On the high street in Redcar, there’s a shop selling ornamental animals. These range from an £80 model gorilla to a large blue tit – “slightly damaged” and on sale for £2.

As he hurtled 45 feet toward the ground, a 20-year-old construction worker had only a second to close his eyes and pray.

Authorities in Phrae province are preparing to blacklist a contractor, including China Railway No 10 (Thailand), after work on a 539-million-baht government complex was abandoned.A clarification ...