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A £1.6bn government fund has been launched to boost less well-off towns in England after Brexit. The pot is split into £1bn, divided in England using a needs-based formula, and £600m communities can bid for. More than half of the…
Read moreThe professional dancer line-up for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing will be the same as last year's, minus the departing Pasha Kovalev. No new dancer has been hired to replace him, so there will be 17 professionals for…
Read moreFluffy American pancakes or crêpes? Maple syrup or chocolate spread? Take our quiz to find out what your choice of pancakes says about you. Read more
Read moreSex offenders are grooming children on Instagram more than on any other online platform, a charity has found. Police in England and Wales recorded 1,944 incidents of sexual communication with children in the six months to September 2018, the NSPCC…
Read moreHigh-end fashion chain LK Bennett has lined up an administrator for the business as it desperately seeks funding to stay afloat. EY will oversee the insolvency if no new investment can be found, according to Sky which first reported the story. The…
Read moreEngineering giant Rolls-Royce swung into loss last year, as it increased the charge for fixing problems with its Trent 1000 engines. The company also took a charge of £186m after Airbus said it was stopping production of its A380 superjumbo…
Read moreThere is no evidence higher tuition fees have deterred young people in England from applying to university, says Education Secretary Damian Hinds. He said applications, including from disadvantaged youngsters, had risen despite fees rising to £9,250 per year. This is…
Read moreScorched Earth images of Marsden Moor - close to Saddleworth - look horribly familiar. In June 2018, a fire on moorland in that area took hold and burned for weeks; the army was called in, carbon-storing peatland and entire ecosystems…
Read moreWe're getting weirdly warm weather for February - which has everyone asking the same question. How much of this is due to a warming climate? Or is this just a freak few days? The record temperature for February has been broken twice…
Read moreA senior lawyer has claimed that barristers are often paid less per hour than they would be working in a fast-food restaurant. Chris Henley, who chairs the Criminal Bar Association, said: "Too often fees for prosecuting produce hourly rates worse…
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