Rising levels of racist abuse towards people of Chinese heritage is likely to escalate when the coronavirus lockdown lifts, an academic has warned.

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

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

Brits are set to bask in two days of glorious sunshine over the May Bank Holiday weekend, with temperatures creeping up to 26C.

Around 500 people have been forced to flee their homes due to raging wildfires in the Florida Panhandle, authorities have confirmed.

The hospital trust that treated London's first coronavirus cases almost ran out of oxygen as hundreds of patients fought for their lives, it can be revealed.

Drug dealers are adopting new disguises so they can move around freeley during the coronavirus lockdown, a gang expert has said.

A five-year-old boy who was caught behind the wheel of his parents' car "driving to California to buy a Lamborghini" has been given a ride in his dream car by a kind stranger.

Extinction Rebellion activists have sprayed fake oil over the Barclays head office in an apparent breach of lockdown rules.

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.

An army veteran forced into early retirement by injury is playing video games for 24 hours on VE Day to raise money for the charity that helped him through "dark times."

A new artwork by Banksy has been painted onto the wall of an NHS hospital corridor to pay tribute to healthcare heroes battling coronavirus.

Millions of commuters will be told by Boris Johnson to change their "go to work" times to lengthen the rush hour as the country fires up its economic engines after lockdown.

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

Obese people with coronavirus are more at risk of dying, one of the UK's leading scientists has said.

The rate of transmission of coronavirus is "much reduced" and the death toll is steadily falling, the Downing Street press conference has heard.

British people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are two to three times more likely to die from coronavirus, new research has found.

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.

Brits have been urged to stick to the coronavirus lockdown rules over the Bank Holiday weekend as temperatures are set to soar.

Boris Johnson has said the Government will proceed with "maximum caution" when it comes to easing the coronavirus lockdown, with his spokesman adding that any changes next week will be "very limited".

Cabinet Secretary Oliver Dowden admitted on Friday morning that the lockdown is facing a major test from the sunny weekend ahead.

Legal proceedings have reportedly been launched against the Duke of York over an unpaid bill relating to a Swiss chalet.

The Queen's memories of her VE Day celebrations have been shared by Buckingham Palace to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe.

Tara Reade, the woman who has accused US Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden of assault, will be legally represented by a donor for President Donald Trump.

Prince William and Kate heard stories about Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill's "secret" birthday message his son when they chatted veterans about their VE Day memories.

A top aide to US Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for coronavirus, just one day after another White House staff member was diagnosed.

Boris Johnson has asked Vladimir Putin if Russia would help play a more integrated role in global efforts to develop a coronavirus vaccine.

Sourdough has exploded in popularity during lockdown, but focaccia is experiencing its own modest rise

'Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend,' Siegfried Fischbacher said in a statement

'I was thinking two weeks of quarantine and then things would go back to normal, but we realized pretty quickly that was not the case'

"Deepfakes" have received a lot of attention as a way to potentially spread misleading or false information and influence public opinion. But two specialists say that might not be a huge concern.

Influential keyboardist and electronic music pioneer dies following short battle with cancer

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The track is the Mumbai-based acoustic outfit’s first release this year

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Peer review moves to Twitter, muddling public health information.

Consumers are starting to see meat shortages after thousands of workers fall ill.

Dr. Joseph Allen studies where building design meets health—he took our questions for 30min.

A new paper analyzes what we know about the sample the probe grabbed last year.

Trump admin allegedly told CDC its reopening guide would "never see the light of day."

YouTube, Facebook crack down on two viral videos for spreading medical misinformation.