I am Hartlepool born and bred, but I left the town at 18 in 1975 to attend university.I returned for term holidays, undertaking a variety of summer jobs, from cleaning toilets at Siemens, digging ...

The latest of the long-standing talks come after a number of streets in Bridgend town centre were pedestrianised back in 2004, leading to claims from the town's traders of a massive drop-off in ...

The legacy of Zachary Antidormi was honoured on Tuesday at the opening of a new centre named for the toddler and the groundbreaking bond his murder forged between police and mental-health services.

It began with an episode of Come Dine With Me. Four years ago, Maxwell Harrison was at home watching the show. "Part of the episode had one of the contestants cleaning an oven," he says. "I saw that ...

Lewisham Council’s 20-year vision to revamp the town centre could see up to 2,700 homes built in the area and a new pedestrianised town square created by re-routing the South Circular.

What can you buy for 35p today? Rewind 50 years and it would pay for a ticket for a Saturday night out dancing at Watford Town Hall. These pictures from the Watford Observer archive were taken in June ...

The Union government lifted the ban on sugar exports partially on Monday (January 20, 2025), allowing industries to export one million metric tonnes of sugar in the 2024-25 season ending in ...

1 hit “Old Town Road” on the screen behind him. As the audio from the song cued up, Cyrus attempted to play guitar and sing along, with his instrument and vocals inaudible as he looked around ...