More than three-quarters of British-grown oysters contain norovirus, new research has found.

The Mayor of London is in no mood for compromise. Other politicians might have trodden carefully at this time of social unrest, but Boris Johnson was more than happy to turn up to a charitable event run by the City, where top-of-the-range Aston Martins were parked outside to make a statement about the wealth of participants. "Baffling protests against capitalism that have led to not a single resignation of a banker, but of three clerics," Johnson told the audience. "When it comes to protests, I cycle past them very quickly."

Free entry to the UK’s museums and galleries comes at a high price, says Stephen Deuchar

Right at the entrance to the Ashmolean's newly refurbished and expanded Egyptian galleries you know you are in a different place. There stand two giant statues of the fertility god Min, one holding his huge erect penis before him. They're incredibly early, dating from around 3300BC.

Make your skin glow in the harsh winter weather with a protective moisturiser which softens and nourishes your face

We risk creating a generation of digital illiterates

One of the country's top games experts says Britain is missing out on the opportunity to nurture the next creator of Facebook, Twitter or Google because of the way computing is taught in schools.

There have been 38 previous missions to Mars. To mark the latest, Matthew Bell offers 39 insights into the Red Planet

UK firms have £75bn locked away, but they're too spooked to spend it. So the Chancellor must give them the confidence to invest, or else ...

Stoke City 3 Blackburn Rovers 1: Stoke add to misery of defiant Blackburn manager with easy victory

West Bromwich Albion 1 Tottenham Hotspur 3: Tottenham underline their title credentials after ninth win in 10 matches

While the UK associations wield so much power they, and the game of football, will be the losers

Portrait of a medieval matriarch