The group also said it had donated vast quantities of alcohol to help make over 8million bottles of hand sanitiser for healthcare workers globally.

Mortgage interest tax relief, capital gains tax exemptions for 'accidental' landlords - those who held onto homes they once lived in - and letting relief were all cut this week.

Lenders cut a staggering half of all mortgage deals this month, but since the initial rush pull deals some lenders have been quietly reintroducing mortgages to the market.

Britain's biggest car-maker is making a bid to kick-start the dormant car sales market and entice customers into buying new vehicles despite the coronavirus lockdown.

One company has come up with a plan that allows homeowners to give chartered surveyors a virtual tour of their home without breaching social distancing guidelines.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is preparing to wind the scheme down throughout July. Measures could include reducing the wage subsidy from 80 per cent to 60 per cent, or lowering the £2,500 maximum.

The '80s Fast Ford will be offered cosmetically dirty and with loose trim untouched to preserve its appearance after two decades of non-use.

There are now several apps available to help you learn about investing, make the right choices for your pension and save up for that big purchase. This is Money takes a look at the best.

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.

Trainer Willie Mullins suffered a triple blow on Friday when he had to rule Saldier, Douvan and Klassical Dream out of next month's Cheltenham Festival.

The killer coronavirus outbreak across the globe has lead to a host of sporting events being cancelled, postponed or placed in serious doubt with the Six Nations among impacted events.

Trainer Willie Mullins opted to add the eight-year-old to the field after Cilaos Emery landed with an easy victory in the Red Mills Trial Hurdle at Gowran last month.

The biggest cheer on the opening day of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival was reserved for Rachael Blackmore and Honeysuckle after they won the Grade One Close Brothers Mares' Hurdle.

Dame De Compagnie, ridden by Barry Geraghty, has won the Coral Cup Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham.

The Champions League and Europa League could be suspended as UEFA consider action to combat the spread of coronavirus after domestic football in Italy and Spain was shut.

The backing track as Paisley Park faded out of contention in the Stayers' Hurdle was the 'Sound of Silence' in the packed grandstands, but the seven-strong Racing For Fun syndicate didn't care. 

SPORTS AGENDA: It would appear to have been a week of cock-ups by sporting authorities. UEFA sent out a tweet announcing that it would still be 'Euro 2020' next year, before backtracking. 

IAN HERBERT: Looking back now, those last few innocent days in the Cotswolds seem extraordinary - faintly comical you might even say, were it not for the gravity of all that followed.

Racing has faced criticism for staging Cheltenham just before the coronavirus shutdown, but the sport should be 'proud' if it is the first to re-start when restrictions are eased by the Government..

I told my insurer that my annual mileage would be 8,000 but I think it will be 10,000 by the time I come to renew my policy. Should I tell my insurer? Will it want to up our premium?

I was diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of blood cancer that put me out of work two years ago, can I claim Employment Support Allowance or get any other help?

I bought a new Jaguar for £60,000 in 2017. In May this year I was involved in an accident. The garage gave an initial estimate for repairs of £25,563, but said there were likely to be further costs.

The truth is that, in or out of the European Union, the citizens of the United Kingdom often under-estimate all the terrific things we have going for us.

I am a shared ownership resident in a London block of flats who recently tried to staircase my mortgage. However, the lender was worried my balcony might be flammable. Now I can't remortgage.

I made a claim with Legal and General five months ago after my fridge-freezer broke but it still hasn't paid out for the problem or made any repairs. What can I do to get this sorted?

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.

I work for a recruitment agency which places me on temporary contracts. They cannot find me a new assignment and they are refusing to furlough me so I now have no income. What can I do?

Both me and my partner are still working and able to meet our mortgage payments, but we were discussing whether we should ask for a mortgage holiday anyway.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY DANIEL MATTHEWS: He won Britain's first ever super-heavyweight gold but his pro career would become synonymous with ridicule and potential unfulfilled.

The BBC was attacked by viewers on Twitter for the second time this week on Thursday night, as it hosted its second telethon for charity.

The fitness guru, 33, tried his hand at comedy with a hilarious sketch featuring a lazy pizza ordering PE teacher during BBC's charity fundraising event, Big Night In, on Thursday.

Mr Sanders, who presented the programme Farming Today until 1998, died after contracting COVID-19 while in hospital, current presenter Charlotte Smith said on Saturday.

The Rocketman star, 30,was reportedly left 'raging' after a discarded cigarette caused a fire at his luxury London apartment block, near the BBC Television Centre in White City on Friday.

Bannatyne, 71, joked that his ex Dragons' Den co-star Peter Jones had been told by 'his mum' he was the biggest star of the BBC show. However, Jones hit back at Bannatyne, saying the joke was in 'bad taste'.

Gemma Collins has revealed her heartbreak after vile trolls secretly filmed her in the gym and posted the footage online with the caption 'look at this fat pig.'

Colonel Tom Moore's incredible National Health Service fundraising attempt isn't his first brush with fame, as it's revealed he previously appeared on Blankety Blank.

Tributes have been paid to Game Of Thrones actor BJ Hogg following his death aged 65.

JOHN HUMPHRYS: The pandemic has changed our way of life dramatically and we're starting to get the hang of it and even, dare I say it, enjoy it.

SPORTS AGENDA: Big, unexpected news out of the BBC on Friday when, in an illuminatingly terse email, staff were informed that Radio 5 Live Sport editor Mike Carr had left the building.

BBC viewers were shown heartbreaking images of gibbons in tiny cages on Primates. It focused on trade in Malaysia, where the capture of gibbons is decimating the wild population.

Speaking to People on Monday, the Punisher star, 38, spoke candidly about the age gap between his character Benjamin Grenne and Julia Day (played by Julia Ormond) in the drama.

Tonight's Horizon: The Great British Intelligence Test on BBC Two revealed University Challenge star Bobby Seagull, 26, from London, has an 'extremely average' size brain.

The names of those who sit on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) had not previously been published on security and independence grounds.

Sim Harris, 64, had been waiting for a visa at the embassy in South Kensington, West London, when six armed men stormed the site and took him and 25 others hostage.

Mick Jagger provided a hilarious 'public service' video snippet as part of Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show at home on Monday, modeled to look like an old-school BBC News announcement.

The simple silver chain -  which is described in the book as 'Argos chic' and is used to emphasise the class divide between Connell and Marianne now has its own Instagram account.

Sir Mick Jagger is currently happily holed up at his 16th century French castle, La Fourchette, which is situated on the banks of the Loire as he quarantines during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Jeonbuk Motors are taking Suwon Bluewings and supporters have jumped at the chance to watch some live action for the first time since football was suspended in March.

The actor, 43, made his name playing the sadistic Jim Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock and feared he would become typecast as the villain.

The actor, 24, played a young man seeking adventure in an advert for Denny sausages which were pushing the slogan: 'Seize the Denny!'