A 17-year-old has been charged with 16 sexual offences after allegations of abuse at a nursery.

The death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients in the UK has passed 18,000, official figures show.

Some NHS medics are being re-tested for Covid-19 after being wrongly cleared of carrying the virus.

The family of a London bus driver who died with Covid-19 said today a lack of protective equipment for public transport workers and delays to improving safety had "cost lives".

This is the moving moment a tearful police chief leaves hospital to go home to his family after battling against coronavirus in intensive care.

Disruptive social distancing measures are expected to remain in place to combat coronavirus in the UK until a vaccine or effective treatment is available, England's chief medical officer has said.

A Zoom blunder from Wales's health minister left fellow politicians with their heads in their hands as he was heard swearing about a colleague with his microphone still on.

Images show streets and roads lying deserted as today marked one month since lockdown measures were put in place in the UK to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Adorable new photographs of Prince Louis taken by his mother Kate have been released ahead of his first birthday.

The World Health Organisation's chief has warned that most countries are still in the early stages of their coronavirus epidemics and others are starting to see a resurgence in cases.

Teams at Imperial and Oxford appeal to Londoners to join Covid-19 fight

Ministers have come under renewed pressure to release thousands more prisoners after it was revealed that more than 500 jail staff and inmates have contracted Covid-19.

Three people have been arrested after a staggering 190kg of cocaine worth about £19 million was found hidden in lorries carrying toys and paper at the Port of Dover.

Infection rates among NHS workers tested for Covid-19 were no higher for those treating patients face-to-face than for staff in non-clinical roles, a new study has found.

A coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be available before the year is out despite tens of millions of pounds being spent on UK trials that start imminently.

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The head of the World Health Organisation has brushed off calls for his resignation as he told the US to reconsider freezing its funding.

Two cats in separate areas of New York have tested positive for the coronavirus after showing symptoms of a mild respiratory illness, experts have said.

Frontline health workers at a UK hospital have become the first in the country to be widely kitted out with a pioneering respirator hood when treating Covid-19 patients.

Schools are unlikely to re-open until June 1 at the earliest, the leader of the head teachers' union has said.

A teacher gave birth in her car outside a supermarket after a passing ambulance crew mistook her husband's attempt to flag them down as cheers of gratitude towards the NHS.

An estimated £10.4 million jackpot is up for grabs in Saturday's Lotto game after no-one won the top prize in the midweek draw.

Conservationist Dr Jane Goodall has warned of future pandemics if lessons are not learned from the coronavirus crisis.

Kate and William have thanked the public for Prince Louis's birthday wishes by sharing an adorable behind the scenes photograph of the young royal, who turns two today.

The Prince of Wales has shared a photo of himself tenderly hugging his grandson Prince Louis to mark the royal toddler's second birthday.

War veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has raised £28 million for the NHS by walking lengths of his garden, has been given a Pride of Britain award.

The Deputy Chief medical officer has revealed she "knocked off for about a week" when she believed she had coronavirus.

Knife crime was committed in London at a rate more than double the national average last year as offences in the capital involving bladed weapons reached record levels.

Temperatures in the UK could reach are set to reach up to 24C over the next couple days as a "remarkably" warm and dry April continues, the Met Office has said.

Imam and priest tell of comfort given to grieving families and compassion of staff

Dominic Raab has warned that a "second spike" in UK coronavirus cases would trigger a second lockdown which would "prolong the economic pain we are all going through".

A police officer made it just in time for the birth of his child after his test for coronavirus was fast-tracked and gave a negative result.

The number of people infected during the first wave of coronavirus in mainland China may have been four times the official figures, according to a new study.

A D-Day veteran, a paramedic who worked pitchside at Crystal Palace and a media executive have been named among the latest Londoners to die with suspected Covid-19.

Residents and staff at a care home were filmed dancing and singing "Don't Worry, Be Happy" to send a positive message to their families and "spread a bit of happiness".

"But as I hope we have started to set out today, if we keep doing the right things and if we consider all of the options carefully and with the right objectives in mind, I do believe there will be a way through and we will find that way through."

Air pollution levels have dropped by more than 40 per cent in a number of UK cities as transport use plummets during the coronavirus lockdown, studies have shown.

Poorer children taking GCSEs and A-levels next year face an "impossible situation" because they have missed so much face-to-face teaching, a leading London headmaster has warned.

Angela Merkel today warned coronavirus poses the biggest challenge to her country since the Second World War as she told Germans they will have to live with the disease for "for a long time".

A dad convinced his two children that they would have to go to school on weekends to make up for lost time after the coronavirus lockdown.

Coronavirus death rates could be between 50 and 80 per cent higher in rural communities, according to scientists.

Downing Street has acknowledged there is still a "great deal more to do" to close the gap between capacity and the actual number of Covid-19 tests carried out.

BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has trialled a "have you had it?" antibody coronavirus test not yet approved by the Government.

Some 26 million people in the US have filed for unemployment benefits in five weeks since with the coronavirus outbreak forcing employers to close their doors.

The UK is set for more warm weather over the weekend while temperatures soared to more than 24C on Thursday.

All essential workers are to be able to get coronavirus tests if they need them due to increased screening capacity, health secretary Matt Hancock announced today.

The 47-year-old officer was knifed in the abdomen while attending reports of disorder at an address in St Vincent Road, Newport, during the early hours of Thursday.

A total of 18,738 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Wednesday, the Department of Health said, up by 638 from 18,100 the day before.

The adoption of "test, track and trace" could enable the coronavirus lockdown measures to be eased, Matt Hancock has said.

An English bulldog nicknamed "Big Poppa" has found internet fame after his owner posted a picture of him looking forlorn during the coronavirus lockdown.