Retail industry This article is more than 1 month oldOnline retailer Temu sues rival Shein, alleging ‘mafia-style intimidation’This article is more than 1 month oldChinese-owned e-commerce firm reignites acrimonious legal battle and alleges Shein ‘bullied and intimidated’ suppliers The Chinese-owned online marketplace Temu has sued its rival Shein, alleging that the fast fashion giant “bullied, intimidated, and even detained” suppliers in China as part of a campaign of “mafia-style intimidation”.

Retail industry This article is more than 8 months oldParty supplies firm founded by the Middletons sold after collapseThis article is more than 8 months oldEntrepreneur James Sinclair buys Party Pieces for an undisclosed amount after administrators brought in The online party supplies retailer founded by the parents of the Princess of Wales has been sold after collapsing into administration. Party Pieces, founded in 1987 by Kate’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, was bought out of administration on Thursday by the entrepreneur James Sinclair, who owns businesses including Teddy Tastic Bear Co Ltd.

Queensland This article is more than 2 months oldQueensland prison guard warned that spit hood was suffocating inmate before her deathThis article is more than 2 months oldAmbulance chief’s report stated guard raised alarm 13 seconds after Selesa Tafaifa said ‘I can’t breathe’, inquest documents reveal Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A prison guard warned colleagues that a spit hood was “suffocating” a female inmate minutes before she died, inquest documents reveal.

Don't Fear Death, narrated by Rik MayallRik Mayall This article is more than 9 years oldRik Mayall narrated Don't Fear Death video last yearThis article is more than 9 years oldOne of the comedian's final pieces of work was the voiceover for this comedy animation Rik Mayall provided a voiceover for a short film called Don't Fear Death last year – one of the last pieces of work he completed before his own death on Monday.

ChinaSwingers sent to jail in China for orgies and wifeswapping partiesUniversity professor Ma Xiaohai, 53, jailed for three and a half years for organising a wife-swapping club and orgiesThey sought not only thrills but an escape from the pressures of ordinary life, they said. But today 19 Chinese swingers began prison sentences following their conviction on group sex charges. A court in Nanjing, eastern China, confirmed that a university professor, Ma Xiaohai, 53, had been jailed for three and a half years for organising a wife-swapping club and orgies.