A man has been charged with the murder of a "lovely and very gentle" man who sustained severe injuries in his own home.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was shot inside a house during the coronavirus lockdown.

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Social distancing at airports would lead to 1km-long queues for each jumbo jet, Heathrow's chief executive has claimed.

The closure of cafes and restaurants in Rome due to the coronavirus outbreak means seagulls have had to change their habits and start eating rats, zoologists claim.

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

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

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

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

Police have launched an investigation after 23 cows and calves were reported missing from a farm in Cornwall.

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

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.

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

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

The Government has missed its 100,000 daily coronavirus test target for the second day running.

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

Updated figures for England come as authorities in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland all announce additional Covid-19 deaths

A security guard has denied raping a woman while working at an NHS hospital.

The UK will use a mobile app to try and control the spread of coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

As A D-Day veteran, Ray Smith celebrated the allies' victory in Europe at an all-night party in Trafalgar Square.

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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".

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

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

A French hospital which has retested old samples from pneumonia patients discovered that it treated a man who had Covid-19 as early as December 27.

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.