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.
Britons have been accused of “ignoring” restrictions during the sunny bank holiday weekend, as the police and coastguard criticised those failing to observe guidelines.
The government has announced a new slogan for the next stage of the fight against coronavirus – but it has not been widely welcomed.
As the government begins to ease the lockdown it will keep an anxious eye on the R number.
The Queen has defiantly insisted that the United Kingdom remains “a nation those brave soldiers, sailors and airmen would recognise and admire”.
Coronavirus has “largely gone out” of the UK population outside hospitals and care homes, a professor of epidemiology has told Sky News.
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.
Gogglebox star June Bernicoff has died at the age of 82 after a short illness.
A six-week-old baby has died with coronavirus as the number of deaths linked to the disease in the UK passed 31,000.
Nine British veterans have died with coronavirus, the Royal Hospital Chelsea has announced.