Two years ago, Yaya Toure played his final game for Manchester City after a brilliant 316 appearances for the club.

The Transport Secretary will lead Saturday's briefing

The fire started in the kitchen of a second floor flat on Wendon Road, in Baguley

What kind of an effect do trees have on aerosol particle concentrations in cities? Modelling carried out at the University of Helsinki revealed that the air was cleanest on the street level with three rows of trees of variable height situated along boulevard-type city street canyons.

The first ever set of specific recommendations to support transgender autistic young people was co-created by these youth and their families working hand-in-hand with clinical experts. The resulting model offers clinicians a set of concrete ways to provide this unique population the support they need.

A new study shows how stem cells -- which can contribute to creating many parts of the body, not just one organ or body part -- are able to postpone their own death in order to respond to an injury that needs their attention. The study was done in planarians, which are tiny worms used as model organisms to study regeneration because of their ability to recover from any injury using stem cells.

The loss of the sense of smell and taste are early indicators of possible COVID-19 infection along with symptoms of respiratory distress. These prognostic markers might assist in determining use of antiviral treatments currently being used and tested on COVID-19 patients.

Thanks to its unique three-dimensional manufacturing capacity, ultrafast laser writing is a prime candidate to meet the growing demand for the miniaturization of photonic circuitry, e.g., for scaling up optical quantum computers capacity. Towards this goal, scientists from Canada discovered a phenomenon related to the material electronic resonance that allows a much greater miniaturization of the laser written devices. Surprisingly, the new phenomenon allows other intriguing applications such as a new concept of invisibility.

A research team has discovered a molecular mechanism that helps Herpes simplex virus (HSV1) evade the innate immune system and infect the brain causing a rare disease with high mortality. The study from Aarhus University, University of Oxford, and University of Gothenburg, led by first author Chiranjeevi Bodda in Søren Paludan's lab, will be published May 8 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM).

Pangolins lack two genes that function to sound the alarm when a virus enters the body, triggering an immune response in most other mammals. The findings from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, are significant because, while the exotic animals can be carriers of coronavirus, they appear able to tolerate it through some other unknown mechanism. Understanding how pangolins are able to survive coronavirus may point to possible treatment options for humans.

Inspired by the biomechanics of cheetahs, researchers have developed a new type of soft robot that is capable of moving more quickly on solid surfaces or in the water than previous generations of soft robots. The new soft robotics are also capable of grabbing objects delicately -- or with sufficient strength to lift heavy objects.

Scientists from the University of Groningen have developed a method that combines different resolution levels in a computer simulation of biological membranes. Their algorithm backmaps a large-scale model that includes features, such as membrane curvature, to its corresponding coarse-grained molecular model. This has allowed them to zoom in on toxin-induced membrane budding and to simulate a full-sized mitochondrial lipid membrane. Their approach opens the way to whole-cell simulations at a molecular level.

MERS, which struck South Korea in a 2015 outbreak, was caused by a coronavirus--the same family of viruses that is responsible for COVID-19. Recently, a Korean research team announced that it had developed a new vaccine platform using RNA-based adjuvants for the MERS coronavirus. The research team successfully conducted an experiment on nonhuman primates. It is expected that the new vaccine platform will soon be applicable to the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, an urgent global health priority.

With a discovery that could rewrite the immunology textbooks, an international group of scientists, including the teams of Bart Lambrecht, Martin Guilliams, Hamida Hammad, and Charlotte Scott (all from the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research) identified a new type of antigen-presenting immune cell.

Regular processes in the environment improve our eyesight.

The Monte Conca cave system in Sicily is showing signs of being altered by pollution from above.

A two-week course of antiviral therapy with interferon beta-1b plus lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin, started within 7 days of showing COVID-19 symptoms, is safe and more effective at reducing the duration of viral shedding than lopinavir-ritonavir alone in patients with mild to moderate illness, according to the first randomized trial of this triple combination therapy involving 127 adults (aged 18 and older) from six public hospitals in Hong Kong.

Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction center, where it is converted into a useful form for the organism. Scientists have been using this as inspiration to learn how to transport energy efficiently in, for example, molecular electronics. Physicist Richard Hildner from the University of Groningen and colleagues have investigated energy transport in an artificial system made from nanofibres. The results were published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In recent years, giant viruses have been unearthed in several of the world's most mysterious locations, from the thawing permafrost of Siberia to locations unknown beneath the Antarctic ice. But don't worry, 'The Thing' is still a work of science fiction. For now.

Although the clinical symptoms of SARS, H1N1, MERS, EVALI, and COVID-19 may be nonspecific, some characteristic imaging findings are emerging, says the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR). Careful evaluation of the distribution, lung zone preference, and symmetry of the abnormalities with an eye for a few unique differentiating imaging features can allow radiologists to offer a narrower differential diagnosis in pediatric patients, leading to optimal patient care.

A North East based care provider, Wellburn Care Homes, has launched their own We Care badge aiming to show support for care workers.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for "more than 200,000" coronavirus tests to be carried out.

Data which identified a massive in Covid-19 was sent to ministers a month before the government's Care Home Action Plan was published.

Hospitals in London and Birmingham have been supplied with fourteen units of convalescent plasma to see if it helps people who are battling

The Duchess of Cambridge has teamed up with the National Portrait Gallery to launch the Hold Still project.

The likelihood of death from Covid-19 is significantly higher among England’s BAME communities than the general population, researchers say.

There have been no deaths reported from the virus in China for more than three weeks.

ITV Tonight is out with Merseyside Police to investigate the extraordinary impact the pandemic is having on their ability to combat crime.

The Bank of England said the economy could contract by as much as 3% in the first quarter.

People from black backgrounds are four times more likely to die from coronavirus than people from white backgrounds, new statistics suggest.

From a rapid recovery to prolonged depression and everything in between, the range of possible outcomes from the coronavirus crisis is vast.

The big question is whether you want to focus on the 2020 bit of the Bank of England's illustrative scenario, which shows a 14% fall in GDP.

The two firms have announced plans to bring together their mobile, broadband and pay-TV services.

Limited temperature screening will also be trialled at the airports in coming weeks.

Notting Hill Carnival has been cancelled for the first time ever because of the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The government will move with "maximum caution" when lifting coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England, Number 10 has said.

The briefing comes just hours after Scotland's First Minister has said the lockdown in Scotland should be extended.

Dominic Raab announced the latest figures during the daily briefing.

Newly released figures show that certain ethnicities were at greater risk of Covid-19 related deaths.

For a seventh week in a row, millions of people across the United Kingdom have shown their appreciation for NHS and key workers.

In the community, the rate of transmission is probably as low as 0.5/0.6, which means its progress through the population has been arrested.

As part of the study, samples of blood, saliva and nasal swabs from healthcare workers in a bid to answer key questions about the virus.

Number 10 said the government will move with "maximum caution" when lifting restrictions in England, but some are worried.

Douglas Moore, who also has a lung condition, received a round of applause as he was discharged from Kettering General Hospital.

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

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.

Nightingale pioneered many of the practices carried out today, such as maintaining good hygiene and regularly washing hands

In this week's Royal Rota, our team discuss the Duchess of Cambridge's latest volunteer work and Princess Charlotte birthday celebrations.

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