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Last year's warm weather provided an unexpected boost for indoor tourist attractions with good air-conditioning, as people rushed inside to avoid the heat. One of those to benefit was a museum in Belfast with a tapestry based on the hit TV show 'Game of Thrones'. It's added to after every episode by enthusiastic embroiderers and the plan is for it to be longer than the Bayeux Tapestry by the end of the final series, which airs this April.

The antique shop used to be a staple of the High Street; 'time was you could go in, browse, pick things up and put them down again - very carefully. But like so much else it's moved online and people are travelling to warehouses on industrial estates to see what's on offer. We report on the changing face of antique shopping.

And being paid late is the bane of running a small business, accounting for 50,000 closures each year. In late 2017 the Government appointed someone to sort it out. Now the Small Business Commissioner, Paul Upall, has named the first big company who haven't been paying their bills on time.