Ailing retailer Laura Ashley seeks further £15m rescue loan just weeks after emergency funding deal

Ailing retailer Laura Ashley seeks further £15m rescue loan just weeks after emergency funding deal It was saved from collapse last month by £20m lifeline from US bank Wells Fargo It  said it is ‘in advanced discussions with a third-party lender’  But there are fears of the impact of coronavirus  By Daily Mail City & … Read more

Bailey faces a baptism of fire at the Bank as the global economy teeters on the brink of recession

Bailey faces a baptism of fire at the Bank as the global economy teeters on the brink of recession Adrew Bailey starts work as Governor of the Bank of England today Bailey joined forces with Carney last week to announce a cut in interest rates  They unveiled plans to free up £290billion for lenders to loan … Read more

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus raises the potentially explosive problem of dodgy corporate debt

RUTH SUNDERLAND: Coronavirus raises the potentially explosive problem of dodgy corporate debt By Ruth Sunderland for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 15 March 2020 Charting the right economic course through the coronavirus is almost as difficult as calibrating the right medical response. The two, of course, are … Read more

Ariana Grande urges younger fans to social distance amid COVID-19 spread

Grammy winner Ariana Grande took to social media on Sunday to blast her younger fans for not social distancing during the global coronavirus pandemic. ‘I keep hearing from a surprising amount of people statements like – “This isn’t a big deal”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/”We’ll be fine”https://www.dailymail.co.uk/”We still have to go about our lives” – and it’s really blowing … Read more

Tyson Fury facing an eight-year ban from boxing if he is found guilty by doping officials

UK Anti-Doping will investigate Tyson Fury and his cousin Hughie Fury after explosive allegations that a member of their team offered a farmer £25,000 to lie about how they each failed a drugs test in 2015. While the national doping watchdog is remaining tight-lipped, Sportsmail understands they are set to act on the extraordinary new information brought … Read more

Richard Wilkins coronavirus: Fear strikes Dancing with the Stars

Coronavirus strikes Dancing with the Stars: Christian Wilkins didn’t learn of his father Richard’s diagnosis until AFTER Sunday’s live episode – putting the entire cast at risk of exposure as he self-isolates and gets tested By Jo Scrimshire For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:40 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 21:11 GMT, 15 March 2020 … Read more

Inside the prime minister’s ‘haunted and exhausted’ inner circle battling coronavirus

The men and women who keep the country going: Inside the prime minister’s ‘haunted and exhausted’ inner circle that is battling Britain’s coronavirus epidemic Boris Johnson is ‘haunted’ and knows his legacy will be defined by pandemic  No 10 secretly fears coronavirus cannot be halted and fear wave during winter Team believe ‘all measures necessary’ … Read more

Shoppers blast Budgens for selling toilet roll for £4 that they can buy elsewhere for £2.50

Outraged customers have threatened to boycott a UK supermarket after accusing it of hiking up its prices amid coronavirus panic buying.  British grocery store Budgens is charging £4 for a four roll pack of Andrex Supreme Quilts toilet roll, despite a £2.50 RRP sign on the packaging. Sharing a snap of the loo roll from their local … Read more

Rod Stewart wears gloves as he steps out for breakfast with Penny Lancaster amid coronavirus crisis

Rod Stewart, 75, wears protective gloves as he steps out for breakfast with Penny Lancaster, 49, amid coronavirus COVID-19 crisis By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 20:41 GMT, 15 March 2020 | Updated: 20:49 GMT, 15 March 2020 Rod Stewart put nothing to to chance as he stepped out with wife Penny Lancaster as precautionary … Read more