There are "questions to be asked" about where coronavirus came from, Boris Johnson's spokesperson has said.

Military-style discipline will be needed from every individual to get the country safely back to work, the Defence Secretary said today as ministers started preparing to modify the two-metre social distancing rule.

Cumbria Police have apologised for an "ill-judged" tweet that suggested people should not buy plants or compost during the coronavirus lockdown.

London's Nightingale hospital will be put "on standby" within days as a result of the capital passing the peak of coronavirus cases.

The Mayor of London warned against a 'big bang' of lifting lockdown measures

Matt Hancock has urged people living on the Isle of Wight to download the coronavirus contact tracing app to "save lives" during the pandemic.

The UK has fallen behind many other European countries in its response to coronavirus, a public health expert has said.

A former senior North Korean diplomat has apologised after saying Kim Jong-un was probably so ill he could not stand, days before he was seen at an event attended by hundreds of officials.

Selectively lifting lockdown restrictions in the UK risks "potential divisions between groups", an expert has said.

Nigel Farage has been visited by police officers who advised him not to breach lockdown restrictions after he travelled to Dover to report on migrants.

The wife of former Premier League footballer Kevin Phillips has been released without charge after being arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing.

The number of new Covid-19 cases "needs to come down further", an expert has warned, as the UK death toll recorded its lowest daily rise since the end of March.

US president predicts economic surge later this year as several states begin tentatively re-opening for business after weeks of shutdown

Campaign launched to increase threshold on rateable value to help struggling businesses

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

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.

Spain's strict coronavirus lockdown has sent the unemployment rate to a near four-year high.

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

A man has been jailed after he viciously bit down on an officer's finger in a "sustained attack" to avoid being arrested.

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.

The House of Commons echoed with peals of laughter today as Matt Hancock complimented a fellow Tory MP on his lockdown hairdo.

Union bosses have written to Sadiq Khan to demand a reversal of Transport for London's "disgraceful" decision to deny free travel to London Underground's cleaners.

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

Boris Johnson's top scientist has defended the Government's battleplan against Covid-19 and said "you can't stop it".

In a bustling depot in north London filled with donated food, Phoebe Waller-Bridge compared the work of The Felix Project to "a rescue mission".

A hospital worker described as a "true gentleman" by colleagues has died after contracting coronavirus.

A French hospital which has retested old samples from pneumonia patients discovered that it treated a man who had Covid-19 as early as December 27.

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.

The ONS total is 34% higher than the Department of Health total.

The number of people who have died across the UK after testing positive for coronavirus has increased by 693 to nearly 30,000.

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".

A London war memorial has been vandalised in what police described as a "senseless" act.

Government's chief scientific advisor spells out danger of flouting two metre social distancing guidelines

Dominic Raab has said that criminal gangs are "actively targeting" both national and international organisations responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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.

A woman has been arrested for suspected murder after a reported stabbing outside a shop in South Wales left an elderly man dead and several others injured.

A man has been found dead after suffering suspected stab wounds in west London.

London children who have been cooped up at home will be able to discover the historic buildings on their doorstep when lockdown is over.

Zoo otters juggle stones when they are hungry because they may be excited about food, scientists believe.

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

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.

A Labour MP working on the NHS frontline has hit back at Health Secretary Matt Hancock after he told her to watch her "tone" during a debate in the House of Commons.

Blue Peter has honoured Captain Tom Moore with a gold badge for his fundraising efforts.

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.

The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist has alleged in a whistleblower complaint.

A man has told how he pulled his young daughter to safety before a "horrific" crash that left his husband trapped between two vehicles in north London.

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

Donald Trump toured a new medical mask factory without wearing a face covering, despite a sign at the facility making clear they were required.