The coronavirus pandemic spreading across the globe has put paid to many sporting events, and The Championships are the next to fall, with the UK death toll currently standing at 2,352.

The R&A moved swiftly on Thursday to knock down a report from America that the Open would suffer the same fate as Wimbledon and be cancelled.

Though expected, the cancellation of this year's Wimbledon for the first time since the Second World War caused an outpouring of emotion among tennis fans.

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.

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.

Brian Leach, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, was sacked on Wednesday after five years in the job. The post referred to a Billy Connolly sketch that poked fun at suicide bombing.

Till worker Brian Leach, 54, can return to his job at the Dewsbury Superstore after being sacked for posting a Billy Connolly skit in which he jokes about Islam and suicide bombers.

The affected stores include British High Street giants Iceland, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda and recalled products range from cheese burgers to Fruit shoot drinks and even dog food.

Analysis of items sold in Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's reveal that customers often are paying a premium for loose produce compared to items packaged up in plastic.

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.

A man in his 20s has staggered into an Asda store in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire with knife wounds to his face and back after he was attacked at 4.30am on Thursday.

Grant West, 26, (pictured) sent emails from the mobile home in Sheerness, Kent, pretending to come from 'Just Eat' to trick users into handing over their personal data.

National Trading Standards sent children into UK high street stores to attempt more than 2,200 test purchases and found they were able to buy a knife in more than one in seven attempts.

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

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.

Tesco, Asda and Matalan have come under fire for already selling Christmas items, as UK shoppers deem September too early in the year to buy festive food and Santa-inspired decorations.

Nearly 20 types of houmous from stores including Sainsbury's Morrisons, Aldi, Lidl and Asda are part of the recall by the UK Food Standards Agency.

The footage was recorded by an onlooker in the car park of an Asda store in Glasgow. In the video, two men can be seen grappling with each other next to a parked car.

An anonymous man, from the UK, shared a photo of the ASOS sleeveless jacket with neon trim alongside the caption: 'Loving the ASOS Asda range.'

The shopper claims her two-year-old son trapped his hand in a Scan and Go holster on an Asda shopping trolley as she turned her back to reach for an item on the shelf.

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency today announced the supermarket products were among 13 new additions to a months-long string of recalls.

Budget supermarket Lidl took home ten of the 17 prizes for festive food at the Quality Food and Drink Awards, while Aldi picked up two, Asda was awarded one and M&S took home four.

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.

Asda is selling 170g bags of the chunks for £3.99 across the UK, sending many fans into a frenzy online. A 465ml tub of ben & Jerry's costs £4.85-£5.00 meaning the bags are pricier per 100ml.

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: The supermarkets are investigating Hoads Farm, East Sussex, where animal rights activists filmed rotten corpses and piles of smashed eggs.

In the latest pump war any driver filling up at an Asda petrol station at pumps across the UK will pay no more than 120.7p per litre on unleaded and 124.7p per litre on diesel.

Rosemarie Riley (pictured) had popped out to the Asda superstore in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, to pick up a few essentials on Tuesday afternoon, which is when she made her x-rated mistake.

TOBY YOUNG: It is bad enough that any of these things could happen in a country that prides itself on the right to free speech, but in today's Britain such episodes are frighteningly common.

Findus-style beef and onion crispy pancakes will be available in supermarket freezers in the UK from 25 February, after Birds Eye developed a new recipe for the classic treat.

In a move to ensure the supermarket has enough supply, they have decided to limit the amount of dry pasta, UHT milk and baked bean tins that each customer can purchase.

Online supermarket retailer Ocado has 'gone into meltdown' today as its website malfunctioned as panicked Brits continue to buy in bulk due to the rise in coronavirus cases across the country.

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.

The price of oil has collapsed from more than £40 at the beginning of March to just £24 a barrel last week, leading to heavy falls in the wholesale prices of petrol and diesel.

The nation's supermarkets will now be allowed to help each other keep their shelves stocked as the government has temporarily relaxed competition laws.

Officers kept watch outside Lidl and Sainsbury's stores at a shopping centre in Stratford, east London (pictured).

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

UK beef farmers told Asda and Sainsbury's that the move to stock Polish beef instead is 'unacceptable', adding: 'Please do not play a part in killing British agriculture. Remember, once it's gone, it's gone.'

The Daily Mail's Guy Adams reviews the state of the food industry in light of the panic buying which severely impacted markets and the cost benefit of farming. Meat, dairy and fruit has been affected.

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.

The supermarkets chains are asking shoppers to only touch what they plan to buy or use in 'no touch' policy aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus and protecting staff and customers.

Duncan Johnson, 41, demanded Natalie Grimes' keys at an Asda car park in Liverpool as he tried to rob a vehicle with her daughter, seven, inside. He was jailed for six years after the incident in March.

Inflation could fall to 0.5 per cent over the summer, Howard Archer, chief economist at the EY Item Club, claims. This is well below the Government's 2 per cent target.

On a day of wild swings on global markets, brent crude briefly fell below $16 a barrel - the lowest level this century. It later recovered, surging 10 per cent to more than $21 last night.

The utility giant was among the biggest fallers on the FTSE 100 after US investment bank Jefferies downgraded its stock from 'buy' to 'hold' and slashed earnings forecasts by a third.

Gamesys was praised for acknowledging that children and vulnerable customers who are bored are being placed at risk by the lockdown. Betting companies have been urged to protect players.

Standard Life Aberdeen Chief exec Keith Skeoch has come to the view that attending next January would be insensitive to the grim realities of life in the pandemic for millions of ordinary people.

McLaren, based at a plush factory in Surrey designed by renowned British architect Norman Foster, is also talking to third parties about further boosting its working capital.