Most recently, it was the 200-year-old David Sands chain, gobbled up by the Co-op, with regulatory approval through in the past few days.

BBC: Shelves in a shop

World champion Idowu struggled to find his best form in the triple jump and was over 40cm behind winner Arnie David Girat, who jumped 17.45m to win from Leevan Sands.

BBC: Gay too good for Powell in Greece

Writers Lisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan and David Hasemyer were recognized for a project that began with an investigation into a million-gallon spill of Canadian tar sands oil into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan in 2010.

WSJ: Online nonprofit InsideClimate News wins Pulitzer