16+ hour, 3+ min ago   (482+ words) An extensive collection of miners' lamps, collected by one man over his lifetime, is going under the hammer. Bob Batey's interest in the lamps was sparked at the age of 21 when his father-in-law gave him his, and he went on…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (440+ words) A city centre siren which went off daily at lunchtime for more than 150 years has sounded for the final time. The 13:00 time signal at HL Brown jewellers and watchmakers, on the corner of Barker's Pool and Leopold Street in Sheffield,…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (360+ words) More than 30,000 household items donated at the tip have been sold from a re-use shop in the first three months since it opened. Renew North Tyneside said it had managed to prevent more than 70 tonnes of household goods from going…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (588+ words) A former trader at Derby Market Hall has said the venue's management should do more to help businesses after she was forced to close her stall due to a lack of customers. Shereen Spurgeon, who ran a Caribbean food stall…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (420+ words) Controversial plans for a multi-million pound market redevelopment have been approved, despite the concerns of traders. Those behind the proposals for Cambridge's market square hope it will have a mix of permanent and removable stalls, enabling events to be held,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (514+ words) People's sentimental footwear, including wedding shoes and a special retirement present, is being celebrated in a new exhibition. Somerset's Clarks Shoemakers Museum in Street is marking its first anniversary by exhibiting footwear from local people that hold a unique memory....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (161+ words) A fire caused by the battery of an e-scooter has left a family homeless. Essex Fire Service was called to a house in Basildon at about 10:03 BST on Saturday after an e-scooter battery that had been on charge overnight caught…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (260+ words) Police have issued a warning about a scam where organised crime groups offer fake heavily discounted deals from retail providers on social media. Derbyshire Police's cyber crime team told the BBC there have been 30 instances in the county this year…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1431+ words) Overlooking the garden of Amanda Young's family home is a data centre. "It used to be a nice, quiet area," said Amanda, who lives near to one of the large buildings in Newport. "But with more data centres coming in,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (784+ words) Xbox chief executive Asha Sharma says the gaming giant needs to be "thinking about" affordability for its next-generation console, amid a "crisis" in computing prices. In an interview with the BBC, she said rising hardware costs partly driven by AI…...