Joseph Thomas William Haines was born in Rotherhithe on the Thames on January 29 1928 ... to supplement her state allowance. Joe left school at 14 to become a messenger boy on Fleet Street.

Deficit-battling trustees at the Thames Valley District school board may consider a push for more provincial cash to bankroll a trio of new local schools. A key sore spot are libraries – which ...

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Feb 21 (Reuters) - Thames Water has received a preliminary 7 billion pound ($8.86 billion) bid from Hong Kong's CK Infrastructure (1038.HK), opens new tab for a majority stake, the Financial Times ...

Ian Meeson and Carl Walker are behind Blackpool's Theatre Collective, a free college for 16-19-year-olds, which aims to give students free access to drama school. The pair, who are both from ...

Hoërskool Waterkloof in Pretoria achieved the highest number of distinctions of all government schools in South Africa and outperformed most private schools in the country. Department of Basic ...

A major Hong Kong investor has lodged a £7bn bid to take a majority stake in Thames Water. CK Infrastructure, part of Li Ka-Shing's CK Hutchison conglomerate, submitted the offer earlier this ...

And just to cement itself at the heart of our entertainment world, they’ve shifted the whole BGT circus lock, stock and barrel to Blackpool. But one thing that hasn’t changed is Amanda’s ...

Most upper-tier councils in England are proposing to raise council tax by the maximum 4.99% in 2025/26 (Gordon Marino/Alamy) Here is a list of the latest proposed and confirmed council tax rises ...

Tonight will continue to be cloudy and breezy, with spells of rain that will be heavy at times. The rain will become a little patchier towards dawn. Monday Tomorrow will have a cloudy start with ...

Or are you a teacher who works in a school where the library serves as the central hub of discovery? Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Blackpool Gazette, you can get unlimited access to ...