Supermarket Asda is preparing to do battle with rival Morrisons in the £1.5bn (€1.68bn) auction of frozen food retailer Iceland, it was reported today.

Detailed forensic searches will continue today as detectives try to unravel the mystery surrounding a millionaire’s fire-ravaged country estate.

POLICE were last night examining a missing teenager’s computer as they worked to solve the mystery surrounding her family’s burnt-out country estate.