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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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Mother says she is forced to rely on food bank after her card was declined in Asda

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.




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Missing 11-year-old schoolboy who vanished outside Asda is found

Stuart Hood (pictured), 11, had last been seen outside Asda in Redcar at around 8.45pm on Saturday. Cleveland Police issued an urgent appeal but today confirmed he has been found safe and well.




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Supermarkets 'ruin' Christmas orders by not delivering turkeys

Customers are raging on social media that supermarkets across the UK are failing to deliver key festive ingredients, sparking fears online that they are running out of items.




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Bizarre moment 'Spiderman' shoplifting suspect climbs into rafters of Asda to avoid being arrested

Footage shows a 'Spiderman' shoplifting suspect climbing into rafters at an Asda store in George Street, Wallsall, yesterday. An 18-year-old man was later arrested and remains in custody.




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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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Grandmother forgot glasses when buying teabags and accidentally bought £17 jumbo box of 30 CONDOMS

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.




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Coronavirus UK: Supermarkets work together to meet demand

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




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Supermarket delivery system appears close to collapse

A Daily Mail survey found no delivery slots available from Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Waitrose and Ocado. Boris Johnson suggested Britons should arrange food deliveries




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Coronavirus UK: Are supermarkets the new superspreaders?

Shoppers were pictured squeezing together at supermarkets up and down the country this morning, ignoring social distancing rules from the government amid the coronavirus outbreak.




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Coronavirus UK: Elderly can't get online supermarket delivery

Sainsbury's, Tesco, Morrisons and Asda have all been allocating special shopping hours for people who are vulnerable of catching coronavirus or those buying supplies on their behalf.




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GUY ADAMS investigates how the meat industry is coping during the coronavirus pandemic

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.




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Elderly man shocks shoppers as he browses supermarket aisles wearing a SANITARY TOWEL as a mask

The shopper was spotted in an Asda supermarket in Fife, Scotland, wearing a sanitary towel over his face as a mask. Shocked fellow shoppers did double takes and one took a video of the unusual mask.




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'I'll cut you up': Two boys are seen threatening employees outside Asda

Two boys are seen intimidating employees outside of the Asda store in Gosport, Hampshire, as staff attempt to guard the entrance to the supermarket on Bank Holiday Monday.




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Virgin Atlantic air stewardess, 36, takes job stacking shelves at Asda after being furloughed

Cabin crew member Sara, who lives in Brighton, is used to flying across the world but is now stacking chilled food at the store in Lancing, West Sussex after being furloughed by the struggling airline.




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The best bottles on UK shelves for under ten quid

With many of us experiencing uncertainty and pressure on household bills, this week's column is dedicated to finding you the best bottles on UK shelves for under ten quid.




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Mother fought off paedophile after he swung a knife demanding car keys as he is jailed for six years

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.




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Game of Thrones actor joins Asda Belfast Shore Road as home delivery driver 

Game of Thrones actor Michael Condron has taking up a job as an Asda delivery driver at Northern Ireleand's Belfast Shore Road store, after acting projects were cancelled due to coronavirus.




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Investors tell Royal Mail to tame fat cat pay after dividend was cut

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




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The great oil price crash: Brent crude benchmark hits 21-year low in wake of drastic US slump 

Brent crude, which is extracted from the North Sea and serves as an international benchmark, fell to $18.10 a barrel.




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Laura Ashley rescued: Administrators agree deal with Gordon Brothers

The fashion and homeware store went bust last month after it failed to raise emergency cash from its owners, becoming the first household name to fall victim to the coronavirus lockdown.




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Worse to come for 'broken' oil market as pandemic causes oversupply

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.




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MARKET REPORT: Slump in electricity demand shocks Centrica's shares

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.




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Virus grants are postcode lottery for small firms

Councils have handed out £6.1bn, almost half the £12.3bn they received from Government this month. Grants of up to £25,000 have been received by 491,725 small businesses




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MARKET REPORT: Housebuilders on rise as sites prepare to reopen

Taylor Wimpey was the top riser on the FTSE 100 after it said it was still selling homes virtually, adding its order book was at £2.7bn at the end of last week, up from £2.4bn the same time last year.




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Banks under pressure to ramp up their coronavirus rescue lending

While 38,186 firms have applied for a Government-backed loan through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loans Scheme, just 16,624 have been approved by High Street banks.




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Unilever pays out dividend but warns virus crisis means a 'new normal'

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.




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'A divisive waste of money': Standard Life Aberdeen pulls out of Davos

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.




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MARKET REPORT: Pearson pledges to pay dividend

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'.




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Britain's economy sinks into deep-freeze as output plummets

The closely-watched Markit/CIPS Flash UK Composite Purchasing Managers' Index fell to a new record low of 12.9 - down precipitously from an already low reading 36 in March.




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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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McLaren receives £300m jump-start during coronavirus pandemic

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.




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American hedge fund Citadel in £275m bet against UK grocers

The move by Citadel suggests Britain's supermarket chains might not be immune to the coronavirus outbreak, even though their shares have held firm so far.




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UK Airline industry wants wage subsidy scheme extended

Tim Alderslade, the chief executive of industry body Airlines UK, wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak, saying that carriers will face a 'renewed cash crisis' if the job support scheme is withdrawn.




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Easyjet bosses set for showdown with founder Haji-Ioannou

Following a row over the cost of new planes, Haji-Ioannou is trying to oust chief executive Johan Lundgren and chairman John Barton at an extraordinary shareholder meeting on May 22.




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Brokers prey on businesses desperate for coronavirus lending

Treasury officials and the City watchdog expressed concern after it emerged a company is charging £500 upfront, then a percentage of the value of the loan if the application is successful.




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Founder of 'legal loan shark' Amigo in bid to oust the entire board

James Benamor says Amigo was committing 'slow-motion suicide' by making 'irresponsible' loans and failing to alert shareholders to the potential cost of complaints.




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BP promises to pay a £1.7bn dividend despite 'brutal' environment

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.




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M&S defies pressure to cut executive pay packages

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.




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Estate agents under fire for offering viewings during the pandemic

Firms are accusing each other of 'profiteering' from the pandemic. An estate agency in the Lake District sparked a debate after it said it had completed a viewing on a £1.25m home.




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MARKET REPORT: Fever-Tree shares lose fizz as co-founder quits

Over the last 17 years Rolls (pictured) and his business partner, chief exec Tim Warrillow , have transformed the market for tonic waters - and created a stock market darling.




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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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Shell in first dividend cut since WW2: Blow to pensions

Last year Shell was the most generous dividend payer in the UK, handing pension funds and investors £11.6bn.That amounted to 15.5 per cent of all payments made by FTSE 100 firms.




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Ending furlough scheme in June is 'tantamount to economic suicide'

Just days after British Airways warned of 12,000 job cuts, business only expect to recover slowly as workers and consumers stay home and social distancing measures are put in place.




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Reckitt sees record sales bonanza of £3.5bn as pandemic boosts demand

Laxman Narasimhan, chief executive of Reckitt Benckiser, said sales of condoms had been hit in the UK and Italy - but not in China, where restrictions are being lifted.




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Pandemic set to cost car industry more than £8bn

The pandemic could result in 257,000 fewer vehicles rolling off production lines this year, after output plunged by almost 38 per cent last month, an industry report predicted.




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MARKET REPORT: Hargreaves co-founder sells £160m of his shares

Stephen Lansdown found the company's stock was so sought after that, when he launched his latest sale of shares, he had to increase the amount up for grabs twice.




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Lloyds under fire for handing out just £500m to struggling firms

The bank, led by chief exec Antonio Horta-Osori (pictured), which is the UK's biggest mortgage provider and one of the largest lenders to small businesses, has handed out just.




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DIRECTOR'S DEALS: Diageo's Asia boss sells £746,000 worth of shares

Sam Fischer spent £479,000 exercising options to buy 28,000 shares at 1709p. He later sold the stock at 2663p, netting £267,000. Diageo's market value has fallen 14 per cent this year.