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Former chief scientific adviser sets up rival to Sage

Sir David King's group will run parallel to the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies which has been guiding Boris Johnson's coronavirus crisis response.




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Doctor who helped save Boris Johnson's life says coronavirus is 'this generation's polio'

A leading doctor who helped save Boris Johnson's life says coronavirus is 'this generation's polio' and warned it will have long-term effects on patients.




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'Alternative SAGE' panel of experts accuses government advisers of deferring to ministers

Selectively lifting lockdown measures could lead to resentment and anger among left-behind groups, an 'alternative SAGE' panel of experts warned today.




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Scientists urged Boris Johnson to tell people to stop shaking hands

Newly-released records on the advice given to the government as the coronavirus crisis erupted show Boris Johnson seemingly flouted the recommendations from his own experts.




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FTSE 100 opens up 1.6% or 94 points to 5848 after US stocks staged late rally

London markets rebounded this morning and opened up by 1.6 per cent after US stocks staged a late rally and European countries start to ease coronavirus restrictions.




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Coronavirus UK: Nicola Sturgeon's separate Scotland strategy

Nicola Sturgeon has again jumped the gun on Westminster by revealing Scotland's provisional 'exit strategy' from the coronavirus lockdown.




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Neil Ferguson's lover said lockdown 'strained' open marriage

Professor Ferguson, 51, asked Antonia Staats, 38, to travel across London from her £1.9million home at least twice despite lecturing Britain on the need to stay apart to stop the spread of the virus.




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Elon Musk leads US anger at 'hypocritical' 'Professor Lockdown' Neil Ferguson

Professor Neil Ferguson, 51, of Imperial College London, forecast grim coronavirus death tolls in the UK and US if their governments remained squeamish about social distancing.




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Thousands of commuters gear up to return to work on Underground

Emergency planners have already been warned London's transport system could be overwhelmed by demand when the coronavirus lockdown is eased in some form.




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Keir Starmer says VE Day generation must be protected from coronavirus in care homes

In an article saluting veterans on the 75th anniversary of VE Day, Keir Starmer said the care sector needs attention after the pandemic to help those who 'protected our country in its darkest hour'.




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Lockdown could be needlessly prolonged because of ministers' obsession with 'irrelevant' R-value

The Government is relying on the 'R' figure - the average number of people a coronavirus patient infects - to tell them when it is safe to unlock the UK. But experts have said the measure it is 'too crude'.




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Parkgoer gives Boris Johnson a piece of his mind as he plans to get Britain back to work

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.




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Government to urge people to cycle or walk to work - and wear face masks

Boris Johnson's plan to ease the UK's coronavirus lockdown will see people urged to cycle to work, firms told to provide staff with face masks and garden centres allowed to reopen from Wednesday.




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Gary Neville: Germany are in fashion but England must not forget its football identity

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.




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Sir Alex Ferguson: GARY NEVILLE remembers why he was such a gigantic force as Manchester United manager

An exclusive insight into the greatest manager Britain has ever had from the man who spent his whole career at Manchester United and knows him best.




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GARY NEVILLE: Can Brendan Rodgers now live up to Bill Shankly¿s Liverpool legend?

It would have been Bill Shankly’s 100th birthday tomorrow. Quite rightly the occasion is being marked at today’s game between Liverpool and Manchester United.




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Next generation are in danger of being priced out of game Gary Neville column

Andre Villas-Boas ruffled a few feathers by complaining about a ‘difficult atmosphere with no support’ at White Hart Lane after Tottenham’s narrow 1-0 win against Hull last Sunday.




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Stay at the Cornwall cottage used as the surgery in hit ITV show Doc Martin

Fern Cottage in Port Isaac, Cornwall, doubles as the surgery in ITV drama Doc Martin. The two bedroom detached stone cottage with modern furnishings is available for holidaymakers to rent.




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Images from book by Dan Barasch show how abandoned buildings have been given new leases of life

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.




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Can Malta perform a miracle? A mother and teenage daughter spend three nights in Valletta

After a trip to Venice that didn't go so well, Charlotte Metcalf and her teenage daughter Deia decided to head for Malta to check out the island's sightseeing, shopping and restaurant scene.




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The legendary Paddy Leigh Fermor adored Greece's Peloponnese - and so will you, says his biographer

Patrick Leigh Fermor, known to his friends as Paddy, was a British author and soldier during WWII. Here his biographer reveals how he fell in love with the Mani Peninsula in Southern Greece.




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Inside the Algar do Carvão the volcanic Azores cave that harbours a lake and lush vegetation

These amazing images show the Algar do Carvão in the Azores, an incredible volcanic vent formed during an eruption 2,000 years ago. Now, lockdowns permitting, it can be explored on foot.




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Creepy images by photographer Bryan Sansivero of an abandoned doctor's surgery in Northern Virginia 

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




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The winning and shortlisted images in the open contest of the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards

The contest received 193,000 entries from photographers in over 200 territories. More than 100 images were shortlisted and judges had the hard task of picking 10 category winners.




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Incredible images of the world's most jaw-dropping churches

New book Amazing Churches Of The World, by Michael Kerrigan, has 190 images of jaw-dropping places of worships, some of them in landscapes that are heavenly in their own right.




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Ryanair tells outraged customers they cannot get flight refunds until coronavirus crisis is over

Customers wanting a full refund will be put in a queue until the pandemic passes. Ryanair has recommended customers use a refund voucher which are 'readily available.'




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UK's biggest airlines and travel operators are 'flouting the law' by delaying refunds, says Which? 

A survey of the UK's 20 biggest travel firms found that none are refunding customers within the legal time frames. Millions have had holidays cancelled after Britons were advised against all global travel.




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Take a virtual tour of newly excavated sections of Pompeii thanks to never-before-seen drone footage

The footage sweeps around the excavation of Regio V, a 54-acre archaeological site where, over the past two years, experts have discovered a trove of extraordinary finds.




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Trying kava, the narcotic drink Prince Harry knocked back, in a remote Fijian village

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.




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The stunning winning images in the All About Photo Awards 2020 photography competition

The All About Photo Awards - The Mind's Eye has announced 40 winning images for 2020. Monica Denevan from the U.S was named Photographer of the Year for an image shot in Myanmar.




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Tropical coral reefs are being transformed by climate change

Climate change and warming seas are severely bleaching tropical coral reefs and undoing decades of knowledge about how to protect these delicate and vital ecosystems.




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NHS staff get free drive-through food at London's five-star Berkeley Hotel

The luxury 5-star Berkeley Hotel in London's Knightsbridge has been closed for over a month due to the lockdown, but the kitchen staff are still preparing 250 free meals a day for key workers.




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Incredible images of the world's most stunning sinkholes, from Oregon to Croatia via the Bahamas

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.




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Bournemouth Airport will become the first UK airport to check passengers for signs of coronavirus

Bosses at Bournemouth Airport have installed 'thermal fever detection' cameras that are capable of recording body temperatures and alerting border guards to anyone with a fever.




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Robot gorilla 'spy' captures the first footage of Silverbacks in Uganda singing for their supper

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.




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Travel agencies face legal action after blocking up to £7billion of refunds for cancelled holidays

The Competition and Markets Authority said it will take companies to court. Jo Lemmon Sparkes, 39, and wife Kirsty, 33, from Cambridge, are fighting Ryanair for a £700 trip.




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Mesmerising images by Amos Chapple of Prague's fascinating rooftop statues and sculptures

Top photographer Amos Chapple has taken a set of fascinating photographs of Prague's rooftop statues and sculptures, from the beautiful to the bizarre and from the elegant to the grotesque.




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Gear up for a bike ride to Turkey - without leaving your sofa 

The Daily Mail's Tom Chesshyre picks a selection of the best travel-related entertainment for the week ahead that will transport you to Istanbul, Mumbai and beyond.




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You might need a splash of Mauritius magic after we get through the coronavirus crisis

Mark Twain once quoted a Mauritius local as saying that 'heaven was copied after Mauritius' after he visited in 1896. The Daily Mail's Kate Johnson headed to the island to see if it still rings true.




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Incredible 19th Century maps reveal startling transformation of America's biggest cities

These incredible late 19th century maps offer a glimpse into the urban landscape of America after 1865, post-Civil War, when New York was home to two million and was yet to see widespread electricity.




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Air France, KLM and Lufthansa make face masks compulsory for passengers amid the coronavirus crisis 

Air France and KLM say they will be asking customers to wear a mask throughout their journey from next Monday. German airline Lufthansa brought in the new rule yesterday (May 4).




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The new hotel formed from train carriages positioned on a BRIDGE in Africa's Kruger National Park

The hotel - called Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge - is currently under construction on the 984ft (300m) Selati Bridge, erected across the Sabie River in 1912.




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The beautiful shortlisted images in Agora's photo contest themed on spring

Over 14,000 photos were submitted, with the entries in the final reckoning including pictures of flowers in Vietnam, a chick being fed in Bangladesh and a dreamy Tuscan landscape.




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The 24-person Triton submarine with huge windows that will take tourists to depths of up to 328ft 

The vessel is made by Florida-based Triton Submarines, which built the Limiting Factor submersible that made a record-breaking dive to the bottom of the Mariana Trench last year.




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Speeded-up LNER cab ride footage of a train travelling from Edinburgh to London in SIX MINUTES

For those missing travelling around Britain - here's a way to see hundreds of miles of it in mere minutes. LNER has released speeded-up footage of a journey from Edinburgh to Kings Cross.




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Haunting images by Romain Veillon of France's last panopticon jail in Autun

They were taken by French photographer Romain Veillon inside the city of Autun jail, which has a design much-dreaded among prisoners - panopticon. It has been abandoned since 1956.




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Instagram model threatens to sneeze on 'rude' waitress after allegedly receiving poor service

Food blogger and fashion influencer Karylle Banez took to Instagram to complain about the disappointing service she allegedly receiving while dining at Leigh Street Wine Room in Adelaide.




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Coronavirus winery Unico Zelo sells coronavino care packages and digital happy hour

A South Australian winery has launched a 'coronavino' care package and a 'digital happy hour' in a bid to keep their business running during the coronavirus crisis.




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South Australian man arrested at Sydney Airport after allegedly shooting man

The 38-year-old was arrested by Strike Force Raptor officers at Sydney International Airport on Wednesday around 10am after arriving from Thailand.




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Man, 31, is charged with posing as a police officer to get into women's homes before raping them 

A man has been charged after he allegedly posed as a police officer before raping two women in their Adelaide homes.