lined up to savage Britain's coronavirus response this week after the UK's death toll surpassed Italy's to become the worst in Europe.

EXCLUSIVE: Research for MailOnline shows 62 per cent are more worried about the effects of the draconian curbs ending too early, while 38 per cent say their main concern is the economic havoc now.

DR JOHN LEE: The survival of the British economy, the very future of our society and the hopes of generations to come will depend upon Boris Johnson's words.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was confronted by a member of the public as he walked through St James's Park this morning. This was the fourth time this week the PM has been seen holding a coffee cup.

The Mayor of London has come under heavy fire for failing to increase capacity on the Tube ahead of an expected rise in passengers as the Prime Minister looks to ease people back to work.

GARY NEVILLE: On Monday night, Sir Alex Ferguson would have celebrated with his title-winning team and enjoyed the evening. But on Tuesday night, he'd have been watching Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in Europe and he will have thought: 'Right, that's where we're going.'

For four years we have been treated to something special. It was as though their football was from another planet. But I sat in the Nou Camp and watched Bayern Munich complete a staggering 7-0 aggregate victory over Barcelona.

When I went to Paris last week to interview David Beckham as he announced his retirement from football, there was much to talk about and memories such as that one. But what resonated with me was that when I asked him how he would like to be remembered, he replied: ‘As a hard-working footballer.’

Pep Guardiola has no shame or embarrassment that he wanted his team to be hard working, to sprint to the ball to hunt in packs. But if an English coach was seen pumping his fists, waving his arms and screaming: ‘Squeeze them in!’ he would be in danger of being portrayed as a dinosaur.

Here, we’ve done the digging to root out some of the most enticing time-sensitive hotel deals around the UK. If you're lucky you could pick up cash credits for meals, spa treatments and more.

They've been published in a new book called Ruin and Redemption in Architecture, which charts ruined spaces around the world and the designs that have totally transformed them.

Zanzibar is not just exotic, it's rock'n'roll. Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was born here and visitors are prone to taking selfies outside his old home, now known as Mercury House.

Laurence Fox visited the Barberyn retreat in Beruwala, on Sri Lanka's west coast, to undergo a 'no-frills detox'. He met with an Ayurvedic doctor and enjoyed beach walks and restorative massages.

Rising in jaw-dropping fashion out of the picture-perfect Seppeltsfield vineyard in Australia's Barossa region, this 12-storey building will be a sight to behold when it opens in 2022.

These intriguing - yet decidedly creepy - pictures were taken inside an abandoned doctor's surgery in Northern Virginia by urban explorer Bryan Sansivero.

Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long and 0.6 miles wide, is only accessible by boat (lockdowns permitted, obviously) and has dormitory rooms starting from just FJ$60 (£20).

The haunting images by German photographer Dieter Klein appear in stunning new coffee table book Lost Wheels - The Nostalgic Beauty of Abandoned Cars, which is out next month.

A new documentary has revealed how Heesen Yachts turned American businessman John Staluppi's dream of owning the world's fastest superyacht into a reality in 1988.

Toddler Kiki Wolhuter, from Zimbabwe, was filmed running alongside the hyenas and holding out sticks for them to chew with her father Kim, a wildlife film maker who is an expert on the animals.

Prince Harry glugged kava while visiting Fiji in 2018, just as his grandparents did during an official visit to Fiji in October 1982. MailOnline Travel's Sadie Whitelocks followed suit.

Remember the excitement of booking in for a spa treatment while on holiday? Now, as the lockdown continues, the challenge is to replicate all that pampering in the privacy of your own home.

MailOnline Travel has scoured the globe for eye-popping images of the world's most jaw-dropping abysses - from stunning marine sinkholes to dizzingly colossal shafts on land.

City Zip Company wanted to launch £30-a-ticket thrill seekers from the 150ft-high roof of St David's Hotel and Spa in Cardiff - and land on the other side of Cardiff Bay. Russell T Davies opposed plans.

Filmmakers created a life-like robot baby gorilla to spy on a group of Silverbacks in the jungle of Uganda. It captured the first footage of the wild creatures singing for their supper.

British Airways has today told staff in a memo that it may cease to operate flights out of Gatwick airport in Crawley after the coronavirus pandemic.

Millions of travellers are owed money for cancelled flights amid the coronavirus pandemic. EU laws say customers should get refunds in seven days but backlogs mean they are waiting longer.

Some of Britain's best-kept secrets, whether stately homes with hidden rooms or bars with concealed entrances, come with fascinating histories. Here we marvel at their magic...

Marree Hotel, 598 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, shared a picture of a donation tin near their tap beers on Sunday.

Superpharmacy general manager Christian Todd has confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that coronavirus panic buying had forced it to board up its stores and ban customers from entering.

Brando Soda, from Campbelltown, north-east of Adelaide, found the 40,000-litre tank next to his verandah when he returned home from skiing in Victoria six months ago.

Best friends who launched a handbag business out of their garages turned over $1million in their first year after the brand took off internationally, specialising in neoprene fabrics, gym and laptop bags.

A Qantas flight from Sydney to Adelaide has been forced to turn around due to the coronavirus.

Six Adelaide airport employees tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday after several new cases appeared in South Australia. More were confirmed on Wednesday.