Somewhere along the line Mary Portas has become Britain's macro problem solver. The high street? Fixed! Manufacturing? Sorted! The misalignment of infrastructure investment and broader industrial strategy...? No doubt Mezza and Channel 4 could squeeze a six-parter out of that, too.

Senior figures at the British Museum will next year realise a dream when they display the largest Viking ship ever discovered as part of a major new blockbuster exhibition.

Olympic Park developer Balfour Beatty today warned that its 2013 results are likely to miss City forecasts because of tough market conditions in the UK.

Average price is now £233,822

Over 380 dead as rescue efforts are hampered by blaze

A possible gas explosion ripped off the side of a five-story residential building in France's Champagne country on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring 14 others, officials said.

Rescue efforts continue as owners of the Dhaka clothing factory are arrested

Vimbai is the star hairdresser at a salon in Harare, until Dumisani, a handsome and skilful new recruit, steals the limelight.

The building's owner's wife has also been detained in an attempt to pressure her husband into surrendering

Wanderlust, Singapore

Hubcap Music – so titled because one of the guitars he uses was made from “two hubcaps and a garden hoe” – finds Seasick Steve back on form, with an album steeped in gritty boogie and even grittier attitude.

But the Save The Slad Valley action group believes developer Gladman will appeal against the decision

Never have binmen been so in demand in the City. A £221m knockout offer in the bidding battle for the maintenance, waste and recycling supplier May Gurney Integrated Services saw punters pile in.

Labour is expected to fight the 2015 election on a pledge to bring in a huge housebuilding programme