4 h. ago Major UK high street charity shop to close 74 stores as bosses admit huge losses

Charity Scopes has been a fixture across the UK's high streets since it first opened a store in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1970, but bosses have now confirmed many stores will close

Economics

30 h. ago Former West Lothian sales rep turns dream of owning Wee Boutique into reality

Karen McWilliam, who lives in Armadale, has officially opened The Wee Boutique in Bathgate’s King Street moving into the old Anne and Bobbies wedding shop.

Politics

50 h. ago Preston’s attempts to bore Aston Villa to distraction crumble like pastry | Jonathan Liew

Championship perennials are beige down to their signature snack but their existence is still something to savourThe man behind the counter at Greggs on Fishergate has never heard of a butter pie, but try Poundbakery over the street. Poundbakery doesn’t do butter pie, but try Greenhalgh’s on the corner. Greenhalgh’s: closed on Sundays. The chip shop on Market Street does meat pie, meat and potato, steak, steak and kidney, chicken and mushroom, cheese and onion. Butter pie? A shake of the head.You’ve got to try the butter pie. That’s what everyone says the first time you visit Preston. It was created in industrial times, for the largely Catholic working population to eat on Fridays when meat was forbidden. Often you hear it described as a “delicacy”, but even this is to overstate its intensely yeoman nature. It’s layers of potatoes, onions and butter in a pie. It’s cheap. It’s hearty. It’s unpretentious. It exists to be consumed and then immediately forgotten. It is – with deepes...

Politics

51 h. ago I ate Benidorm's Belly Buster breakfast on silver platter with insane record – life's changed since

EXCLUSIVE: I’m sweating before I’ve even started eating, the prospect of shovelling so much fried food into my face becomes a daunting prospect and all my drive and motivation fades away

Politics

53 h. ago Bespoke whisky business awarded licence in the heart of busy West Lothian town

West Lothian Licensing Board agreed to award a premises licence to The Wee Whisky Shop in Linlithgow High Street run by Andrew Ure.

Events

3 d. ago Shoppers 'gutted' over 'insane' name change of high street shop after 230 years

After first opening its doors in 1792 having been founded by Henry Walton Smith and his wife, Anna, WHSmith stores will see its name changed following a buyout by the owners of Hobbycraft

Politics

5 d. ago Much loved London shop to close leaving famous Oxford Street 'without identity'

Much loved London shop to close leaving famous Oxford Street 'without identity'  Metro.co.uk

Politics

1 week ago Big jewellery chain with 89 stores to close two more high street shops this weekend

High-street jewellery chain Beaverbooks has announced it will shut its shop in Birmingham Fort this weekend along with its High Wycombe shop, after more than 17 years in the town

Politics

1 week ago Map shows where more than 200 High Street businesses have shut up shop so far in 2025

The rapid rate of Britain’s High Street decline has been revealed in a new interactive map which shows more than 200 shops and banks have already closed for business in 2025.

Economics

1 week ago 5 Topshop buys to shop this spring as the brand hints at a high street comeback

Topshop has been teasing its return to the high street over the past week on its social media channels, and while we wait for confirmation we've rounded up the best new-ins for spring

Economics

1 week ago On a quiet street, next to a kebab shop, up a flight of stairs, I found one of the best fine dining restaurants in Wales

Sat opposite a row of terraced houses, next door to a kebab shop and up a narrow flight of stairs, is a tiny restaurant, run by a team of just three people, who produce one of the very best fine dining experiences in Wales.

Society

1 week ago I went to the newest shop on Edinburgh's Princes Street and this is what I bought

It’s opened in a former Samsung shop

Politics

1 week ago Miniso Edinburgh: "I went to the newest shop on Edinburgh's Princes Street and this is what I bought"

It’s opened in a former Samsung shop

Politics

2 w. ago Ikea to open its first West End store on Oxford street on May 1

The store's opening follows a complex and delayed three-year renovation to improve the listed building’s environmental performance

Politics

2 w. ago WHSmith shutting another high street shop today with more closures to come

WHSmith has already shut eight shops this year, in locations including Basingstoke, Winton, Rhyl, and Bolton and announced that a further 10 would be going across the spring

Politics

2 w. ago Perth toy store set to close due to fall in sales and footfall

Fun Junction announce that its Old High Street shop will close in May.

Politics

3 w. ago Massive criminal conspiracy unravels after men seen coming and going at small shop

Police investigations began when North Wales Police received intelligence from residents in Bangor about suspicious activity at a long-abandoned shop on the high street

Events

3 w. ago Paracetamol urgently recalled by major high street shop as it 'may contain another drug'

Boots has placed a 'do not take' alert on a batch of its 500mg paracetamol packets and has advised customers who have that particular pack at home to return it to their nearest store

Events

4 w. ago Shoppers 'absolutely love' Cat Deeley's cream skirt from This Morning that's 'great for spring'

This Morning viewers were all eyes on Cat Deeley earlier this week as she presented the show in a chic cream midi skirt from a covetable high street brands - and we know where to shop yours

Politics

4 w. ago Inside the death of WH Smith as it disappears forever: How high street stalwart founded in 1792 went from must

War raged in Europe, a US president was re-elected and the first WH Smith outlet began trading - though that was back in 1792 and now the UK firm faces coming to an end.

Events