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Nearly 100 mobile coronavirus testing units manned by 1,000 soldiers will hit the road this week as the government battles to meet its 100,000 tests a day target.

Council leaders have told Sky News they will need “rock solid” financial support from the government if they’re to deal with the social challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. 

Robots in Milton Keynes are delivering shopping to NHS staff for free as working long hours during the COVID-19 crisis means they sometimes do not have time to visit stores.

Key workers trying to get a test for coronavirus are facing a longer wait after all of the slots were booked up within an hour of the government website reopening this morning.

Premier League football could return within weeks – with plans for matches to be played behind closed doors, Sky News understands.

Everyone in the ward was in tears listening to Ernie.

As NHS heroes treat patients on the coronavirus frontline, seamstresses and machinists up and down the country are doing their bit to make sure the healthcare workers are as comfortable as possible.

More than 370,000 people in the UK have symptomatic COVID-19, according to an app tracking the virus “in real time”.

Frustration and desperation to return to normal life are not good enough reasons to lift the coronavirus lockdown and the UK is not out of danger yet, the public has been warned.

More than 20,000 people have now died in UK hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus – a level that had previously been earmarked as a significant milestone by science and medical chiefs.