Incredible street art and graffiti has been popping up across the UK and Ireland over the last few weeks as the coronavirus pandemic grips the world.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has hinted that easing of lockdown restrictions remains some time away, saying "we are not there yet".

Cath Kidston is cutting 900 jobs and permanently shutting 60 UK stores.

The number of people who have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK has reached 17,337, up from 16,509 in 24 hours.

Human trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford will begin on Thursday, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said.

The Foreign Office's top civil servant has backtracked after saying ministers took a "political decision" not to take part in an EU scheme to get vital coronavirus equipment.

A one-year-old girl with chronic lung disease and a heart defect has become one of the UK's youngest coronavirus survivors.

Ten years worth of ventilators are to be made in around just ten weeks to cope with demand during the coronavirus outbreak, the head of a consortium of manufacturers has said.

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Temperatures will soar this week with the UK set to be hotter than Ibiza amid the coronavirus lockdown.

An Islamic State fighter from London who has been arrested in Spain after escaping from Syria has been stripped of his British citizenship to prevent him returning to this country.

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.

The death toll among Covid-19 hospital patients in the UK has passed 18,000, official figures show.

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

Images show streets and roads lying deserted as today marked one month since lockdown measures were put in place in the UK to curb the spread of Covid-19.

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.

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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.

Temperatures in the UK could reach are set to reach up to 24C over the next couple days as a "remarkably" warm and dry April continues, the Met Office has said.

Air pollution levels have dropped by more than 40 per cent in a number of UK cities as transport use plummets during the coronavirus lockdown, studies have shown.

From being "too slow" to act on testing, PPE and the lockdown, to care home deaths and Boris Johnson's attendance at meetings, ministers are caught in a storm.

The UK is set for more warm weather over the weekend while temperatures soared to more than 24C on Thursday.

A total of 18,738 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK as of 5pm on Wednesday, the Department of Health said, up by 638 from 18,100 the day before.

The first people have been injected as the UK starts human trials for a coronavirus vaccine.

Britons are set to enjoy another day of sunshine and soaring temperatures before the mercury begins to drop at the weekend, with cloudy skies bringing a chance of rain for some.

The Government have said it is working on the infrastructure for "large-scale" contact tracing as a key strategy for lifting the coronavirus lockdown.

UK businesses have furloughed 3.8 million workers during the coronavirus lockdown, Downing Street has said.

If the pandemic lasts another three months, news brands could suffer a £50 million loss

The true number of deaths linked to coronavirus in the UK is at least 5,000 higher than those reported from hospitals, new figures show.

The coronavirus death toll in UK hospitals has hit 19,506.

The UK's coronavirus lockdown faces a stern test with the public urged to stay home for a fifth weekend running.

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Brits could be allowed to meet up with small "bubbles" of up to 10 of their closest family or friends in an effort to wind down the coronavirus lockdown.

The UK is unlikely to remain in the current coronavirus lockdown pattern for the indefinite future, England's chief medical officer said today.

The coronavirus death toll in UK hospitals has passed the grim milestone of 20,000.

Home Secretary Priti Patel described the coronavirus death toll in UK hospitals passing 20,000 as a "deeply tragic and moving moment" and warned that "we are not out of the woods yet".

The army is being deployed across the UK to begin testing essential workers and vulnerable people for coronavirus.

The coronavirus lockdown will not be lifted early in the UK as it is still at a "delicate and dangerous" stage, the Foreign Secretary has insisted.

The Government has reportedly ordered 50 million tests which can show if a person has had coronavirus.

People entering the UK could be forced into quarantine for two weeks under plans for the "second phase" of the Government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.

The UK death toll could jump past 100,000 by the end of the year if lockdown is lifted too early, a top professor has warned.

The Foreign Secretary has confirmed the Government is following reports of Kim Jong Un's death "very closely".

A doctor who became one of the first people in Europe to receive a potential coronavirus vaccine says she is "doing fine" after rumours claimed she had died.

All mail sent this week in the UK will be stamped with a special postmark to celebrate the 100th birthday of NHS fundraiser Captain Tom Moore.

The number of deaths in UK hospitals linked to coronavirus have risen by a further 413, the lowest daily rise this month.

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

Crowds flocked to B&Q after it reopened 155 stores during the fifth week of coronavirus lockdown.

Today on his return to No.10 after being hospitalised for coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said lifting lockdown now would "throw away the sacrifice of the British people", adding that "this is the moment of maximum risk".

Britain is saying goodbye to weeks of warm weather with temperatures set to tumble for the sixth week of lockdown.