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Andrew Lloyd Webber is expected to take a £20m hit to his fortune due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Sunday Times Rich List – as new entry Rihanna could become the first British-based billionaire musician.

Lockdown has given archaeology an unexpected boost with volunteers finding previously-unrecorded Roman, prehistoric and medieval sites from the comfort of their own homes.

MPs have been told they should be working in Westminster at the start of June to “set an example” to the rest of the country as lockdown is eased further.

Financial aid for an estimated 3.8 million self-employed is opening for applications – with promises of payments within six working days.

Companies are being threatened with prosecution if they do not make premises “COVID secure” for returning workers. 

Restrictions on the property market and construction sector, designed to combat the spread of coronavirus, are being relaxed.

Another 627 people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the UK have died, taking the total to 32,692.

Tui Group is to cut 8,000 jobs worldwide due to COVID-19, which it describes as “the greatest crisis” the travel industry has faced.

Hundreds of companies are suspected of fraudulently claiming furlough money from the government while pressuring their employees to continue working.

Boris Johnson will be hoping hundreds of thousands of workers heed the Government’s call to return to work on day one of moves to ease the coronavirus lockdown.