An NHS doctor who died after contracting coronavirus had reportedly pleaded with his hospital to provide protective equipment (PPE) in the days before he caught the disease.

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It's been another week in lockdown for most of us but that doesn't mean the world of news has stopped spinning.

Ten people from London who travelled 245 miles to go walking in North Wales were sent home and reported by police for breaking lockdown rules.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street after recovering from Covid-19.

Parents of young children should stop trying to follow a strict nursery routine during lockdown and allow them to use technology, the head of a group of London preschools said.

A mother ran into the street screaming "help me…it's my children" after a baby and a toddler suffered fatal knife wounds at the family home, neighbours said today.

Military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles will be banned in New Zealand from next month under tough new laws announced today by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Some children have died of a new illness that could be linked to coronavirus, the Health Secretary has said.

People headed to the beach and fast food outlets after New Zealand lifted its strict lockdown rules that were put in place to limit the spread of coronavirus.

The number of coronavirus patients dying each day in London hospitals has halved, it can be revealed.

The US coronavirus death toll has now exceeded the 58,220 American lives lost during the Vietnam War, as cases in the country topped one million.

Kim Jong-un may simply be shielding himself from coronavirus, US and South Korean sources have said, amid ongoing speculation as to the North Korean leader's health.

Families of NHS and social care staff who die from coronavirus in the course of "essential frontline work" will receive a £60,000 payment, Matt Hancock has said.

The death tolls for the number of people who have died in care homes after testing positive for coronavirus will now be announced daily, Matt Hancock has said.

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.

Boris Johnson has been pictured beaming as he arrived back in Downing Street from hospital after the birth of his baby son .

The Scottish First Minister has said she is "far from convinced" that coronavirus lockdown restrictions will be eased next week.

It comes after the UK's Covid-19 death toll jumped by 3,811 on Wednesday to top 26,000 when care home victims were factored in for the first time.

More than one million people have recovered from coronavirus worldwide, according to the latest figures from the John Hopkins University.

Forest rangers snare bear in the Dolomites in a move that also unleashes row over animal rights

For his critics, he has failed to show leadership at a time of crisis, instead looking for cheap attacks on the media and his opponents.

Joe Biden has denied sexually assaulting his former staffer 27 years ago.

A man has been charged with murder after the death of an 88-year-old widower in a quiet English village.

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

Gay and bisexual men have reportedly been told they cannot donate their plasma to coronavirus trials at a London hospital.

The Government is "actively looking" at holding people who arrive from abroad in quarantine to help control the spread of coronavirus, Grant Shapps has said.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that the US has "a significant amount of evidence" that the new coronavirus emerged from a Chinese laboratory.

Piers Morgan has said he will temporarily step back from presenting ITV's Good Morning Britain after developing a "mild" coronavirus symptom.

Cancer patients are being kept awake during operations to protect them from coronavirus, the Evening Standard can reveal.

Police have launched an investigation after 23 cows and calves were reported missing from a farm in Cornwall.

Police publish images of suspected thieves amid spate of stealing in northeastern United States

Trials are beginning on a new coronavirus contact-tracing app which ministers have said will save lives and help lift Britain out of lockdown.

Three doctors in Russia who raised concerns about the working conditions on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic have fallen out of hospital windows over the last two weeks, it has been reported.

China's ambassador to the UK has criticised MPs for "attacking" China over the coronavirus outbreak.

It's an agonising choice which no prime minister would ever want to have to make.

Coronavirus warning messages from celebrities including Jamie Redknapp are being broadcast from cars driving around the streets of east London to get people to respect the lockdown.

A five-year-old child has been taken to hospital after falling out of a window in north London.

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.

A statement from Imperial College London said Prof Ferguson "continues to focus on his important research".

Tomorrow night a rare "Super Flower Moon" will light up the UK's night skies.

A shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey has reportedly been impounded in a warehouse after falling short of UK standards.

The coronavirus pandemic is transforming the funeral industry and leading people to seek alternatives to traditions dating back hundreds of years, experts say.

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.

British people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are two to three times more likely to die from coronavirus, new research has found.

Brits across the country have erupted in applause in tribute to healthcare workers during the seventh week of the Clap for our Carers initiative.