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

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has experienced its third coral bleaching event in five years, according to researchers who blamed the rapid warming of the planet due to human emissions.

New car sales were almost wiped out last month as the the number of registrations collapsed to their lowest level for 74 years.

A hospital worker described as a "true gentleman" by colleagues has died after contracting coronavirus.

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.

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

More than a third of families with children living at home may have to cut back on spending for up to a year after the coronavirus lockdown measures end, a survey has found.

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

Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day, marked the end of the Second World War in Europe, when Germany surrendered to the Allied armies.

A five-year-old boy who was caught behind the wheel of his parents' car "driving to California to buy a Lamborghini" has been given a ride in his dream car by a kind stranger.

Donations have poured in for a 100-year-old woman who was robbed after thieves tricked their way into her home in Darlington.

Second World War veteran and NHS fundraising champion Captain Tom Moore has recalled the day the "fearsome war in Europe" ended 75 years ago.

The tech giant announces it is extending its previous work-from-home plans for most of its staff and will begin reopening offices this summer.

They are among the earliest enslaved African people brought to the Americas.

Puzzles for kids in quarantine

Update: Solutions can now be read here.

Today’s teasers are from my new puzzle book, Football School: the Ultimate Puzzle Book, which is aimed at 8 to 13-year-olds. No pressure. I have extracted some of the problems that I thought might also provide entertainment for grown-ups.

We kick off with a problem for everyone tending their lawns, plant pots, and window boxes during lockdown.

The solutions to today’s puzzles

Earlier today I set you the following four puzzles from my new book, Football School: the Ultimate Puzzle Book:

1. Which of these two watering cans can carry the most water?

Object found in HR 6819 system is the closest to Earth yet known – and is unusually dark

Astronomers say they have discovered a black hole on our doorstep, just 1,000 light years from Earth.

It was found in a system called HR 6819, in the constellation Telescopium.

The mother of a newborn wants to see her own mother cuddle the baby, while adult children must rely on virtual connections with their elderly mother. COVID-19 proves challenging physically and emotionally for many this Mother's Day.

Advanced hacker group seeded market with at least 8 apps likely since 2016.

Evidence points to London being a ceremonial site from the fourth millennium BC

Mission is remembered as perhaps Nasa's finest, and most desparate, hour

'By expanding our thinking of how oceans behaved in the past, we could gain some insights into oceans today,' says scientist at Stanford University

Extremely high-resolution imagery allowed researchers to 'read' rocks on planet surface

May will be the the last chance to see the celestial event until 2021

White-tailed eagles last seen on Isle of Wight in 1780

Experts believe they are more closely related to crocodiles and dinosaurs and birds than they are to lizards and snakes

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