2 h. ago Work starts on new facility just off the M62 which will bring 20,000 highly

"Today is a big day"

Politics

21 h. ago Alcohol valued at £90,000 stolen from Shotts High Street premises

Around 2.50am on Sunday, November 9, a trailer parked within a secure premises in High Street, Shotts, was stolen. The trailer contained high value whisky and liqueurs.

Economics

21 h. ago Could the FTSE 100 hit 10,000 by Christmas.. or will the Budget scupper its rally?

The FTSE 100 has hit a new record high, fuelling speculation that it will hit 10,000 by the end of the year or even sooner.

Events

25 h. ago Footsie hits ANOTHER record high as it closes in on 10,000 mark for first time

On another bumper session for investors, London's blue-chip index rose more than 100 points in early trading on Tuesday to a peak of 9897.

Events

26 h. ago Met Police seize £240,000 of fake goods in money laundering blitz on London’s high streets

Cash-rich businesses targeted include barbers, minimarts and vape shops

Economics

43 h. ago Football Daily | Turn up the Jaws soundtrack: the Premier League title chase is on

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!In the borderline reverential buildup to his landmark 1,000th match as an excitable man gesticulating wildly on the touchlines of various football pitches like a traffic policeman with a ferret down his trousers, Pep Guardiola mused that “the universe deciding” to mark the occasion by having his Manchester City side play Liverpool “couldn’t be better”. On Sunday we found out why, as City made fairly short work of Arne Slot’s side on a damp afternoon at the Etihad to ensure Pep’s managerial millennium was unsullied by anything so demeaning as the scoreless draw between Barcelona B and Premià in the Spanish fourth tier that marked his first match as a head coach. Having joshed with reporters last week that the undoubted highlights of his career as a “Mister” were the combined 2,000 pre- and post-match press conferences he’d been contractually obliged to conduct with them, the great and the good on the Manchester media beat missed a tr...

Politics

4 d. ago 20,000 Brits abandoned Spanish hotspot this summer as boss admits 'it's worrying'

Ibiza's tourism minister has admitted that 20,000 fewer Brits visited the Balearic island during the high season this year compared to 2020, as protests against overtourism raged across Spain

Politics

5 d. ago House prices hit new record high of nearly £300,000 says Halifax, as values rise at fastest pace since January

House prices have hit a new record high after the biggest monthly jump since January, according to the latest figures from Halifax.

Economics

5 d. ago UK's empty hotel rooms costing the tourism industry more than £820,000 a WEEK

Unoccupied hotel rooms across the UK are costing more than £820,000 a week - with London, Edinburgh and Oxford seeing the highest missed earnings, according to a new study.

Economics

7 d. ago Britain records Europe's biggest rise in asylum claims as applications hit record high with more than 108,000 last year

More than 108,000 people applied for asylum in the UK in 2024, a 28 per cent increase on the 84,000 recorded the year before.

Events

1 week ago Anyone with leftover Halloween pumpkins issued £50k fine warning

UK households may face fines ranging from £400 to £1,000, or even higher in severe cases

Events

1 week ago Betting taxes would 'wreck our high streets' with '40,000 jobs at risk'

Campaigners fear the UK high street will be badly damaged if the Government's proposed betting laws are introduced, with 40,000 jobs lost

Events

2 w. ago I want to buy a £180,000 flat but is the £2,200 service charge too high? DAVID HOLLINGWORTH replies

I've seen a one-bedroom flats priced at £180,000. The service charge is £2,200 and the ground rent is £250. Will that put mortgage lenders off?

Economics

2 w. ago Midwife fraudulently received £2,000 after forging GP sick notes

Midwife fraudulently received £2,000 after forging GP sick notes  Ham & High

Economics

2 w. ago Succession star Brian Cox lends supports to tiny Highland museum seeking £100,000 to re

Actor Brian Cox has hailed ‘one of the most extraordinary places’ in Scotland

Economics

3 w. ago Top surgeon cleared by High Court in £200,000 damages claim over weight loss operation

Surgeon Simon Monkhouse was cleared of wrongdoing after the High Court hearings

Economics

3 w. ago Stormzy stranded on London high street and mobbed by fans as £400,000 luxury car runs out of fuel

The rapper, 31, hosted an impromptu meet and greet with fans after unfortunate driving incident

Economics

3 w. ago Gold on track for $5,000 as precious metal hits new record high to nudge $4,300 for first time

Analysts suggested gold could be on the way to $5,000 as nervous investors look for somewhere safe to park their cash.

Events

3 w. ago Parents of Virginia high schoolers who harassed transgender classmate raise $125,000 to sue school

‘Harassment, discrimination and bullying of any kind is not tolerated’, school says, acknowledging the legal action

Events

3 w. ago What this taxi driver was carrying in his cab just cost him £128,000

Mohammed Yamin, 55, was found in possession of 'high-purity cocaine' and £17,000 in cash

Economics