Miniatures of Elizabeth I and her favourite sold at auction

A pair of paintings dating back to Elizabeth’s reign shed a little more light on her relationship with Robert Dudley

Bermuda shorts teamed with a pair of socks rule

Bermudas are favoured during the summer as a smart alternative to trousers with colours ranging from beige to pulsating pastels.

Video games on TV — and no need for a console

Playcast is to launch a TV service with superfast remote control that would do away with the need for a games console

Chance to restore confidence in policing

Report by the Chief Inspector of Constabulary proposes a low-key style, which will not sit easily with frontline officers

Anti-Semitism studies at London University

Birkbeck College is to host Britain's first institute for the study of anti-Semitism - next to the oldest Holocaust library

Fathers ‘take partners to hospital too soon’

Midwives to debate men’s role as evidence suggests their advice to keep mothers-to-be at home for longer is being ignored

Millions left out of pocket

Customers could see major changes to their accounts now the banks have surprisingly won their battle in the courts

Orders helped women avoid forced marriage

Twice as many women as expected sought protection against being married off against their will under orders introduced last year

And now for responsible borrowing?

Had the Supreme Court sided against the banks they would have looked for alternative ways of charging for their services

BBC and museum launch world history project

Elgin Marbles, Anglo-Saxon helmet and a credit card among the 100 things to be examined in ambitious project

Taxes, airguns, drink-driving and a swipe at the SNP

Labour’s hopes of outflanking the SNP over independence rest on a White Paper that itself depends on a general election victory to stand a...

Scott of the Antarctic ... and twitter

Robert Falcon Scott’s journal began 99 years ago today, and Cambridge historians plan daily ‘blog posts’ on the dates

‘Holiday’ was a wedding trip

Shazia Qayum's told her to knuckle down and be a good wife after taking her to Pakistan to marry her cousin

Synagogue silver fetches £170,000

We are struggling to survive and need the money from the silver sale, says Pat Goodman, synagogue vice-president

Police deemed killing claims 'not credible'

Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick refused a plea to carry out an investigation allegations relating to British troops

G20 tactics ‘undermined integrity of policing’

Would-be champion hopes for a rematch

The Office of Fair Trading could challenge the banks again after a suggestion from the President of the Supreme Court