It will be the 10th time the Ayrshire course has hosted the game's oldest major and the first since Henrik Stenson lifted the Claret Jug following an epic duel with Phil Mickelson in 2016.

The FTSE 100 index in London closed down 84 points or -1.4 per cent at 5,876 today. It came as Rishi Sunak delivered his Budget against the backdrop of an economic storm caused by Covid-19.

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.

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.

After the The Open was cancelled for the first time since the Second World War, the ongoing pandemic has also forced the US Open and PGA Championship to take place later this year.

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.

The home - dubbed the 'Ghost House' thanks to its glass build and because it's hidden from view as you approach it - is on sale in the village of Moreton Paddox in Stratford-upon-Avon for £2.5million.

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.

Despite being repeatedly tipped as a 'prime minister-in-waiting' since entering the House of Commons less than five years ago, Rishi Sunak has always been better known in India than Britain.

MATT LAWTON IN BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE: The race for the big prize might have failed to ignite here on the first day in the Pyrenees but there was no shortage of fireworks

MATT LAWTON IN VALLOIRE: To some extent it felt like normal service had been resumed here in the Alps, the sight of five Team Ineos riders leading the yellow jersey group up the final climb.

MATT LAWTON IN VALLOIRE: Thibaut Pinot abandoned the race in tears and Julian Alaphilippe lost the yellow jersey on the brutal ascent of the highest paved pass in Europe.

The 34-year-old suffered multiple broken bones after he collided with a wall during this year's event, but is ahead in his recovery and is targeting next year's race as a potential return date.

Tour de France organisers put a spring in the step of the climbers after unveiling the 2020 route featuring a mountain stage on the second day and one time trial on the eve of the final Champs Elysees parade.

Team INEOS has announced they are pulling out of all racing until the Volta a Catalunya on March 23.

Ray Massey test out the sexy new Jaguar F-type sports car, which has a top speed of 186mph and will accelerate to 60mph in just 4.2 seconds.

The French maker promises up to 61.8 mpg from the car, which was unveiled at the recent Geneva Motor Show.

The Peugeot 205 GTi became an icon of the Eighties. Now, almost three decades on, comes what Peugeot believes is its true spiritual successor - the 208 GTi, writes RAY MASSEY.

That rare shaft of sunshine this week was enough for British supercar-maker Aston Martin to launch a blistering £200,000 flagship soft-top, a highlight of its centenary year.

Let's hear it for 12 plucky drivers who drove for 24 hours at an average speed of 125 mph in British-built Vauxhall Astra hatchbacks.

What better way to banish the blues than to contemplate - subject to a lottery win - having some fun behind the wheel of the new Lamborghini Huracán?

The second worst car was the Mercedes-Benz B-Class (2005- 2012) managing just 42.6 mpg compared with the claimed 59.6 mpg (71.8 per cent).

The Ford Kuga 2.0 TDCi 163PS has a distinctive, yet handsome, contemporary, family-friendly crossover. Smart without being too flash.

This week Ray Massey became the first British journalist to road-test the radical new family car that drives on air: the Peugeot 2008 Hybrid Air

The Mazda 2 is the fourth member of a line-up that includes the CX-5 sports utility vehicle, the svelte Mazda 6 saloon and estate and the Mazda3 hatchback and fastback

Priced from £32,395 to £42,995, the baby 'Disco' goes on sale in January alongside the existing full-size sevenseater Discovery.

Mazda promises great performance, economy, safety and driving fun when the supermini reaches Britain early next year, priced from around £13,000.

Built with flexibility in mind, it also has a sliding second row of seats. There is a choice of five turbocharged petrol and diesel engines. It is also the only car in its class to team four wheel -drive with seven seats.

Ray Massey drove the fully stocked four-wheel-drive 2-litre TFSI, which was adept at whipping around the Cotswolds in style. The range starts at £31,995 and the Audi can cost as much as £50,000

The massive camper van, produced in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Austria, has a 720-horsepower engine and comes with a £585,000 price tag.

Sure, there’s good work in evidence but it’s all so derivative, so Audi, so VW, so keep it safe, so keep it in the family. Its crisp sharp lines doing nothing more than echoing those of the Audi A3 and VW Polo.

Bosses at Kahn Automobiles are offering a £20,000 reward for help catching a hooded vandal who smashed a Bugatti Veyron's windscreen with an iron bar at the dealership in Leeds.

Stars like Hailee Steinffeld and Rita Ora put their undergarments on full display at last night's Billboard Music Awards, and so can you with these top tips from Beyoncé's stylist Zerina Akers.

Taylor Swift surprised and delighted her fans with a shock return to the red carpet at the Billboard Awards in Las Vegas on Sunday.

None of the British royal family were safe when the Australian-born comedian hit the stage.

She opened the show for Sunday night's 2018 Billboard Music Awards. And Ariana Grande left fans with No Tears Left To Cry when she performed the single from her upcoming album

The 26-year-old rapper is the leading contender at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with 21 nominations it was announced on Thursday.

Billboard Awards 2019 Nominees

It is the biggest night of the year in British theatre, with Gillian Anderson, Sir Ian McKellen and Sophie Okonedo all in the running to scoop an award.

Taylor Swift was confirmed to open the 2019 Billboard Music Awards with the premiere performance of her hotly anticipated new track ME!

The 32-year-old Canadian rapper and Imagine Dragons were among the numerous artists poised to make history on Wednesday at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas.

Drake was the big winner Wednesday at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas as he lead a pack of artists hoping to set records.

Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie have prime seating for the show, based on photos of the seating arrangement for the A-list music event. And the Jonas Brothers will bring their high profile partners.

Four-year-old Future Zahir Wilburn stole the show on Wednesday, when he joined his 33-year-old singer-songwriter mom on the red carpet of the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

New mom Eva Longoria looked fabulous on Wednesday when she hit the red carpet of the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The 2019 Billboard Music Awards brought out a bevy of superstars to the the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Taylor Swift kicked it off by performing her new song ME!.

Not every risk pays off. And the evidence was there for all to see on the red carpet of the Billboard Music Awards this Wednesday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Cardi B put her new assets on display on Wednesday, when the 26-year-old took to the red carpet of the 2019 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Sophie Turner and Joe Jonas made their red carpet debut as husband and wife on Monday, at the star-studded Met Gala in New York.