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Divisive tennis legend Margaret Court won't present ANY trophies at this year's Australian Open

Court won all four grand slams in 1970 and also holds the record for the most grand slams won by a female player at 24 titles. Serena Williams is one grand slam title away from equally Court's record.




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Man, 35, is charged with murder of two women whose bodies were found in a freezer

Zahid Younis, 35, has been charged with two counts of murder following the discovery of the bodies in a freezer in Vandome Close, Canning Town, east London last April.




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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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Asda bans carrier bags being used for their online deliveries, saving 500 tonnes of plastic a year 

Next month Asda will eliminate single-use carrier bags from its online operations, becoming the first UK supermarket to do so. The move will save 85 million plastic bags every year.




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Construction worker, 58, dies after 'industrial accident' in Asda car park 

Emergency services were called to the supermarket in Peterhead, Scotland, at 12.30pm today to help an the injured workman who is believed to have fallen while working on the store's new extension.




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Lidl is Britain's cheapest supermarket with a basket of 33 everyday groceries costing £44.53

The study by trade magazine The Grocer compared a shopping basket of 33 typical grocery items, such as skimmed milk, sliced bread, baked beans and dried pasta.




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Free range chicken farm that supplies major supermarkets is STRIPPED of its licence by the RSPCA

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Hoads Farm near Hastings, East Sussex, was suspended after animal rights activists found rotting corpses, bleeding hens and filthy conditions at the business.




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Asda and Sainsbury's slash 3p per litre off petrol and diesel

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.




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TOBY YOUNG: The enemies of liberty hunt in packs. We must band together and fight for free speech 

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.




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Pressure grows on Britain's fuel retailers to cut petrol and diesel prices

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.




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Asda shopper wears a Stormtrooper helmet as coronavirus panic-buying empties supermarkets 

Mark Mattocks shared a video of a woman dressed as a Star Wars soldier, pictured, at his local store in Sittingbourne, Kent - which has now been viewed more than 1.3 million times.




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FEMAIL tries out 26 hot cross buns in search of the best Easter treat

Here FEMAIL  writers share their verdict on 26 of the hot cross buns being sold at Britain's leading supermarkets in a completely blind taste test, including savoury and gluten-free varieties.




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Moment teenage driver tries to outrun police in a Nissan Micra with his pregnant girlfriend in car

Jordan Archer (pictured), 18, Blyth, Northumberland, pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving, having no insurance and driving otherwise in accordance with a licence.




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SMALL CAP MOVERS: AIM-listed companies raise £500m to cope with coronavirus crisis

From the market low on 18 March to the start of the Easter weekend on 9 April, junior market-listed firms announced over £500million of funding.




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Companies must show restraint on bosses' pay

The Investment Association said firms will need 'to take account of their individual circumstances particularly considering the impact on their stakeholders' when deciding executive pay.




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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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British Airways planning 12,000 redundancies

Coronavirus has wiped out demand and IAG believes it will take several years for air travel to recover to 2019 levels.




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Alexis Sanchez severs ties with former Manchester United team-mates in WhatsApp group

The 30-year-old's time at Old Trafford has been viewed as a monumental failure since joining from Arsenal in 2018, leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer deciding to send the Chilean out on loan.




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TOM UTLEY: My high-tech Mercedes may drive me round the bend, but could be the way ahead for oldies

TOM UTLEY: There I was, driving home along the M25 at about 10pm the other night, when suddenly my car braked of its own accord and veered to the right, without any intervention from me.




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Frank Warren denies Deontay Wilder has been offered step aside money to make way for Anthony Joshua

Fury is expected to face the Bronze Bomber for a third time this summer, having blitzed the Alabama man in February to cap a remarkable journey back to the summit of the division.




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US Army reservist at center of Chinese conspiracy theories claiming SHE brought the virus to Wuhan

Maatje Benassi and her husband Matt described the 'nightmare' of their ordeal to CNN, saying their lives have been turned upside down since the theory began spreading on social media.




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Girl, five, cries inconsolably after her medic mother died in the fight against coronavirus

Zhang Jingjing, 32, died from a cardiac arrest earlier this month after working day and night to save patients during a two-month mission to Hubei, the former ground zero of the outbreak.




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'No such thing': China's ambassador to Australia denies 'wet markets' even exist

China's ambassador to Australia has bizarrely denied that 'wet markets' even exist in the Communist nation as the country continues to deny that the outbreak began in Wuhan.




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Coronavirus UK: Daily Mail charity flies in PPE for NHS

New charity Mail Force has brought 20 tons of vital coveralls and masks - worth over £1 million - fresh from China. The packages are destined to help NHS tackle a dire shortage of equipment.




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The truth behind the 'mercy flight' carrying medical supplies from Wuhan 

The Suparna privately chartered flight touched down at Sydney Airport on April 8 with 70 tonnes of personal protective equipment from Wuhan, the reported epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak.




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Children CAN spread coronavirus, studies claim as NIH launches trial to track pediatric infections 

One Chinese study found school closures can lower a peak in coronavirus cases by 40% to 60% and a Germany study found children carry as high levels of the virus as adults can.




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China bans cities from building skyscrapers taller than 1,640 feet

China has forbidden all cities from erecting towers taller than 500 metres (1,640 feet) except in 'special' circumstances. The construction of those taller than 250 metres (820 feet) will be 'strictly limited'.




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Tennis news: Roger Federer buries David Goffin to reach the last eight at the US Open

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: If Dan Evans thought he had it hard against the suddenly revitalised Roger Federer then it was even worse for unfortunate Belgian No 1 David Goffin.




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Shakira looks in high spirits as she cosies up to footballer beau Gerard Piqué at the US Open

They've been together for a blissful eight years. And Shakira and her partner Gerard looked more smitten than ever as they put on a cosy display at the US Open in New York on Wednesday.




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Cara Delevingne cosies up to girlfriend Ashley Benson at the US Open in New York

The model, 27, and the actress, 29, looked every inch the happy couple as they shared a smooch while attending the Women's Singles final match of the 2019 US Open in NYC on Saturday.




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Serena Williams carries Olympia down runway at her NYFW show as Kim Kardashian looks on

Serena Williams carried her two-year-old daughter Olympia down the runway for her New York Fashion Week Show this Tuesday.




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Is your fund manager gambling on companies he doesn't understand? 

Jeff Prestridge speaks to fund manager Kartik Kumar about his key role in overhauling the portfolio of Artemis Alpha, a £135million investment trust primarily invested in the UK stock market.




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Bear market recoveries have taken 648 days on average... so be patient

The longest recovery was 1,529 days following the 2008 financial crisis, but the 1987 crash also took well over 1,000 days - so will this be an average, slow or swift bounce back?




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How are the world's biggest tech companies coping with coronavirus?

Technology stocks, which are usually the worst-hit during market downturns, are among the best performers over the past six weeks during the coronavirus chaos. This is Money finds out why.




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How and where to buy & sell cryptocurrencies like bitcoin

When it comes to buying and selling cryptocurrencies, it is the Wild West out there. This is Money guides you through wallets, exchanges and CFDs.




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ALEX BRUMMER: Donald Trump puts efforts of Rishi Sunak and our own banking pygmies in shade

Far be it for me to comment on the US's medical response to the coronavirus, but amid these failings the US does appear to have managed the business piece remarkably well.




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Jose Mourinho helps Tottenham distribute fresh food to local communities amid coronavirus

Spurs have been making headlines for all the wrong reasons in relation to the coronaviurs in recent times but with the help of Jose Mourinho they are stepping up their aid in the fight against Covid-19.




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Son Heung-Min carries gun and wears bulletproof helmet as Tottenham star returns to boot camp

The Tottenham star has been pictured returning to boot camp after finishing a rifle exercise at a Marine Corps firing range in Seogwipo on Jeju Island, South Korea. The 27-year-old started last month.




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How to find the best British companies to invest in and not worry about Brexit

Colin McLean, manager of the SVM UK Opportunities fund, says that he is backing British firms with good profit margins, solid business plans and something special in their product or service.




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Autumn Statement: Victory for drivers: 3p-a-litre fuel duty rise is axed as Osborne promises 'real help' for families

Tory MPs had threatened to rebel against the government if George Osborne had gone ahead with his New Year tax hike on petrol and diesel.




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Autumn Statement: Union fury as heads win power to freeze salaries

Annual rises for teachers will be scrapped and heads given almost complete freedom to dictate salary increases in the shake-up outlined in the Autumn Statement.




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Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week

The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay.




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Autumn statement: Osborne accused of 'mummy tax' on maternity pay and squeezing struggling families with child benefit rise of just 20p a week

The 'mummy tax' accusations came after it emerged the Chancellor will impose a real terms cut on statutory maternity pay.




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Working families spared tax credits cut, as Chancellor performs U-turn

Changes sparked a backlash as they were forecast by the Insitute of Fiscal Studies to take £1,000 a year off 3 million families. They have now been halted altogether.




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George Osborne slashes funding for opposition parties by 19% in Autumn Statement

Public funding - known as Short Money - given to opposition parties to prepare to become an alternative government is to be slashed by 19 per cent, in line with Whitehall departments.




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Philip Hammond under renewed pressure to help ‘just about managing’ families

Ahead of the Autumn Statement a study has warned that planned welfare curbs and rising inflation are set to deal a major blow to the 'just about managing' group - or 'JAMs'.




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Autumn Statement: Philip Hammond cuts taxes and housing costs to help families

Delivering his first fiscal package since the historic EU referendum vote, the Chancellor insisted the government understands the fury of those who have not shared in the wealth generated by the economy.




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New generation cities grow in demand as holidaymakers travel to less well known destinations 

Little known Lviv in Ukraine heads up the list of the top ten cities identified by Airbnb as having the highest growth in bookings over the past 12 months.




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Eastern European cities top the table as the best value destinations for culture fans

Budapest came out as the cheapest destination for a city break with an emphasis on museums and theatre, while Prague and Warsaw came second and third according to the Post Office report.




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Currencies the pound has risen against in the last year

Some 80% of the top 40 holiday currencies have fallen in value against the pound, stretching holidaymakers' cash further, according to research from Post Office travel money.