Barry Williams, Poundland’s managing director, said sticking to the £1 price point had prevented it from selling products that customers had to visit rival stores to buy. The chain billed the move as ...

Merseyside Police said the fire at Woolton Hall, Liverpool, on Tuesday ‘appears to have been an extremely reckless act’.

The staff, who provide support for passengers with reduced mobility at Edinburgh Airport, will walk out on several occasions next month.

Ethel Caterham, of Lightwater, Surrey, who was born in August 1909, succeeded to the title of oldest living person in April.