One Direction are heavily applying the presure on Bruno Mars as they look this weekend to add a No 1 single to their virtually guaranteed UK albums chart-topper.

The band's second Syco album Take Me Home has easily surpassed 100,000 sales in its first week at retail with two days of trading to go and it is destined to debut at 1 this coming Sunday. According to Official Charts Company stats, it had sold around 123,000 copies by the end ...