5 h. ago Once a massive plot of undeveloped land off a motorway, it's now home to the UK's biggest outlet shopping park

It was a huge celebration to mark 30 years since the work first began on Cheshire Oaks

Economics

51 h. ago Planning application lodged with proposals to build 750 houses in West Lothian town

Calton Planning have submitted the application on behalf of M2 Group

Politics

4 d. ago Council receives application to build homes on vacant plot of land in Shotts

The application, from SMS Homes, seeks approval for the three new houses at a site on Minard Road in the village, and the development would also see the creation of nine parking spaces.

Politics

9 d. ago Manchester dad's 'life torn apart' after huge fine for offence he did not commit

Heartbroken Abar Ahmed was left stunned after receiving a letter from Manchester council giving him a whopping fine for an offence he says he didn't commit - it has put his family through hell

Politics

2 w. ago Thousands to get £100 in cost of living help as scheme reopens

In the recent extension of the Household Support Fund scheme, Hartlepool Council received £1.75million in funding and recently confirmed how it planned to spend it

Economics

2 w. ago How to stop your neighbour's shabby property wiping thousands off your home: Five steps you must take

Almost a million homes are standing empty across the UK. The majority have been vacant for more than six months, according to council tax data.

Society

2 w. ago Transfer news LIVE: Liverpool's Frimpong contract details, Arsenal's summer vow, Aston Villa concern

The summer transfer window will take centre stage as of next week with Liverpool tipped to move quickly to land new signings as Arsenal and Manchester United plot their business

Sport

3 w. ago An English gentleman, a crooked lawyer: the secrets of Stephen David Jones

With his brilliant mind and impeccable credentials, it’s little wonder that wealthy clients trusted him with their fortunes. Then they started to get suspiciousEwan McKay is a quiet, trusting man with a lifelong passion for golf. Growing up in the 1950s in Angus, a windswept county on Scotland’s east coast, he found the sport a perfect outlet: a shared activity that reduced the pressures of socialising. Later, as an adult, golfing allowed him to rub shoulders with wealthy farmers who became useful contacts for his expanding business, selling Scottish seed potatoes to English farms. Once he sold that business, McKay had enough money to follow his dreams and create a course of his own.In 2002, McKay bought a plot of land in St Andrews and secured planning permission for a golf course and private members’ club. But two years later, he received an offer of £20m to buy the land. “It was the kind of sum you couldn’t turn down,” he recalled. He made a profit of £13m from the sale, and whil...

Society

3 w. ago West Lothian still clearing away damage from Storm Eowyn four months on

West Lothian Council received more than 1,300 calls about storm damaged trees from January to the end of March this year.

Events

3 w. ago Inside the UK's eerie abandoned plane graveyard and the bizarre reason we know nothing about it

An overgrown plot of land close to London is home to an unknown number of retired planes, some of which date back to the 1950s, according to Essex Live.

Politics

3 w. ago Sadiq Khan urged to block high rise building that skirts Grenfell building rule by 30cm

Tory controlled Bromley Council has approved an application to build a tower block in Penge, South London, that attempts to get around the rule by reducing the height of the building by 30cm.

Politics