Sugar group Tate & Lyle today said its flagship sweetener was helping ward off problems in other parts of its business as it reported continued good trading.

Hundreds of baggage handlers at Gatwick airport will stage a 48-hour strike this weekend in a long-running row over working practices and the suspension of a union official, it was announced today.

Robbers dug a wartime pilot from his aircrash resting place to steal his personal possessions, then dumped his remains in a plastic bag.