The 64-year-old has also become an unlikely fashion icon as "sanakatsu" - which roughly translates to "Sanae-mania" - has spread. The black leather tote bag she is often seen carrying has sold out and the pink pen she used at her first press conference has gone viral

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Sir Keir is said to be "devastated" and considering his future. The paper adds that the deputy prime minister, David Lammy, has let it be known that he had not been in favour of appointing Lord Mandelson as ambassador. The mayor of London, Sir Sadiq …

The visit comes at a time of improving diplomatic and economic links between the UK and Nigeria - with trade between the two worth more than £8bn in the year to October, government figures show. This makes the African nation one of the UK's most important partners in the continent

"Back in the 80s or 90s it was very easy to get into a vehicle, steal it and take it away. It was probably cheaper than getting a taxi at the time," he said. "Now, because of the value of vehicles going up and the demand for parts, it's very …

"For the bar owner and the DJ, the last thing you want to do is go round the room getting everybody's signature saying, 'I give my consent to you [filming] this,'" says Duxbury. "But they really need to make people aware that it's being done

"But what we did see is a completely new clientele that are coming to us, which is great because it means we're not missing out on our regular customers, we're attracting new people in as well

In the streets of Lahore there are hints that the kite flying festival, Basant, has returned. Someone is fishing a kite from electricity cables, the distant sound of a drum beat, a flash of neon when you look up in the walled city's narrow streets to a stretch of sky

But its explosion into the zeitgeist since its debut last November has propelled its cast - and the people behind the scenes - into the stratosphere. Its penultimate episode has broken records to tie with Breaking Bad for the highest-rated episode ever on entertainment website IMDB. Now streaming in the …

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The British skeleton team - among Team GB's best hopes for medals at the Winter Olympics - will not be able to wear their new helmets because they do not comply with the sport's rules around shape. The British team had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) …