The group says it has been a flat year and it wants to make shopping local more attractive.

Kateryna Marcu says a food pantry helped her Ukrainian family to rebuild their lives in England.

Boxing Day shoppers stay away from the High Street and shopping malls compared with 2023, data shows.

Amy Langston started the guide as she wanted to help struggling businesses in the West Midlands.

In the UK more than 100 million bags of rubbish get sent to landfill each Christmas.

Police warn that organised criminal gangs are running large-scale operations to sell on stolen goods.

Footage shows a busy day at a Binns store in Hull in December 1978, as shoppers rush to buy gifts.

The former Wilko unit had been empty for more than a year.