Equality was the theme of the dinner hosted by Ed Miliband to raise money for Labour’s women candidates at the next General Election.

David Rowland made the highest bid of the night at a small gathering of Tory supporters at Christie's auction house hosted by the Prime Minister and his wife Samantha.

Ken Clarke and Lord Mandelson are becoming joint presidents along with Danny Alexander, the Lib Dem Chief Secretary to the Treasury, of a new group called British Influence.

During an otherwise confident performance on the BBC's Andrew Marr show this weekend, the Prime Minister stumbled badly when he was challenged over fox hunting.

How very unbrotherly Left-wing Labour can be. Not all of them have rallied to defend their bearded poster-boy Jeremy Corbyn against attacks from the likes of Tony Blair, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

ANDREW PIERCE looks at how the Economist bosses rejected a 'political' Brexit animal advert, Heseltine welcoming the Government's defeat in Commons & other stories.

ANDREW PIERCE: 'Unlike some past Attorneys General, Geoffrey Cox has been lauded for his independence of thinking. He refused to compromise his legal view'.

ANDREW PIERCE: One of the biggest surprises at the last General Election was the victory of Labour's Emma Dent Coad in the Conservative stronghold of Kensington.

The SNP MP was revealed last week to have the second largest haul of Parliamentary expenses - at £242,000 - which covers staff, travel and accommodation, writes ANDREW PIERCE.

Raul Jimenez hit the target yet again as Wolves set up a shooting-based gender reveal for him and his partner Daniela Bassom who his pregnant with their first child.

The Greek health ministry announced the two-week suspension in their latest attempt to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country.

Wolves are plotting a major swoop for Real Madrid midfielder James Rodriguez, with reports in Spain suggesting the west midlands club may have to fork out £71million to secure a deal.

TOM COLLOMOSSE IN ATHENS: The hosts were reduced to 10 men in the first half after Ruben Semedo was sent off, but then took the lead in the second when Youssef el Arabi opened the scoring.

The Italian striker joined the Serie A club on an 18-month loan deal in January that will become permanent in the summer of 2021. Italy is one of the worst-hit countries for the COVID-19 virus.

Premier League club chiefs have come up with a radical plan to save the season. They are ready to play all of the remaining 92 games behind closed doors with every game shown live on TV.

All Wolves staff have been provided with face masks by the club as they are urged to take extra care during the coronavirus crisis.

EXCLUSIVE BY MIKE KEEGAN: Sportsmail can reveal that the entire top 10 - with the exception of City and Sheffield United - have submitted a joint application to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The electrifying form of Raul Jimenez at Wolves has reportedly caught the eye of Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane, who wants to partner him alongside Karim Benzema from next season.

Raul Jimenez insists he is happy to stay at Wolves even if they fail to qualify for the Champions League next season, with the west Midlands side currently five points adrift of the top four.

Every top-half club bar City and Sheffield United submitted a joint application and now City have 'information from a number of trusted sources' that Arsenal were the club behind the move

The latter stages of this season's Champions League and Europa League are set to be moved to July and August as the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the football calendar. 

Traore has enjoyed a breakthrough season which has seen the speedster score six goals and provide 10 assists to help keep Nuno Espirito Santo's side firing this campaign.

Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has taken to social media to make his latest flamboyant fashion statement during the coronavirus pandemic. The caption reads: 'Quarantine garden fits.'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has urged Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford to seize the opportunity to impact Manchester United's season once football resumes after the coronavirus shutdown.

Prior to the enforced break, Wolves were mounting a strong challenge to finish in the Champions League qualification places and sit just five points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.

UEFA have introduced the idea of squeezing the remaining Champions League and Europa League games into just three weeks in August, with clubs facing a frantic schedule.

Jimenez has been touted as a potential candidate to fill Sergio Aguero's goalscoring boots and Gundogan believes he would be the perfect addition to City's frontline this summer.

CHRIS WHEELER: The coronavirus crisis stirred something very close to home for Marcus Rashford. He thought of vulnerable children, much like himself at school, who may go hungry or suffer.

News of Jordan Cox's passing arrived on Thursday while he was at home but it has been described as 'non-suspicious' and not linked to the current global coronavirus pandemic.

Adama Traore's tactical development has made the difference between his Barcelona flop and incredible Wolves rise, a former coach at the club's famous La Masia academy has said. 

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Wayne Rooney returning to Everton sounded like a story from a different era, an old professional going back to his first love for one last hurrah

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: With each passing minute, he gets closer to the door. The relentless pursuit, the speculation and the astronomical bid.

DOMINIC KING'S MERSEY BEAT: The list, even now, cannot fail to raise eyebrows. First, you see Oxford United; then names such as Luton, Sunderland and Birmingham pop up.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Jordan Henderson was approaching the final 12 months of his contract and with Liverpool dallying, some of their rivals began to take notice.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Watching Lookman on Tuesday in the remote Latvian town of Jelgava, there was no frisson of excitement. All you could feel was concern.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: It is three years to the day since Liverpool sacked Brendan Rodgers. We must start with that fact in an attempt to apply some context about the club's situation.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: In the days before he named his squad for Russia, one player kept popping into Gareth Southgate's head more than anyone else: Adam Lallana.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Liverpool look like they need an individual to spring forward and take things by the scruff of the neck. Jurgen Klopp will hope Naby Keita steps forward.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: It is difficult to know what to get most angry about: the man who made the idea, the potential recipient or some clubs for contemplating it.

DOMINIC KING - MERSEY BEAT: Towards the end of 2020, Liverpool will have a new £50million complex. The renovation of their Academy at Kirkby is well underway.

Kingfisher, which also owns Screwfix, saw sales shoot up 38 per cent in the third week of March. Online sales jumped by a quarter as people avoided shops as the threat of the virus became clear.

Arcadia will halt the £2m monthly contributions which were agreed with The Pensions Regulator last summer to reduce a shortfall in the pension scheme.

Paul takes over at the takeaway pizza group after leading the coffee chain through its growth spurt ahead of its £3.9bn sale to Coca-Cola by former owner Whitbread last year.

De La Rue predicted that adjusted operating profit for the 12 months ending March 27 would be between £20m and £25m, in line with earlier guidance. This is a major drop on the previous year.

The company announced it would raise £1bn from a public share sale, and by borrowing an additional £3.8bn on the bond markets. The money will be used for day-to-day spending.

AIM-listed business Science Group has become the latest firm to design a ventilator from scratch. It has signed an agreement to provide 10,000 of them if regulators approve.

A day which started with optimism due to a surge in a Chinese manufacturing index in March, suggesting there could be a sharp 'V' shaped recovery from global lockdowns, ended with more alarming data.

A probe is now under way into the failure, which went unnoticed for more than a decade until discovered by our pensions columnist Steve Webb and This is Money.

It follows through on a threat from Sir Stelios, 53, who is Easyjet's biggest shareholder, to sack a director every seven weeks if the firm does not move to cancel its order of 107 aircraft from Airbus.

The scheme also includes new hires the supermarket has made to help deal with added demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Supermarkets dealt with record levels of demand in March.