Read our live coronavirus updates HERE Matt Hancock said it was a "sombre day" as the death toll passed 10,000. When pressed to apologise to NHS workers for the lack of PPE, the Heath Secretary became the third minister to avoid saying sorry. Mr Hancock also announce an NHS app for contact tracking.

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The Prime Minister reportedly ​poured caution on easing current lockdown measures during discussion with senior Government colleagues

Former Home Office Permanent Secretary Sir Philip Rutnam has formally begun legal action against Home Secretary Priti Patel, claiming "constructive dismissal".

Trials of a vaccine that could protect against Covid-19 are to begin in the UK.

Riots erupted on the outskirts of Paris for a second night as young people fought with police and unleashed fireworks amid growing unrest over the impact of lockdown restrictions.

A UK police force has upped patrols around 5G masts in a bid to stop further attacks linked to coronavirus conspiracy theories.

A second wave of coronavirus cases could put an "unimaginable strain" on the US healthcare system this winter, the country's top health official has warned.

Prince Louis has shown his support for the NHS by making a rainbow poster for a series of photographs to mark his second birthday.

Dominic Raab has warned that a "second spike" in UK coronavirus cases would trigger a second lockdown which would "prolong the economic pain we are all going through".

A devastated husband has revealed his wife was pregnant with their second child when she was shot dead in Canada's deadliest mass shooting over the weekend.

Angela Merkel today warned coronavirus poses the biggest challenge to her country since the Second World War as she told Germans they will have to live with the disease for "for a long time".

Earth's insect population has shrunk by 27 per cent in the past 30 years, researchers have found.

A new set of stamps is being issued to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

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Footage of Londoners gathered on Westminster Bridge to applaud the NHS have prompted backlash amid fears lockdown rules have been broken for the second week running.

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Home Secretary Priti Patel revealed that police have been called to respond to some "extraordinarily dangerous driving" as car lovers take advantage of the quieter roads "as their own personal race track".

The Foreign Secretary has confirmed the Government is following reports of Kim Jong Un's death "very closely".

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A veteran of the Second World War who celebrated victory in Europe with a three-day party in Burma says the lockdown commemorations for the 75th anniversary will still be a "great tribute" to those who lost their lives.

The Government has missed its 100,000 daily coronavirus test target for the second day running.

A security guard has denied raping a woman while working at an NHS hospital.

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Dominic Raab has said the UK must adjust to "a new normal" in the second phase of the coronavirus response, which he insisted "will not be easy".

Reopening all schools in the UK at once would lead to a "very real risk" of the coronavirus infection rate rising and could cause a second peak, the Foreign Secretary has said.

The second stage of the coronavirus response "will not be easy" and the UK must adjust to a "new normal" to avoid a second peak , Dominic Raab has said.

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.

A father-of-two who spent 19 days in an induced coma in hospital has made an "incredible" recovery from coronavirus in time to celebrate his son's second birthday.

France has been warned it faces an inevitable "second wave" of coronavirus as the country prepares to take its first significant steps out of lockdown.

Drive-thru restaurants such as McDonald's are "made for social distancing", Environment Secretary George Eustice has said.

The lead singer of U.S. rock band Guns N' Roses and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have engaged in an escalating social-media exchange that's gone viral

The health of insect populations globally is far more varied than previous research suggested.

Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary has the coronavirus, the White House said Friday, making her the second person who works at the White House complex known to test positive for the virus this week. President Donald Trump, who publicly identified the affected Pence aide, said he was “not worried” about the virus spreading in the White House. Pence spokeswoman Katie Miller, who tested positive Friday, had been in recent contact with Pence but not with the president.

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It is feared that daily drinkers could be most at risk

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Legal action has been formally launched against Priti Patel following allegations of bullying from a top civil servant.

The EU's chief negotiator has branded progress in post-Brexit talks disappointing and warned the "clock was ticking".

Securing more personal protective equipment was top of the agenda for the Prime Minister as he returned to work, his official spokesman said.

Priti Patel has reportedly been cleared of bullying members of staff after an official investigation.

Jennie Formby has resigned as Labour's general secretary as new leader Sir Keir Starmer reshapes the party.

An aide to Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for the coronavirus, senior administration officials confirmed Friday.

The federal government will provide relief funding to the country's sport sector that has seen myriad events cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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