Barry Williams, Poundland’s managing director, said sticking to the £1 price point had prevented it from selling products that customers had to visit rival stores to buy. The chain billed the move as ...

London and south-east England have seen larger year-on-year falls in the GCSE pass rate than all other regions, the 2025 exam figures show. Some 71.6% of entries in London were awarded grade 4 or ...

Teenagers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their exam results to help them progress to sixth form, college or training.

Russian forces launched more than 600 drones and missiles overnight, striking an American electronics factory in the west of Ukraine.

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

Bury police officers were given a "5-star rating" for "professionalism and dignity" after arresting a drug driver - by ...

More than 200 Ofcom complaints have been lodged against the hit ITV soap opera Emmerdale because of  "uncomfortable" scenes aired before the watershed. The television regulator revealed that around ...

It was a depleted Bury AC team that made the journey to Blackburn Harriers’ Witton Park stadium for the last Mid Lancs Track and Field ...

People are being urged to retune their TVs to access 11 channel changes made on August 20 as part of the latest Freeview update.

Fire crews were called out to a smoke-filled home last night after a grill was left unattended. They were alerted to the incident on Sandford Street in Radcliffe after a neighbour heard the smoke ...

The former Brazilian president’s intention to flee was revealed in documents found on his phone, federal police said.

The 44-turbine farm in the south of Scotland is set to deliver more than £800 million in local investment over its 40-year operational life.