Mark Roberts believes those who say the proposal compromises the integrity of the league need to look at the broader context.

Officials will scrutinise the latest data on the spread of the disease, and ministers are expected to convene over the weekend.

Despite large-scale public events being unable to go ahead, tributes will be paid by members of the royal family.

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.

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.

Resist the urge to sunbath and socialise despite hints from the PM lockdown might be eased soon, Dominic Raab said.

Celebrations will be very different during the coronavirus lockdown.

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the government was also prepared to row back from easing restrictions if ‘things…get out of control’.

Exercise will be permitted more than once a day but only if it begins and ends at home.

Hospices are set to receive weekly supplies of critical personal protective equipment from the government.

The First Minister of Scotland said the lockdown would continue in Scotland.

Some 20.5 million jobs have vanished in the worst monthly loss on record.

Captain Tom Moore has shared his memories of wartime in a special ITV documentary, Captain Tom's War.

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.

Saturday’s papers are dominated by the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

The measures include extra money for deep cleaning and personal protective equipment.

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

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.

The US Vice-President said the White House's models for the coronavirus pandemic show the country on a trajectory akin to hard-hit Italy.

China’s public reporting on cases and deaths is intentionally incomplete.

The Philippine President's anti-drug campaign has resulted in thousands of extra-judicial killings. He's now turned his attention to the coronavirus pandemic.

As the televisual equivalent of a mood ring, the White House briefings are extremely useful. As a vehicle for delivering information, not so much.

We already know one thing about that pick: It would be a woman, as Biden pledged in a recent debate.

Typically, some 25 bodies are interred each week on Hart Island. Now they are burying that many each day.

The 77-year old is never going to be an electrifying nominee, but Joe Biden has a lot to feel good about seven months out from election day.

The city that never sleeps is unconscious, and the sirens are relentless.

The urgent intervention was sought after appeal courts twice ruled that special coronavirus laws meant only women who might not be able to receive an abortion before the state's 22-week limit could receive a waiver.

Joe Biden is going to have to offer US voters inspiration If he is to derail a candidate as adept at media manipulation as Donald Trump.

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