Tesco will next week become the first major British supermarket group to offer a subscription customer loyalty scheme, the latest weapon in its fight to stem the market share gains of German-owned discounters.

The Colour Check drawer set designed by Jens Frank for Ikea will come in handy with the kids back to school.

Not content with an ever-increasing slice of the cheap but cheerful high street fashion market, Tesco took a step upmarket today with the launch of a luxury design-led clothes collection.

A British woman killed in Thailand was mown down by a car and dragged for 20 yards after trying to stop a gunman – believed to be a policeman – who shot her boyfriend dead, it was revealed today.