Blackpool-based sweets firm Tangerine has bought out the makers of Butterkist popcorn and Barratt Sherbet Fountains, it was announced today.

A British tourist shot dead in Jordan this week had just quit his job in Dublin to go travelling, his distraught parents confirmed today.

France’s Stephanie Arricau put herself in line for a possible third win on the Ladies’ European Tour with a second successive round of five-under-par 67 in the KLM Open at Eindhoven.