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Bangor Chamber of Commerce slams BID proposals and warns of £80k of wasted public cash

If the plans get the green light, Bangor would become the ninth Business Improvement District in Northern Ireland

Inside the almost 200-year-old former home of Co Down linen dynasty up for sale at £3.25m

Yorkshire flood resilience analysis helping to shape future planning, funding and delivery

Financial lead and senior analyst Sally Ashby explains how evidence, investment and partnerships can support flood resilience at catchment scale, drawing on lessons from Ousewem's project at Hauxwell, as Graham Walker f…

Coventry's benefits bill soars as locals say 'this madness has to stop'

Coventry's benefits bill has soared to nearly £900m ahead of UK welfare reforms expected this autumn, with Universal Credit claimants and rising costs sparking fierce debate among readers

Expert is scathing at ‘rushed’ NI education reform plans as minister urged to ‘go back to drawing board’

Farcical scenes as Reform and Labour point fingers over change affecting every Sandwell community

Reform refused to adopt new government planning laws into Sandwell Council's constitution saying it was for Labour opposition to decide

The 'dopamine dressers' who have been doing something unique for more than 10 years

King & Allen co-founder Jake Allen reveals how the bespoke tailors behind stores in Wilmslow and Knutsford are dismantling centuries of stuffy tradition - from crafting Lucy Spraggan's wedding suit to pioneering inclusi…

‘This is a prouder moment than my medals’: Olympian hails ‘immense’ support as she opens new NI kids’ pool

Swim! is located at Newtownabbey’s Longwood Retail Park

The titan who ruled Deansgate's smoke-filled Manchester Evening News office

Former Manchester Evening News editors and crime reporters pay tribute to James "JR" Ross—the granite-hard newsroom legend who steered the paper's Deansgate headquarters through print's golden era, dying aged 95.

Asda hikes price of essential 6% since last week and is no longer second cheapest behind Lidl

It comes as other supermarkets have increased the price of another key item in the last few weeks

‘We’re bringing it back to life’: Telling the story of the Bronte family’s Co Down heritage

Prince William 'mistaken for singer Prince' by 'lovely' man during Somerset visit

Prince William made a surprise appearance on The Graham Norton Show, sharing an amusing anecdote from a trip to Somerset

'The NHS put my body back together after the Manchester Arena bombing - then came the real test'

Nine years after losing his partner Elaine McIver and suffering catastrophic injuries in the Manchester Arena bombing, Paul Price reveals how M.E.N. readers helped fund the revolutionary rehab programme that saved his l…

Invest NI picks prime location for ‘brand new’ north west office amid calls for stronger presence

New film inspired by north Belfast house set for premiere: ‘I wanted to bring that old legend of the banshee into the modern world’

Inspired by childhood memories of a wailing wind in a north Belfast house, filmmaker Nathan Hughes’s new horror short pits ancient folklore against scepticism, greed and materialism

Malacia has 'no regrets' over Man Utd - despite having to train with kids

Tyrell Malacia opens up on his time at Manchester United after moving to FC Cincinnati to restart his career in Major League Soccer.

Snooker player Mark Allen’s comments on mental health are a big win over secrecy and misplaced shame

£300 rule for homes in England now in force - started this week

It came into force on Wednesday, October 21

Rhinos, Provos and loyalist terror bosses: Northern Ireland has become the land of the absurd where words have lost their meaning

Society is pretending all is well, when deeply abnormal behaviour has become not only acceptable but encouraged

Fitness became an addiction that left me anxious and sleep deprived

Wayne Davies was left "constantly worrying" about race times, comparing himself to other runners on social media.

Five sisters, a survivor and their search for justice after IRA murder: ‘We were too angry to be afraid’

Thousands back campaign to bring back right of way into popular Sheffield woods

Officials reveal when they hope route may be restored

Victims of clerical sex abuse call for independent parliamentary inquiry into Jeffrey Donaldson

Prince William 'mistaken for singer Prince' as he shares hilarious story on Graham Norton Show

Prince William appeared on The Graham Norton Show, sharing an entertaining story about being mistaken for musician Prince during a visit to Somerset