Officials 'massively ramping up efforts' to meet target as army is deployed to help establish mobile testing facilities

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Brits have been basking under blue skies during what will likely be the sunniest April on record, the Met Office has said.

Thundery showers are set to move in over almost the entire UK over the final days of April, bringing the nation's near record-breaking dry spell to an end.

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April had its sunniest month on record for the UK, the Met Office has confirmed.

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.

There were 5,890 coronavirus-related care home deaths involving Covid-19 registered up to April 24 in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics said.

London Zoo and its important conservation work faces a perilous future without immediate support, the Zoological Society of London has warned.

A supermoon happens when the moon reaches the closest point to Earth in its 27-day orbit and it happens to be full, which usually occurs once a year. We asked you to share your shots of April’s lunar spectacular. Here’s a selection of our favourites

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2. Government to borrow 54% more than estimate, fiscal deficit may hit 5.5%  Times of India
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4. Centre to borrow Rs 12 lakh crore in FY21: 10 key questions answered  Moneycontrol
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Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says construction of multi-unit housing projects remained strong in some provinces last month despite the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statistics Canada reported Friday that the economy lost nearly two million jobs in April and the unemployment rate soared to 13.0 per cent as the full force of the pandemic hit.

The Canadian economy lost almost two million jobs in April, a record high, as the closure of non-essential services to slow the spread of COVID-19 forced businesses to shutter temporarily.

The far-sighted internationally renowned theatre personality, Phillip Zarrilli, passed away on April 28, after a fourteen-year battle with cancer that

The sequel to 2017 orc-cop buddy movie Bright, starring Will Smith, has lined up a director.

Blake Lively will star in "Dark Days at the Magna Carta," a post-apocalyptic thriller that's being developed at Netflix as a possible trilogy. Michael Paisley will write the screenplay for "Dark Days at the Magna Carta," set amid a catastrophic event and centering on a woman going to extreme lengths to survive and save her […]

Dominic Raab will today be grilled over the Government's handling of the coronavirus crisis amid calls for an inquiry into its "slow response".

The U.S. economy lost more than 20 million jobs in April amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak, sending the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent — the highest since the Great Depression.

Despite a mistaken notice about a Thanksgiving release, the new Xbox will come out this holiday season -- also when the PlayStation 5 is due.

New head writer Suzanne Heathcote's zombie-writing experience might come in handy. Where 'Killing Eve' had a vitality, it now feels tired to the point of lifelessness

This dramatisation of the 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' coughing scandal is superbly entertaining and well constructed, and will likely make viewers rethink a story they thought they knew well

Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson​​ have scorching chemistry in this comedy about former college sweethearts who meet up as adults to run away together

A cornucopia of huge pop names came together for an unprecedented cultural and technological event

Comedian is asking for nurses, retail workers and other key workers to record themselves marching to Tony Christie's cheesy hit

Outing, written by Rod Serling, holds mirror to quarantine life

The heavily tattooed comedian was spotlighted in a segment on the BBC current affairs programme because of his volunteering work

Stand-up comic and actor recreated his 2005 sketch to raise money for Comic Relief and Children in Need

Adaptation of Sally Rooney's love story stars Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones

Kay's original Amarillo video featured an eclectic line-up of celebrity cameos

All profits from the £20 bag will go directly to NHS Charities Together, a not-for-profit conglomeration of 250 good causes attempting to raise £1 million every day for hospitals

All profits from the tote bag will go directly to NHS Charities Together, a not-for-profit conglomeration of 250 good causes attempting to raise £1 million every day for hospitals

Blake Lively is producing with Shawn Levy, her husband Ryan Reynolds's frequent collaborator.

Propst also took to the site to express her gratitude and share a video her pal took of her reacting to the touching gesture.

Jadon Sancho got the better of Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford as the two England internationals met in the Football's Staying Home Fifa tournament.

Clubs in the EFL will be allowed to defer a quarter of players' wages this month after the league agreed a "compromise proposal" with the PFA.

Former Manchester United head of academy Nicky Butt has defended Jose Mourinho and Louis van Gaal's ill-fated spells as manager.

Charlton Athletic staff were paid last month but not with funds from majority shareholder Tahnoon Nimer, who is still yet to inject any money into the beleaguered Championship club.

Patrice Evra undoubtedly holds a special place the hearts of Manchester United fans.

Mauricio Pochettino had signalled the beginning of the end the night before.

Once a step away from extinction, their survival was a rare success story. But groundbreaking gorilla conservation is now in peril

• Ecotourism collapse threatens communities and wildlife

As he clambers down the forested ravine, soil slipping beneath his boots, Dr Fred Nizeyimana knows they are close. “I can smell them,” he says, just before the mountain gorillas come into view high in the canopy, plucking leaves and chomping on the vegetation. An adult female slides down a tree, a flash of black fur and elongated limb. More follow, with infants and juveniles in tow. A grunting silverback descends to join its family, the branches buckling beneath approximately 180kg (400lb) of iconic primate.