The southern Italian region of Calabria has given the go-ahead for pizzerias, bars and restaurants with open-air tables to reopen, sparking a rift today with the central government.

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.

Police have been left "horrified" after finding swastikas sprayed onto signs urging people to stay at home and "protect the NHS".

A north London teenager, 16, has been found guilty of kidnapping a stranger in the street and forcing him to withdraw money from a cash machine.

Europe has shown positive signs that it is passing the peak of its coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

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.

Customers were found hiding in cupboards after officers raided a pub suspected of breaching coronavirus lockdown regulations, police have said.

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The number of speeding drivers caught by traffic police has risen by nearly eight-fold compared with last year, the Met revealed today.

A nurse who stayed at work despite having been diagnosed with cancer and an inspirational teacher are among the latest Londoners to die with Covid-19.

Britain's weather woes are set to continue with wet and windy conditions expected to last all week.

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

An Australian couple has discovered a novel way to meet up with neighbours and enjoy the good weather, despite the coronavirus lockdown.

Donald Trump has announced that the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines after they expire on Thursday.

Not for one Spanish TV anchor, whose video-chat blunder might have cost him his relationship.

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.

Police have issued more than 9,000 fines to people in England and Wales for allegedly breaching coronavirus lockdown laws, according to new figures.​

Captain Tom Moore has now raised a staggering £30m for the NHS in its battle against coronavirus as he celebrates his 100th birthday.

Police were called to a funeral home in New York after a bad smell coming from the street outside turned out to be from hundreds of bodies kept inside trucks.

Boris Johnson has urged Brits to "keep going" during the coronavirus lockdown in a series of posts on Twitter.

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.

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

Staff at an east London hospital have mounted bees onto a mural to represent every patient who has beaten coronavirus.

Londoners again gathered on Westminster Bridge to take part in Thursday's Clap for Carers despite police warning it was "not acceptable" to put safety at risk by flouting lockdown rules.

The appeal by NHS fundraiser Colonel Tom Moore topped £32 million as it closed at midnight.

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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.

Rain will batter all four corners of the country for periods on both Saturday and Sunday and temperatures will plummet following the sunniest ever April.

Ten fire engines and around 70 firefighters have been battling a blaze in a block of flats in south east London.

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

Britain and France are working together to develop contact-tracing apps to fight coronavirus.

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

It is "physically impossible" to practice social distancing in airports, the boss of Heathrow has warned.

An actress who made her big-screen debut as a teenager alongside Daniel Craig has been ordered to wear an electronic tag after being caught "interfering" with parked cars.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of school teacher Gordon Park for the "lady in the lake" murder of his wife following a posthumous challenge.

More than one million people have recovered from coronavirus worldwide, according to the latest figures from the John Hopkins University.

Moves to ease restrictions in China's capital come after authorities record no new Covid-19 deaths for the 16th consecutive day

She's perhaps best known to the internet as the woman who wore a face of mild disbelief when US President Donald Trump discussed disinfectant as a possible treatment for coronavirus.

A homeowner was conned out of more than £100,000 by rogue builders who overcharged for roof repairs — before posing as police and trading standards officers to swindle him again.

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

Forest rangers snare bear in the Dolomites in a move that also unleashes row over animal rights

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

Parents, relatives and friends were today urged to raise the alarm if they fear that children are being radicalised during the lockdown as the Met warned that tip-offs about suspected extremists have plummeted.

PM makes declaration but UK sees second highest rise in cases in 24 hours, with 6,032 more

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