The UK's coronavirus lockdown measures could continue for months with the public urged to stick with the stay home guidance.

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Sweltering temperatures are expected to hit the UK this week as the hottest April in almost a decade continues.

Unemployment increased by 22,000 to 1.36 million in the three months to February, before the coronavirus pandemic gripped the UK, official figures showed.

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has hinted that easing of lockdown restrictions remains some time away, saying "we are not there yet".

More than 140,000 firms have applied to the Government's employee furlough scheme, with grants to help cover the wages of more than one million people, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said.

"Massive fireballs" and "huge explosions" have been seen near Maidstone in Kent as firefighters responded to an explosion on a farm.

Carrie Symonds has signed a petition calling for a worldwide ban on live animal meat markets after coronavirus is thought to have emerged at a "wet market" in Wuhan, China.

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A London hospital trust has opened a "3D printing farm" to produce 1,500 face visors a day for frontline staff.

Ministers will today face criticism over a failure to ensure NHS staff treating coronavirus patients have vital protective equipment as Parliament returns following an extended Easter break.

England's Deputy Chief Medical Officer has defended the Government's response to the coronavirus outbreak and its distribution of vital protective equipment to frontline workers.

The CEO of the NHS Confederation said the supply could have been enough to 'avert an absolute crisis'

Award-winning film-maker Gurinder Chadha has hailed the "NHS heroes" who stayed at her aunt's bedside as she lost the fight with coronavirus complications in hospital.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have pledged to make supporting the mental health of frontline workers battling coronavirus their "top priority" in the months ahead.

Adverts promoting IV drips that claimed to boost patients' immunity to Covid-19 have been banned by the advertising watchdog.

The US state of Missouri is suing the Chinese government over its handling of the coronavirus as Beijing calls for solidarity and less "finger pointing" during the pandemic.

Temperatures will soar this week with the UK set to be hotter than Ibiza amid the coronavirus lockdown.

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Some NHS workers have been received letters asking them to be retested for Covid-19 following concerns previous tests were faulty.

2019 was the hottest year on record for Europe as global warming trends continue, major analysis has shown.

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Greta Thunberg has released a video showing a family calmly getting ready for the day while their house burns down around them as a symbol of the threat of climate change.

An Islamic State fighter from London who has been arrested in Spain after escaping from Syria has been stripped of his British citizenship to prevent him returning to this country.

A man in his 50s is fighting for his life after a stabbing in Notting Hill.

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The Health Secretary has been forced to deny the UK's failure to take part in an EU scheme to get vital ventilators for the coronavirus crisis was politically motivated.

Some NHS medics are being re-tested for Covid-19 after being wrongly cleared of carrying the virus.

The family of a London bus driver who died with Covid-19 said today a lack of protective equipment for public transport workers and delays to improving safety had "cost lives".

Former Olympic rower Kenny Dwan has recalled the emotional moment he left hospital after a three-week battle with coronavirus.

This is the moving moment a tearful police chief leaves hospital to go home to his family after battling against coronavirus in intensive care.

A Zoom blunder from Wales's health minister left fellow politicians with their heads in their hands as he was heard swearing about a colleague with his microphone still on.

Infection rates among NHS workers tested for Covid-19 were no higher for those treating patients face-to-face than for staff in non-clinical roles, a new study has found.

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The head of the World Health Organisation has brushed off calls for his resignation as he told the US to reconsider freezing its funding.

Two cats in separate areas of New York have tested positive for the coronavirus after showing symptoms of a mild respiratory illness, experts have said.

Schools are unlikely to re-open until June 1 at the earliest, the leader of the head teachers' union has said.

A teacher gave birth in her car outside a supermarket after a passing ambulance crew mistook her husband's attempt to flag them down as cheers of gratitude towards the NHS.

An estimated £10.4 million jackpot is up for grabs in Saturday's Lotto game after no-one won the top prize in the midweek draw.

A woman allegedly spat at and threw the contents of a sick bowl over a nurse while being treated for Covid-19 symptoms.

Kate and William have thanked the public for Prince Louis's birthday wishes by sharing an adorable behind the scenes photograph of the young royal, who turns two today.

A nurse from New Zealand who cared for Boris Johnson as he battled coronavirus says he "absolutely needed" intensive care treatment after his symptoms worsened.

Doctors performed an emotional rendition of Ave Maria to celebrate the recovery of a fellow nurse from the coronavirus.

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Temperatures in the UK could reach are set to reach up to 24C over the next couple days as a "remarkably" warm and dry April continues, the Met Office has said.