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Captain Tom received a standing ovation.

Downing Street said they discussed the need for an international response to the pandemic and a post-Brexit trade deal.

Kristy Jones was a mother-of-two who worked at NHS Lanarkshire for 24 years.

Lorraine Duncan is believed to have contracted coronavirus while also undergoing chemotherapy.

Under temporary measures drawn up by the House authorities, MPs will be able to contribute to proceedings through video links.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Royal Foundation is backing a new initiative to support the psychological wellbeing of key workers.

The Foreign Office’s top civil servant later made a U-turn on the suggestion.

The museums have been closed since mid-March as part of social distancing rules.

Around 3,000 staff are making ventilators as part of a manufacturing consortium featuring more than 20 companies.

People are returning to quiet byways and towpaths to get their dose of fresh air closer to home, the Canal and River Trust found.

April 8 continues to show the highest number of hospital deaths in England.

Both Houses of Parliament have decided to continue to work via online means to allow scrutiny of Government to continue.

Bosses at Caffe Nero, Pret a Manger, Franco Manca, Gordon Ramsay Group, Dishoom, Wahaca and Tortilla have backed the plea.

Niall Murphy spent 16 days in an induced coma at Antrim Area Hospital.

An academic has lent her support to the growing movement calling for mask use for the general public.

Nicola Sturgeon spoke after a new report from the Scottish Government’s chief economist warned of an ‘unprecedented’ drop of up to 33% of GDP.

Richard Spooner performed the procedure single handed at Easegill Head farm in Cumbria.

People made shelters in hedges, shop doorways, between the columns of court buildings and underneath wheelie bins.

The Health Secretary has urged companies to help boost stocks.

Larotrectinib is a so-called ‘tumour agnostic’ medicine, meaning it targets cancerous cells according to their genetic make-up.