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Prime minister Boris Johnson has spent the duration of Monday night in an intensive care unit at St. Thomas’ Hospital in central London.

Dominic Raab led the coronavirus briefing today, where he said that the PM was in "good spirits" despite being in hospital.

Sir Keir Starmer’s shake-up of the shadow cabinet continued in earnest on Monday, with former Labour leader Ed Miliband returning to the fold as shadow business secretary.

The impact of coronavirus on the arts has exceeded expectations. From postponing exhibitions to cancelling awards ceremonies, it is unclear how long the cultural sector will take to recover.

Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital on Sunday night, and spent the night there. Housing secretary Robert Jenrick said the measure was a "precautionary step" and that the cabinet "[hoped] that as a result of tests [the PM] will be able to come back to Downing Street as soon as possible".

New Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has begun assembling his new shadow cabinet, with his leadership rival Lisa Nandy appointed shadow foreign secretary.

The well-documented Covid-19 outbreak has forced numerous financial issues, with the UK government having to step in with a raft of measures to protect British workers and their incomes. Yet, even with these procedures in place, there are some pitfalls.

Sir Keir Starmer has been elected as the new leader of the Labour Party.

Harry Kane has been awarded The Hannibal Prize by The Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for his innovative suggestion on what to do with the current Premier League season.

The escalating coronavirus pandemic has forced the Democratic Party in the US to postpone the Democratic National Convention [DNC], where the party nominee to contest the November presidential election is to be announced.

Global confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus causing Covid-19 have now passed one million, although experts anticipate the actual number of cases to be far higher.

Health secretary Matt Hancock led the government press conference today for the first time since going into self-isolation.

From its establishment in 1947, the aptly named Edinburgh Fringe was intended to act as a more eccentric rival to the main International Festival.

The PM has announced the government will be "massively [ramping] up" testing in the coming days.