02/01/2020 A state of emergency in Australia as the bushfires claim more lives and thousands are forced from their homes
03/01/2020 Tensions escalate between Washington and Tehran after US troops kill Iran’s most powerful military commander

06/01/2020 The worst serial rapist in British criminal history has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years
07/01/2020 At least 50 people are killed in a crush in Iran as huge numbers turn out for the burial of Qasem Soleimani
08/01/2020 Going it alone: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announce they’re stepping back as senior royals – even the Queen wasn’t told before they broke the news tonight
09/01/2020 Growing evidence suggests the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Tehran yesterday was shot down by an Iranian missile
10/01/2020 After three years of deadlock, power-sharing returns to Northern Ireland

13/01/2020 The Queen agrees to Harry and Meghan’s plans to step back from being senior royals and to split their time between the UK and Canada
14/01/2020 A deal to save Flybe, one of the biggest regional airlines in Europe, is agreed by government and private investors
15/01/2020 Official confirmation that the world has experienced its hottest decade since records began
16/01/2020 The world has now reached the point of climate change crisis: that’s the stark warning from Sir David Attenborough
17/01/2020 UK psychiatrists demand tech firms hand over data on children’s use of social media

20/01/2020 Prince Harry has flown out of the UK tonight after making clear his sadness at stepping back from being a senior royal
21/01/2020 At the World Economic Forum in Davos President Trump hits out at climate campaigners, calling them prophets of doom
22/01/2020 The city at the heart of a public health crisis in China is shutting its public transport network to try to prevent the spread of a virus
23/01/2020 Three cities in China are in shutdown as authorities try to stop the spread of a new virus that has killed 18 people and infected hundreds more
24/01/2020 A coroner rules the death of a week-old baby at a hospital trust in Kent was wholly avoidable: his parents call for an inquiry

27/01/2020 The world remembers the victims of the Holocaust 75 years after the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz
28/01/2020 The Chinese technology firm Huawei is allowed a restricted role in the UK’s 5G mobile network
29/01/2020 The latest on the virus crisis in China, as hundreds of British citizens are waiting to be flown home to face a period in quarantine
30/01/2020 The World Health Organisation declares a global health emergency as China’s coronavirus spreads: at least 170 people have now died

03/02/2020 Emergency legislation to be introduced to end the automatic early release from prison of those convicted of terror offenses
04/02/2020 A dysfunctional healthcare system allowed breast surgeon Ian Paterson to perform unnecessary operations on hundreds, possibly on thousands of women, says a damning report
05/02/2020 China steps up its efforts to contain the coronavirus, putting more than 74 million people under travel restrictions: many can’t leave their homes
06/02/2020 A special investigation into the case of the six-year-old boy thrown from a balcony at the Tate gallery
07/02/2020 Growing anger in China over its handling of the coronavirus outbreak and the treatment of a doctor who tried to raise the alarm

10/02/2020 The high-speed rail link HS2, whose future has hung in the balance, will be given the go-ahead by the government, the BBC has learnt
11/02/2020 The high-speed rail link HS2 will go ahead: the Prime Minister says it’s a difficult and controversial decision
12/02/2020 The head of an NHS trust at the centre of concerns about preventable deaths of babies says the extent of the failings is not clear
13/02/2020 Shock at Westminster as Sajid Javid resigns as Chancellor in the middle of the Prime Minister’s reshuffle
14/02/2020 Britain braces itself for yet another weekend of severe weather as Storm Dennis blows in

17/02/2020 More than 200 flood warnings in place across England, Wales and Scotland in the wake of Storm Dennis
18/02/2020 Storm Dennis forces mass evacuations as parts of the UK are devastated by flooding
19/02/2020 Immigration plans for a post-Brexit Britain: the Home Secretary spells out what will replace EU free movement of people
20/02/2020 Police say a gunman who killed 10 people in Germany was motivated by far-right ideology and a hatred of foreigners
21/02/2020 They’re beginning the journey home: dozens of Britons quarantined on a cruise ship in Japan over the coronavirus

24/02/2020 Harvey Weinstein, for decades one of Hollywood’s most powerful men, is in jail, convicted of sexual assault and rape
25/02/2020 Hundreds of guests are unable to leave a hotel in the Canary Islands after one person tested positive for coronavirus
26/02/2020 Coronavirus is now spreading faster outside China than within, says the World Health Organisation
27/02/2020 Three more cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the UK as global markets plunge amid fears of a pandemic
28/02/2020 The latest person to test positive for coronavirus in the UK is the first to get it here, not abroad

02/03/2020 The UK is braced for a very significant expansion of coronavirus, according to the Prime Minister
03/03/2020 The government unveils a detailed plan for what would happen in the event of a widespread outbreak of coronavirus
04/03/2020 Britain’s biggest regional airline Flybe is on the verge of collapse, putting 2000 jobs at risk
05/03/2020 The first death from coronavirus in the UK as the number of cases doubles in just 48 hours
06/03/2020 A second death from coronavirus is confirmed as the number of cases in the UK jumps to 164

09/03/2020 All of Italy has now been placed in quarantine: it’s the most drastic response so far to the outbreak of coronavirus
10/03/2020 60 million Italians are having to deal with travel restrictions as the country struggles with coronavirus
11/03/2020 The Chancellor unveils the biggest spending Budget for over 25 years, with more cash to protect the economy against the impact of coronavirus
12/03/2020 The Prime Minister tells anyone with a new persistent cough or fever to stay home for a week as plans to tackle coronavirus are ramped up
13/03/2020 The World Health Organisation declares Europe the focal point of the global coronavirus outbreak

16/03/2020 A sharp escalation in the response to coronavirus as the government urges people to make drastic changes to their day-to-day lives
17/03/2020 Unprecedented measures as the government announces a multi-billion-pound rescue package to try to save businesses and jobs from the coronavirus crisis
18/03/2020 Schools across Britain will close this week as the death toll from coronavirus climbs to 104
19/03/2020 The Prime Minister says it will take 12 weeks to turn the tide on coronavirus in the UK, but that will only happen if the public takes government measures seriously
20/03/2020 Sweeping and extraordinary measures to deal with coronavirus: the forced closure of pubs, restaurants and gyms, and an unprecedented rescue package for workers and businesses

23/03/2020 The Prime Minister announces the toughest restrictions on our way of life in living memory
24/03/2020 A sharp rise in the UK death toll: 87 people died in the past 24 hours as hospitals prepare for a surge in coronavirus cases
25/03/2020 Frontline doctors need more masks, visors and surgical gowns to protect them from coronavirus, warns the doctor’s union, otherwise some may die
26/03/2020 115 people die from coronavirus in just 24 hours in the UK, as the government announces a multi-billion-pound rescue package for the self-employed