Coronavirus
Matt Hancock also appeals for 250,000 volunteers to help tackle pandemic.
Following last night’s address to the nation limiting reasons for leaving your home, Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives his daily press briefing with Health Secretary Matt Hancock. As the first day of the enforced lockdown draws into evening, there has been confusion around the reasons for leaving your home and busy scenes on tube trains in the morning rush hour.
The new figures were announced the day after Boris Johnson announced a lockdown for the UK.
Yes, your child can move between households, but communication and stability are key.
For the 1.6 million women who experience domestic violence every year in England and Wales, staying at home may put them in even greater danger, writes Mandu Reid.
Another employee said her colleague was told “I hope you get the virus and die” by a customer as workers face "horrendous" abuse across the country.
Black students are disproportionately affected by underestimation of grades at the moment, and teachers and students fear this could disadvantage a generation.
Soldiers have discovered coronavirus victims at multiple retirement facilities, Spain Defense Minister Margarita Robles said.
As fears about lockdowns and food shortages arose from the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, many supermarkets have been inundated with shoppers. As stockpiling and panic buying have taken hold across the country, this is what it is like to work in one of Britain’s supermarkets.
Chancellor has been warned low-paid are running out of money and need "urgent" help.