Convenience foods producer Greencore yesterday would not be drawn on reports it is in talks to acquire British company Adelie in a rescue takeover.
A surge in spending as more than a million workers were forced on to welfare payments by the pandemic lockdown plunged the Government finances €7.5bn into the red in April.
The UK has overtaken Italy to report the highest official death toll from the new coronavirus in Europe, figures released yesterday showed, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Boris Johnson over his response to the crisis.
Yes to a championship. Even a behind-closed-doors one. David Clifford put it succinctly yesterday. Playing in an empty ground wouldn't be ideal, he said, but it would be better than nothing. And that's what we're looking at at the moment.
The Premier League has no intention of shortening games to less than 90 minutes and the idea - raised in an interview yesterday by players' union chief Gordon Taylor - has not been discussed by clubs, it is understood.
The 2020-'21 English Football League season may not start until crowds are allowed back into matches as its chairman Rick Parry said the desire to finish the current season was more to do with sporting integrity than a financial imperative.
European stocks were generally higher yesterday, shrugging off uncertainty over regional bond purchases as a swathe of positive earnings and an easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in some countries caused some optimism.
