First Direct 1st Account offers a £175 to switchers, plus access to a 7% regular saver, fee-free overseas spending and a £250 0% overdraft. Change over an account from a different bank including two ...

Work on the next phase of the West Midlands Metro extension in the Black Country is set to start in January following Government approval.

People who work from home spend more time sleeping and exercising than those who travel to work, a survey has found. Home workers save an average of 56 minutes a day from not commuting, according to ...

PEOPLE across the borough can help shape future decisions around Dudley Council’s budget by having their say in a six-week consultation. Like local authorities across the country, Dudley is coming up ...

Experts say they now know even less about a typical day on Uranus, and need a second spacecraft to visit the planet in order to find out more.

A joke and magic shop which claims to be the oldest in the world has closed after 138 years. Tam Shepherds Trick Shop has been a Glasgow institution since 1886. The shop drew in generations of ...

Asthma is linked to memory issues in children – and the condition appearing early may make memory difficulties worse, new research suggests. The study found that children with asthma performed worse ...

Luke Louden has always loved the sea, so when he upped sticks and moved 400 miles from his English hometown to the south west of Scotland it was a dream come true to be so close to the water. The ...

The college has converted the east wing of huge office block Trinity Point on New Road near Earls Island into a campus for more than 700 students and 60 staff. It is running courses offering training ...

Its still not too late to sign up for Newsquest’s annual Young Reporter Scheme. Registrations for the popular yearly scheme close on Friday, November 15. Students signing up will follow in the ...

A “very busy” flat party carried on until the morning of a shooting that left one man dead and two others injured in south-east London, local residents have said. Police were called just after 10am on ...

Jeremy Clarkson has said he plans to join farmers on a protest against the 'tractor tax' which will stop all farms being passed on free ...