A family who were stopped by police while driving to Brighton during the coronavirus lockdown told officers they were "bored of staying in and wanted some fresh air".

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More than 2,000 people each week may be missing cancer diagnoses and possibly losing vital treatment time due to coronavirus fears, a leading cancer charity has warned.

Health bosses have denied a report that transfers of coronavirus patients to the newly built NHS Nightingale in London were rejected due to a lack of nurses.

Three London Ambulance Service staff were today revealed to have died with coronavirus.

A London brewery is donating the income from two new beers brewed in honour of frontline healthcare workers to NHS charities.

A couple have been fined after getting stranded on a rock on the Scottish coast during the coronavirus lockdown.

Dominic Raab says a total of 69 NHS workers have died during the coronavirus pandemic amid claims the true toll is much higher.

Rugby stars have recorded inspirational messages for boys at a London school to help motivate them through the coronavirus lockdown.

Donald Trump has instructed the US Navy to shoot down and destroy Iranian gunboats "if they harass our ships at sea".

A man in his 50s is fighting for his life after a stabbing in Notting Hill.

A Banksy mural in Bristol has been given a face mask in a coronavirus-themed makeover.

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The Health Secretary has been forced to deny the UK's failure to take part in an EU scheme to get vital ventilators for the coronavirus crisis was politically motivated.

An RAF plane believed to be carrying a delayed consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff has landed in the UK.

Police have arrested six people and seized about £1m in assets from brothels in Westminster as part of a major crackdown operation.

Piers Morgan today hit out at the Government's "spectacular failure" for doing fewer coronavirus tests than 12 days ago.

Prince Charles has warned we are "rapidly destroying" biodiversity across the planet.

Fears that Transport for London may have to axe services because of a cash crisis were downplayed today.

War veteran Captain Tom Moore, who has raised £28 million for the NHS by walking lengths of his garden, has been sent tens of thousands of cards ahead of his 100th birthday.

Paratroopers have started the #MohawkChallenge after the veteran's example

Police have been left "flabbergasted" after a man who coughed in an officer's face claiming to have Covid-19 was spared jail. .

This is the heartwarming moment a new dad watched the birth of his first child on Zoom after coronavirus social distancing rules stopped him from being in hospital with his wife.

A 17-year-old has been charged with 16 sexual offences after allegations of abuse at a nursery.

Japanese authorities have cut down thousands of flowers to stop people from gathering in crowds during the coronavirus pandemic.

The UK's coronavirus death toll may have already hit 41,000 – twice as high as official figures suggest, new analysis has found.

Some NHS medics are being re-tested for Covid-19 after being wrongly cleared of carrying the virus.

Spain's prime minister has revealed his government's plans to start winding down the country's coronavirus lockdown in the second half of May.

A self-employed dad has won last Friday's £58 million EuroMillions jackpot.

Former Olympic rower Kenny Dwan has recalled the emotional moment he left hospital after a three-week battle with coronavirus.

This is the moving moment a tearful police chief leaves hospital to go home to his family after battling against coronavirus in intensive care.

Disruptive social distancing measures are expected to remain in place to combat coronavirus in the UK until a vaccine or effective treatment is available, England's chief medical officer has said.

A Zoom blunder from Wales's health minister left fellow politicians with their heads in their hands as he was heard swearing about a colleague with his microphone still on.

Adorable new photographs of Prince Louis taken by his mother Kate have been released ahead of his first birthday.

The World Health Organisation's chief has warned that most countries are still in the early stages of their coronavirus epidemics and others are starting to see a resurgence in cases.

Teams at Imperial and Oxford appeal to Londoners to join Covid-19 fight

Ministers have come under renewed pressure to release thousands more prisoners after it was revealed that more than 500 jail staff and inmates have contracted Covid-19.

Three people have been arrested after a staggering 190kg of cocaine worth about £19 million was found hidden in lorries carrying toys and paper at the Port of Dover.

Infection rates among NHS workers tested for Covid-19 were no higher for those treating patients face-to-face than for staff in non-clinical roles, a new study has found.

The spread of coronavirus through the UK population will be tracked with the help of a new study that the government hopes will help pin down immunity levels and infection rates.

A coronavirus vaccine is unlikely to be available before the year is out despite tens of millions of pounds being spent on UK trials that start imminently.

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The head of the World Health Organisation has brushed off calls for his resignation as he told the US to reconsider freezing its funding.

Frontline health workers at a UK hospital have become the first in the country to be widely kitted out with a pioneering respirator hood when treating Covid-19 patients.

Schools are unlikely to re-open until June 1 at the earliest, the leader of the head teachers' union has said.

A teacher gave birth in her car outside a supermarket after a passing ambulance crew mistook her husband's attempt to flag them down as cheers of gratitude towards the NHS.

Donald Trump has signed an executive order temporarily suspending immigration into the US during the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming a human rights crisis as "structural inequalities" are impeding access to public services, the United Nations has said.

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

A woman allegedly spat at and threw the contents of a sick bowl over a nurse while being treated for Covid-19 symptoms.