Dragons' Den entrepreneur James Caan lives with his wife and two daughters in London.

Tandem, the Birmingham-based bikes and toys maker, said its full-year results will beat forecasts because of better-than-expected sales of Ben 10 toys.

All BHP Billiton needs to do to gain approval for its hostile $40bn (£25.9bn) bid for PotashCorp is to agree to preserve head-office jobs and support a fertilizer-marketing company, according to Canadian lawyers.

It pays to do the maths before switching from a variable rate mortgage.

US employers hired more workers than expected last month, in a rare bright spot of good news that boosted stock markets in the US and Europe.

The aviator jacket flies again

Topshop announces new London Fashion Week catwalk at the old Eurostar Station, Waterloo.

How the Seventies' trend riffs off the stars of Bonnie and Clyde and Love Story.

From a beach in Harry Potter to the Brief Encounter train station: 10 locations around Britain for film lovers.

Transparent braces are transforming our pearly whites, says Emma Hill.

Tennis players use ice packs as they suffer in a New York heat wave.

One of China's most famous monks, who counts some of the country's most senior figures among his followers, is on the run after being exposed as a fraud.

A clash between soldiers and gang members in Mexico has left 25 dead, according to reports.

Farmers in eastern China are grappling with an explosion in the population of wild boars that is wreaking a trial of devastation across the crop fields of the countryside.

attack on Shiite Muslim rally in south-western city of Quetta is the second major strike by militants within 48 hours.

Police in Bosnia say they have located a young woman shown in a video throwing puppies into a river.

A member of "Pink Panther" gang of international jewellery thieves has been indicted to stand trial in Tokyo over a robbery three years ago.

Tremors were felt up to five miles away as Mount Sinabung continued to erupt. Up to 30,000 people have been evacuated from their homes around the mountain's foothills.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has predicted the failure of the Middle East talks and the removal of "the Zionist regime from the world scene".

Further sectarian attack, in the city of Quetta, heaps more pressure on government struggling to cope with flooding crisis.

Binoche responds to the claim by Depardieu that "she has nothing".

Confidence in China's food safety standards has taken another battering after it emerged that authorities in central China covered up the discovery of cancer-causing chemicals in a batch of cooking oil for more than five months.

Busts of famous personalities recreated out of chicken wire.

The Chilean rescue effort hit unexpected delays yesetrday as geological faults caused drilling to be suspended for several hours.

Stephen Hawking has declared that his latest work shows there was no creator of the universe. Can he be right, asks Graham Farmelo.

Baby Gloomers are aged 45 to 54 and allegedly the unhappiest age group in Britain. With good reason says Neil Tweedie.

Scientists in Newcastle have discovered why older women are more likely to suffer from infertility, miscarriage and birth defects.

Compost manufacturers are considering putting warnings about Legionnaires' disease on their bags following advice from the Royal Horticultural Society.

Scientists have a taken major step towards understanding why older women are more likely to produce abnormal eggs, increasing the risk of infertility, miscarriage and birth defects such as Down's syndrome.

Controversial admissions lotteries established to break the middle-class stranglehold on good schools are failing, according to a study.

Growing numbers of primary schools have no male teachers, figures show, prompting fears that boys could be put off education at a young age.

In the final instalment from our nomadic family, the Hatches finish their 5,000-mile road trip and head home.

Ryanair has scrapped dozens of flights in rows over airport expansion and passenger fees.

The best forthcoming events, from a new display of Raphael masterpieces to a Guernsey walking festival.

Gill Charlton looks at who's at fault when a hire car breaks down; and advises on visits to Monet's garden.

This week's winner of our travel competition is Angela Drew for her account of a family trip to Brittany.

Annie Bennett finds wildlife, succulent seafood - and vast, empty beaches on the Costa Trasmiera.

Opening a new series on journeys by train, Gavin Bell crosses Namibia on the Desert Express.

Twiggy, Joanna Lumley, Erin O'Connor, Agyness Deyn... All these supermodels, kicked off their careers as a Rootstein mannequin.

The aviator jacket is this season's heroine