Bestselling writer Dan Brown unleashed his latest page turner today as eager fans made Inferno an instant chart-topper.

You may not have heard of Huawei, but its products may well be in your house. Last year the company, based in Shenzen, China, overtook Ericsson to become the world’s largest manufacturer of telecoms equipment. It controls a quarter of the EU market in telecoms infrastructure and has won more than half of the contracts for 4G technology awarded in Europe, including big deals with EE (formerly Orange and T-Mobile), O2 and 3UK.

Northampton produce ferocious first half display to knockout table-toppers Saracens with 27-13 win and head to Twickenham showcase for the first time in their history

Nasa said in a bulletin on its website that while the rate of ammonia leaking from the section of the cooling system has increased the crew were in no danger

PTI supporters hope a late surge can lift former cricketer to win Saturday’s vote

Low cost carrier Easyjet plans to disperse ash from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano, which caused travel chaos in 2010, later this year and carry out tests using an aircraft warning system designed to detect ash clouds

Chairman, Dick Olver, endured a torrid time at his final AGM as protesters against its deals with Saudi Arabia were ejected amid stormy scenes

Kevin Moore, who died on his 55th birthday from a rare form of dementia, was one of the most influential players in the history of Grimsby Town, performing mightily as the Mariners earned successive promotions in 1979 and '80 before emerging as a bulwark of the Southampton rearguard in the top tier of the English game.

Average chief executive is still a fiftysomething man as women struggle to get on boards

Diamond Joe Biden, Scranton's finest, strikes again. While our politicians struggle awkwardly with pop culture (think David Cameron hanging with One Direction or Gordon Brown "enjoying" the Arctic Monkeys), the US Vice-President shows us how it's done.

Temperatures could reach 20C in the south as flood warnings are issued in western Scotland

The Denton to Stalybridge line is one of the least used services in Britain, but its passengers would hate to see it go

Sappers Mark Quinsey and Patrick Azimkar were gunned down by two masked gunmen as they collected pizzas outside the gates in 2009