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Married At First Sight: Stacey Hampton defends Melbourne trip after run in with police

Stacey Hampton has hit back after Adelaide police told her on Wednesday she was not an essential worker following a five-star 'business trip' to Melbourne.




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Newcastle Building Society hands first-time buyers £2000 on top of their Lifetime Isa savings

Home buyers looking to get onto the housing ladder for the first time can now access a deal that will boost their deposit savings by £2,000.




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Act now to switch your mortgage if it ends in three months

Getting a new deal will take longer, as lenders are struggling with huge demand from anxious customers requesting repayment holidays on their loans.




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Everton target Marcel Brands is a true transfer guru

MERSEY BEAT: Marcel Brands has a towering reputation in Dutch football, an eye for talent and an ability to transform a club. Recent reports suggest he has been approached by Everton.




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FTSE suffers worst quarter since 1987 as virus sends shares tumbling

Despite steady gains yesterday, the FTSE100 fell 24.8 per cent, or 1870.48 points, in the first three months of the year to end the first quarter at 5671.96. It was the biggest ever quarterly points fall.




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Next to sell Leicestershire HQ to boost virus lockdown funds

The fashion retailer has appointed agents to sell its head office and warehouse in West Yorkshire. The sale and leaseback deals are part of a strategy announced at its annual results last week.




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'We have an army of small investors who rely on our dividend': Tesco boss defends bumper payout

The supermarket's latest preliminary results cover the year to 29 February and do not cover the spell of mass panic buying in the last few weeks.




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Gordon Elliott hails Envoi Allen after six-year-old extends unbeaten record

Envoi Allen has been cut to 5-4 favourite for the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival after extending his unbeaten record to seven races.




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Model granddaughter of Queen's racing manager Lord Porchester lands Cheltenham Racing role

Model Frankie Herbert, 24, is the granddaughter of Lord 'Porchie' Porchester, the 7th Earl of Carnarvon and a lifelong friend of the Queen. She is the glamorous face of the Cheltenham Festival.




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ITV in danger of losing rights to show live horse racing as current £20million-a-year deal ends soon

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: ITV are in danger of losing the live rights to televise horse racing as the broadcaster are refusing to guarantee will be shown on their main channel.




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Lily Allen attends Cheltenham Festival amid coronavirus fears

The Smile singer, 34, looked effortlessly chic in a long tartan trench coat and a pair of black trousers.




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Coronavirus: Racing Post temporarily suspends publication with calendar wiped out due to COVID-19

Racing Post will temporarily stop publication of their daily newspaper for the first time since its inception in 1986 due to impact on the sport from the deadly coronavirus pandemic.  




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HAMISH McCRAE: Look out for 2020's five big trends

So what's in store for 2020? It always takes a while for seismic political shifts to feed through into our daily lives, and so it is with the scale of the Tory victory last month.




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Chelsea Bonds and Infinity Bonds paying 27% - are they too good to be true?

We have a chunk of cash we want to tuck away for up to five years. I have seen two bonds advertised through Google. One is named Chelsea Bonds, the other is Infinity Bonds.




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Kevin Clifton reveals Strictly Come Dancing bosses REFUSED to let him dress as Edward Scissorhands

The professional dancer, 37, revealed on his podcast that Strictly Come Dancing bosses refused to allow him to dress as Edward Scissorhands for the Halloween specials.




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VE voices saved for eternity: Imperial War Museums create an astonishing four-minute 'soundscape'

An astonishing four-minute 'soundscape', compiled from the archives of the Imperial War Museums, will be available for us all to listen to on the VE Day Bank Holiday.




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Boxing champion has to reassure friends he is still alive

Rhys McCole, from Greenock, took to social media last night to confirm he was still alive after BBC News Scotland falsely reported on his death.




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BBC Sport boss defends 'cull' of veteran broadcasters

The BBC's head of television sport Philip Bernie's comments came after the departures of several veteran presenters such as John Inverdale, 62, led to accusations of a 'cull'.




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Kylian Mbappe 'demands release clause be inserted in any new contract'

Any buy-out clause is likely to eclipse the world-record fee of £198million that PSG paid Barcelona to sign Neymar. The Ligue 1 champions are understood to be happy with that arrangement.




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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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Murray finds it tough going on his comeback and reveals he had a nap before post-match media duties

Andy Murray is finding his comeback so exhausting that he needed to take a nap before performing his post-match media duties after making the last eight of the China Open.




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Wayne Rooney's MLS adventure ends in disastrous fashion

The former Manchester United forward, who is due to return to England to resume his career with Derby County in a player-coach role, had helped his team back into the tie, but it proved in vain.




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Coleen Rooney cheers husband Wayne on from the stands with sons Kai, 10, and Klay, 6 at Derby debut

Wayne Rooney made his debut for Derby on Thursday, in his big return to English football. And cheering him on from the stands were wife Coleen, and eldest sons Kai, 10, and Klay, six.




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Coronavirus UK: Wayne Rooney questions why footballers are being targeted by government for funds

There were calls earlier this week, most notably from Matt Hancock, for players to give up a chunk of their wages, with the health secretary urging Premier League footballers to 'do their bit'.




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Work on Wayne Rooney's multi-million pound mansion grinds to a halt due to coronavirus 

Sources say the problem with construction surrounds building supply deliveries for work on the 40 acre site in Cheshire being disrupted due to the coronavirus lockdown.




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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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Eamonn Holmes in race storm as ITV reprimands presenter

Eamonn Holmes, pictured, described Meghan Markle as 'uppity' which resulted in one complaint from a viewer who said it was a 19th century US insult used against black people.




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Andy Murray attends premiere for his Amazon documentary alongside wife Kim Sears 

Sir Andy, 32, stepped out with his wife Kim Sears, mother Judy and brother Jamie for the premiere of his Amazon documentary, which tells the tale of his extraordinary comeback from a hip operation.




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Love Island's Olivia Buckland holds hands with dapper husband Alex Bowen at Cinderella's press night

The reality star, 26, enjoyed some time away from her busy schedule as she attended the press night for Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre in London on Tuesday evening.




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Corona stops play: GUY ADAMS reminds us what we'll all be missing as Wimbledon's off

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.




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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 shopper pretends to FAINT in front of bemused customers

The women were seen at an Asda in Roehampton having an argument with security guards. One tries to escort the daughter from the store and her mother pretends to faint and falls to the floor.




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Jackpotjoy / Virgin Games owner ends television and radio advertising

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.




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Economic think-tank sounds alarm on household debt

The Institute for Fiscal Studies said households are saddled with £8,000 of non-mortgage debts, totalling £230 billion across the UK. And the coronavirus pandemic means incomes are falling.




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Oil giant Shell's eight-decade run of not cutting dividends ends

Shareholders are to receive around a two-thirds cut in their dividend payments covering the last three months of 2019, from 47 cents per share to 16 cents.




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Elon Musk brands lockdown 'fascist' and claims it poses risk to Tesla 

Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, has been closed since March 24 as part of a government clampdown, requiring people to stay indoors to slow the spread of the coronavirus.




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Frontier Developments lands rights to create Warhammer video game

The Cambridge-based software firm will create a 'strategy' title based on the hugely successful fantasy series that will be released on computer and game consoles such as Xbox and Playstation.




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Coronavirus looks set to cost £85bn in lost dividends

More than 300 listed companies have cut or cancelled payouts as they battle to survive. It is now feared that total dividend payments will fall from £98.5 billion last year to just £47.2 billion this year.




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Gatwick future under threat as Virgin Atlantic ends operations

Virgin blamed the 'severe impact' of coronavirus, which has prompted travel restrictions and forced airlines to ground fleets, and it comes just days after BA said it could also leave.




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HAMISH MCRAE: Dividends are vital to economic demand

Does it really make sense for pensioners who, directly or indirectly, rely on their income from dividends to have those incomes further cut by Bank of England diktat?




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Alexis Sanchez lands in Milan ahead of completing a loan move to Inter

Alexis Sanchez has landed in Milan ahead of completing his loan move to Inter from Manchester United. It marks a fresh start for Sanchez and brings to an end a torrid 18 months at United.




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Pep Guardiola defends Alexis Sanchez and backs his former winger to find his form at Inter

Sanchez, 30, has endured a torrid spell in Manchester since joining the United from Arsenal 18 months ago, netting three times in 32 appearances for the club.




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Inter Milan 1-0 Udinese: Sensi strike extends unbeaten run as Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez play

Inter Milan made it three wins out of three Serie A games as Antonio Conte's men secured a 1-0 win over a 10-man Udinese side on Saturday evening.




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Mandzukic 'slashes £300k-a-week wage demands IN HALF half to seal £10m Manchester Utd move'

Manchester United's pursuit of Mario Mandzukic looks to have been handed a major boost with the striker reportedly ready to lower his wage demands to seal a move away from Juventus. 




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Solskjaer admits he had to 'get players out' of Man United that 'weren't here in their minds'

There have been a number of exits since the Norwegian took charge, the likes of Romelu Lukaku, Ander Herrera, Antonio Valencia, Matteo Darmian and Ashley Young all departing.




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Tyson Fury responds to Deontay Wilder's claim that his ring walk costume caused his defeat

Tyson Fury has responded to Deontay Wilder excuse that his shock loss to the Gypsy King was caused by his 'heavy' ring walk outfit, saying fighters will often refuse to blame themselves after a defeat.




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Boris Johnson admits there is a case for not shaking hands during the coronavirus outbreak

The Prime Minister has been robust during the disease's spread, saying his favourite greeting was OK as long as people were fastidious about cleansing their digits afterwards.




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World heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua is seen out on a 'Bank Holiday bike ride with friends'

The footage shows the boxer off his road bike filming on his phone while two other people wait nearby ready on their bikes at a car park in Garston, Hertfordshire.




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India finds Chinese coronavirus testing kits are only FIVE PER CENT accurate

The kits were reportedly produced by Chinese firms Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics. Pictured: Wondfo's test, which was recently rejected by the British Government.




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TikTok user finds a 'coronavirus cell' on the Australian $20 bank note 

The Royal Australian Mint began circulating the new note in October 2019, months before the virus was even identified in Wuhan, China - the original epicentre.