Boris Johnson has poked fun at the Brexit impasse by asking if an atomic microscope could be used to split the deadlock on future cross-border trade.

Patrick and John Collison, the billionaire brothers from Limerick behind mobile payments firm Stripe, were still in their teens when they sold their auction website Auctomatic for €4.5m in 2008.

Nicole Richie and her rocker boyfriend Joel Madden are reportedly planning to wed after learning they are expecting their second child.

Heiress Paris Hilton has picked up thousands of dollars worth of presents for her 'The Simple Life' co-star Nicole Richie's new daughter Harlow - in a bid to be named the baby's godmother.