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

He will receive nearly 1.69 million stock options priced at 350.02 dollars (£285).

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.

The care home where she worked says they no longer needed the help of the UK’s youngest parliamentarian.

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

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.

Mark Roberts believes those who say the proposal compromises the integrity of the league need to look at the broader context.

The marking of Victory in Europe and the coronavirus lead the Friday papers.

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said the government was also prepared to row back from easing restrictions if ‘things…get out of control’.

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

The coronavirus death toll in the UK has risen to 31,241 after a further 626 reported deaths, according to the Department of Health.

It comes as a six-week-old baby was among the 332 deaths announced by NHS England.

It is rare for the Queen to give a national televised addressed so it is a measure of the times we are living through, writes Chris Ship.

Magician Roy Horn, best known as part of the Las Vegas performing duo of Siegfried & Roy, has died at the age of 75.

The Secretary of State will be joined at Downing Street with deputy chief medical officer Professor Jonathan Van-Tam.

Officials have urged Britons to follow lockdown rules during the sunny weekend.

The United States has become the world leader in COVID-19 cases while posting its biggest spike in unemployment claims in history.

State governors like New York's Andrew Cuomo are making the big decisions on the coronavirus outbreak, and are providing a vivid contrast to Donald Trump.

It fell to the Japanese Prime Minister to make the heartbreaking but unavoidable decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics until next year.

Bernie Sanders has been called "selfish" for failing to "get out" of the presidential race but the senator from Vermont has given no indication he is going anywhere.

Coronavirus cases are rising rapidly in cities across the United States, with major hot spots emerging in Detroit, Miami, Chicago and New Orleans.

France reported 56,989 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, and the country's death toll is the fourth highest in the world at 4032.

The Philippine President's anti-drug campaign has resulted in thousands of extra-judicial killings. He's now turned his attention to the coronavirus pandemic.

As the televisual equivalent of a mood ring, the White House briefings are extremely useful. As a vehicle for delivering information, not so much.

The sight of voters waiting in long lines to cast ballots during a pandemic and poll workers wearing HAZMAT suits stunned many Americans.

The World Health Organisation's Director General said countries should avoid politicising the virus issue "if you don't want to have many more body bags".

We already know one thing about that pick: It would be a woman, as Biden pledged in a recent debate.