Dozens of MPs are backing a fundraiser to secure £1 million for care workers who are forced to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic. The fundraiser has already seen more than
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The family of a 13-year-old boy, the first known child to die in the UK after testing positive for coronavirus, said they have been left “beyond devastated”. Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab’s
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Care workers and community nurses are still struggling to do their jobs safely and with adequate protective gear, with experts saying they are “frustrated at the lack of pace”. Weeks
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People in Wales face having their movements restricted “beyond” the current three-week lockdown, the First Minister has said. Mark Drakeford admitted the potential restrictions for people and businesses would be
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The Scottish Events Campus (SEC) will be turned into a field hospital and cancer screening programmes will be paused to help the NHS respond to the coronavirus crisis, Nicola Sturgeon
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The Prime Minister’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, is self-isolating after developing coronavirus-like symptoms, a Number 10 source has confirmed. Mr Cummings (pictured) becomes the latest member of the Downing Street
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Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock have tested positive for coronavirus. The Prime Minister said he will continue to lead the “national fightback” against the virus despite being forced
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The Government has asked local authorities in England to house all rough sleepers and those in hostels and night shelters by the weekend, the charity Crisis said. The letter, sent
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The Government has ordered 10,000 ventilators to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic, billionaire entrepreneur Sir James Dyson has said. In an email to staff, the inventor said his eponymous company
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More than 500,000 people in just over 24 hours have signed up to help the NHS as volunteers during the coronavirus crisis. The NHS and the Prime Minister have thanked
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