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Wimbledon set to net huge £100m insurance payout after cancellation amid coronavirus pandemic

The All England Club's insurance policy, in the region of £1.5m-a-year, was updated in 2003 after organisers asked for a virus-related clause inserted following concerns over the SARS outbreak.




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British tennis pull together £20MILLION bailout package in bid to save the sport

British tennis pulled together a £20million bailout package on Friday night, as the governing body put its considerable financial muscle behind the sport's survival efforts.




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Kate Middleton recycles L.K. Bennett dress she wore to Wimbledon in 2015 for VE Day video call

Kate Middleton, 38, looked patriotic in the £250 elegant scarlet Cayla gown by British brand LK Bennett, which she first wore to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in 2015.




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Grandfather is sacked by Asda for sharing an 'anti-Islamic' Billy Connolly sketch on Facebook

Brian Leach, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was sacked on Wednesday after five years in the job. The post referred to a Billy Connolly sketch that poked fun at suicide bombing.




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Disabled grandfather reinstated to Asda job after sacking for 'anti-Islamic' Billy Connolly post

Till worker Brian Leach, 54, can return to his job at the Dewsbury Superstore after being sacked for posting a Billy Connolly skit in which he jokes about Islam and suicide bombers.




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Facebook praises £3.50 cooling mist from Asda and say it has the best UVA protection

Mother Chloe Dillon from Runcorn, Cheshire, prompted a discussion about the £3.50 Asda Protect Cooling Clear Sun Mist in the Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group.




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Mother praises £1.27 ASDA massage mist as helping to put her kids to sleep under 10 minutes

An impressed mother took to Facebook's Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK group to rave about the Little Angels Bedtime Massage Mist, which costs only £1.27 from the supermarket.




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Asda driver caught on CCTV 'stealing' an Amazon parcel before delivering a family's shopping 

The alleged theft was caught on CCTV from inside the porch of the family home of Aisha Adedeji, 26, in Bromely, South-East London.




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Sainsbury's, Tesco and ASDA recall heartburn and indigestion drugs over contamination fears

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency today announced the supermarket products were among 13 new additions to a months-long string of recalls.




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Aldi and Lidl dominate festive food and drink awards beating out upmarket retailers

Budget supermarket Lidl took home ten of the 17 prizes for festive food at the Quality Food and Drink Awards, while Aldi picked up two, Asda was awarded one and M&S took home four.




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Missing 11-year-old schoolboy who vanished outside Asda is found

Stuart Hood (pictured), 11, had last been seen outside Asda in Redcar at around 8.45pm on Saturday. Cleveland Police issued an urgent appeal but today confirmed he has been found safe and well.




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TOBY YOUNG: The enemies of liberty hunt in packs. We must band together and fight for free speech 

TOBY YOUNG: It is bad enough that any of these things could happen in a country that prides itself on the right to free speech, but in today's Britain such episodes are frighteningly common.




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Motorists face 'forecourt lottery' with £18 difference at garages just two miles apart

Analysis suggests the cheapest unleaded petrol is found at a Costco warehouse in Manchester - at 115.7p per litre. The most expensive is at a motorway service station on the M4 in West London.




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Supermarket shelves stripped bare as panic-buying Britons race for essentials amid coronavirus chaos

Pictures from one Asda store in London showed aisles that had been stripped of toilet roll after the Department of Health and Social Care this afternoon confirmed there were 273 positive cases.




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Supermarkets begin RATIONING as Tesco limits pasta, baked beans and hand sanitiser

In a move to ensure the supermarket has enough supply, they have decided to limit the amount of dry pasta, UHT milk and baked bean tins that each customer can purchase.




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Huge brawl breaks out in the middle of an Asda cereal aisle in front of horrified shoppers

The commotion kicked off at around 2pm in an Asda store in Dudley, near Birmingham, on Thursday. The footage shows two women tangled in a brawl as another woman tries to separate them.




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GUY ADAMS investigates how the meat industry is coping during the coronavirus pandemic

The Daily Mail's Guy Adams reviews the state of the food industry in light of the panic buying which severely impacted markets and the cost benefit of farming. Meat, dairy and fruit has been affected.




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Marcus Rashford reveals his charity work has raised £20MILLION for vulnerable kids in Manchester

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has revealed that his charity work has raised £20million for vulnerable children in Manchester.




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Moment teenage driver tries to outrun police in a Nissan Micra with his pregnant girlfriend in car

Jordan Archer (pictured), 18, Blyth, Northumberland, pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, having no insurance and driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.




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MARKET REPORT: Mining shares slump on steel production fears 

Anglo-Australian miner BHP said global steel production - excluding China - could drop sharply this year due to the pandemic. Steel is often seen as an economic bellwether.




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Netflix hopes to gain 23 million new subscribers in the first half

With millions staying indoors, families have turned to the video streaming giant for home entertainment. Netflix has added 15.8m paying subscribers in the three months to March 31.




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Laura Ashley rescued: Administrators agree deal with Gordon Brothers

The fashion and homeware store went bust last month after it failed to raise emergency cash from its owners, becoming the first household name to fall victim to the coronavirus lockdown.




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More than two million staff sign up for furlough in two days

HM Revenue & Customs revealed a further 124,000 companies rushed to apply for the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme on Tuesday, the second day it has been up and running.




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Worse to come for 'broken' oil market as pandemic causes oversupply

On a day of wild swings on global markets, brent crude briefly fell below $16 a barrel - the lowest level this century. It later recovered, surging 10 per cent to more than $21 last night.




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Blackmore Bond falls into administration owing savers £45m

Blackmore Bond had failed to hand out interest payments to its investors since October last year. Assurances that it would resume the payments in 2020 fell by the wayside.




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Economic think-tank sounds alarm on household debt

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said households are saddled with £8,000 of non-mortgage debts, totalling £230 billion across the UK. And the coronavirus pandemic means incomes are falling.




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McLaren receives £300m jump-start during coronavirus pandemic

McLaren, based at a plush factory in Surrey designed by renowned British architect Norman Foster, is also talking to third parties about further boosting its working capital.




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Mike Ashley's Frasers asks suppliers to cut 20% off unpaid bills

Ashley's chains, which include Sports Direct and House of Fraser, have been forced to close amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and are in arrears to suppliers.




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Founder of 'legal loan shark' Amigo in bid to oust the entire board

James Benamor says Amigo was committing 'slow-motion suicide' by making 'irresponsible' loans and failing to alert shareholders to the potential cost of complaints.




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BP promises to pay a £1.7bn dividend despite 'brutal' environment

Many had been worried BP would have to cut or axe the payout after oil prices began tanking in late January. But the energy giant has raised the amount it will give to shareholders.




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Estate agents under fire for offering viewings during the pandemic

Firms are accusing each other of 'profiteering' from the pandemic. An estate agency in the Lake District sparked a debate after it said it had completed a viewing on a £1.25m home.




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Covid winners: The tech tycoons & money men making a mint

Amazon is expected to report profits of more than £7500 a second, meaning founder Jeff Bezos (pictured with girlfriend Lauren Sanchez) has added billions of dollars to his personal fortune.




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Ending furlough scheme in June is 'tantamount to economic suicide'

Just days after British Airways warned of 12,000 job cuts, business only expect to recover slowly as workers and consumers stay home and social distancing measures are put in place.




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Reckitt sees record sales bonanza of £3.5bn as pandemic boosts demand

Laxman Narasimhan, chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser, said sales of condoms had been hit in the UK and Italy - but not in China, where restrictions are being lifted.




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Pandemic set to cost car industry more than £8bn

The pandemic could result in 257,000 fewer vehicles rolling off production lines this year, after output plunged by almost 38 per cent last month, an industry report predicted.




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Watchdog warns audit firms to up their game and stop misleading

The Financial Reporting Council has found most accounting firms are failing to assess whether their audits of major companies are any good until after they have already published them.




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Pandemic wipes £1billion off Disney's quarterly profits

The US giant said it will reopen its Shanghai Disneyland park on May 11 but severely limit the number of guests and enforce strict social distancing measures on rides and in restaurants.




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HAMISH MCRAE: Dividends are vital to economic demand

Does it really make sense for pensioners who, directly or indirectly, rely on their income from dividends to have those incomes further cut by Bank of England diktat?




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ALEX BRUMMER: ITV's streaming battle

ITV's chief exec Carolyn McCall has done the right things to limit the scarring. Some 800 workers have been furloughed, the dividend and executive pay have been cut and costs severely pruned.




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The key economic statistics that highlight the challenges the UK faces

What does the terrible economic data tell us about what shape the recovery will have? And is it too late for too many companies?




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BA owner says misery will last until 2023 as it reports $1.5bn losses

IAG said it is 'planning a meaningful return to service' in July. But it conceded the plans were 'highly uncertain and subject to the easing of lockdowns and travel restrictions' globally.




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Man United news: Outcast Alexis Sanchez has to start playing with a smile, says Robin van Persie

Van Persie can sympathise with Sanchez. He, too, swapped Arsenal for United. He, too, knows the baggage that comes with life at Old Trafford.




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Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admits he wants Alexis Sanchez to stay

Alexis Sanchez has interest from Serie A clubs ahead of the European transfer window closing on September 2 but his wages may prove an obstacle to a move.




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Alexis Sanchez will have to accept MASSIVE £9m per-season wage cut to join Inter Milan

Antonio Conte is pushing his Inter Milan bosses to pursue a deal for Manchester United flop Alexis Sanchez. However the Chilean's huge wages will likely be a huge problem.




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Man Utd transfer news: Alexis Sanchez on cusp of move to Inter Milan

EXCLUSIVE BY ALVISE CAGNAZZO: The Chilean is keen to move to Inter and has received permission from Manchester United to speak to the Italian giants and Antonio Conte.




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Alexis Sanchez arrives at Carrington for training despite Inter Milan loan switch edging closer 

The Chilean forward is keen to move to Inter Milan and has received permission from Manchester United to speak to the Italian giants and manager




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Manchester United 'to pay half of Alexis Sanchez's £560,000 a week wages' during Inter Milan loan'

The 30-year-old could join Romelu Lukaku as the second United player to sign for Inter this summer after the Belgian international completed a £73million move earlier this month.




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Romelu Lukaku has been messaging Alexis Sanchez EVERY DAY to convince him to link-up at Inter Milan

Romelu Lukaku has been bombarding former Manchester United team-mate Alexis Sanchez with messages to convince him to join Inter Milan. He told the Chilean Italy is more beautiful than Manchester.




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Transfer news: Inter Milan hoping for progress in bid to sign Manchester United Alexis Sanchez

Inter Milan expect to have a firm idea of whether a deal to sign Alexis Sanchez can be struck to sign over the next two days. The Old Trafford side are open to letting him leave,




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The incredible money Manchester United poured down the drain as Alexis Sanchez heads to Inter Milan

Those in the Manchester United boardroom must wince when they hear the name Alexis Sanchez, such is the poor value for money their £560,000-per-week man has delivered.