Primark is to start charging customers 15p for a paper bag from today. The charge applies on small, medium and large paper bags - despite these previously being free. Some customers have spotted ...

People on more than 350 roads in seven areas of Merseyside will be taking part in a new trial that will see the way they get their rubbish collected changed. An announcement was made earlier this ...

Service at St Augustines Church Skirlaugh (to be confirmed) Resting John Parkin and Son, 3 Saltshouse Rd, Hull HU8 9ED. (NEE WILSON) Passed away after a short illness in Scarborough Hospital on ...

Few pubs in the capital are as high-spirited as the Auld Shillelagh, perched on a corner along Stokey's Church Street. And that's not just because of the gallons of Irish whiskey consumed here ...

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Ninth edition (9ed) of Encyclopaedia Britannica ("encyclopedia"). Archive from National Library of Scotland. "The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright". 24 volumes ...

A public consultation has launched on plans for a £6bn Mersey tidal power scheme, which has entered the formal planning process, with the submission of a scoping report to the Planning Inspectorate.

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