Matt Hancock will today be grilled by MPs as he faces questions over the UK's coronavirus response after the nationwide lockdown measures were extended for three more weeks.

A motorcyclist has died after a crash on a busy road in north-east London.

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The UK coronavirus death toll has risen by 847 to a total of 14,576 as of 5pm on Thursday, the Department of Health and Social Care has said.

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Britain will face "further waves" of Covid-19 and could reach 40,000 deaths in this first wave alone, a leading physician has warned.

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Donald Trump has tweeted his support for coronavirus lockdown protests in parts of the US as he called for three states to be "liberated" from stay-at-home orders.

A task force has been set up in the UK to accelerate the development of a coronavirus vaccine.

War veteran Captain Tom Moore has now raised more than £20 million to help the NHS during the coronavirus crisis - twenty thousand times his initial target.

The number of deaths linked to coronavirus across the world has hit 150,000, with the UK reporting 14,576 in hospitals alone.

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A leading industry body fears as many as 7,500 people have died after contracting coronavirus in care homes across the country.

Some hospitals face running out of personal protection equipment this weekend amid growing concerns over supplies amid the coronavirus outbreak.

There is no evidence to suggest that people who have recovered from the coronavirus then have immunity, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

Nasa has set a date for its first manned US space launch in nine years.

A "kind and thoughtful" British Transport Police officer has died after contracting coronavirus.

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The 99-year-old war veteran has raised an incredible £21 million for charity

MPs are calling for 'strategic clarity' from the Government

The death toll of coronavirus patients in UK hospitals has passed 15,000.

People flocked to beaches in Florida after the state lifted some of its coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

A man was tasered and held by police after he was found brandishing a knife on a south-east London housing block.

The Government is under increasing pressure to provide NHS staff with vital personal protective equipment (PPE), as supplies dwindle at the height of the coronavirus crisis.

A 68-year-old Marie Curie nurse from south London who died after contracting coronavirus has been remembered as "a beautiful person".

Stars including Beyonce, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Elton John took part in the concert

Broadway star Nick Cordero's wife said coronavirus complications have led the star to need a leg amputation.

The coronavirus death toll in UK hospitals has passed 16,000.

Oscar-winning illustrator and film director Gene Deitch has died at the age of 95.

With one in four UK workers already on or facing furlough during the coronavirus pandemic, some food lovers are cooking up a storm for the NHS

A team of scientists are due to start clinical trials towards the end of next week

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The Government is facing a mounting backlash over its response to the coronavirus pandemic while the death toll of Covid-19 in UK hospitals has passed 16,000.

Defiant US healthcare workers have been praised after silently blocking cars during coronavirus anti-lockdown demonstrations in Colorado.

A kangaroo was spotted hopping through the empty streets of Adelaide amid the coronavirus lockdown.

The Government's chief scientific adviser has warned that coronavirus vaccines are "long shots" after human trials are set to begin within the next seven days.

Tributes have been paid to three more NHS workers who have lost their lives with coronavirus.

Key questions about furlough answered by David Barzilay from tax, accounting and business advisory firm Blick Rothenberg

RAF plane still awaiting go-ahead for flight to Turkey to collect supplies

Shielding of care and nursing homes has "completely failed", a GP and academic said today amid fears that the number of elderly people who have died is far higher than official statistics show.

Piers Morgan has accused the Government of "actively sending people out to get infected" at the start of the coronavirus outbreak during a heated interview with Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden.

The Duke of Edinburgh's tribute about the 'vital and urgent work being done by so many' is his first major statement since his retirement in 2017

Spies with medical qualifications have been switched from fighting terrorism to join the national fight against coronavirus, the head of MI5 revealed today.

The man contacted several government-funded services tasked with helping the homeless, but was told there was "no space for him," human rights journalists at Liberty Investigates found.