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Social media users get creative in a new challenge that involves making dresses from shopping bags 

People from across the world have taken to Instagram with creative snaps of outfits they've made using shopping bags as part of a new viral challenge.




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Pressure on Bank of England bosses mounts as inflation falls

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.




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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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John Lewis seamstresses making scrubs for NHS

The retailer announced it would reopen its Lancashire textiles factory to make 8,000 washable gowns for Northumbria NHS Foundation Trust over four weeks.




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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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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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Record dip in business confidence over coronavirus

Deloitte's survey of 104 finance chiefs found that 84 per cent were less optimistic about prospects, compared with 47 per cent three months ago - the survey's biggest drop in confidence on record.




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Easyjet founder warns shareholders on 'worthless' stakes

Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou urged them to back his bid to oust four directors at a meeting on May 22 as he thinks the order is a waste of money with the balance sheet already under threat from coronavirus.




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Businesses scramble to get hold of new fast-track loans

In an indictment of the failure of the Government's original aid schemes to help many businesses, lenders received tens of thousands of applications for the new 'Bounce Back' loans within hours.




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MARKETS LIVE: Bank of England warns UK faces worst ever recession

FTSE 100 closed up 1.4 per cent or 82.22 points at 5,935.98 and the pound was at $1.23 against the dollar.




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Manchester United News: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's best business yet was persuading De Gea to stay

JOE BERNSTEIN: With world-class players at a premium, the news that David De Gea is set to sign a new contract at Old Trafford gives Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a massive boost during a difficult period.




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Romelu Lukaku has been messaging Alexis Sanchez EVERY DAY to convince him to link-up at Inter Milan

Romelu Lukaku has been bombarding former Manchester United team-mate Alexis Sanchez with messages to convince him to join Inter Milan. He told the Chilean Italy is more beautiful than Manchester.




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Transfer news: Inter Milan hoping for progress in bid to sign Manchester United Alexis Sanchez

Inter Milan expect to have a firm idea of whether a deal to sign Alexis Sanchez can be struck to sign over the next two days. The Old Trafford side are open to letting him leave,




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Alexis Sanchez gets stuck in during first Inter training session after escaping Man United nightmare

The Chilean star had endured a nightmare spell at Old Trafford and was sidelined under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after a string of injuries and below-par performances.




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Solskjaer's hairdryer and Pogba's unhappiness: The cracks appearing at Manchester United

JOE BERNSTEIN: With Ole Gunnar Solskjaer already pulling out the hairdryer and top stars set to move on, Sportsmail assesses how the cracks are appearing at Old Trafford.




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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes his players can be successful... I disagree

MARTIN KEOWN: No club has a divine right to success. You have to earn it. For so long, Manchester United were the dominant force in English football, but not any more. They do not frighten opponents.




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Franck Ribery named September Player of the Month in Serie A after impressive start at Fiorentina

Ribery netted two goals and an assist in his last three games against Atalanta, Sampdoria and AC Milan and got a standing ovation at the San Siro, such was his influence on the game.




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Paul Pogba, Alexis Sanchez and Jesse Lingard could be among Man United deadwood sold on

Manchester United will continue their squad overhaul this summer and it means clearing out some of the deadwood in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's squad to raise funds. But who could depart Old Trafford?




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TOM UTLEY: Bless me Father, for I am an eco-sinner

TOM UTLEY: Worse than any of this, I so adore my new car that I've taken to making entirely unnecessary journeys for the sheer love of driving it.




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TOM UTLEY: My wife's excessive packing for a holiday is proof of the REAL gender divide

TOM UTLEY: To those who argue that there are no fundamental differences between men and women, I say consider the matter of packing for a holiday.




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TOM UTLEY: What my wifi going wonky taught me about Prince Philip's lessons for life 

TOM UTLEY: Well, the minutes passed, and then the hours - and still I could get nothing but that infuriating message. I began to feel something like panic stealing over me.




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Eddie Hearn insists Anthony Joshua will crank up pressure on Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury

Anthony Joshua will crank up the pressure on the winner of Tyson Fury's rematch with Deontay Wilder. AJ's promoter Eddie Hearn insists they will be pushing to tee up a massive clash.




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Billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest hits back after inviting Chinese diplomat to press conference

The billionaire invited Victorian China Consul-General Zhou Long -  who did not take questions but credited the 'transparent' manner with which China had dealt with the COVID-19 outbreak.




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Fears China will create coronavirus vaccine first and try to extort world for access

The United States and China are locked in a race to develop a coronavirus vaccine as fears mount that the latter country would use its success as economic and diplomatic leverage.




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Two Chinese boys drop dead as they run in PE lessons while wearing face masks

Li, 15, collapsed and died on April 24 after jogging in PE class while wearing a face mask. The other Chinese schoolboy, 14, reportedly died during a running exam whilst donning a mask.




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Boris Johnson's Downing Street press conference is met with criticism on Gogglebox

Contributors on the Channel 4 show mocked Boris Johnson's description of COVID-19 as 'an unexpected mugger', with several pointing out it was 'no surprise'.




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Mike Pompeo launches new attack on China accusing it of still refusing access to its labs

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo launched a new round of attacks on China, accusing Beijing of covering up coronavirus outbreak and charging them with providing faulty medical equipment.




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Man causes a pile-up in an expressway tunnel in China

CCTV footage shows the man stop his car in the overtaking lane of the Qinyuanling tunnel, Zhejiang Province, China, causing a three-car pile up and a near-fatal accident as he tries to escape.




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EU 'bowed to pressure from Beijing to censor letter saying coronavirus originated in China'

The European Union has excised reference in a public letter that the coronavirus pandemic originated in China, after receiving pressure to do so from the Chinese foreign ministry.




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Justin Theroux looks fab in beige denim with Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness at the US Open

The Mulholland Drive star began hanging out with Van Ness and his Queer Eye co-stars Tan France and Antoni Porowski last year: 'They've sort of included me in their little wolf pack.'




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Priyanka Chopra cuts a glamorous figure in fringed dress at the Couture Council Award Luncheon

Priyanka Chopra had all eyes on her at the Couture Council Award Luncheon in New York ahead of Fashion Week on Wednesday.




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Phoebe Tonkin looks effortlessly chic in vintage-style jumpsuit as she attends US Open in New York

She's the Australian actress who rarely puts a foot out of line when it comes to fashion.




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'Meghan's a jinx!' Duchess of Sussex watches friend Serena lose Grand Slam final for the THIRD TIME

Meghan has been accused of bringing 'bad luck' to New York after the Royal watched Williams' resounding defeat at the Wimbledon final to Simona Halep and the year before at SW19.




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Meghan Markle wears modest $118 J. Crew dress after coming under fire for lavish private jet

The Duchess of Sussex , 38, was the center of attention as she cheered on Williams, 37, who could not dominate in her clash with Canadian Bianca Andreescu at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens.




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Fourth final flop in succession baffles Serena as Williams struggles to stop slams slump at US Open

MIKE DICKSON IN NEW YORK: When you have lost your fourth Grand Slam final in a row it is perhaps a tiny consolation to get an arm around the shoulder from royalty as Serena Williams did.




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Irina Shayk puts on leggy display in a shirt dress as she brings supermodel glamour to the US Open

The catwalk queen, 33, turned heads once again as she brought some supermodel glamour to the US Open men's final at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Sunday.




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Meghan Markle's £96 denim dress is selling for THREE times the price online

Royal fans are rushing to get their hands on a dress worn by Meghan Markle, 38, to watch the US Open Tennis Championships on Saturday. The J.Crew dress is now selling for over £270 online.




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Serena Williams sizzles in white slip dress with Alexis Ohanian at The Game Changers premiere in NYC

Serena, 37, wore her hair in tumbling corkscrew curls, accessorized with a pendant necklace and stepped out in pointed toe yellow heels.




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Meghan Markle's designer best friend Misha Nonoo opens pop-up, but no Duchess

Meghan Markle skipped her friend Misha Nonoo's pop-up in NYC on Monday night despite being in the city to see friend Serena Williams play in the US Open over the weekend.




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UK company profits plummeted at the end of 2019 as 'earnings recession' intensified

The latest Profit Watch UK report from The Share Centre has revealed UK-listed company profits fell for a second quarter in a row between October and December last year.




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Student property plan taught us a £100,000 lesson... on RIP-OFFS

Investors are being warned to steer clear of adverts for collective investment schemes that promise a stream of income from a stake in a car park, self-storage units, or student living.




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Now Business Secretary Alok Sharma is dragged into Sirius row

Alok Sharma has been urged to speed up a review of City rules that make it hard for individuals to take part in major company decisions ahead of the vote at Sirius Minerals next Tuesday.




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The essential Isa guide to help you invest 

As founder of website Boring Money, Holly Mackay has been testing the best online investment Isas for many years. Here's who she thinks is best, depending on how much you have to invest.




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Investment trusts set to prove resilient as dividends come under pressure 

Dividend cuts are an inevitable consequence of the economy - both here and worldwide - sliding into recession in the coming months.




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What to do with investments as markets fall: Five professionals' tips

Five hugely experienced fund managers who passionately believe that stock markets reward long-term investors, however painful the present may be.




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Funds to recession-proof your investment portfolio

The UK economy is highly likely to fall into a recession due to coronavirus. We look at funds to protect your wealth.




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One big lesson from the latest crash for small investors: Five years is not long enough any more

Five years has always been the standard stipulation from financial experts as the minimum period that small investors should plan to remain in the market.




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PUNT OF THE WEEK: Aim-listed Accesso

Accesso provides tickets and queuing technology to some of the world's biggest theme parks, museums and popular attractions - from Legoland to Six Flags and Universal.




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Jose Mourinho reveals life in lockdown: delivering essentials and training Tottenham stars

Despite being stuck inside due to the lockdown, Tottenham players are still being put to the test by manager Jose Mourinho in training sessions conducted over Zoom.




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ANDY YATES: George Osborne just doesn't mean business with his Autumn Statement

Osborne claims the UK is open for business but beyond the hyperbole his budget statement has closed the door on chances to stimulate growth, says one entrepreneur.