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Mahi Binebine's Welcome to Paradise (2003) was a harrowing tale of would-be illegal migrants waiting on a Moroccan beach for the boat that they hoped would take them to a better life. In this latest novel, translated by Lulu Norman, the author's characters are again trying to escape poverty. This time, paradise is the glorious afterlife promised to Islamist martyrs.

The recruitment specialist Michael Page is pinning its hopes on emerging markets growth after a fall in profits.

Natalie Haynes went along to a screening of Casablanca with a difference – she and the rest of the audience came in character

A Chinese businessman wanted over the murders of a family is being extradited to the UK from Morocco.

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The instrument is being auctioned by Sotheby's on the 70th anniversary of the film's release

Less than £200... Plan an escape for New Year's Eve. Today, British Airways Holidays has released a batch of breaks with a 31 December departure date, which include one night at the Radisson Blu Waterfront in Jersey for £125pp with BA flights from Gatwick and breakfast. Ba.com/newyearbreak

The curious custom of "well dressing" is on display today in Eyam, Holymoorside, Foolow and Wormhill (0845 833 0970; visitpeakdistrict.com/see-and-do; donations welcome). This ancient art of decorating springs and wells with fresh and dried natural materials, such as flowers, berries and leaves, is thought to date back to the Celts and takes place only in Derbyshire and around its borders. Decorations are displayed until the first week of September.

These days we're used to watching films in unusual venues but Shobdon Airfield, home of Herefordshire Aero Club and originally a training base for Second World War glider pilots, is far more special than most. As part of the forthcoming Borderlines May Festival, a series of flight-themed films will be screened in one of the 1930s hangars, along with the chance to take trial flights in a two-seater Cessna plane.

Bargain of the week: BMI domestic flights

Mauritania officials have arrested the former Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi, a leading figure in the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.

Each week we invite three companies to give us their best deal for a specific holiday. Today: a week in Morocco for a family of four during the Easter holiday. All prices include flights from the UK.