A diplomatic official from the High Commission for Pakistan delivered huge bouquets to 'Hon Mr Prime Mininster & Ms Symonds, 10 Downing Street' twice today - wearing double the PPE on her second visit.

Boris Johnson today announced that wearing face masks will be part of the UK's coronavirus lockdown exit strategy.

JAN MOIR: Wilfred, Winston, Oliver, Pericles, Diggory, Kevin, Josh? Whatever they decide to call him, what kind of a world will Boris's baby son inherit?

Having chaired Cabinet this morning, Boris Johnson said he 'understands the impatience' of people to end the draconian restrictions crippling the economy.

Ministers have warned lockdown may need to remain for months until the number of new cases falls below 1,000 per day after Professor Chris Whitty said a second peak could be worse than the first. 

Nicola Sturgeon has already urged Scots to don home-made masks - but not medical-grade ones - in shops and on public transport.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson last night put the reproduction rate of the coronavirus at the heart of Britain's crisis and said he would not do anything which risks triggering another outbreak.

Carrie Symonds has revealed the name of her and Boris Johnson's newborn son is Wilfred, after Boris's grandfather, as the parents shared the first photograph of the baby boy on Instagram.

Boris Johnson is hoping to put teachers on three weeks' notice to re-open primary schools in England to all pupils as soon as next month (pictured, St Mary's Primary in Chippenham).

With the FA Cup and Champions League also still to be completed, some dates are on the table for football's resumption which would result in a hectic summer ahead for Premier League players.

In the UK there are two main contenders in the vaccine race: a team at the University of Oxford, and another at Imperial College London.

EU disease control chief Andrea Ammon said the UK was one of five European countries along with Poland, Romania, Sweden and Bulgaria which have yet to see a downward trend in cases.

A ban on exercising more than once a day outside could be one of the first lockdown measures lifted by Boris Johnson, with golf courses, tennis clubs and fishing lakes allowed to reopen next month.

Gyms in the UK are unlikely to reopen until at least the autumn with October being touted as a realistic return date for fitness fanatics, according to reports.

Boris Johnson today announced he is hoping to begin easing the UK's coronavirus lockdown on Monday as Matt Hancock suggested cafes could reopen if they have outdoor areas.

The world's media has lined up to savage Britain's coronavirus response this week after the UK's death toll surpassed Italy's to become the worst in Europe.

Boris Johnson's Downing Street Twitter account has started pumping out the more nuanced message as the Prime Minister said some draconian rules he imposed on March 23 will be lifted.

Boris Johnson is caught in a struggle between those who want him to move faster to end the lockdown and those who fear it would trigger a second wave of coronavirus - as death toll rises to 30,615.

The Prime Minister told the cabinet he will proceed with 'maximum caution' when it comes to easing restrictions, to avoid another rise in coronavirus cases in the UK.

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Stanley Johnson admitted he prayed for his son's life when the Prime Minister was in intensive care after struggling with coronavirus.

Guidance slipped out earlier this week states that domestic helpers 'can continue work' in people's homes, 'providing that you are well and have no symptoms'.

The PM is expected to recommend people wear them in the office, on public transport and when shopping despite not making them compulsory in England.

Garden centres will be allowed to reopen next week under Boris Johnson's plans to ease the lockdown.

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.

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.

The Mayor of London has come under heavy fire for failing to increase capacity on the Tube ahead of an expected rise in passengers as the Prime Minister looks to ease people back to work.

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.

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.

Sunday sees the premiere of The Class of '92 charting the extraordinary rise of a band of Manchester United youngsters. One of them, Gary Neville, sits down with another, Paul Scholes, and coach Eric Harrison.

Earlier this month I visited Gigg Lane, the ground of my home-town club, Bury. If I have Manchester United in my soul, then Bury has a place in my heart. When United were away, this is where me and my brother, Phil, would go to watch football.

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.

HBO has announced it's opening The Game of Thrones Studio Tour in Northern Ireland in Spring 2020. The tour will bring visitors face-to-face with original sets, costumes and props from the show.

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.

The famous portrait artist was born in 1727 in Sudbury. Harry Mount went to visit the picture perfect town as well as some of the beautiful villages in surrounding rural Suffolk.

The Mail on Sunday's Neil Armstrong was treated like a king when he visited Langley Castle in Northumberland. The hotel is the North East England Hotel of the Year, a title it has won six times.

Cruising from Sydney to Papua New Guinea isn't easy, UK walking breaks are perfect for singletons and attending a Papal ceremony requires lots of planning, the holiday guru explains.

Seven of Europe's most impressive ruined castles have been given an extreme makeover. They have been 'rebuilt' by a team of designers and architects.

Tamara Hinson discovers government secrets at Slovenia's Hotel Jama, explores the spectacular Postojna Cave, dines on a plate of bear meat and admires the country's jagged mountains.

The home rental site is offering 50 virtual experiences from around the world, staring from £1, as a 'new way for people to connect, travel virtually and earn income' during the coronavirus crisis.

The accolade was bestowed upon the resort by Luxury Travel Advisor after over 400,000 votes were cast by its readers around the world during six knockout-style rounds involving 63 posh lodges.

The clip was created by the 'passenger', Jeroen Gortworst, who hails from Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and uploaded to Tik Tok, where it has been viewed millions of times.

Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long and 0.6 miles wide, is only accessible by boat (lockdowns permitted, obviously) and has dormitory rooms starting from just FJ$60 (£20).

The firm behind the concepts, Italy-based Nuova Neon Group 2, has released preliminary sketches showing what the box-like structures would look like when installed.

Casapueblo, located close to the wealthy Uruguayan beach city of Punta del Este, was built by the late artist Carlos Páez Vilaró - and there's not a straight line to be seen.

A new documentary has revealed how Heesen Yachts turned American businessman John Staluppi's dream of owning the world's fastest superyacht into a reality in 1988.

Karin Jansdotter, 34, landed a job on the Troll Norwegian research base on Queen Maud Land along with five men, and she is set to be there until the autumn when her year-long contract ends.

The Bigger Book of Everything by Nigel Holmes is an updated edition of his The Book of Everything, which sold 100,000 copies. Here's a sneak peek at the intriguing contents.

Toddler Kiki Wolhuter, from Zimbabwe, was filmed running alongside the hyenas and holding out sticks for them to chew with her father Kim, a wildlife film maker who is an expert on the animals.

Figures from the European state of the climate report from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) also reveals 11 of the 12 warmest years on record for the continent occurred since 2000.

A British-led expedition has uncovered 12 shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean sea, including one colossal 17th century ship containing porcelain, jugs and illicit tobacco pipes.