Time’s up for luxury watch fraudster

Published date 2016-09-30 14:59
​A luxury watch dealer, who dodged £1.25 million in tax by falsifying import paperwork to show Rolexes, Cartiers and Breitlings were worth as little as $50, has been jailed for three years.

£100m railway upgrade means 12 day closure of the line at Bromsgrove

Published date 2016-09-30 15:59
Work will allow line between Bromsgrove and Birmingham to be electrified
Upgraded signalling will help make services to and from the town more reliable
To allow the work to be completed the line will be closed for 12 days
Buses will replace trains serving Bromsgrove station

Discover the American South from home with new online course

Published date 2016-09-30 16:59
​Northumbria University will launch its first ever MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) on October 31 – with more than 4,000 students already signed up.

Openreach take on bog snorkelling

Published date 2016-09-30 16:59
Wallowing in the muddy waters of a peat bog may not have mass appeal but Openreach’s Daren Haseldine – a keen swimmer – thinks otherwise.

Add a sparkle to your Christmas with Sony

Published date 2016-09-30 17:59
Create Christmas memories with a little help from Sony

Arrests over suspected £15m tax fraud

Published date 2016-09-30 17:59
Six people have been arrested in connection with a suspected £15 million tax fraud involving restaurants and wholesalers believed to be laundering money using offshore accounts and companies.

Ultrafast broadband ‘breathes new life’ into historic village of Thornton Rust

Published date 2016-09-30 17:59
An historic village mentioned in the Domesday Book is celebrating the arrival of ultrafast broadband after initially missing out on the rollout of high speed broadband.

Jail for pizza driver who stole the dough

Published date 2016-09-30 18:59
A pizza delivery driver from Ellesmere Port, who faked his pay, tax and job expenses in an attempt to steal more than £60,000 in tax repayments, has been jailed.

London homelessness in focus on World Homeless Day

Published date 2016-10-02 17:59
In July 105 people affected by homelessness were given disposable cameras and given five days to capture photos with the theme “My London”.
Over 5,000 photos were produced and 20 were selected for the exhibition. Thirteen are in the 2017 calendar which is being unveiled in Spitalfields Arts Market, London, on World Homeless Day (10 October 2016) at 1pm.

Climbing the top of Kebnekaise makes a contribution of 34 000 SEK to the Swedish UN Association’s project “Flicka”

Published date 2016-10-02 21:59
​24 employees from O’Learys’ restaurant chain and partners reached in September the top of Kebnekaise, Sweden’s highest mountain. O’Learys Trademark donates 1 000 SEK to Swedish United Nations Association’s project Flicka (Girl) for each participant who reached the top and the company Dafgårds contributes with an additional 10 000 SEK.