The chancellor is expected to extend the government's furlough scheme - currently paying 6.5 million laid off workers 80% of their earnings - from June to September.

British Airways pilots and other civilian aviators at risk of redundancy because of coronavirus job cuts might be able to join the Royal Air Force on secondment, Sky News understands. 

London’s transport system is braced to record a £4bn loss this year, underlining the urgency of the capital’s efforts to access emergency funding from the government in order to keep bus and Tube services running.

Employees will not be advised to wear masks or face coverings when at work under government guidelines on how businesses can become "COVID-secure".

P&O Ferries says it is to cut around 1,100 jobs to give the business a "viable and sustainable" future beyond the coronavirus crisis.

Switzerland's professional soccer teams were allowed to train for the first time since the coronavirus stoppage on Monday but most preferred to stay at home amid uncertainty over whether the league would resume and concerns from the players' union.

With the relaxing of lockdown people in England who cannot do their job home are now being actively encouraged to go to work instead of being told to only go if they must.

Sir Richard Branson has moved to sell a big stake in the Virgin Galactic space tourism venture, worth more than half a billion dollars, to create a coronavirus fighting fund for his Virgin Group.

The closure of schools in Brazil due to the coronavirus pandemic gave 11-year-old prodigy Gui Khury plenty of time to perfect his skateboarding skills as he became the first person to land a 1080-degree turn on a vertical ramp.

Elite sport in England cannot return until at least June 1 and will have to take place without spectators present, a government document containing guidelines on easing lockdown restrictions said on Monday.

The oil price war instigated by Saudi Arabia in March, in response to Russia's refusal to implement the production cuts the Saudis were seeking, looks more damaging by the day.