The Good, The Bad and The Odd

Far from the madding crowd at the 2012 Olympic Stadium on Saturday night, the athlete most likely to emerge as a class act on the big stage come Games time got his season off to a flying start in the early hours, British-time, yesterday. Running in his first individual race of the year, the 100 metres in the Jamaica Invitational meeting at the National Stadium in Kingston, Usain Bolt emerged victorious in 9.82 seconds – the fastest time in the world in 2012 and his quickest-ever season opener.

The beleaguered fashion chain French Connection has put up the "for sale" sign outside 14 of its UK shops in large shopping centres across the UK.

A former soldier was today convicted of a string of sex attacks during which he told one victim: "I don't believe this, I'm a good-looking bloke" when she rejected his advances.

One life, one legend, lots of gaps

A student who suffered a brain injury at a protest against university tuition fees is likely to face a second trial after jurors failed to reach a verdict on whether he was guilty of violent disorder.

It was the hosepipe story that was too bad to be true. Our April Fool's Day report that police would be accepting hosepipes in stations as part of a nationwide amnesty had many people wondering.

The chairman of Home Retail Group is stepping down after a period of falling profits and sales at the owner of Argos and Homebase.

Officials review licensing system that allows farmers and businesses to abstract supplies

The Candy brothers, the developers behind London's One Hyde Park flats for the super-rich, have turned their attentions to the City after swooping to buy the Sugar Quay site from administrators.

Money to create 'wildlife corridors' ushers in new era for wildlife preservation

Law firms and insurance companies which employed private detectives who used a "blagger" to illegally access personal data are to be investigated for possible criminal offences.

There's more to come from this great polymath, says Paul Taylor

A busy Tube station, shut for nearly three years, finally reopened today after a spectacular rebuilding job.