The Government has published a list of the experts helping shape the response to the coronavirus pandemic as part of the scientific advisory group for emergencies (Sage).

A convicted stalker has admitted assaulting emergency workers after spitting blood in the faces of police officers while shouting about coronavirus.

Schools are installing hand-washing troughs in playgrounds and preparing to mark out two-metre lines to keep parents apart as they drop off their children in anticipation of the coronavirus lockdown ending.

More than three million Britons have downloaded an app designed by researchers at King's College London to track the symptoms of coronavirus.

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected people from all walks of life, including university students who were set to graduate in 2020.

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

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

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

Person pronounced dead at the scene after incident early on Tuesday morning

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Half of those reading about coronavirus in the UK have come across false or misleading information, a watchdog has warned.

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

Detectives were today investigating the death of a pensioner found slumped with a head injury on a tree-lined street in north London.

Antibody tests at 98 per cent accuracy would put up to a quarter of population at risk of infection, government advisers have warned.

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.

The father and son are still on the run

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 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.

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

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

Online supermarket Ocado has revealed retail revenues surged by 40.4 per cent for the past two months as demand soared due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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 been charged with murdering a pensioner who was found with a head injury on Monday.

A 100-year-old Muslim man has raised more than £70,000 for coronavirus victims after being inspired by Colonel Tom Moore.

Angela Merkel faced a test of her authority today as she prepared to thrash out plans with the country's 16 state premiers to further ease Germany's coronavirus lockdown.

This is the first picture of a pensioner who died after being found by police with head injuries at his north London home.

Main roads and town centres across London are to be rapidly transformed to create safe space for a massive increase in pedestrians and cyclists, City Hall announced today.

Police have cordoned off a busy road in south east London after a double stabbing in broad daylight.

Detectives believe an unidentified second man known to the victim, found dead in his car, killed the academic before taking his own life.

At least nine people have been killed and hundreds were rushed to hospital after a chemical gas leak in southern India.

The Government has cautioned the public against overexcitement at the prospect of the coronavirus lockdown being eased.

They have been living in a temporary facility for the past year to train them to use rocks for exfoliation and fatten them for the cooler temperatures.

Two young children had their throats cut during an attack by their father at the family home in east London, an inquest has heard.

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

Closing schools in response to the coronavirus has "opened up a chasm" between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and the rest, according to research.

Full-scale tracking and tracing of new coronavirus infections by the end of this month was today made an official Government target.

Low staff numbers and a lack of PPE are among the challenges facing schools as they draw together plans to reopen.

Mayor Sadiq Khan today made an urgent appeal to Londoners not to relax their "monumental effort" to beat coronavirus as the death toll in the capital's hospitals rose to 5,414.

Shadow justice secretary David Lammy responded to the figures by calling for an urgent investigation into the disproportionate number of deaths.

The first changes to the UK's coronavirus lockdown will be "small" and "very carefully monitored" when the Prime Minister reveals his "roadmap" on Sunday.

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

A number of police officers have been injured after responding to reports that men were "acting suspiciously" in Finsbury Park.

A single dad who has fostered 12 children has taken in another child who had nowhere else to go during the coronavirus pandemic.

The nation is preparing to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day , with the Queen set to make a historic address to mark the occasion.

Boris Johnson's father has told how he broke Covid-19 lockdown rules to buy a newspaper after the Prime Minister's son was born.