The retailer’s parent firm Associated British Foods said the chief executive admitted to an ‘error of judgment’.

Sir Richard Branson’s company said there are ‘no more major hurdles to overcome’ for it to launch services rivalling Eurostar.

South Korean police plan to question a 56-year-old man on suspicion of starting at least one of the wildfires that devastated the country’s southern regions, killing 30 people and burning more than ...