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Boss of children's clothes firm loved by Royals blasts rivals

Laura Tenison, the founder of upmarket children's clothing retailer JoJo Maman Bébé, says: 'We are an ethical business.' And she has been working on her own production line during the Covid-19 crisis.




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How small firms are surviving coronavirus: We're pulling pints to go

Andrew O'Connor and Phil Waters (pictured), chefs at the Full Moon Pub in Buckinghamshire, have turned their hands to churning out dozens of ready-to-cook meals for customers to take home.




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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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Why insurance firms MUST release pensioners from annuity austerity

RAF veteran Alan Fowler, 72, (pictured with his wife Lynda) has an annuity from Legal & General paying a pittance but it refused his pleas for a lump sum.




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Zara Tindall is seen for the first time in her new role as Cheltenham racecourse director

Zara, 38, donned a navy coat, with a Jockey Club brooch, and a grey fedora hat for the Festival Trials Day at Cheltenham Racecourse. The mother-of-two is a regular visitor to the racecourse.




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Cheltenham Festival chiefs confirm meet will go ahead despite case of coronavirus in Gloucestershire

The latest case of coronavirus, the third in Gloucestershire, was diagnosed over the weekend and then announced hours before the start of the four-day fixture Festival.




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Zara Tindall smiles with BFF Dolly Maude on the first day of the Cheltenham Festival

Zara Tindall, 38, posed for photos with close friend Dolly Maude as she made her way inside Cheltenham Racecourse for the start of the four-day meet.




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Glamorous guests don their best dresses as they kick off the first day of Cheltenham festival

Racegoers pulled out all the sartorial stops as they arrived at Cheltenham race course in Gloucestershire today for the first day of the annual festival.




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Cheltenham Festival 2020: Willie Mullins wins first four races at Cheltenham to record 2179/1 feat

Willie Mullins revealed his delight after Al Boum's Gold Cup success saw him win his first four races at Cheltenham Festival on Friday. His incredible feat would've commanded odds of 2179/1.




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Horse racing could be first live sporting action in UK lockdown and can be ready return in a WEEK

The sport has held discussions with figures in the Government about resuming action, and BHA chief Nick Rust has claimed racing is 'ready to go' whenever they are given the green light.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: 'Car hire firm charged me an extra £75 for insurance'

My booking with OK Rent a Car at Malaga Airport included Collision Damage Waiver. But the agent told me my CDW was useless, and I needed to pay another €84 (about £75).




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Can online firms really find out your new card details before you?

I recently obtained a new Visa debit card from Lloyds and went to update all my subscription services with the new details. When I went onto Now TV, I saw it already had them.




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ALEX BRUMMER: FCA has been too slothful in acting on problem firms

The Financial Conduct Authority was always going to be a bed of nails for Bank of England governor aspirant Andrew Bailey - and so it has proved.




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ASK TONY: My mobile caught fire in the car - but Samsung blames me!

My Samsung phone was only a year old when it spontaneously caught fire in the footwell of my car. I put it there after receiving a phone call, but as I drove off I noticed a strange smell.




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My flat is a fire risk so I can't staircase my shared ownership mortgage

I am a shared ownership resident in a London block of flats who recently tried to staircase my mortgage. However, the lender was worried my balcony might be flammable. Now I can't remortgage.




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'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details.




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TONY HETHERINGTON: My uncle pays £492 a year to long dead funeral firm

'Going through my 91-year-old uncle's paperwork for him, I found he had signed up for Equitable Lifecare funeral plan in 2016, and has been paying £41 a month - £492 a year - since then.'




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Taron Egerton left 'raging' after discarded cigarette causes a fire at his London apartment block  

The Rocketman star, 30,was reportedly left 'raging' after a discarded cigarette caused a fire at his luxury London apartment block, near the BBC Television Centre in White City on Friday.




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Emotional first-time father, 22, meets his 'perfect' son for the first time

Sam, 25, and partner Jordan, featured in last night's episode of BBC 1's Life and Birth. Viewers were left emotional after the first-time father vowed to love his 'perfect' son for the 'rest of his life.'




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BBC DJ Gilles Peterson's accused stalker fires her lawyers after claims of 'witness intimidation'

Sarah Jayne Rook, 43, fired her lawyer Theresa Gerald on Friday after claiming she has been 'heavily intimidated'. She plans to represent herself and said her family have received death threats.




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Son of Count Folke Bernadotte reveals he first heard about his father's assassination on the radio

Speaking to BBC World Service's Witness History, Count Bernadotte's youngest son, Bertil Bernadotte, told how he first learned of his father's death while listening to the radio at the age of 12.




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How did Premier League stars fare in first Real Madrid year after Eden Hazard flop?

It's been a year to forget for Hazard who has gone from being a global star to almost a forgotten entity, but how did other ex-Premier League starts fare in their debut Bernabeu seasons?




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Murray rules out US Open after first singles match since January ends in defeat by Gasquet

Murray has confirmed that he won't play in the men's singles at the US Open later this month. Murray resumed his singles career on Monday night but lost in straight sets to Richard Gasquet in Cincinnati.




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Andy Murray set for first Challenger Tour appearance in 14 years at Rafa Nadal Open

The former world No 1 has lost both of the singles matches he has played since returning from January's hip surgery and, with the US Open starting on Monday, is dropping down a level.




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HOT OR NOT: The fire is burning inside Andy Murray but Ed Woodward is failing on and off the pitch

As another week on the sporting landscape races by, Sportsmail's Daniel Matthews examines who has left themselves hot, and who is firmly out in the cold.




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Andy Murray marks fairytale comeback by claiming first singles title since hip surgery

MIKE DICKSON IN ANTWERP:Andy Murray may have had his hip covered in metal, but nobody ever suggested his mentality needed any resurfacing.




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Andy Murray called up to Great Britain's Davis Cup squad for first time since 2016

Andy Murray will represent Great Britain for the first time since 2016 after being called up to the Davis Cup squad. The call up comes a day after Murray's memorable European Open triumph.




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Is this the first picture of Andy Murray and his daughter?

The heart-warming image is believed to show the tennis ace with one of his two daughters. It features in a documentary that charts the Scotsman's two-year journey back from a major hip injury.




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John Bercow will go up in flames when bonfire society set fire to his 36ft-high effigy

The 36ft-high replica of the Commons Speaker (pictured), which shows him holding the heads of both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, will go up in flames on Saturday night.




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Wayne Rooney trains with Derby County for the first time ahead of January move to Championship club

Wayne Rooney has trained with Derby for the first time as he prepares to join the Championship strugglers on an 18-month contract.




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Wayne Rooney scores first goal since returning to English football

Wayne Rooney scored his first goal back in English football on Tuesday night but he could not prevent Derby from losing away at bottom-placed Luton in the Championship.




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Wayne Rooney isn't the first to recall the 'scandalous' talent of Ravel Morrison

Wayne Rooney has recalled the abilities of his former Manchester United colleague Ravel Morrison with the highest praise. And he's far from alone in remembering how good Morrison used to be.




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US Open 2019: Stefanos Tsitsipas sent packing in the first-round

Stefanos Tsitsipas launched an extraordinary outburst at umpire Damien Dumusois as he tumbled out of the US Open against inspired Russian Andrey Rublev.




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Coco Gauff gets top marks after the 15-year-old lands her first WTA Tour title at the Linz Open

MIKE DICKSON: Coco Gauff spent some of this week doing her high school homework, and ended it by taking the first of what will surely be many titles on the main WTA Tour.




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15-year-old Coco Gauff reaches her first WTA final after victory over Andrea Petkovic in Linz Open

Coco Gauff is remarkably through to her maiden tour-level WTA final at the tender age of 15 after defeating Germany 's Andrea Petkovic in the semi-final of the Linz Open on Saturday.




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Andy Murray and wife Kim Sears are celebrating after birth of their first son

The couple, both 32, already have two daughters - Sophia, three, and two-year-old Edie. Their son is understood to have been born last week at a hospital in London, near their home in Surrey.




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The ITF and Grand Slams donate more than £300,000 to the Australian Bushfire relief efforts

The International Tennis Federation (ITF), Wimbledon, and the US and French Opens have donated more than £300,000 to the Australian Bushfire relief efforts.




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Serena Williams flaunts koala manicure on first day of Australian Open

Serena Williams was seen flaunting koala-themed nail polish on the court on Monday as she took on Russian opponent Anastasia Potapova in Melbourne Park, on the first day of the Aus Open.




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Wimbledon CANCELLATION 'to be confirmed by All England Club on Wednesday' amid coronavirus lockdown

The tournament will be cancelled for the first time since the Second World War, with options such as playing the event behind closed doors and postponement not viewed as feasible.




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Wimbledon will HAVE to be cancelled for the first time since World War II, says Jamie Murray

The All England Club is holding an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss the fate of the 2020 Championships but former mixed doubles champion Jamie Murray feels it has to be cancelled.




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Dustin Brown leads Tennis Point Exhibition series in first professional sports event in 37 days

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.




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Scottish drinks brand unveils the 'world's first' Brussels sprout flavoured gin

The controversial concoction - produced by Pickering's Gin, based in Edinburgh, Scotland - is bound to divide opinion among gin lovers.




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Argos fires the starting gun on the festive season with promo set to debut on TV tonight 

British catalogue retailer Argos is the first to debut its advert which will hit screens today.




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Hero Asda delivery driver, 26, rescues seven-week-old baby from house fire while on his rounds

Habeel Khan, 26, had been on his normal delivery rounds when he saw smoke coming from a house near Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.




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Asda launch their FIRST ever vegan range with 48 new products

Asda has become the latest supermarket to join the vegan bandwagon and unveiled a range of 48 plant-based products. Standout products include the 'No-zzorella Sticks'.




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Sainsbury's is crowned the cheapest supermarket for the first time - beating Asda and Morrisons 

The average UK trolley of 53 branded groceries cost an average £107.01 over the year, according to Which? The trolley cost 64p more at Asda and £2.12 more at Morrisons.




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Asda set to become the first supermarket to open Greggs counters inside its stores

Asda is set to launch Greggs counters selling the full menu in five of its UK branches across the UK on a trial basis, including Boldon, Corby, Huyton, Wigan and Eastlands.




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Firms hit by coronavirus panic-buying 'significantly increase' production

Shops including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Waitrose are looking increasingly desolate as people begin stockpiling household goods.




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Aldi, Morrisons and Waitrose become first supermarkets to ease product restrictions

All the major supermarkets imposed restrictions this month keep shelves full after Brits panicked due to the pandemic and stocked up on supplies.




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Banks urged to ramp up lending as just 12,000 small firms get loans

Thousands of firms are finding it near-impossible to access cash under the Government's vital Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme (CBILS).