Insulation company Kingspan have announced that it has entered into an agreement with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG to acquire 100% of the share capital of various companies which comprise ThyssenKrupp Construction Group, the leading European insulated panels business.

ILLEGAL head shop drugs are being sold in bulk online direct from labs in Malaysia, Cameroon and Hungary, with vendors claiming they are using “discreet packaging” to get through customs checks.

US authorities are investigating an envelope with a white powdery substance found at the Israeli Embassy in north-west Washington.

Opposition to the landfill cites local wildlife, and risk of water contamination Seán O’Riordan.

New York city’s emergency call operators caught up in the chaos of the September 11, 2001, attacks offered calm compassion but little help to callers trapped in the doomed World Trade Centre, according to partial transcripts of several calls released today.

IT firm Radstone Technology posted a 17% hike in underlying profits today after seeing increased demand by the military for its computer systems.