A toy firm will bag £20 million after striking a deal to sell the almost 70-year-old slot car racing brand Scalextric. Hornby has agreed to the sale of the business and its intellectual property to ...

Sir Keir Starmer is under intense pressure to shift Labour to the left after the Green Party secured a historic by-election victory in Gorton and Denton. Labour suffered a humiliating result, trailing ...

He cautioned against using the party’s defeat in the Gorton and Denton Westminster by-election to forecast the outcome of the May 7 poll ...

International Airlines Group, which also owns Aer Lingus, said its operating profit increased by 17.3 last year to 5.0 billion euros ...

Going to bed and waking up at the same time every day, including weekends, helps stabilise your internal clock and this consistency matters even more during winter. A simple evening routine can also ...

The statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Westminster has been defaced with graffiti branding the former prime minister a “Zionist war criminal”. Other phrases including “Stop the Genocide” and “Free ...

Labour was pushed into third place in Gorton and Denton, behind both the victorious Green Party and Reform UK.

GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index dropped three points to minus 19 in February to a level last seen in November, ...

The closed-door depositions to legislators from the House of Representatives are being held in the Clintons’ home town of ...

It is the first time in nearly 100 years that the Gorton area of Manchester will not have been represented by a Labour MP.

Join the 27th International Thomas Hardy Festival & Conference in Dorchester, 25 July–1 August 2026. Talks, walks, performances, and workshops.

Plumber turned Green MP Hannah Spencer hailed her victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election and called out others for scapegoating communities. The 34-year-old took one of Labour’s safest seats, ...