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A Downing Street spokesman says children currently receiving free school meals will continue to do so following a campaign by Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford
Spanish health officials say they have recorded no new COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour period for the first time since March
The medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency has approved a breathing aid that can help keep covid-19 patients out of intensive care which has been developed by a team from University College London and the Mercedes Formula One team
Footballer Paul Gascoigne has arrived at scene saying he is a friend of Raoul Moat.
Comedian Sean Lock – best known for panel shows '8 Out Of 10 Cats' and '8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown' as well as sitcom '15 Storeys High' – has died from cancer at the age of 58
Scotland and Northern Ireland have recorded no new covid-19 related deaths
Buckingham Palace has announced His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh has died
U.S. president Donald Trump says a "breakthrough" has been achieved in trade talks with China and he expects a deal to be signed "very shortly"
A 106-year-old woman thought to be Britain's oldest patient to recover from coronavirus has been discharged from Birmingham's City Hospital
Buckingham Palace has announced the Duchess of Sussex has given birth to a baby son weighing 7lbs 3oz and mother and child are doing well
99-year-old army veteran Captain Tom Moore has raised more than £20m for the NHS by doing 100 laps of his garden
Joe Biden has won the 2020 U.S. Presidential election after being projected to pass the required 270 electoral college votes
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have said in a statement they "intend to step back as 'senior' members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent"
Downing St says Colonel Tom Moore who raised over £32m for NHS charities by doing laps of his garden is set to be knighted
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care and back into a general ward at St Thomas' Hospital where he will "receive close monitoring" during his early recovery - Downing Street spokesman
National Grid says Britain's electricity system has been coal-free for an entire week for the first time since the Industrial Revolution
The High Court has ruled the Mail On Sunday must publish a front-page statement about the Duchess of Sussex's victory in her copyright claim against the newspaper over its publication of a letter to her estranged father
King Charles III has approved an order that the day of the Queen's funeral will be a bank holiday
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery at Chequers
Shamima Begum should not be allowed to return to the UK to pursue an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship, the Supreme Court has ruled
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told friends he owes his life to the doctors and nurses who looked after him and the care he received was "exemplary"
Essex Police says 39 bodies have been discovered in a lorry at Waterglade Industrial Park in Thurrock adding a 25-year-old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder
McDonalds has confirmed from 5am on Wednesday morning all restaurants in the UK and Ireland will close seating areas and temporarily move to being takeaway, drive-through and delivery operations only to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak
Statement from the Press Secretary for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex says "It is with great joy that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, welcome their daughter, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, to the world"
The former Director of Public Prosecutions Lord MacDonald has told Sky News Prime Minister Boris Johnson could go to prison if he refuses to delay Brexit
A group of scientists have written a letter to the UK government asking for the scientific evidence behind its covid-19 response to be released after concerns about the course of action being taken against the coronavirus pandemic
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a statement to the country at 8:30pm
Pub chain Wetherspoon's says it is starting to plan for the reopening of its pubs "in or around June"
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan claims police have surrounded his house, saying "this is probably my last tweet before my next arrest"
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Downing Street says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care after his coronavirus symptoms worsened
English Football League has agreed to suspend all games until at least 4 April due to the virus outbreak
24-year-old student nurse Owami Davies - who has been missing for more than six weeks - has been found in Hampshire
The Greater London Authority has referred Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the Independent Office for Police Conduct for a possible investigation into whether he committed misconduct in a public office in connection to his friendship with American businesswoman Jennifer Arcuri
The Crown Prosecution Service has charged U.S. diplomat's wife Anne Sacoolas with causing death by dangerous driving in connection with the death of 19-year-old Harry Dunn
EXIT POLL: Conservatives projected to win election as Labour suffer major losses #GE2019
CON: 368
LAB: 191
LIB DEM: 13
BREX: 0
SNP: 55
GREEN: 1
OTHER: 22
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds announce birth of "a healthy baby boy" at a London Hospital this morning and both mother and baby are said to be "doing well"
Household appliances firm Dyson says has received an order from the UK government for 10,000 ventilators
King's College Hospital in London has confirmed a 13-year-old boy has died after testing positive for covid-19
Sky News understands there has been an assassination attempt on Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan
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The Home Office says NHS doctors, nurses and paramedics with UK work visas due to expire before 1 October will have them automatically extended for a year so they can "focus on fighting coronavirus"
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he has tested positive for coronavirus and will self-isolate but will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference
Sage committee member and the director of the Wellcome Trust Jeremy Farrar says COVID-19 is spreading "too fast" for the government to lift lockdown measures
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer says Prime Minister Boris Johnson's COVID-19 lockdown statement "raises more questions than it answers"
National Association of Head Teachers: "We are calling upon government to remove people in schools from the physical harm caused by the current progress of the disease" and it has "commenced preliminary steps in legal proceedings against the Department for Education"
MPs have voted to reject Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal by 432-202 votes with a majority of 230
Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirms pubs, cafes, restaurants, hotels, cinemas and museums in England will reopen on 4 July as hospitality sector restarts in easing of lockdown restrictions
The Government has published more information on the cancellation of GCSEs and A-Levels which says exam boards will ask teachers to submit judgments about grades they think their students would have received if exams had gone ahead
The Home Office says people who continue to flout lockdown rules will be breaking the law and could be arrested by police under new public health regulations strengthening police enforcement powers in England
NHS sources have told Sky News more than 150,000 people have signed up in the UK for the NHS volunteer scheme amid the COVID-19 outbreak
Actor Idris Elba says he has self-isolated after testing positive for COVID-19 adding he has "no symptoms so far"
Transport for London says Uber has not been granted a new licence to operate in London after "several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk" were identified
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair says the Labour party under Jeremy Corbyn was "a glorified protest group which has brought shame on us"
Manchester City have told organisers that they do not wish to be part of the European super league
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Nationwide Building Society has announced it will pay more than 11,000 of its staff £1,200 to help them cope with the cost of living crisis
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The Court of Appeal has halted the planned deportation of at least 50 people to Jamaica due to go ahead tomorrow saying they had not been allowed proper access to legal advice as they did not have working mobile sim cards while in immigration detention
Ministry of Defence says that UK sea, land and air forces have arrived to reinforce NATO in the East in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Tesco has confirmed its 24-hour stores will be shut between 10pm and 6am to allow staff to restock overnight "at a time when demand is high" amid the COVID-19 outbreak
Sky News has learnt that more than 50 senior businesspeople including the former bosses of BT Group and J Sainsbury have signed a letter which will be published in the Sunday Times calling for a 'people's vote' on the final terms of the UK's withdrawal from the European Union
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he has 451 pages of unredacted documents that confirm the NHS will be on the table in post-Brexit trade talks with the U.S.
Emergency legislation to block the automatic early release of people convicted of terror offences has become law after receiving Royal assent
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is due to announce tomorrow a £16.5bn increase in defence spending over the next four years in what is being billed as the biggest programme of investment in Britain's armed forces since the end of the Cold War
Downing Street spokesperson says Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and has made clear that he remains opposed to a second Scottish independence referendum
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says it is "absurd and shameful" the Winston Churchill national monument should be at risk of attack by protesters
Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault
People across the nation have participated in the 'Clap for our Carers' campaign from their doorsteps, windows and balconies to show appreciation for NHS workers amid the COVID-19 outbreak
U.S. President Donald Trump says the drug Hydroxychloroquine has been approved by the Food and Drug administration and will be available for prescription immediately
A district judge has ruled Boris Johnson will be summonsed to court to face accusations of misconduct in public office for comments made in the run-up to the EU referendum
Sky News can reveal the armed forces have activated a team in a nuclear bunker beneath the Ministry of Defence to step up preparations for a 'no-deal' Brexit
The government has suffered a fourth defeat in the House of Lords over the Brexit deal as peers backed a move to give child refugees the right to be reunited with their families in the UK
Margaret Keenan who was the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine following its clinical approval has now received the second dose of the vaccine at Coventry’s University Hospital
Liverpool have won the Premier League title and ended a 30-year wait after Manchester City failed to beat Chelsea at Stamford Bridge tonight in a 2-1 defeat
The leader of the Brexit Party Nigel Farage has challenged Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to a debate before the European Parliamentary elections
Two police officers in Buffalo in the U.S. Have been charged with assault after a video showed them shoving a 75-year-old man who was protesting following the death of George Floyd
The Royal Navy says ships have been shadowing seven Russian warships following "unusually high levels of activity" in the Channel and North Sea
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed in a statement to the nation "this is not the time simply to end the lockdown this week"
The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore say "it is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear father" who has died at the age of 100
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U.S. President Donald Trump says he holds China "fully responsible" for concealing the coronavirus and "unleashing it" on the world
Buckingham Palace has announced Her Majesty The Queen has died
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North Yorkshire Police says it will use checkpoints to stop vehicles and ask drivers if their journey is essential amid the covid-19 lockdown
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has resigned following footage of him breaking social distancing rules
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Downing Street says the UK is now the biggest contributor to the international coalition to find a vaccine with £210m further funding announced taking the total amount of UK aid spent fighting coronavirus to £544m
Home Secretary Priti Patel says the Government plans to end freedom of movement and introduce an Australian-style points-based immigration system after Brexit
Deaf woman Katie Rowley, who took legal action against the Government over the lack of British Sign Language interpreters at its COVID briefings, has won her case at the High Court with the judge ruling the absence of interpretation constituted "discrimination" against her
Former Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has died following a battle with breast cancer, her family has confirmed
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Boris Johnson's sister Rachel Johnson says it is "particularly tasteless" to those who are grieving to say the best way to honour Jo Cox's memory is to deliver Brexit which "she and her family campaigned against"
The Premier League has scrapped players shaking hands before matches due to covid-19
Conservative MP for Bolton West and Atherton Chris Green has resigned as a junior member of the government over lockdown plans saying "the Bolton lockdown has clearly not worked, and I believe that the cure is worse than the disease, so I have stepped down from my role"
Carrie Symonds has announced she and prime minister Boris Johnson have named their baby boy Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas Johnson
Phase one of trials of the covid-19 vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford show it is safe and induces an immune reaction
Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan jr. have been charged with malice and felony murder for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
The U.S. state of Missouri says they are suing the Chinese government over covid-19 alleging that China are to blame for the global pandemic and that they "lied to the world"
NHS England has declared coronavirus a "Level 4 incident" which is the highest level of emergency
MPs have approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson's EU withdrawal agreement legislation with a majority of 330-231
Downing Street has announced plans to mark Britain's departure from the EU on 31 January which include a special Cabinet meeting outside of London, a special address from the Prime Minister and a light display outside No. 10 with a clock counting down to 11pm
Colonel Thomas Moore has raised more than £30m for the NHS by completing laps of his garden at home
Actor Johnny Depp's libel claim against The Sun newspaper over an article which referred to him as a wife beater will go ahead next week following a High Court ruling
Health secretary Matt Hancock says he has tested positive for coronavirus and is self isolating at home
Buckingham Palace says the Queen has recorded a special broadcast to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in relation to the coronavirus outbreak to be broadcast at 8pm on Sunday 5 April
French media reports former UEFA president Michel Platini is in custody on suspicion of corruption for the award of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar