These are numbers that warm the cockles of one's heart.

BBC: US job growth continues

Now that would represent a triumph for bonds which would warm the cockles of Great Uncle Alfred's heart.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood

But Scotland defended with a ferocity that would have warmed the cockles of ex-flanker Robinson's heart and Australia failed to keep their nerve when it mattered.

BBC: Scotland 9-8 Australia

He warmed up his audience with rugby references, warmed the cockles of Labour hearts with his take on last week's Budget - "the best George Osborne hoped to do was not to screw it up like he did last year" - and went on the attack over growth predictions that fell flat, borrowing predictions that have soared.

BBC: Not standing still - devolution lessons

One part of Pat's Bar still recalls his youth in County Galway, minus only the jars of cockles and mussels.

ECONOMIST: Belfast��s most durable bar