Brent Crude shoots higher as US vows to blockade the Strait of Hormuz. • Equity markets fall in reaction to worries about a longer energy crisis. • Victor Orban’s defeat sends the Hungarian forint soaring. • Hopes for greater European unity rise with the UK
Propstore’s Music Memorabilia Live Auction, taking place on April 30, 2026, will feature a remarkable collection of Queen memorabilia from the band’s head roadie and photographer, Peter Hince. Over 60 items from Hince’s collection will be offered at auction, forming part of one of the
More than 6,000 visitors enjoyed the Cheshire and North Wales Food And Drink Festival – despite organisers being forced to close for a full day. The three-day event, held from 3–5 April, was hit by disruption from Storm Dave, meaning Saturday’s programme had to be
THE government is working to improve the UK’s war readiness, Policing Minister Sarah Jones has said. Speaking on GB News, she said: “The Strategic Defense Review said we need to be much better at war readiness, and that is what we are doing. We are
Bolton based Pauline Vuyelwa Muswere-Enagbonma, Group Chief Executive of the Jessamy Care Group and Founder of JessamyCareOne, has been shortlisted for the Diversity & Inclusion Champion of the Year category at the prestigious Women in Governance, Risk & Compliance (WGRC) Awards 2026. The award recognises
Škoda, with the University of Salford, has teamed up to launch a potentially life-saving innovation: an ingenious bike bell specifically designed to penetrate noise-cancelling headphones. By releasing the research in an open-source whitepaper, Škoda is inviting wider adoption to make cities safer. Škoda has unveiled
UK businesses could be losing billions in unrealised productivity gains and wasted operational spend due to inefficient and unstructured use of artificial intelligence, according to Crispin Read, Founder of The Coders Guild. Despite a surge in interest, new analysis suggests that poor strategy, lack of
A Manchester poet and filmmaker and a local arts producer have launched a new grassroots film festival to champion independent voices often overlooked by larger industry events. Nathaniel Lloyd Richards and flematu sessay created the Manchester Fringe Film Festival after noticing that much of the
Around 1.3 million more UK households are now facing a jump in their mortgage costs following the economic “shock” caused by conflict in the Middle East, the Bank of England has warned. The Bank’s latest Financial Stability Report says the UK economic outlook has “deteriorated”,
Keep Britain Tidy today thanked an army of litter-pickers across Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside who pledged to collect 48,128 bags of litter in the region during the 2026 Great British Spring Clean. The North West’s contribution has been hailed a huge success