The US engineering giant behind the London 2012 Olympic Park and High Speed Two is pumping £65m into the UK this year in a move that will create 500 jobs.

Minibar, maxi-hassle: so goes the new mantra sweeping the global hotel industry, which is calling time on the small drinks with the big prices. Chains from Hilton to Starwood are removing minibars from rooms after deciding that keeping fridges stocked with drinks and snacks is more trouble than it's worth.

It is a torrid tale of unrequited love which ends with a charge of sexual harassment. But Bound With New Ropes, a 480 page-turner priced at £10, has one unusual feature – it was authored by an NHS anaesthetist while his patients were asleep.

PKF will take control of the finances and operation of the Irn-Bru First Division club

If, as Nigel Lawson said, the NHS is the closest thing the English have to a religion, then fly-on-the- wall documentaries about the NHS are the closest thing television commissioners have to Christmas Eve Midnight Mass. They are guaranteed crowd-pullers. As a result, one is rarely more than four hours away from the swabs, beeps and tears of a hosp-doc.

Families may be forced to turn off heating as their gas bills soar

New consumer finance watchdog warns further pain could be on the way despite Budget pledges

Lord Heseltine believes Britain lacks drive but senior government adviser points to rising employment and house prices as signs the economy was recovering

Cavemen. Of course.

Winter storms believed to have already claimed the life of one woman

As moviemakers look to make money in the East, Geoffrey Macnab reveals the conditions that China is imposing

After injury withdrawals and the Ferdinand affair, even facing San Marino is not without pitfalls

This must be Budget-related. Has the Chancellor increased the amount you can put in a JISA?