The system for regulating water companies should be overhauled and replaced with one body for England and one body for Wales, a landmark review of the sector has advised.

A borough door hardware specialist has expanded its team with three senior appointments. Bury-based UAP has welcomed Andy Kay as business development manager for the North West, David Brackpool as ...

A rare part of Bury’s manufacturing history has been brought back to the town after a chance sighting. Bensons Confectionery Ltd was once one of the biggest employers in Bury, manufacturing sweet ...

Mum Lauren Sherratt from Bury has been “overwhelmed” with kind responses to give her “supercar obsessed” 4-year-old son a special ...

Nearly all students achieved top degree grades in an impressive outcome for higher education in the borough. In Bury, 96 per cent of final-year Liverpool Hope University students based at the Holy ...

Parts of the country could see half a month’s rainfall on Monday as forecasters warn summer storms could bring flash flooding. Heavy, thundery downpours are forecast to hit parts of the UK, with an ...

A Minehead school will reopen on Monday for the first time since a bus crash which left one pupil dead and others injured. Minehead Middle School in Somerset closed on Friday after a school bus with ...

Almost half of people think that Government plans to improve the health of the nation will have no difference, or make it harder to get a GP appointment, according to a survey. More than four in 10 ...

A new immunotherapy trial to treat the deadliest form of brain cancer is seeking patients after one man had remarkable results that saw his tumour vanish. The NHS study will recruit 16 people over an ...

Women were more likely than men to describe education on menstrual cycles during their education as poor, the research also found.

Signatories including broadcaster Chris Packham – who has spoken about being autistic – demanded the long-awaited report be published as soon as Parliament returns from its summer break. He is among ...

Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, said: “Far too many people won’t have enough pension for a decent retirement, and too many – especially women, BME (black and minority ...