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Invoking the spirit of the Second World War, the 93-year-old monarch will tell the public: 'I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge.'

A few weeks ago, when we were less careful with vocabulary, we might have described Michelle Mone's wedding as having been planned with military precision. And then came Armageddon...

The Accelerate My Mortgage scheme is a new service, rewarding borrowers for shopping with some of the UK's best-known retailers, including Asos, Sports Direct and John Lewis.

Dramatic travel restrictions imposed across the continent will see rich and poor alike reliant on the same doctors and resources available in their home country.

Epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, 63, fronts daily press conferences in Stockholm, leaving politicians to take a back seat.

This year's meeting was run by a computer simulation with bookmakers donating all profits to NHS charities after the real event was scrapped under the government guidelines.

FRANCI RABINEK EPSTEIN: It was late at night when we stopped at a platform with a big sign that read 'Auschwitz'. The name meant nothing to me.

NIGEL FARAGE: I didn't need much more convincing to get out of London and go into a form of isolation. I have spent the past three weeks at home in Kent.

Lambeth Council tweeted earlier today and said: 'Despite clear advice, over 3000 people spent today in Brockwell Park, many of them sunbathing or in large groups. This is unacceptable.'

Jeremy Hunt faced a withering coronavirus backlash from Tory colleagues yesterday as tensions over the Government's 'too slow' testing regime burst into the open.

The number of people who died from coronavirus infections in France today slowed to 441 after a record 588 people were killed with the disease yesterday (pictured, medical staff in Bordeaux).

EVE SIMMONS: It's a very British tradition that offers comfort in even the darkest of times - settling down with a cup of tea and a biscuit

The career spy, who has worked for MI5 for 25 years and oversaw its investigation into Russia's attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in 2018, will take up his new post later this month.

Lembit Opik has incurred the wrath of Sabina Vankova after she spotted pictures of him with Natalia Khomutinnkova on what Mr Opik said were work trips to Paris and Nice.

Convicted paedophile Karen Matthews (pictured) is set to become a mother again with partner Paul Saunders, using a surrogate. Matthews faked her daughter's kidnapping for £50,000 reward.

A team from University College London working with Mercedes Benz has produced a new non-invasive respirator that has been clinically approved, Mr Gove said today.

John Alagos, an NHS nurse, who died after treating stricken coronavirus patients had fallen ill at work but was not allowed to go home because his ward was so short-staffed.

Rishi Sunak has made 'robust' representations to Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it could cause lasting damage to the country.

Two staff members at north London's Pentonville Prison have died after suffering Covid-19 symptoms, the Prison Officers' Association said (pictured, HMP Pentonville).

George Buckley, UK economist at Nomura, said this year's crash would easily surpass the 2008 financial crisis - when the UK economy suffered a 4.2 per cent fall - and the lows of WW2.

A powerful new book has put more pressure on Prince Andrew to speak to the FBI over allegations that his friend Jeffrey Epstein paid a teenage girl to have sex with him.

England manager Gareth Southgate has agreed to take a 30 per cent pay cut. The move is expected to be confirmed next week by the Football Association.

Paul Rippon, 48, who co-founded Monzo bank in 2015, stepped down from his hectic London day job to help on his wife's alpaca farm in Northumberland full-time.

AN under-fire French journalist is facing calls to be sacked after whispering 'they are burying the Pokemons' during a day of mourning for Chinese coronavirus victims.

Less than five patients were transferred from the city's Javits Center to hospital ship Comfort on Friday in New York City.

President Trump tweeted Saturday that it was a 'good idea!' to form a second coronavirus taskforce to put in place a plan to reopen the American economy.

The unopened boxes of 3M masks had their best before date changed to May 2016 and then May 2019. The South West Ambulance Service, which handed out the masks, said they were safe to use.

The retail giant encouraged healthy shoppers across the UK to go to stores to buy groceries in order to help those who are more vulnerable.

The bloodbath took place in the town of Romans-sur-Isère, which is south of the eastern city of Lyon, late on Saturday morning. The suspect - a Sudanese national in his thirties - was arrested at the scene.

A five-year-old child who had underlying health issues is the youngest victim to die with the coronavirus in Britain, as a further 708 people who tested positive for the disease also died today.

New York now has 113,704 confirmed cases of coronavirus and 3,565 deaths, an increase of 630 deaths from the day before, Cuomo said at a press conference on Saturday.

Almost all of the 214 passengers were seen wearing facemasks as they made their way through the arrivals lounge at Heathrow, two days after President Trump allowed the cruise ships to dock.

NHS England said 212 people diagnosed with Covid-19 died in the Midlands in the 24 hours to 5pm on Friday. A total of 637 people died in England over that period.

The former glamour girl, 61, took to Instagram on Saturday night to share a snap of herself tucked up in bed with her pet dog Dexter.

National medical director of NHS England Professor Steve Powis said the theories were 'absolute and utter rubbish'. Woody Harrelson, Lee Ryan and Calum Best have all shared false 5G theories.

Alan Jones, 55, lives with his wife Laura and their two children in Randalstown, County Antrim. A friend, who asked not to be named, said: 'Alan [...] is working on saving his marriage.'

In a video conference call, the Premier League told of the potential losses to clubs, as they look to convince players to take a 30 per cent mix of cuts and deferrals on their wages.

Surgeon General Jerome Adams put out a video on how to make a 'cloth face covering' by using an old T-shirt and rubber bands. The CDC on Friday began recommending to wear such items.

Airlines including British Airways and EasyJet are selling tickets for flights in May despite health officials warnings a global lockdown could last for months (stock photo of a woman on a beach).

Carol Vorderman has donated her private plane 'Mildred' to help ferry personal protective equipment to NHS staff during the coronavirus crisis.

Jiang Duan, minister at the Chinese Mission in Geneva, has been appointed to the UN Human Rights Council's Consultative Group.

In a Facebook post penned late Friday, David McKean claimed it was all but certain his wife Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean, 40, and their son Gideon, eight, had drowned

Dame Vera Baird said the government urgently needed a strategy and called on it to provide funding for charities and self-catering rooms for victims to escape domestic violence.

Actress Koo Stark, 63, was branded 'evasive and combative' by Judge David Halpern in a ruling yesterday. Her claim against former partner Warren Walker, 60, was refused last week.

Glen Corbin, 59, from Brent in north-west London, worked as a healthcare assistant at the Park Royal Centre for Mental Health for many years and had recently retired.

Ms Symonds said: 'I've spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of Coronavirus. I haven't needed to be tested and, after seven days of rest, I feel stronger and I'm on the mend.'

The husband of a frontline NHS worker has completed an epic challenge for charity by climbing the height of the world's tallest mountain inside his own house.

Boris Johnson has invited opposition leaders to come and work together to battle coronavirus, as it is announced that the Queen is set to boost morale in a rare address tomorrow.

The former human rights lawyer, 57, was a vocal supporter of the Remain campaign before during and after Brexit finally happened on December 31, in contrast to Mr Corbyn's tepid support.

He lashed out at the anti-Jewish racism that was able to flourish under his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn and led to the departure of many members and even some Jewish MPs.