GUY ADAMS: The crazy cross-section of actors, pop stars, politicians and toffs who score an invitation to the Royal Box says much about the vagaries of modern Britain.

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.

EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: AFC Wimbledon are set to become the next EFL club to furlough their footballing staff, Sportsmail understands.

Tim Henman believes that Wimbledon crowds will get to see Andy Murray play there again, even if they have to wait another 15 months.

Andy Murray's enforced confinement at home through injury and the lockdown has taken away any fear he had about the future after tennis. Murray chatted with Novak Djokovic via Instagram.

Andy Murray could be in action this summer as part of a behind-closed-doors tournament. Wimbledon was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic but Andy's brother Jamie has backed a new event.

Andy Murray has become the first high-profile player to suggest that winners' prize money at top events may have to be cut to help lower-ranked players during the coronavirus crisis.

The dreadlocked German of partly Jamaican heritage will, however, be back in the limelight today when he plays in what constitutes as western Europe's first professional sports event in 37 days.

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.

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.

Fan John Presley became alarmed when he couldn't find his favourite Fray Bentos corned beef in supermarket in Burnham on Sea. He believes the brand owners have lost touch with their customers.

The Foods Standards Agency has said that three of the Soupologie soups could contain listeria monocytogenes. The products are sold in supermarkets across the UK.

Major supermarkets including Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda will follow Morrisons in their pledge. Black plastic contains a carbon pigment that cannot be detected by recycling machines.

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Shantell Jones, 38, from Gipsyville, Hull, claims £474.90 worth of festive food was taken out of her account from the Hessle Road Asda in Hull. Her card was declined but she says money was taken.

The study by trade magazine The Grocer compared a shopping basket of 33 typical grocery items, such as skimmed milk, sliced bread, baked beans and dried pasta.

Panic-buying has swept through the country with shoppers recording empty shelves in supermarkets including Asda, Costco and Tesco,leading the latter to ration essential products.

Staple vegetables such as potatoes, carrots, onions and cabbage - which have vanished from the shelves of Sainsbury's and Asda - were on display at Harrods, but at vastly inflated prices.

One man alleged he was stopped from entering an unnamed supermarket in Derby because he was 'unable to guarantee' he could remain a distance from the nearest person.

A man was wrestled to the ground at the Asda Superstore in Greenhithe, Kent after he allegedly coughed on staff and said he had coronavirus. Police arrested him on April 7 and he has been charged.

The filmer, 31, who wished to remain anonymous, witnessed the bust-up at her local Asda supermarket in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, at around 2pm yesterday.

Sir Vince Cable, who led the privatisation of Royal Mail in 2013, said a reduction to executive pay was the socially-responsible thing to do after bosses axed the dividend last month.

The former state monopoly decided to cancel its final payout to investors last month, to help bolster the balance sheet.

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.

The online food delivery firm's merger got the go-ahead from the Competition and Markets Authority, who was 'satisfied there are no competition concerns' after its probe of the deal.

India's TVS Motor, which bought the British brand out of administration for £16m earlier this month, is reportedly set to invest tens of millions of pounds in the luxury motorbike maker.

Chief exec Alan Jope said he expects the pandemic to prompt lasting changes in behaviour, with strong demand for cleaning products set to continue while the dining industry could face a slow recovery.

The Bank of England is likely to keep rates frozen at the all-time low of 0.1 per cent until at least the end of 2021, according to a poll of economists by Reuters.

The education group will hand back £102m to shareholders - or 13.5p per share - after boss John Fallon insisted the company was in a 'strong financial position'.

The company said it will resume building from April 27. Workers will follow strict social distancing rules - except for work deemed 'essential' that requires them to stand closer together.

Pete Redfern, the chief executive of FTSE 100 firm Taylor Wimpey, has broken ranks with rival bosses to push the Government to outline a plan to end lockdown.

With oil prices tumbling, investors will be glued to the first-quarter results due out from BP and Shell on Tuesday and Thursday respectively.

Andrew Murphy, John Lewis Partnership's executive director of operations, said the chain could begin reopening some stores as soon as the middle of next month.

The Investment Association said firms will need 'to take account of their individual circumstances particularly considering the impact on their stakeholders' when deciding executive pay.

Think-tank Reform is calling on Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor (pictured), to let businesses bring back employees on reduced hours but still receive some state support as lockdown is lifted.

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.

Chief exec Steve Rowe (pictured) will still take his full £810,000 salary plus bonuses this year despite asking long-suffering savers and the taxpayer to prop up the ailing business.

Coronavirus has wiped out demand and IAG believes it will take several years for air travel to recover to 2019 levels.

Bosses at the company's owner, Barings Asia, are withholding the severance payment. Instead staff have been been told to apply for government handouts.

Staley (pictured with wife Debora) said the coronavirus would have a lasting impact on where staff work. Around 70,000 of Barclays 80,000 employees are working from home.

On another bleak day for the sector, Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury predicted it could take 'three to five years' for passengers to be as willing to fly as before the crisis.

Glaxosmithkline, led by Emma Walmsley (pictured) and Astrazeneca both revealed a surge in first-quarter sales. Walmsley warned vaccines are not likely to become available for more than a year.

The fast food business's 1,350 restaurants have been closed since the Government brought in lockdown measures in March due to concerns over staff and customer safety.

RBS, which is changing its name to Natwest later this year, said the loss provisions dragged profit down by almost 50 per cent to £519m in the first three months of 2020.

William Hill is benefiting to the tune of over £30m per month from the wage subsidy scheme and the business rates holiday, while Paddy Power is saving £400,000 per month in business rates.

The insurance giant said it would sell up to 58m shares, which at last night's price of 692.4p would be worth £400m, collecting the money so it could 'respond to future growth opportunities'.

Vue boss Tim Richards is 'hopeful' that venues can be open in time for the release date of Nolan's new film, Tenet (starring John David Washington and Robert Pattinson, pictured) on July 17.

The online grocer awarded a £58m pay packet to chief executive Tim Steiner last year, and will give him a bonus of up to £100m over five years if its share price continues to rise.

Just hours after the online grocer revealed sales have jumped more than 40 per cent in the last five weeks, it emerged that 29.7 per cent of investors had voted against top pay at the company.

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.