As the COVID-19 crisis melts down Financial Markets across the world, it’s as good a time as ever for Advisors to reflect on the key lessons that they can glean from this experience. Here are a few.

The pick of this week's homestreaming options is a pair of foreign-language films. The strange but compelling Bacurau, plunging us into the hinterlands of Brazil.

WORLD OF GOLF SPECIAL: Until Tiger Woods came along, there were two pillars of achievement in golf that stood so high it seemed inconceivable anyone would get near them.

Given the man's talent, it is perhaps only right that no season could be considered a great one for Rory McIlroy when he underperforms in the four majors.

Scotland's Catriona Matthew will again captain Europe for the 2021 Solheim Cup, the Ladies European Tour announced on Thursday. The 50-year-old led her side to glory at Gleneagles recently.

DEREK LAWRENSON 2019 REVIEW: As a farewell column for 2019, let's reflect on another momentous season and hand out some accolades to the best and worst moments in 2019.

Henrik Stenson ended a two-year title drought with a one-shot victory in the Hero World Challenge. The former Open champion had not won an event since 2017.

Parents were left absolutely stunned when Tiger Woods caddied for his 10-year-old son, Charlie, in a junior golf tournament in Florida on the weekend.

DEREK LAWRENSON IN DUBAI: Eddie Pepperell and Bryson DeChambeau engaged in a war of words after Pepperell criticised DeChambeau for his slow style of play by labelling him a 'single-minded twit'.

The mystery backers behind proposals for a new Premier Golf League broke cover yesterday in a bid to convince Phil Mickelson to join their golfing revolution with the new competition.

The legendary 49-year-old revealed on Twitter that talks with the 15-time major champion are underway over a high-profile shootout, despite virtually all sports being dragged to a halt.

The rigorous testing procedures put forward by the PGA Tour will involve players, caddies and officials being sent testing kits - already on mass order - to their homes.

JACI STEPHEN: Playing mummies and daddies is at the heart of soap; the miracle is how anyone ever works out who belongs to whom.

Now halfway through the second series of Keeping Faith, these are just some of the questions that continue to niggle following the return of the lawyer's missing husband, Evan (Bradley Freegard)

Despite trying to direct her passion towards Cain, Moira (Natalie J Robb) finds herself with Nate (Jurell Carter) back at Butlers Barn (pictured), sinking into the hay on Emmerdale.

In this week's EastEnders, Louise plans to throw Bex a surprise party in the Vic. Meanwhile in Coronation Street, Chesney orders Bernie to pack her bags after a scam victim shows up.

They really push Mikey North, who plays Gary, to the limits in his character transformations, but he continues to impress, even though Gary finds someone new to attack on a daily basis

In this week's Coronation Street, Sinead publicly announces that she has just weeks to live. Meanwhile in EastEnders, Sonia accuses Martin of not being there for his daughter.

EastEnders fans are in for a treat this Halloween as they watch Honey engage in a major snogfest with Walford's Adam Bateman (pictured).

Coronation Street viewers will be left wondering if there will be another wedding, while in EastEnders Mel bangs on about moving to Portugal and in Emmerdale a couple fails to make up.

As people struggle with their New Year resolutions to 'enjoy' Dry January or Veganuary, these dubious pleasures have thankfully passed soapland by, writes JACI STEPHEN.

In this week's EastEnders, Martin and Kat attempt to protect Kush after he shoves Leo off a balcony. Meanwhile in Coronation Street, Daniel thinks Bethany is his dead wife after he wakes from a nap.

In this week's Coronation Street, Rita receives a request to scatter her ex-husband's ashes in her old haunt. Meanwhile in EastEnders, Bobby and Dennis become fierce rivals.

In this week's Coronation Street, Maria was briefly back kissing doctor Ali, perhaps finally realising that if Gary puts up with his barber doing that to his hair he's mixing with the wrong set.

In this week's EastEnders, Mick and Linda are rewarded with a boat trip on the Thames for winning 'Best pub'. Meanwhile in Coronation Street, Chesney vents over bringing up four infants.

In this week's Coronation Street, Bethany is accused of planning to run off to London with Daniel and Bertie. Meanwhile, in EastEnders, prison-based Whitney claims she acted in self-defence.

In this week's EastEnders, Tiffany's wedding ring is stolen. In Coronation Street Sarah and Adam look set to tie the knot, despite Sarah's fury her daughter is moving to London with Daniel.

In this week's Coronation Street Ali is loaded into an ambulance after Gary partnered with Sharon to get revenge. Meanwhile in EastEnders, Jay practises proposing to Lola.

In this week's Coronation Street, Evelyn reconnects with her old flame, bearded Arthur. Meanwhile, in Eastenders, Ben is visited by Danny, who has a proposition for him.

In this week's Emmerdale Rhona is upset when Kim insists she won't get Graham's money. Meanwhile in Eastenders love and lust are in the air, with Ben admitting he loves Callum.

The Russian President will meet Theresa May at the G20 in Russia today where the Prime Minister will demand he admits to the Novichok attack and hand over the two spies sent to kill Sergei Skripal.

President Donald Trump has landed in South Korea with daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner, and a meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un may be on his agenda.

Theresa May said she had 'lived' politics for 50 years, and knew about its potential to 'improve people's lives'. But she said an inability to compromise was poisoning national life.

The spike in radiation in Russia yesterday may have been caused when one of Vladimir Putin's top secret Zircon hypersonic missiles exploded during tests, according to news reports in the country.

Russia's Soyuz rocket with Vladimir Putin's six-foot tall humanoid robot on board has failed to dock at the International Space Stations. The setback has been blamed on issues with docking systems.

'I love it when you call me señorita,' Trump appears to sing, one auto-tuned note at a time, with each word drawn from a different speech. 'I wish I could pretend I didn't need ya.'

Volodymyr Tsemakh, an alleged separatist in the area where the Malaysian Airlines jet was shot down in 2014, was freed by a Kiev appeals court today pending further investigation.

Vladmir Putin (pictured) said he offered to 'balance everything out' by offering the Kremlin's weapons to Trump at the G20 summit in Japan in June.

Oleg Smolenkov, the Kremlin aide named in Russia as the CIA's asset at the heart of Putin's regime tracks closely to a source described in the Steele dossier, claims Ilya Shumanov.

Sekinat Ibragimova was publicly shamed on TV for casting spells on Chechnya locals. Pro-Putin local ruler Ramzan Kadyrov had her detained and had her paraphernalia seized.

Russian president Vladimir Putin's goddaughter Ksenia Sobchak, 37, from Saint Petersburg, has wed her TV producer fiance theatre director Konstantin Bogomolov, 44.

Conor McGregor (middle and right) has spoken about the bizarre time the bottle of whiskey he gave to Vladimir Putin (left) was removed by his security staff to check for poison.

A KGB profile belonging to Russian President Vladimir Putin has been released to the public at an exhibition of declassified documents at the central state archive in St. Petersburg.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asserted that Russia will continue to expand its weapons development during a meeting with top officials and prosecutors on Wednesday.

Sergei Skripal had been warned. He had been a double agent, and in 2010, when the Russians released him from jail in a spy-swap, Putin made his intentions clear: 'Traitors will kick the bucket.'

NORMAN BAKER: If Putin wanted to kill him, why not get him back to Russia first? As for his daughter Yulia, she had only arrived in Britain 24 hours earlier and had been living in Moscow for years.

A Kremlin press release last month showed Putin at his Moscow residence, sitting by a screen with a bright blue taskbar - suggesting that the computer was still running Windows XP.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed Mr Putin that the first missile unit equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle entered Russian combat duty, the Defence Ministry said.

Boris Johnson warned Vladimir Putin there is no prospect of normal relations between the countries until Moscow stops 'undermining the safety of our citizens and collective security'.

Boris Johnson and counterparts including Donald Trump, Xi Jinping of China, and Vladimir Putin linked up for a discussion on how to coordinate the response.