An aerial photo of ocean sands in the Bahamas has been voted the NASA Earth Observatory's all-time best image.

This is the heartbreaking moment a carer read a granddaughter's final goodbye to her grandmother, just two days before she died while suffering coronavirus symptoms.

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Social distancing will be expected "in every single work area" when the UK comes out of lockdown, according to Priti Patel.

A cuckoo named Carlton II has smashed the record books by flying more than 4,000 miles in just seven days on his annual migration to the UK from Africa.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two children were stabbed to death in Ilford.

UK hospital trusts have been advised to "risk-assess" black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) members of staff and make "appropriate arrangements" as data emerged suggesting they are disproportionately affected by Covid-19.

A 20-year-old man who threw a teenage girl over a stairwell balcony after an argument at a "pre-trial party" has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Dominic Raab has warned against relaxing the UK lockdown, saying the number of Covid-19 infections in Germany grew when restrictions were eased.

Captain Tom Moore has been appointed as an honorary colonel to mark his 100th birthday after raising almost £30 million for the NHS by walking laps of his garden.

A Swedish city plans to cover its main park with a tonne of chicken manure to discourage people from going there during the coronavirus outbreak.

Whirlpool has announced they will recall thousands more washing machines which could risk causing fires in people's homes.

This is the horrifying moment a man struck a pensioner on the head with a metal pipe before stealing the food she'd just bought.

It comes after the UK's Covid-19 death toll jumped by 3,811 on Wednesday to top 26,000 when care home victims were factored in for the first time.

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A man was sprayed in the face with an "unknown substance" before a thief stole his bag on a London bus.

The nine-year-old was inspired by hero fundraiser Captain Tom Moore's £30 million fundraiser

Design and technology teachers have made more than 200,000 pieces of protective equipment for frontline NHS workers, new figures reveal.

British Airways is set to make up to 12,000 workers redundant, its parent company has said.

Coronavirus lockdown measures could remain in place "for a very period of time", Downing Street has suggested.

A man has been jailed for spitting at a London bus driver and a police officer.

A woman has jailed after she stole a doctor's identity card while he was in a pharmacy.

A man was pulled over in his car on the M6 motorway after he was caught in a compromising – and illegal – position, police said.

Captain Tom Moore was today treated to a special World War Two RAF flypast to mark his 100th birthday.

Wearing face masks in public may be "useful" when the UK's lockdown restrictions are eased, the Prime Minister has said.

A Walmart store has been temporarily shut down after 23 staff members tested positive for coronavirus after an inspection by local public health officials.

More than 1,000 British Airways pilots are set to lose their jobs as part of major redundancy plans announced by the airline, it is reported.

Coronavirus was "not man-made or genetically modified," US intelligence agencies have said.

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"He pushed one of the police officers on the ground and I think he was about to lunge at another one of the police with the knife, that's what it looked like to me.

The High Court is due to give its ruling on the first stage of the Duchess of Sussex's privacy claim against Mail on Sunday today.

Armed protesters descended on Michigan's state capitol building last night as they called for an end to the state's coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Postboxes have been painted blue to thank NHS workers for their efforts during the crisis.

The publisher of the Mail on Sunday has won the first High Court skirmish in the Duchess of Sussex's privacy claim against it over publication of a letter to her estranged father.

Disney has said it will donate one million face masks to children in vulnerable communities to help fight the spread of coronavirus.

Tower Bridge was cordoned off at around midday on Friday while police investigated reports of a "suspicious package."

An aquarium in Japan has urged the public to video-chat their eels, who are forgetting that humans exist.

A man and a teenage boy have been stabbed in east London, amid a spate of knife crime in the capital in recent weeks.

41-year-old Temisan Oritsejafor facing 'significant prison term' over 'vulgar' incident, West Midlands Police force says

Some 450 UK coronavirus patients will be recruited to take part in a new trial of a "promising" Covid-19 drug.

A man has been charged with murder after the death of an 88-year-old widower in a quiet English village.

Princess Charlotte's fifth birthday has been marked by the release of photographs showing the young royal helping to load a van with food and delivering meals for those in need.

Questions have been raised over how coronavirus tests were counted after Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailed the "incredible achievement" of the Government in hitting its 100,000-a-day target.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that the UK has met its coronavirus testing target of 100,000 tests per day as Covid-19 deaths passed 27,500.

The Irish Government has shared it plans for reopening society after coronavirus lockdown.

The United States has authorised the emergency use of the Ebola drug remdesivir for treating coronavirus, clearing the way for the potential treatment of 140,000 patients around the country.

A man has been jailed for more than two years after dragging a woman along a road with his car before knocking over her boyfriend.