Scott Parker plays for West Ham in their pre-season friendly against MK Dons. Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images Avram Grant has insisted the sought-after midfielder Scott Parker will remain his West Ham United side’s heartbeat, while also backing the England internationals Robert... 

Balfour Beatty has won a £460m contract for a satellite building to support Heathrow’s new Terminal 2. Private infrastructure work – often funded by foreign investors – is insulating Balfour Beatty from the government’s drive to slash budgets for public projects. The construction... 

Rats have impeccable taste in mineral water, research shows. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian A study called Similar Preference for Natural Mineral Water between Female College Students and Rats pulls off a nice bit of interspecies diplomacy. Reading it end to end, you would... 

A defaced BP sign on New York’s Houston Street. US politicians will tap into popular anger against BP during the forthcoming mid-term elections, according to one Washington-based advocate for overseas investment. Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters A Washington-based advocate of...