Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star's FREE newsletter is a scorcherBritain has plunged into recession after the coronavirus crisis saw the economy contract by a record amount.The economy shrank by 20.4% between April and June, the Office for National Statistics has said.It was the largest contraction reported by any major economy so far, official figures showed on Wednesday.The data also showed the world's sixth-biggest economy entered a recession as it shrank for a second quarter in a row.There were signs of a recovery in the month of June alone when gross domestic product grew by 8.7% from May."The recession brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has led to the biggest fall in quarterly GDP on record," Jonathan Athow of the.