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The number of people in the UK who have died after testing positive for COVID-19 coronavirus has risen by 260, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths to 1,019. It’s the biggest daily rise so far in the UK. Yesterday there were 181 new deaths. The latest UK figures were …

A Royal footman who worked closely with the Queen has ‘tested positive for the killer coronavirus’. The man, who has not been named, is self-isolating at home but it has raised questions over whether he came into contact with Her Majesty while infected. Buckingham Palace aides have confirmed the Queen, 93, …

Princess Maria Teresa of Spain has died aged 86 after testing positive for coronavirus. The princess, of the Bourbon-Parma Royal Family in Spain, passed away yesterday her younger brother, Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma, announced. She was born in Paris, France on July 28, 1933 to parents, Prince Xavier and Madeleine …

Changes to insolvency rules to allow firms greater flexibility Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Alok Sharms announced changes to insolvency rules to allow firms “greater flexibility as they face the current crisis”. “It is crucial when the crisis passes, as it will, we are ready to …

Police have dumped black dye into a picturesque blue lagoon in the Peak District to stop Instagrammers posing for snaps during the coronavirus lockdown. Derbyshire Police, who last week tracked dog walkers and ramblers through the hillsides with drones, had been informed that people were continuing to congregate beside the …

SIR – We have been overwhelmed by the kindness of complete strangers during this crisis. On Thursday my wife and I visited our local supermarket for provisions. There was a queue outside, and when we walked round the corner we saw that it stretched a long way back. There was …

The home of Welsh rugby union is to be turned into the fourth emergency hospital to deal with an onslaught of coronavirus cases. The Principality Stadium has been offered to NHS Wales as a makeshift field hospital to provide 2,000 extra beds should hospitals in the Cardiff area become overwhelmed. …

By Paul Sandle and Estelle Shirbon | Reuters LONDON – Britain is scaling up coronavirus testing for frontline National Health Service (NHS) staff, with hundreds of tests due to be carried out in coming days and many more next week. The United Kingdom has so far reported 14,579 cases of …

The number of coronavirus cases in London has almost quadrupled in a week as the UK’s epidemic continues to spread into all corners of the British Isles. The capital city now has at least 4,637 cases, a jump from the 1,221 reported last Friday, three days before Britons were ordered …

Royal Mail deliveries under threat as union leaders urge workers to call in sick rather than risk contracting coronavirus while postmen say slam lack of protective equipment Postal workers unhappy with delivering ‘pointless junk mail’ during lockdown  Soaring absence rates could lead to ‘reductions in services’ Union workers encourage staff …