Helen Goodman made a heartfelt plea for families on Universal Credit this festive period, saying it's not so much a merry Christmas as a Victorian Christmas that even Scrooge didn't think of. Almost a quarter of her constituents in Bishop Auckland will be affected by the changes in December which will leave ...
After stops in London and other global cities for viewings, a painting believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci has sold at auction in New York for a record $450 million. The painting, Salvator Mundi (Saviour of the World), is among fewer than 20 by the Renaissance painter who lived ...
Mike Ashley's public plans to sell Newcastle United are nothing but a means to stave off spending in the January transfer window, sources close to the club have revealed. The Sports Direct owner says he wants the club off his hands by Christmas, according to the Newcastle Chronicle. But it could ...
A Remembrance Dinner hosted by His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales took place last night (15 November) to celebrate the vital work of The Gurkha Welfare Trust (GWT), a charity close to his heart. Prince Harry hosted the celebration of the charity’s work at the State Apartments in Kensington ...
An influential group of housing associations have written to the Chancellor, Philip Hammond. They urge him to allow properties to be extended in height, matching the tallest tree or building in the area - without seeking planning approval. The group of housing associations, Placeshapers, Orbit, G15, Place for People and ...
A Goldman Sachs banker has likened the UK under Jeremy Corbyn to "Cuba without the sunshine" in a nervy attack on the Labour leader at the Super Investor private-equity conference in Amsterdam. Fat cat Bobby Vedral warned the apparent chaos in Theresa May’s government has raised the risk of Mr ...
A games room consisting of a football themed bar in a converted loft has been crowned as the winning entry for Games Room of the Year 2017. The national competition drew hundreds of entries from all over the UK, with Graeme Strachan, of Brechin, Angus, taking the coveted prize. The games ...
The dance hall where The Beatles first performed their debut single is going to auction - with a guide price of just £175,000. An audience of teenage girls screamed as John, Paul, George and Ringo belted out ‘Love Me Do’ in 1962 at the Majestic Ballroom in Birkenhead, Merseyside. The ...
A rare copy of the first ever atlas of England and Wales has sold for more than £100,000 at auction. Christopher Saxton was a Yorkshire-born surveyor who is known as the ‘father of English cartography’. And in the 1570s he spent seven years travelling around England and Wales for Thomas ...