A police officer has died and another is fighting for his life after a shooting in Louisiana.

A young man has died after he was found injured in an east London street.

Military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles will be banned in New Zealand from next month under tough new laws announced today by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Many countries, including ours, are battling the question of how to lift the lockdown.

Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine today leads a chorus of business leaders and grandees urging Boris Johnson to feed the "hunger for hope" in locked-down Britain by mapping out a clear route back to prosperity.

Planning is fundamental for any business. We not only plan for good times, but also for bad. And these are indeed bad.

At least 82 NHS workers and 16 social care staff have died after contracting coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has confirmed.

A mother screamed for help "like she was being tortured" after two children were stabbed to death at a home in east London, a neighbour has said.

A man has been charged with murder after a man died following an assault in east London.

A murder probe has been launched in Putney after a 42-year-old man died after a stabbing in Putney.

A murder probe has been launched after an 88-year-old man was found dead at a property in Surrey.

A man in his 30s has been rushed to hospital after a shooting in Camden.

A top New York City doctor has taken her own life after battling coronavirus on the frontline, officials have said.

A vicar who was a "dedicated campaigner" for vulnerable people has died after almost a month battling Covid-19 in hospital.

The 28-year-old assaulted three officers and launched a violent attack on a police dog

"Openly acknowledging your mistake is not an admission of guilt, it is genuinely just making you seem more human."

Prince Charles has paid tribute to his former Welsh tutor Tedi Millward, who has died at the age of 89.

A pilot has sparked complaints over an alleged breach of lockdown rules after spelling out "NHS" using his plane's flightpath.

A 23-year-old who spat at police officers' faces in south London and claimed he had coronavirus blamed his behaviour on being stressed.

Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a 37-year-old man died following a "vicious assault" in west London.

A 27-year-old man who died after an attack in east London has been named by police.

Police are searching for a man in connection with an alleged rape at Embankment in central London.

Members of the Commander's crew were filmed dancing to techno music behind a DJ set on deck

Tributes have been paid to Ken and Betty Hill, who were together for more than 40 years

A swan has died after being attacked in a "meaningless act of violence", police have said.

Police have released a photo of a car believed to have been driven by the killers of a key worker.

Social distancing will be expected "in every single work area" when the UK comes out of lockdown, according to Priti Patel.

Restaurants are preparing for life after lockdown with a range of radical measures that will keep diners safe but will involve drastic changes to the way Londoners eat out.

Wetherspoon's is planning for a reopening of its pubs and hotels "in or around June", the company has announced.

A 20-year-old man who threw a teenage girl over a stairwell balcony after an argument at a "pre-trial party" has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Boris Johnson has been pictured beaming as he arrived back in Downing Street from hospital after the birth of his baby son .

Global health experts are investigating reports of a rare but serious illness affecting children and its links to coronavirus after UK medics raised the alarm.

A goose has taken advantage of the coronavirus lockdown to nest in one of the north of England's busiest transport hubs.

Shoppers will have to get used to "supermarket-style" queuing and till screens as well as innovations such as video-conferencing advice from ­assistants when high-street stores start to reopen after the end of the lockdown.

Donald Trump has announced that the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines after they expire on Thursday.

Not for one Spanish TV anchor, whose video-chat blunder might have cost him his relationship.

A fifth of high street stores plan to stay closed permanently after the coronavirus lockdown lifts, retail leaders have told MPs.

A man has been jailed for spitting at a London bus driver and a police officer.

Police were called to a funeral home in New York after a bad smell coming from the street outside turned out to be from hundreds of bodies kept inside trucks.

A woman has jailed after she stole a doctor's identity card while he was in a pharmacy.

The 100-year-old war veteran received a total of 140,000 birthday cards

Boris Johnson has thanked the NHS for saving his life and delivering his new son into the world just one day ago.

A Walmart store has been temporarily shut down after 23 staff members tested positive for coronavirus after an inspection by local public health officials.

The appeal by NHS fundraiser Colonel Tom Moore topped £32 million as it closed at midnight.

"He pushed one of the police officers on the ground and I think he was about to lunge at another one of the police with the knife, that's what it looked like to me.

An actress who made her big-screen debut as a teenager alongside Daniel Craig has been ordered to wear an electronic tag after being caught "interfering" with parked cars.

The Court of Appeal has upheld the conviction of school teacher Gordon Park for the "lady in the lake" murder of his wife following a posthumous challenge.

An NHS hospital doctor was followed for almost five miles by a man before being attacked in the street.

Tower Bridge was cordoned off at around midday on Friday while police investigated reports of a "suspicious package."