Law, crime and regulation

Veteran Portobello Road Market dealer Anne Swift and her son Phil were the victims of a theft from their market stall.

Antiques dealers in bladed items are hoping to encourage collectors to respond to the latest consultation.

An export block has been issued for a Battle of Trafalgar Union flag in the hope a UK institution will raise the £450,000 needed to keep it in the country.

The manuscript journal of Captain John Narbrough (1640-88) has been temporarily blocked from export in the hope a UK institution can raise the more than £800,000 needed.

A chair dated to 1703 has been stolen from St Marys the Virgin Church in Gisburn, Lancashire.

A jug dating to 750BC and due to be auctioned at Cotswold Auction Company in Cirencester will now be returning to Cyprus.

HMRC will increase the fees for anti-money laundering (AML) supervision.

The British government has temporarily blocked the export of a group of 19th century Hindu paintings in the hope a UK institution will raise funds to buy them.

A church in north-west London is appealing for help to recover a stolen chair.

A Paris court has delayed the sale of the earliest-known calculator.

The largest group of cartographic items to come onto the market in years will be granted an export licence.

A UK gallery or institution will need to raise £280,000 plus VAT to acquire a work by Henri-Joseph François, Baron De Triqueti, before it leaves the country.

Three fossilised dinosaur skeletons and a collection of 11 Chinese artworks were among the assets recovered by the National Crime Agency (NCA).

Two thieves broke into an antiques centre in South Yorkshire stealing items and causing thousands of pounds of damage.

A manhunt continues for the four suspects who broke into the Louvre in Paris and stole eight jewels valued at in excess of €88m (£76m).