A five-year-old child has been taken to hospital after falling out of a window in north London.

A man has been charged with aggravated burglary over an incident in which a young boy was shot in Upminster, east London.

A man has been found dead after suffering suspected stab wounds in west London.

London children who have been cooped up at home will be able to discover the historic buildings on their doorstep when lockdown is over.

A Labour MP working on the NHS frontline has hit back at Health Secretary Matt Hancock after he told her to watch her "tone" during a debate in the House of Commons.

A man and a woman tricked their way into a 100-year-old woman's home and stole more than £100 in what police branded a "despicable" crime.

A statement from Imperial College London said Prof Ferguson "continues to focus on his important research".

But it was his reason for trying to make the 12-hour trip to California that shocked officers the most.

Police have cordoned off a busy road in south east London after a double stabbing in broad daylight.

London's iconic Ritz hotel was sold for "half the market price" after conversations were secretly recorded by the nephews of the billionaire co-owner and a Saudi investor offering £1.3bn, the High Court has heard.

Boris Johnson will today come under fresh criticism over his handling of the coronavirus crisis as he faces Sir Keir Starmer for the first time during Prime Minister's Questions.

A student who was caught on CCTV trying to sexually assault a woman at an east London bus stop has been jailed for four years.

Teachers and staff in non-residential schools will not need personal protective equipment (PPE) when schools start to return to full capacity, a minister has said.

A plan to overhaul London's streets after the coronavirus lockdown hopes to see cycling increase tenfold and pavements widened to allow for more social distancing to take place.

A woman has been charged with the murder of an elderly church warden and the attempted murder of three other people at a Co-op store in South Wales.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a police officer was attacked in north west London.

At least nine people have been killed and hundreds were rushed to hospital after a chemical gas leak in southern India.

A Labour MP has claimed she was sacked from her job as a temporary carer amid the coronavirus pandemic after speaking out about personal protective equipment (PPE) shortages.

A man has been charged with murder after a man died after a suspected stabbing in in west London.

A four-year-old girl battling a rare form of leukaemia has been reunited with her dad after seven weeks apart in lockdown.

Most parents don't want to send their children back to school as soon as the coronavirus lockdown is lifted, a new study has found.

The Government is requesting a refund or replacement for 400,000 medical gowns flown over from Turkey which were later deemed "unusable".

People have lined the streets to pay their respects to a "fantastic" paramedic and "great family man" who died after contracting coronavirus.

Millions of commuters will be told by Boris Johnson to change their "go to work" times to lengthen the rush hour as the country fires up its economic engines after lockdown.

More than 40 children have been treated in a specialist London hospital for a "hyper inflammatory" new disease after apparently contracting coronavirus, the Standard has been told.

US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have both tested negative for coronavirus, said a White House spokesman.

A number of McDonald's employees in America were shot on Wednesday after telling a customer to leave due to coronavirus restrictions, police said.

A number of police officers have been injured after responding to reports that men were "acting suspiciously" in Finsbury Park.

Ever since lockdown began on 23 March, hair salons have been closed and people have been forced to come up with alternative methods to keep their locks in check.

Stars have paid tribute to Mercury Prize-nominated rapper Ty who has died aged 47 after contracting coronavirus.

Boris Johnson's father has told how he broke Covid-19 lockdown rules to buy a newspaper after the Prime Minister's son was born.

Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to trace after an NHS doctor was attacked on her way home from work.

Britain's coronavirus death toll has passed 31,000 after a rise of 626.

Magician Roy Horn, best known as part of the Las Vegas performing duo of Siegfried & Roy, has died at the age of 75 after contracting coronavirus, a representative has said.

British YouTube star KSI joined the Evening Standard's campaign to feed London during the coronavirus crisis, hailing it as "amazing".

A homeless man is fighting for his life after two rough sleepers were attacked in central London.

A "dedicated and loving" nurse with coronavirus has tragically died five weeks after first being placed on a ventilator.

Recent deaths have stood out, but scientists say they must be interpreted with caution

Amid the steady stream of stories on the lives lost to coronavirus are cases that stand out as remarkable. In the past month, at least two pairs of twins have died in Britain and two pairs of brothers, all within hours or days of each other. But do the deaths point to genetic factors that make some more likely than others to succumb to the disease?

Most scientists believe that genes play a role in how people respond to infections. A person’s genetic makeup may influence the receptors that the coronavirus uses to invade human cells. How resilient the person is to the infection, their general health, and how the immune system reacts will also have some genetic component.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford dropped by his cottage last month, days after asking the province’s residents to stay away from theirs. His office says Ford "drove alone" and was there for less than an hour to check on construction.

Astronauts had to stay locked away on their own for longer than usual, with no visits from loved ones

'We can tell you that the Earth still looks just as stunning as always from up here, so it's difficult to believe all the changes that have taken place since both of us have been up here,' one astronaut had said before coming back home