The report stated that the groups identified are not an exhaustive list of essential employees.

A new survey by GfK found there was a slight overall improvement in mood but fears for the future remain.

It is hoped the development will accelerate the search for promising new drug targets and treatments.

A drop in demand from overseas markets and restaurants at home means 2020 could be the first year without overfishing in European waters.

Historian Tony Comer says it is ‘a small insight into the real people behind the machinery of war’.

Nightingale pioneered many of the practices carried out today, such as maintaining good hygiene and regularly washing hands

The monarch will speak to the nation on Friday to mark 75 years since VE Day.

General Sir Adrian Bradshaw revealed the losses ahead of VE Day on Friday.

The coronavirus death toll in the UK has risen to 31,241 after a further 626 reported deaths, according to the Department of Health.

It is rare for the Queen to give a national televised addressed so it is a measure of the times we are living through, writes Chris Ship.

The men ranged in age from 96 to 100.

People in England are eagerly awaiting Boris Johnson’s announcement on Sunday around what changes might be made to the lockdown.

The Coastguard has said that on Friday it had the highest number of call-outs since lockdown began.

The Secretary of State will be joined at Downing Street with deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam.

The United States has become the world leader in COVID-19 cases while posting its biggest spike in unemployment claims in history.

In the days before the virus, strolling down Broadway felt like swimming through a sea of people. Now it feels like wandering around a forsaken movie set.

Bernie Sanders has been called "selfish" for failing to "get out" of the presidential race but the senator from Vermont has given no indication he is going anywhere.

Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly in cities across the United States, with major hot spots emerging in Detroit, Miami, Chicago and New Orleans.

France reported 56,989 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, and the country's death toll is the fourth highest in the world at 4032.

Evidence showing asymptomatic people can pass on the coronavirus has led public health authorities to reassess their resistance to mask wearing.

Taiwan has recorded 385 cases of COVID-19 to Australia's 6314. It began scrutinising and quarantining passengers on flights from Wuhan and Guangdong in December, implemented travel bans on China and introduced strict social-distancing measures in January.

China's government is putting on a show of sending aid to countries suffering from COVID-19, but undermining efforts to control the source of further pandemics.

In his 12-minute video statement, Obama did not mention Donald Trump by name, but delivered a scathing denunciation of the Republican Party.

The appeal reflects an increased effort by the Trump campaign to use US-China relations as a campaign issue against presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

As winter fades and spring breaks over Sweden, a high-stakes experiment in self-responsibility is underway.