Retail sales volumes were up 1.2% in April 2025, following a rise of 0.1% in March 2025 (revised down from 0.4%). April’s retail sales growth surpassed expectations, with analysts having predicted a 0 ...

Energy bills will fall by xxx, as Ofgem announced a decrease to the energy price cap, but prices are still 65 per cent higher than five years ago ...

Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “emboldening Hamas”, after the British Prime Minister joined the leaders of France and Canada in calling for a halt to Israel’s military offensive ...

The Achieve Training Centre at Birch Business Park was officially opened on Friday, April 25. Cllr Khalid Hussain along with Cllr Carol Bernstein, who were serving as the borough's mayor and mayoress ...

Environmental activists will be going to a Bury beauty spot this weekend to tackle an invasive species of plant ...

A couple of Bury Market stallholders are appealing for help to support a charity which provides care for sick poodles ...

A primary school has opened its new library after receiving more than £10,000 in funding. St John's CE Primary School in Radcliffe was chosen as a flagship school library for the North West and ...

The demonstration on Wednesday, May 21 was led by Cheshire Animal Rights Campaigns, with protestors urging the council to use its influence as a stakeholder in the airport to help stop the import of ...

Every Wednesday and Saturday the 87-year-old pitches up to knit and sell dolls for Francis House Children’s Hospice. So far, he has raised a staggering £30,000 and on Wednesday the hospice surprised ...

The summer school, named after Heywood’s town motto "Alte Volo," meaning "I Fly High," includes work experience days with local organisations such as Greater Manchester Police, the council, Rochdale ...

North Korea said it began steps to investigate and arrest those responsible for the failed launch of its second naval destroyer after leader Kim Jong Un expressed fury over the incident that he said ...

Some 50,000 people have been isolated by flooding along the coast of New South Wales state, north of Sydney, after days of heavy rain.