A devastated husband has revealed his wife was pregnant with their second child when she was shot dead in Canada's deadliest mass shooting over the weekend.

Residents and staff at a care home were filmed dancing and singing "Don't Worry, Be Happy" to send a positive message to their families and "spread a bit of happiness".

The Mayor of Las Vegas has been slammed for an "outrageous" plan to reopen the city's casinos as a "control group" for coronavirus.

A couple who were living their dream of sailing across the Atlantic have shared their "shock" of returning to land and hearing the news about the global coronavirus pandemic.

Nicola Sturgeon has laid out a possible exit strategy for Scotland to gradually leave lockdown.

A former NHS nurse who returned to the frontlines to help fight the coronavirus pandemic has shared the moment she held an elderly woman's hand during her last breaths so she didn't die alone from the virus.

Downing Street has acknowledged there is still a "great deal more to do" to close the gap between capacity and the actual number of Covid-19 tests carried out.

Firefighters are tackling a major blaze at a landfill site in east London where around 55 tons of waste has caught fire.

Some 26 million people in the US have filed for unemployment benefits in five weeks since with the coronavirus outbreak forcing employers to close their doors.

The adoption of "test, track and trace" could enable the coronavirus lockdown measures to be eased, Matt Hancock has said.

Charles and Camilla joined mass applause across the UK in the fifth week of "Clap for our Carers".

Doctors today raised "real concern" following a fall in London patients seeking hospital care for heart attack and stroke symptoms.

An Olympic-style plan to prevent buses and Tube trains getting overcrowded is being drawn up to help London come out of lockdown, it can be revealed today.

Canada's worst mass shooting started as a domestic dispute between the gunman and his girlfriend, who survived the attack, a police official has said.

Mr White also took issue with the duchess's allegation that the publisher "acted dishonestly" when deciding which parts of her letter to her father to publish.

A further four tigers and three lions have tested positive for coronavirus at the Bronx Zoo after a four-year-old Malaysian tiger contracted the disease earlier this month.

The Duchess of Cornwall says she is missing seeing and hugging her grandchildren during the coronavirus lockdown.

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Trials of drones delivering medical supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic will begin next week, Grant Shapps announced at today's Downing Street press conference.

The Royal Free London, which runs one of the capital's two specialist infectious disease units, announced this week that 517 patients had been discharged home, thanks to the care of "heroic staff". More than 100 more have left the hospital for "step-down" rehabilitation. Kate Slemeck, chief executive of the Royal Free Hospital, said: "Our staff tell us that seeing patients go home gives a great feeling of positivity and pleasure.

Ministers were reportedly warned to prepare for a pandemic virus last year, according to a leaked document.

It's been another week in lockdown for most of us but that doesn't mean the world of news has stopped spinning.

The NHS is launching a campaign encouraging ill people to seek urgent care during the coronavirus outbreak after A&E visits dropped by 50 per cent this month.

A man who claimed he had coronavirus before spitting at a bus driver is west London has pleaded guilty to common assault.

Brits could be allowed to meet up with small "bubbles" of up to 10 of their closest family or friends in an effort to wind down the coronavirus lockdown.

Home Secretary Priti Patel described the coronavirus death toll in UK hospitals passing 20,000 as a "deeply tragic and moving moment" and warned that "we are not out of the woods yet".

Donald Trump skipped the latest White House coronavirus briefing tweeting the event is "not worth the time and effort".

Services around the world have been disrupted due to the coronavirus crisis

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for a coronavirus lockdown "exit strategy" with the Government facing increasing pressure to reveal its next steps.

The army is being deployed across the UK to begin testing essential workers and vulnerable people for coronavirus.

Detectives are hunting for an Asian-inspired Gucci messenger bag in connection with the fatal stabbing in south London.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) said this summer would mark its first ever "virtual" version of the event at Royal Hospital Chelsea, London.

Comedian Jack Whitehall has endorsed the Evening Standard's Food for London Now campaign and launched a competition to encourage his followers to donate.

Lockdown is going well. I made a BLT the other day where I decided to deep fry the tomato in cornmeal and cooked the bacon in maple syrup.

A woman in her 40s was allegedly gang-raped after police quarantined her in a school overnight in India.

Two young children have been stabbed to death at a property in east London.

Police have been forced to close a California beach after thousands of people flouted the lockdown to bask in a heatwave.

Kim Jong-un is alive and well, South Korea has insisted, amid rumours that the North Korean leader was either dead or seriously ill.

The boss of Airbus has warned that it is "bleeding cash" at such a rapid rate during the coronavirus lockdowns that its survival is in doubt.

A police officer has died and another is fighting for his life after a shooting in Louisiana.

A mother ran into the street screaming "help me…it's my children" after a baby and a toddler suffered fatal knife wounds at the family home, neighbours said today.

As the Government ramps up testing this is all you need to know about getting tests and what they could mean in the battle against coronavirus.

Britain is saying goodbye to weeks of warm weather with temperatures set to tumble for the sixth week of lockdown.

Retailer also doubles staff discounts and commits to guaranteeing time off for employees over Christmas period

Military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles will be banned in New Zealand from next month under tough new laws announced today by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

New Zealand moves to ease strict lockdown measures after successfully containing coronavirus outbreak

PM urged UK to "contain your impatience" Said it is too soon to "go easy" and relax the lockdown Described virus as "invisble mugger" as he drew on own treatment