Critical care manager Andy Roberts said that although he had tested positive for coronavirus and has since recovered, he was turned down for the trial because he is a gay man.

By leaving out symptoms, Dr Nick Summerton said the virus could fuel further spread of the virus in Britain. He called for tiredness, breathlessness and loss of appetite to be included in the list.

Two teenage boys have been charged with the murder of NHS worker David Gomoh (left). The 24-year-old was stabbed to death a short distance from his home in Newham, east London on April 26.

Here are the ways Britons can make a real difference right now, all from the comfort - and safety - of your own sofa.

At least 17 families whose loved ones have died during the Covid-19 pandemic are considering legal action, according to support charity Action Against Medical Accidents. (Stock picture from library)

Roche Diagnostics has finally created a kit that is accurate enough to be used at scale - and the firm says it has enough stock to provide hundreds of thousands to the NHS every week.

A resident has died at an Isle of Skye care home where more than 50 people have tested positive with Covid-19. The outbreak was first detected at Home Farm care home in Portree last week

Opthalmologist Dr Paul Kabasele, 58, died at King's College Hospital on April 24 after contracting coronavirus. 63-year-old nurse Cecilia Fashanau passed away on April 30 at the Cumberland Infirmary.

The Department of Health - which announces an official daily snapshot of deaths in all settings - has yet to provide today's COVID-19 update.

Lockdown will make it difficult to assess the successful of a vaccine - such as that developed by University of Oxford - because it is preventing the spread of the virus globally.

Amanda Holden has released the glittering official music video for her chart-topping charity hit Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

The NHS is rolling out its coronavirus app today for testing across the Isle of Wight - but critics have questioned why the NHS has chosen to collect the data of millions of people in one central system.

With each day that passes, we learn a little bit more about the nature of this ghastly virus. Statistics show that obesity is one of the biggest risk factors for Covid-19.

The Health Secretary outlined the best-case scenario if global efforts to protect people from the deadly pathogen in a television interview this morning.

The actress, 16, gave £5,000 each to Bournemouth Hospital Charity, Salisbury District Hospital Stars Appeal and Southampton Hospitals Charity.

John le Carré  also claimed the UK's death toll was a result of 'running down of the NHS.' Le Carré, 88, is in lockdown at his Cornish home where he is writing a new book.

The painting will remain at Southampton General Hospital until the autumn when it will be auctioned to raise money for the NHS. The mysterious artist added a note, thanking health care staff.

People from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are two to three times more likely to die from coronavirus, new analysis by University College London today suggests.

Letters were sent to 2.16million Britons advising them to 'shield' themselves. But it has since emerged around five per cent were incorrectly included.

North West Ambulance Service issued a statement saying that the coronavirus-related video breached their social media policy after racking up thousands of views online.

Planners of the famous event, held each year in the streets of Notting Hill in London, say the decision has been taken to cancel this year's event due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

Coronavirus is 'manifesting' as a deadly new inflammatory syndrome in some children, a British study into eight cases of the autoimmune disorder revealed yesterday.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tonight described the growing number of COVID-19 fatalities as 'tragic'. He revealed 5,600 more Britons had tested positive for the deadly virus.

BAME staff working on the front lines of the NHS should ask to move if they feel endangered, the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing has said. It comes after a popular pharmacist died last month.

Millions of pieces of vital personal protective equipment in the UK's national pandemic stockpile were out of date when the coronavirus hit, an investigation has revealed.

Elderly, obese and black people are also substantially more likely to fall victim to the illness, according to the NHS England analysis of 17.4million patient records.

The original Nursing and Midwifery Council [NMC] tribunal heard Stacey Worsley gambled the money - meant for Toby Nye's neuroblastoma treatment - over a 15-month period.

Retired teacher Beverley Attwood lives with her husband Bob in a picturesque cottage festooned with VE Day bunting in Brighstone, one of the prettiest villages on the Isle of Wight.

Shameless opportunists are buying up supplies of personal protective equipment and hiking prices by as much as 10,000 times, a Mail investigation has found. 

The 34-year-old model, who is the star of Channel 4's The Sex Clinic, has put her career on hold to look after coronavirus patients.

Environment Secretary George Eustice revealed the figures, which include fatalities in all settings, at tonight's Downing Street press briefing.

The Department of Health has yet to release the final daily toll, which takes into account care home fatalities in England and also provides an update on cases, hospital admissions and testing.

Echo Studio is Amazon's latest attempt at a 'hi-fi' Echo device, and it's certainly a burly piece of kit

I'm mature enough to admit that, sometimes, the whole point of a gadget is the attention you get from using it in public.

Anna, 30, and Josh, 31, are expecting their sixth child in November. The couple already have five children, two of which were born after Josh's dual sex scandals broke in 2015.

Josh Duggar and his very pregnant wife Anna were spotted along with their five children in Los Angeles on Tuesday after taking a road trip in their RV from their home in Tontitown, Arkansas.

Celebrity Masterchef saw the most famous name in this week's heat and the whole series make it through to Wednesday's show.

Friday's Celebrity Masterchef was the best of the three the week as always, and not just because it took only half an hour.

JIM SHELLEY: Vicky Pattison and Neil Ruddock had more chance of beating Greg Rutherford at long jump than they did of defeating him in the kitchen tonight.

After nine years and ten series, even the best contestants on The Great British Bake Off still had no answer to their nemesis, the show's famous, merciless, adversary.

The Apprentice usually makes it impossible not to conclude that the candidates' only actual talent is getting dressed quickly.

It was the semi-final of The Great British Bake and Patisserie Week - a mouth-watering prospect, particularly when Paul Hollywood smiled that combining them was 'pretty cruel.'

Mother Nature was certainly not very… maternal and some parents almost as harsh as the conditions of minus 40 degrees and winds of 70mph.

Steph Blackwell had been vying to become the first contestant in the history of the show to be Star Baker four weeks running.

Like most reunions after ten years without seeing the old gang, the Gavin & Stacey Christmas Day special had seemed a nice idea but proved disappointing.

The 76-year-old actor had no fear as he suited up to go sky diving with his 18-year-old son and admitted that the adventure was 'great fun.'

The actor was seen in his first screen test for Star Wars, which became a blockbuster in 1977. He was working alongside Harrison Ford and it was the first time they have ever met.

The event was also attended by a number of his peers who appeared in the initial three Star Wars films, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi.

The Hollywood icon, 77, appearing on Tuesday's edition of Ellen, goes into detail about delivering his speech to save the Amazon rain forest last fall at the UN Climate Action Summit.

Harrison Ford's faithful sidekick in his new film was created using a human - former circus performer Terry Notary. Computer whizzes then animated him into a 140lb St Bernard-Scotch Collie.