Investors are reeling after virus fears wiped nearly $3 trillion off the combined market value of S&P 500 companies this week, with the index confirming its fastest correction in history.

A sea-loving Australian couple who spent years dreaming of living in a house boat have showed off the fruits of their labour in the form of a one bedroom home.

Former world number one Woods has won 15 major titles during his stellar career to date, including last year's Masters, while Harrington won three majors in the space of 13 months in 2007-08.

CRAIG BROWN: Sir, I was interested to read the open letter sent by leaders of Women's Aid and the Women's Equality Party.

Across the globe, people have opted to 'self-quarantine' amid the growing coronavirus pandemic.

Ben King, 30, from London, and Chicago-based Luke Gray, 30, have invented the Koa duvet cover, with a central zipper through the middle and two on the bottom, to make the hated task easier.

The Buffy The Vampire Slayer actress looked nonchalant while checking out an impressive piece of real estate in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. She tried to keep a low-profile.

Social media users loved the moment two Boston men unashamedly walked into the background of a press conference with Mayor Marty Walsh about the coronavirus.

U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday, in what is still the market's worst month in three decades, as intervention by U.S. policymakers finally seemed to stem the bleeding on Wall Street.

Eva Longoria was seen stepping out for a workout on Saturday morning. The 45-year-old embarked on a solo session around her Los Angeles home.

The Australian share market has lost 8.5 per cent or $122billion in the open minutes of trade. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 has now lost 38 per cent or $790billion since peaking on February 20.

Due to the growing severity of the coronavirus outbreak, many have opted to self-quarantine as a means of preventing the virus' spread.

The motorist was seen holding his dog on a lead out of the window whilst driving the open-top convertible around residential roads in Blackpool, Lancashire yesterday.

The White House is not extending open enrollment under Obamacare, despite President Trump saying it was an option amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Julia Roberts appeared to take Garcetti's advice to heart when she braved the open air on Friday for a CVS shopping trip in Malibu. Roberts had a mask over her face and wore a pair of gloves.

Golf chiefs are looking to find a way to ensure that all majors are played this season as the postponements caused by the coronavirus pandemic could see a surge of action later in the year.

Patrick Schwarzenegger stepped out sans mask and gloves to grab fresh pastries with girlfriend Abby Champion on Sunday morning in Los Angeles.

The Open has joined the list of major sporting events that have been called off following the coronavirus outbreak. The event was set to begin on July 16 at Royal St George's in Kent.

Tommy Fleetwood has backed the R&A's decision to cancel The Open and is already looking forward to the Royal St George's showpiece next year. 

DEREK LAWRENSON - WORLD OF GOLF: The Open will not be staged this year for the first time since 1945, after the R&A took the momentous decision to cancel the championship set for July.

Ryder Cup captains Padraig Harrington and Steve Stricker have issued a joint letter stressing Europe and the US must remain united in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Joshua Jackson is expecting his first child with wife Jodie Turner-Smith.

Melanie Griffith stepped outdoors on Saturday afternoon sans any personal protective equipment for a leisurely walk around her Los Angeles neighborhood.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 500 points, or 2.4%. The S&P 500 jumped 3.1% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed almost 4%

Chris Martin braved the open air on Tuesday sans recommended facial mask, while enjoying a socially distanced bike ride around his Malibu neighborhood.

Darren Criss recently helped provide a much needed distraction for quarantined families across the globe during ABC's The Disney Family Singalong.

David Charvet has been enjoying a loved up lockdown with his fitness model girlfriend Oksana Rykova, 26.

Lithuania's capital city Vilnius is turning into a massive outdoor cafe. The city has offered 18 locations where cafes and restaurants can lay extra tables in a bid to keep the businesses alive.

Joan Cartwright, 92, was delighted after her grandson, Will and his wife, Jen, came round to introduce her to her sixth great-grandchild Holly. She leant out of her flat window in Horsforth, Leeds.

More than 9 miles have been designated as part of the Open Streets initiative designed to 'provide greater social distancing among New Yorkers.'

Ashton Kutcher braved the open air to pick-up some well deserved takeout for his family at Black Market Liquor Bar in Studio City. Kutcher sported an N95 face mask and black disposable gloves.

AMANDA PLATELL: Of late, no posh girl worth her pink Himalyan salt has stepped out without a £300 piece of croissant-shaped fabric (prices can rise to an eye-watering £900) atop their shining heads.

AMANDA PLATELL: England football hero Paul Gascoigne was cleared by a jury of sexually assaulting a woman on a train after 'innocently' kissing her to make her feel better.

AMANDA PLATELL: Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge was told when she graduated from Rada to capitalise on her winsome aristocratic looks.

The power of an iron fist in a velvet glove was shown to perfection by Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in her interview with Prince Andrew, writes AMANDA PLATELL.

AMANDA PLATELL: More attention is now given to Cowell's scowl, Amanda Holden's nipples and Alesha Dixon's barely clad thighs than to the real stars - the ordinary folk following their dreams

AMANDA PLATELL: Of all the pictures published in this tumultuous week for the Royal Family, one stood out for me.

AMANDA PLATELL: Ant has treated you appallingly. But every tweet you post keeps you nailed to the cross of this broken marriage. You have to break away.

AMANDA PLATELL: It was a bracing moment when I read that the Church of England, my Church, declared that loving, long-term couples in civil partnerships should not have sex.

AMANDA PLATELL: Jennifer Aniston appears on a magazine cover wearing tiny Yves Saint Laurent leather hotpants a supermodel might struggle to get away with - and we gape in awe.

AMANDA PLATELL: I was struck by one thought after Carrie's Instagram announcement: I cannot imagine how Marina, his loyal wife of 27 years, must have been feeling, nor their four adult children.

AMANDA PLATELL: One week ago, Ismail Mohamed Abdulwahab, 13, was at home with his mum, six brothers and sisters, doing what we're all doing, watching TV, isolating at home.

AMANDA PLATELL: Can it be only a few months ago that the Monarchy was facing down Megxit, in what appeared to be one of its worst existential crises since the abdication?

AMANDA PLATELL: We have always been a nation of curtain twitchers. But, who'd have thought nearly 200,000 people would report their neighbours for breaking lockdown rules?

AMANDA PLATELL: We learned that they have chosen as their LA hideaway, a Tuscan-style mansion amid 14 acres in a gated community in one of the most sought-after areas of Hollywood....

ANDREW PIERCE: Lord Adonis has called Sir Keir Starmer, Labour MP for ember of Parliament for Holborn and St Pancras, Labour's 'only hope' and has urged people to join 'ASAP' and vote for him.

ANDREW PIERCE: If Chuka Umunna lost in Streatham, which he represented since 2010, he would have been paid £33,500 redundancy with the first £30k tax-free.

ANDREW PIERCE: The Labour Party suspended Lord Lea of Crondall last week after the House of Lords' standards watchdog found he sexually harassed two women working in Parliament.

ANDREW PIERCE: How long before Dilyn the dog is standing in for Boris Johnson at Prime Minister's Questions? I ask because the Jack Russell-cross is back in the spotlight.

ANDREW PIERCE: As he plods painfully through his six questions, there is an embarrassed silence on the Labour benches. Some Labour MPs say there is a way out.