Biggin Hill Heritage Hangar said it would instead fly The Spirit of Kent on a circuit around the Biggin Hill airfield at 8pm on Thursday, to coincide with the nation's weekly "Clap for our Carers" event.

A young NHS worker was stabbed to death in east London just days before his father's funeral.

Royal Mail has stopped Saturday letter deliveries across the UK until further notice to "ease the additional burden" on staff caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Queen will lead Britain in marking the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a televised address to the nation.

Brits are being urged to commemorate VE Day during the coronavirus lockdown by placing a specially designed figure of a WWII soldier in their window.

Nasa plans to test potentially lifesaving technology by crashing a spacecraft into a smaller asteroid in 2021

The Government's testing tsar has said he is "confident" that the 100,000 daily target for coronavirus tests will be met on Thursday.

Greece's tourism minister today told Britons he wants them to holiday in his country this summer as he declared they could be safer there than here.

An aerial photo of ocean sands in the Bahamas has been voted the NASA Earth Observatory's all-time best image.

English schools will reopen after coronavirus lockdown in a "phased manner", the Education Secretary confirmed.

Captain Tom Moore has sent a message to the nation saying he is "completely overwhelmed" by the love he has received ahead of his 100th birthday.

A cuckoo named Carlton II has smashed the record books by flying more than 4,000 miles in just seven days on his annual migration to the UK from Africa.

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Captain Tom Moore has been appointed as an honorary colonel to mark his 100th birthday after raising almost £30 million for the NHS by walking laps of his garden.

Boris Johnson will today lead the daily Covid-19 briefing for the first time since his return to work following his battle with the virus.

Boris Johnson has hailed Captain Tom Moore a "point of light" in the lives of the nation as he led tributes to the war veteran on his 100th birthday.

Donald Trump has announced that the federal government will not be extending its coronavirus social distancing guidelines after they expire on Thursday.

Captain Tom Moore has now raised a staggering £30m for the NHS in its battle against coronavirus as he celebrates his 100th birthday.

Captain Tom Moore was today treated to a special World War Two RAF flypast to mark his 100th birthday.

The 100-year-old war veteran received a total of 140,000 birthday cards

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The High Court is due to give its ruling on the first stage of the Duchess of Sussex's privacy claim against Mail on Sunday today.

The publisher of the Mail on Sunday has won the first High Court skirmish in the Duchess of Sussex's privacy claim against it over publication of a letter to her estranged father.

Princess Charlotte's fifth birthday has been marked by the release of photographs showing the young royal helping to load a van with food and delivering meals for those in need.

An experimental medicine that appears to help coronavirus patients recover faster has been given the green light for emergency use by US regulators.

Questions have been raised over how coronavirus tests were counted after Health Secretary Matt Hancock hailed the "incredible achievement" of the Government in hitting its 100,000-a-day target.

A new photograph of Princess Charlotte has been released by Kensington Palace to mark her fifth birthday.

Eurostar says all its passengers must wear face masks from Monday as a safeguard against the coronavirus.

The UK is braced for a wet weekend with sunny spells as temperatures drop ahead of the May Bank Holiday.

Joe Wicks says he will be back for his PE class on Monday after undergoing hand surgery.

The number of daily coronavirus tests being carried has fallen to below 80,000 despite the Government saying that it hit the 100,000 a day target by the end of April.

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Royal Mint to mark landmark anniversary of end of Second World War in Europe

Stargazers can expect to see up to 40 meteors per hour blaze through the night sky before sunrise on Wednesday

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

As A D-Day veteran, Ray Smith celebrated the allies' victory in Europe at an all-night party in Trafalgar Square.

California's governor has announced that the six-week lockdown of America's most populous state will be relaxed within days as the daily coronavirus death toll across the United States fell to its lowest level in a month.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will today celebrate the first birthday of their son Archie while under lockdown in the US.

Britons will enjoy another mini heatwave as temperatures soar to an unseasonably high 25C just in time for the Bank Holiday weekend.

IKEA has refused to comment on reports its 18 UK stores will be reopening later this month.

Two Londoners who celebrated the end of the Second World War 75 years ago with street parties have urged the country to "clap and sing" on VE Day.

The last supermoon of the year is set to appear in UK skies on Thursday.

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.

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Boris Johnson today indicated that lockdown restrictions could be lifted on Monday "if we possibly can" as he returned to Parliament for the first time since his recovery from coronavirus .

A new portrait of Dame Vera Lynn has been unveiled ahead of the 75th anniversary of VE Day

A new project capturing the stories of veterans has been unveiled by Poppyscotland for the 75th anniversary of VE Day.