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City insiders had been expecting the bank to post a loss closer to £30million rather than over £600million and a year ago the group unveiled a £2.9billion profit.

The transformed VW Crafter van adds four wheel drive, bolts on a hardcore suspension system, bull-bar and extra equipment that makes B.A. Baracus’ A-Team van look almost wimpy.

Production is down 43% in the first six months of the year, with the coronavirus lockdown still restricting some motor factories from reopening. The UK is now on course for the lowest car output since 1957.

Some nurseries, childminders and preschools asked parents to pay full fees during the height of the lockdown but an industry watchdog has now deemed this unfair and illegal.

The average price paid for comprehensive motor insurance in the second quarter of the year stood at £460, its lowest quarterly level in four years, according to the ABI.

Rates haven’t just fallen off a cliff – they’ve somersaulted into the Mariana Trench, and are sinking so fast, it’s hard to see them bobbing back anytime soon.

The Government plans to legalise the remote witnessing of wills and backdate the measure to 31 January – the day the first coronavirus case was confirmed in the UK.

Barclays has earmarked £3.7billion so far this year to cover the cost of loans to households and businesses turning sour. And Santander wrote down the value of its UK arm by £5.4billion.

Link Fund Solutions, which manages the collapsed fund, said it was holding £58m in cash and would shortly receive part of the £224m sale of a portfolio of assets to Acacia.

The German discount supermarket business plans to open an average of one shop a week between now and Christmas.