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A veteran of the Second World War who celebrated victory in Europe with a three-day party in Burma says the lockdown commemorations for the 75th anniversary will still be a "great tribute" to those who lost their lives.

Measures being considered to help safely reopen workplaces included staggered shift times and reduced hot-desking, according to a draft Government plan.

Thank early May bank holiday means payments will be disrupted

Teenager's parents criticise Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab's comments on son's death as "misleading"

UK scientists have developed a new coronavirus antibody test which they say produces results in 35 minutes with 99.8 per cent accuracy.

A hospital set up to care for people recovering from Covid-19 will be named after the pioneering nurse Mary Seacole to pay tribute to nurses on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic.

Care home workers say employers are playing "Russian roulette" with their lives as personal protective equipment (PPE) is withheld or rationed amid unclear guidance, according to a union.

A dating app is providing London bus drivers with free face bandanas, amid fears of a lack adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline transport staff.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced its third coral bleaching event in five years, according to researchers who blamed the rapid warming of the planet due to human emissions.

A huge underground car park in the heart of the West End is to be converted into a £150 million subterranean healthcare and entertainment complex.

Stargazers can expect to see up to 40 meteors per hour blaze through the night sky before sunrise on Wednesday

Military-style discipline will be needed from every individual to get the country safely back to work, the Defence Secretary said today as ministers started preparing to modify the two-metre social distancing rule.

Schools are installing hand-washing troughs in playgrounds and preparing to mark out two-metre lines to keep parents apart as they drop off their children in anticipation of the coronavirus lockdown ending.

Headteachers are planning for life after the lockdown to ensure the return to school will be safe for all children and staff.

On the criteria for a claimant to be looking for work being paused for three months, Ms Coffey said: "We do however want claimants to continue to look for work wherever they are able to do so."

A group calling themselves 'HS2 Rebellion' have blocked the entrance to a building site at Euston.

More than three million Britons have downloaded an app designed by researchers at King's College London to track the symptoms of coronavirus.

If someone tests positive for coronavirus more than once, it does not necessarily mean they have been reinfected, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected people from all walks of life, including university students who were set to graduate in 2020.

The Mayor of London warned against a 'big bang' of lifting lockdown measures

Matt Hancock has urged people living on the Isle of Wight to download the coronavirus contact tracing app to "save lives" during the pandemic.

The UK has fallen behind many other European countries in its response to coronavirus, a public health expert has said.

A former senior North Korean diplomat has apologised after saying Kim Jong-un was probably so ill he could not stand, days before he was seen at an event attended by hundreds of officials.

A 13-year-old girl has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a woman was left fighting for her life following reports of a street fight.

Selectively lifting lockdown restrictions in the UK risks "potential divisions between groups", an expert has said.

Nigel Farage has been visited by police officers who advised him not to breach lockdown restrictions after he travelled to Dover to report on migrants.

Powerful winds and heavy rain continue to batter the UK with gales of up to 60mph sweeping across the southwest, sparking a weather warning.

New car sales were almost wiped out last month as the the number of registrations collapsed to their lowest level for 74 years.

The wife of former Premier League footballer Kevin Phillips has been released without charge after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing.

Nearly 100 children who were being targeted online by child abusers were saved by police in London during the first four weeks of the lockdown, Scotland Yard revealed today.

Campaign launched to increase threshold on rateable value to help struggling businesses

Three doctors in Russia who raised concerns about the working conditions on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic have fallen out of hospital windows over the last two weeks, it has been reported.

Nike has donated tens of thousands of trainers to frontline healthcare workers fighting the pandemic around the world.

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There were 5,890 coronavirus-related care home deaths involving Covid-19 registered up to April 24 in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics said.

China's ambassador to the UK has criticised MPs for "attacking" China over the coronavirus outbreak.

A man has been jailed after he viciously bit down on an officer's finger in a "sustained attack" to avoid being arrested.

California's governor has announced that the six-week lockdown of America's most populous state will be relaxed within days as the daily coronavirus death toll across the United States fell to its lowest level in a month.

Antibody tests at 98 per cent accuracy would put up to a quarter of population at risk of infection, government advisers have warned.

Union bosses have written to Sadiq Khan to demand a reversal of Transport for London's "disgraceful" decision to deny free travel to London Underground's cleaners.

The father and son are still on the run

Boris Johnson's top scientist has defended the Government's battleplan against Covid-19 and said "you can't stop it".

In a bustling depot in north London filled with donated food, Phoebe Waller-Bridge compared the work of The Felix Project to "a rescue mission".

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Two 20-year-old men were arrested on suspicion of public order offences

Coronavirus warning messages from celebrities including Jamie Redknapp are being broadcast from cars driving around the streets of east London to get people to respect the lockdown.

Out of millions of visitors coming into the UK from coronavirus hotspots, less than 300 were put into quarantine in the three months before lockdown.

Nearly a quarter of employees in Britain have been furloughed in just two weeks, officials have said.

The ONS total is 34% higher than the Department of Health total.