Tesco is shutting its head office as well as 43 unprofitable UK stores as part of a raft of new measures as new boss Dave Lewis battles to turn around the group's fortunes.

Cyclist Laura Trott’s family have spoken about how they find it hard to believe she has become a double Olympic gold medalist after they feared she would not survive when she was born with a collapsed lung.

Police in the UK were hunting for a pair of teenage boys today after two concrete slabs were thrown from a bridge on to a lorry in what officers branded a “reckless act”.

A customer advisor who shed almost 10 stone in her battle to lose weight was today named Slimmer of the Year.

Supermarket giant Tesco today said it had made an “outstanding” start to its financial year after interim profits surged 17% to £628m (€891m).