Registrations of new cars fell by 5% last month, preliminary figures suggest. Approximately 140,000 new cars were registered in July, compared with 147,517 during the same month in 2024. Battery ...

BP bosses have unveiled plans to look for further cost cuts and conduct a “thorough” review of its portfolio as it comes under pressure from shareholders. Chief executive Murray Auchincloss pledged ...

Sometimes it is not possible to provide two panel umpires, and someone has to stand at square leg to help out, but there should not be an excuse for a club to have no scorer.Without scorers a game ...

On Wednesday (August 6), eBay will change how quickly funds are made available to sellers after a sale - see how users will be affected.

There are just over three months until England arrive in Perth and the planning can now begin in earnest. Here, the PA news agency looks at five key questions England need to answer. Will Ben Stokes ...

Former The Repair Shop star Jay Blades has been charged with two counts of rape and will appear in court next week. Blades, who hosted the popular BBC show for seven years before stepping back from ...

A man acquitted of murdering a man over Christmas in Blackburn will face a re-trial on a manslaughter charge later this year.

The Scottish Government said there were 119 incidents on the rail network caused by Storm Floris on Monday, including 75 tree-related ones, and Network Rail said it is working “tirelessly” to clear ...

Festimela will begin on Saturday August 24 and will run in conjunction with a three-day fun fair through the Bank Holiday weekend.

A Blackburn punk rock band have created a feature-length film celebrating a concert on the River Thames but had to overcome several hiccups ...

John Jones works at the Beever and Struthers offices at Shadsworth Business Park, Blackburn, and has been with the firm for 28 years. He joined Beever and Struthers in the mid-1990s and became a ...