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Champions League 'could be finished over just THREE WEEKS in August' in packed schedule

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.




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Ilkay Gundogan says 'world-class' Wolves striker Raul Jimenez is good enough for Manchester City

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.




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Wolves goalkeeper John Ruddy says the current campaign CANNOT be abandoned regardless of time

John Ruddy believes that the season must be completed, even if that means playing behind closed doors. He says rolling over into next season would be difficult due to many permutations




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How Marcus Rashford's childhood has driven £20m crusade to feed Manchester kids during Covid crisis

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.




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Coronavirus UK: Wolves star Diogo Jota believes the Premier League season CAN be finished

The Dutch FA took the decision on Friday to cancel the Eredivisie , with the title left by vacant by Ajax and AZ Alkmaar, and neighbouring Belgium could follow after a meeting on Monday.




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Former Warrington Wolves and Hull KR prop Jordan Cox has died aged 27 

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.




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Steve Walsh must take some blame for Everton shambles

MERSEY BEAT - DOMINIC KING: As Director of Football, Walsh took on responsibility to transform Everton yet their expensive recruitment still left gaping holes in a struggling team.




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Mohamed Salah is the new King of Anfield - MERSEY BEAT

MERSEY BEAT: Quietly they are making their presence felt, fired primarily by the feats of their flying front three. Goals are what transform sides in the Premier League.




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Wayne Rooney's Everton story feels like it is beginning

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




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Liverpool keeper Loris Karius has huge questions to answer

MERSEY BEAT: In the giddy aftermath of the game of the season, one dejected man stood out. Head bowed, brow furrowed, Simon Mignolet scuttled out of Anfield without stopping to speak.




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Ademola Lookman's latest England U21 display leaves cause for concern

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.




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Fans must remember how far LIverpool have come since Rodgers' sacking

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.




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Xherdan Shaqiri is sparkling but that doesn't mean Adam Lallana's flame is flickering out

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.




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Naby Keita can repay Jurgen Klopp's faith by solving Liverpool's midfield problem

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.




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If Liverpool and Everton know their fans they cannot give £500,000 to Richard Scudamore

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.




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Surge in DIY sales boosts B&Q before lockdown

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.




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What are property buyers and sellers allowed to in lockdown?

The Government has now released guidance on what to do if you're in the middle of a move. So should you move house, delay your purchase, or pull out of the sale completely?




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Arcadia halts £2m pension top-ups as it tries to cling on to cash in face of coronavirus lockdown

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




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A third of all mortgage deals are pulled in three weeks as coronavirus grips the market

There are some 1,585 fewer residential mortgages now available than there were just three weeks ago, according to financial experts Moneyfacts.




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Neil Woodford protege Mark Barnett dumps all unquoted shares

Mark Barnett, Invesco's best-known fund manager, will wash his hands of all the companies his funds own which are not listed on the stock exchange. Investors are expected to take a painful hit.




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Tie-up between Paddy Power owner and Sky Bet owner gets backing

The Competition and Markets Authority said the merger 'will not worsen the offering', due to the other large players in the market. The merger will be subject to approval of shareholders.




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MARKET REPORT: AIM group boosted by deal for NHS ventilators

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.




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Best savings rates: Investec brings back top notice account paying 1.65%

While the relaunched Notice Plus account from Epsom Derby sponsor Investec has more moving parts than a track full of racehorses, it offers an easy-access element with a top-rate deal.




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Two married women get payouts totalling £14k after state pension blunder

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.




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Easyjet founder Sir Stelios calls for vote on whether to sack director

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.




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Next to sell Leicestershire HQ to boost virus lockdown funds

The fashion retailer has appointed agents to sell its head office and warehouse in West Yorkshire. The sale and leaseback deals are part of a strategy announced at its annual results last week.




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MARKET REPORT: Crude surge helps shares shrug off jobless gloom

A record 6.65m Americans filed for help from the US Government last week, up from the previous record of 3.3m the week before, as measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak led to millions losing their jobs.




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How do you make a valid will with witnesses in the coronavirus lockdown?

Demand for wills is surging, understandably in the midst of a grave health crisis. Lawyers explain how to get a will properly signed while not endangering yourself or others.




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Houseparty, Slack and Zoom: What's behind apps keeping us social?

Since Britain was put in lockdown thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, a number of apps have seen their popularity boom - the right place, the right time and all that.




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Bosses at Frankie and Benny's parent company take pay cuts

Chief executive Andy Hornby will have his earnings slashed by 40 per cent for a period of three months while chief financial officer Kirk Davis will see his pay cut by 20 per cent.




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GlaxoSmithKline links up with Vir Biotechnology to find a vaccine

Glaxo said it would invest more than £200m in the US company and that they would initially focus on speeding up development of Vir's antibody drugs, which could be used to treat Covid-19.




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Meet the man who's been clearing the nation's junk and now also offers Covid-19 deep cleans 

Brendan O'Shea started Just Clear with just his wife and a van. Now his franchise is nationwide, and has been hired to decontaminate thousands of buildings of Covid-19




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Banks are failing to explain why fraud victims have not been refunded

A damning review by the Financial Ombudsman of an anti-fraud code which came into force last May has raised numerous concerns about the way banks are treating victims who have lost millions.




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ALEX BRUMMER: Japan turns on the taps with a £732bn fiscal package

When it comes to loading up the big guns, Japan is market leader. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is unsheathing a fiscal package as the country places its cities under a state of emergency.




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Critical workers CAN give colleagues a lift in government rule U-turn

Key workers who provide lifts to colleagues who have no other means of travelling to their jobs can car share with a 'minimum number of people at any one time' during the coronavirus lockdown.




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ALEX BRUMMER: Banks must get coronavirus cash to firms quicker

Bank of America alone has approved 177,000 loans worth $32.6 billion (£26.3 billion) in just over a week. The White House says that £56.5 billion of such loans have been sorted.




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Guinness owner Diageo WILL pay a dividend to its shareholders despite the global lockdown of pubs

The group also said it had donated vast quantities of alcohol to help make over 8million bottles of hand sanitiser for healthcare workers globally.




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Best mortgage rates: Compare fixed rate and tracker rate mortgage deals

Lenders cut a staggering half of all mortgage deals this month, but since the initial rush pull deals some lenders have been quietly reintroducing mortgages to the market.




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Sell your cakes in street, insurer tells cafe over coronavirus claim

Daniel Duckett - who is now campaigning for small firms to get payouts - was also told by Hiscox that criticism of the insurance industry by politicians was irrelevant.




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Bulldog spirit keeps businesses alive during coronavirus

Tim Foster is co-founder of The Yummy Pub company. He saw his business change overnight because of lockdown - but he has never been busier.




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Millions dip into their savings or take on debt amid coronavirus crisis

Nearly a third of people in the UK have had to dip into their savings while a fifth have taken on debt, with the younger generations the worst hit, a new survey has showed.




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Six MORE elderly women underpaid total of £22k in state pension

It is still unclear how errors were made in so many cases. And our new cases reveal a scandalous level of incompetence by the DWP when people approach it for help on their own.




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How do online orthodontics work? We investigate  

A spate of new companies offering at home orthodontic and so-called 'teledentistry' treatments have sprung up over the past 18 months or so. But how can you effectively fit braces at home?




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Bizkids: How to set up a business as a child

Serial entrepreneur, Natasha Courtney-Smith has launched free online classes for children who are keen to learn about starting their own businesses during the lockdown.




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Insurers threaten to sue the same companies taking them to court over business interruption claims

In recent weeks there has been a series of disagreements between firms forced to close due to coronavirus and the insurers refusing to pay out their business interruption claims.




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Nationwide savers forced to wait weeks to transfer Isas

Nationwide has cut the rate on its Future Saver, Loyalty Saver and Isa customers, but jumping ship is proving tricky.




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Mercedes-Benz Sprinter outsells all passenger cars during lockdown in April

For the first time in 30 years, the best-selling vehicle in a single month was a van, The Mercedes-Benz sold 814 versions of its Sprinter, out-selling the most-bought car, which was the Tesla Model 3.




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How to ensure your car is roadworthy after cornavirus lockdown

With the majority of drivers leaving their motors parked or making only infrequent and very short journeys to the shops, there's a good chance you'll encounter one or more of these six issues.




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Easy-access savings customers urged to check their rates

A number of challenger banks and building societies are making cuts to their bread and butter savings accounts - and it's time to check you won't be hit.




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Halifax index: House prices fall in April 2020 thanks to coronavirus

Property values were down by 0.6% in April compared to March, the biggest fall since March 2018, according to the latest data from Halifax.