Celebrity agent Max Clifford had a string of affairs and went to steamy parties but never forced women or girls into sex, a jury has heard.

Handwritten works by two of our most acclaimed writers, Oscar Wilde and William Butler Yeats, plus portraits of the artists have sold for more than €154,000 (£130,000).

Acclaimed hairdresser Vidal Sassoon has died at home surrounded by loved ones after losing a battle with leukaemia, his family said.

A teenager has been stabbed to death in broad daylight in a shop as thousands of bargain hunters thronged one of Britain’s busiest shopping streets.

FRANCE’S richest man and LVMH’s chief executive, Bernard Arnault, is in talks to buy three trophy stores on London’s most expensive shopping street for £300 million (€349.5m), from the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), a source said.

A STORE manager dismissed suggestions that a £40 million (€46m) jewellery heist was an “inside job”.

A YOUNG woman was “petrified” and thought she was going to be killed when armed raiders forced her to help in a £40 million (€46m) jewellery heist, a court heard yesterday.

Hollywood star Nicolas Cage will turn on the Christmas lights in Bath, England, tonight.

Jewellery worth up to £128,000 (€144,000) worn by Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh was stolen from a motorcycle courier.

GRAFTON Street is still one of the top 10 most expensive shopping streets in the world despite rents plunging by almost 23% last year.

A THIRD man was accused yesterday of taking part in Britain’s biggest jewellery robbery.

Two men have been arrested in connection with Britain’s biggest jewellery heist, Scotland Yard said.

Detectives investigating Britain’s biggest jewellery heist have recovered a loaded firearm, Scotland Yard said.

A RAID on a Mayfair jeweller is believed to be the biggest gems heist in British history, it emerged yesterday.

A raid on a London jeweller is believed to be the biggest gems heist in British history, it emerged today.

Valuable works by some of Ireland’s most sought after artists are to be sold off next month in London’s two most famous auction houses, Sotheby’s and Christie’s.

Workers from a Burberry factory today protested outside the clothing firm’s flagship London stores in a bid to save almost 300 jobs.

New York’s Fifth Avenue has retained its position as the world’s most expensive place to set up shop, with a single square foot of retail space costing €1,100 to rent.

A painting from a highly-acclaimed portrait series by Louis le Brocquy is expected to fetch the highest price at a major sale of post-war Irish art which goes on display today.

A first edition of James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses sold at auction in London yesterday for £30,000 (€43,500).

A HISTORIC First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays was yesterday snapped up by a book dealer for €4 million (£2.8m) at auction.

A manuscript of a Robert Burns poem separated more than a century ago has been put back together in time for the Bard’s birthday celebrations today.

Hollywood stars Orlando Bloom and Kate Bosworth have sparked rumours they have become engaged to be married, after perusing London's top jewellers this weekend.

A COPY of James Joyce’s masterpiece, Ulysses, yesterday sold for €107,000 at an auction in London.

A copy of James Joyce masterpiece, Ulysses, today sold for €107,000 at an auction in London.

The aspirin-styled bar stools, towering medical cabinets, DNA-themed sculptures and molecule inspired ashtrays which lined Damien Hirst’s famed, but short-lived, London restaurant Pharmacy sold tonight for £11.1m (€15.9m) at auction.

Love letters sent by James Joyce to his wife are expected to sell for thousands of euro when they go under the hammer at auction in London today.

John Lennon’s graphic drawings of himself having sex may have escaped conviction for obscenity because of fears art collections throughout the country could have fallen foul of the law if the case succeeded, according to official files.

Elton John is clearing out his London home, selling paintings, furniture and hundreds of other items, it emerged today.

Global provider of enterprise e-learning solutions, WBT Systems, has opened new British and German offices and made several senior management appointments.

The FTSE 100 index has fallen 60 points to 5071.4 by lunchtime.

Unique photographs, books, letters and other items belonging to the ‘‘real’’ Alice in Wonderland were sold for more than £2m.