David Weir on his way to victory in the men’s T54 mile during the Anniversary Games

Londoner shakes off indifferent 2013 form to electrify 60,000 crowd with T54 mile triumph

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Fugitives Adrian Albrecht, left, and Milan Poparovic who escaped from a Swiss prison on Thursday

Pink Panther jewel thief breaks out of Swiss jail

Notorious gang behind robberies worth £200m used ladder to climb over prison fence

Sun rises on St Tropez's profits after nude Kate Moss brightens up a chilly spring

Supermodel posed naked in a series of photographs for fake tan company

Bee Osborn is an interior designer who lives in London with her three daughters and art dealer husband

Interiors insider: Bee Osborn

Inchbald-trained Bee Osborn is an interior designer who lives in London with her three daughters and art dealer husband. She is currently working on the refurbishment of the iconic Hotel St Barth Isle de France, which is part of the Oetker Collection. Osborn talks to Annie Deakin about lighting, Kit Kemp and design tricks.

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Andy Murray joins the job-specific tan gang

Andy Murray may now be ranked second in the world after overcoming David Ferrer at the Miami Masters, but the Scotsman is certainly not a world leader when it comes to tanning.

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Shell out: fresh seafood is on the menu in Positano

My life in travel: Fern Britton

'Cornwall is the land of legends, sea mists, sand dunes and surf'

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Time to develop your prints

Even the most minimally minded can't fail to be seduced by pattern this spring. Rebecca Gonsalves rounds up some of the finest on offer

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Deborah Ross meets the ultimate wag

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Cussons buys Fudge hair care brand

The Imperial Leather soap owner PZ Cussons has ramped up the expansion of its beauty division by splashing out £25.5m on the Australian-owned Fudge Hair Care brand.

Dom Joly: Fancy that – Kate and Will have gone where family is all

My wife being Canadian, I am incredibly pro-Canuck and spend every August there. So I hope the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoy their first royal tour together – and this advice for them and all travellers to Canada.

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