Britain’s biggest water company currently has only enough funding to see it through to the end of May next year, and is scrambling for fresh cash.

Dignitaries have marked the recovery of a photo portrait of Winston Churchill known as The Roaring Lion, which was stolen in Canada and recovered in Italy after a two-year search by police.

The gold Aston Martin DB5 model was created to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the James Bond film Goldfinger.

Retail sales rose 1 last month as warmer weather and end-of-season deals helped to boost supermarkets and clothes stores.