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New tell-all Harry and Meghan biography Finding Freedom promises 'unknown details' of couple's time together

A new biography of Harry and Meghan will "go beyond the headlines" and "reveal unknown details" of the couple's life together.




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Top doctor had warned of coronavirus danger before death

A leading eye doctor and church pastor who had warned his congregation of the "serious" danger posed by Covid-19 has become the latest NHS worker to fall victim to the virus.




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Donald Trump claims US will develop coronavirus vaccine 'by the end of the year'

Donald Trump has claimed a coronavirus vaccine will be developed "by the end of this year".




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£1.5m boost to help victims of domestic abuse during coronavirus lockdown

Extra funds were announced today to provide help for people fleeing domestic violence during the coronavirus restrictions.




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Anxiety levels hit unprecedented heights as coronavirus lockdown announced, poll finds

Anxiety levels soared to unprecedented heights around the time lockdown was announced in late March, according to the Government's official "happiness index".




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Italians allowed to exercise in parks and visit relatives as Europe eases out of coronavirus lockdown

Italians were today enjoying the chance to exercise in parks for the first time in eight weeks as their country took its first significant steps out of its coronavirus lockdown.




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Food For London Now faces: 'The biggest challenge is unlocking more food'

Damien Conrad from The Felix Project shares his story You can donate here virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW




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Food For London Now faces: 'Children can't learn if they're hungry'

Gary Kynaston from Hammersmith Academy shares his story You can donate at virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW




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Post-lockdown workplace rules could include protective screens and maximised home working, document reveals

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




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Government publishes Sage membership after controversy over Boris Johnson advisor Dominic Cummings attending meetings

The Government has published a list of the experts helping shape the response to the coronavirus pandemic as part of the scientific advisory group for emergencies (Sage).




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Parents of Harry Dunn urge Dominic Raab to concede position on suspected killer's diplomatic immunity

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




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Dating app donates bandanas to bus drivers amid coronavirus outbreak

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.




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London's back to work strategy emerges: Teachers to be given coronavirus face masks and two-metre rule 'to be modified'

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.




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London after lockdown: Schools install playground washing troughs for when children go back to curb spread of coronavirus

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.




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Schools after lockdown: Education experts on social distancing, PPE for teachers and the psychological impact on children

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




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Cumbria police apologise for 'ill-judged' tweet telling people not to buy plants or compost during lockdown

Cumbria Police have apologised for an "ill-judged" tweet that suggested people should not buy plants or compost during the coronavirus lockdown.




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London's Nightingale hospital to be put on standby as coronavirus cases pass peak in capital

London's Nightingale hospital will be put "on standby" within days as a result of the capital passing the peak of coronavirus cases.




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Three million download app to track coronavirus symptoms

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




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Testing positive twice for Covid-19 does not mean people have been reinfected, World Health Organisation says

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).




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How will graduation ceremonies be affected by lockdown?

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




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Sadiq Khan 'really worried' about capital's transport after lockdown easing

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




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Bikers fined for 200-mile round trip to buy fish and chips during coronavirus lockdown




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Selectively lifting coronavirus lockdown 'could lead to resentment', says expert

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




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Nigel Farage visited by police over 'breaching lockdown' by travelling to Dover to report on migrants

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.




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Trials begin on coronavirus contact-tracing app ministers say will help UK escape from lockdown

Trials are beginning on a new coronavirus contact-tracing app which ministers have said will save lives and help lift Britain out of lockdown.




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UK weather forecast: Powerful 60mph winds spark warning as downpours hit southern regions

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




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UK coronavirus LIVE: Covid-19 case numbers 'must come down further' as tracing app trial launches on Isle of Wight

The number of new Covid-19 cases "needs to come down further", an expert has warned, as the UK death toll recorded its lowest daily rise since the end of March.




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Donald Trump claims his administration has 'saved millions of lives' in handling of coronavirus pandemic

US president predicts economic surge later this year as several states begin tentatively re-opening for business after weeks of shutdown




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Wembley Stadium: Person dies on tracks at north-west London railway station

Person pronounced dead at the scene after incident early on Tuesday morning




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Parents urged to remain vigilant as nearly 100 children are targeted by predators online in first month of lockdown

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.




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Government back to work guidelines for businesses: What your workplace could look like after lockdown

Draft proposals for how to return to work safely have been leaked and they paint a very different picture of the workplace post lockdown.​




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Thousands of London restaurants and bars 'on brink of collapse as they do not qualify for Government's emergency grants'

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




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The Londoner: Enraging Carole Baskin was risky, admits prankster

In today's Diary: Prankster on what it was like to fool Carole Baskin / Miriam Margolyes reveals why she's so in demand on chat shoes / MP bags Shetland pony assistant / Fox the toast of Downing Street




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Somali sports star who died with Covid-19 escaped war to serve London as Tube engineer

An international basketball player who moved to London to escape Somalia's looming civil war has become one of the capital's latest victims of Covid-19.




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Three Russian doctors 'fall from hospital windows after warnings about coronavirus'

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.




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Spain's jobless total soars to 3.8 million after strict coronavirus lockdown

Spain's strict coronavirus lockdown has sent the unemployment rate to a near four-year high.




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Nike donates tens of thousands of trainers to health care workers on frontline of coronavirus crisis

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




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Food For London Now appeal reaches £3.5m to feed the hungry

But crisis gets worse You can donate at virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW




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Food For London Now faces: 'Beyond the pandemic the need for food is unquantifiable'

Anne Elkins from The Felix Project shares her story You can donate here virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW




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China's UK ambassador says 'attacks from MPs' over spread of coronavirus 'will poison relations if unchecked'

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




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Lockdown in California to be relaxed 'in days' as US death rate falls

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.




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How far is the UK from passing the Government's five tests to lift the coronavirus lockdown?

It's an agonising choice which no prime minister would ever want to have to make.




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You can't stop coronavirus, warns top UK scientist as he says lockdown 'risks even more deaths'

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




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Food For London Now: Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge hits road on Standard's 'rescue mission' for London

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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People think behaviour of drivers and cyclists has deteriorated during lockdown, survey shows

A new survey suggests people think the behaviour of drivers and cyclists has deteriorated since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Police break up barbecue and bingo street party in Middlesbrough during coronavirus lockdown

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




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Now hear this: Celebs' messages asking people to stick to lockdown broadcast from car cruising streets

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.




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Fewer than 300 people quarantined as 18.1 million travellers entered UK before 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.




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Dominic Raab says UK 'must adjust to new normal' in second phase of coronavirus response

Dominic Raab has said the UK must adjust to "a new normal" in the second phase of the coronavirus response, which he insisted "will not be easy".




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War memorial in north London defaced in 'senseless' act of vandalism

A London war memorial has been vandalised in what police described as a "senseless" act.