For the first time in two generations, a commercial vessel will dock next week at a new deep-water port in London.

The container ship MOL Caledon will bring in fruit and wine from South Africa.

Valuable artwork, missing since it was looted by the Nazis, has been uncovered in Munich.

Paintings from such sought-after artists as Picasso, Matisse and Chagall are among the 1,500 pieces found.  They had been confiscated by the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940.

An innovation in plastic bags can reduce mould and prevent bacteria from spoiling the food contents.

Bread and cheese may be kept longer if stored in plastic bags treated with chemicals to halt the growth of bacteria and fungi.

Renault, Volkswagen, Peugeot, BMW and Mercedes are still the best selling brands as sales of new cars in Portugal maintains growth.

In October 11,041 vehicles were shifted from dealership forecourts, 24% more than in the same period last year and a welcome relief to the car trade which has seen sales figures so low that many dealers have simply ceased trading.

The deputy prime minister Paulo Portas compared the current Troika years to the period when Portugal was ruled by Spain from 1580 for 60 years and looks forward to when the country regains its financial sovereignty early next summer.

In parliament today the 2014 budget was discussed against a noisy backdrop of protestors outside the Assembly building in Lisbon. Trade union members and pensioners were protesting at the budget’s implication and called repeatedly for the resignation of the government and for a general election.

Mortgage lenders in the UK are increasingly taking action against people who rent out their homes but fail to inform their bank.

Lenders are suspicious that there may be thousands of so-called “accidental landlords” who do not tell them about their rental arrangements out of fear of incurring a higher interest rate or being forced into a more expensive buy-to-let loan.

A poll on the future of Gibraltar, run by the Daily Telegraph, received thousands of votes from the ministry of defence in Spain.

The question was posed “Is Gibraltar British or Spanish?”  After circulating on social media sites in Spain and reaching the country's defence ministry, the vast majority of nearly one million responses were in favour of Spain.

Authorities in France have warned of a possible rabies threat after a kitten died from the disease.

The country had been thought to be rabies-free since 2001.