Cumbria is an idyllic part of the world – a popular choice for day trippers and staycationers when the weather’s warm.
The government has announced a new slogan for the next stage of the fight against coronavirus – but it has not been widely welcomed.
Britons have been accused of “ignoring” restrictions during the sunny bank holiday weekend, as the police and coastguard criticised those failing to observe guidelines.
A government medical adviser says he cannot easily tell who is more at risk of dying with COVID-19 – a 50-year-old slender black man who runs half-marathons, or a 32-year-old white man who is extremely overweight, has diabetes, asthma and does not exercise.
As the government begins to ease the lockdown it will keep an anxious eye on the R number.
As the prime minister prepares to outline a roadmap to ease the lockdown on Sunday, Sky News analysis has revealed the COVID-19 hotspots that could bring pressure to delay any changes.
Coronavirus has “largely gone out” of the UK population outside hospitals and care homes, a professor of epidemiology has told Sky News.
The Queen has defiantly insisted that the United Kingdom remains “a nation those brave soldiers, sailors and airmen would recognise and admire”.
A six-week-old baby has died with coronavirus as the number of deaths linked to the disease in the UK passed 31,000.
Gogglebox star June Bernicoff has died at the age of 82 after a short illness.
