Sections of the A1 (M) will be closed this week so that reconstruction works can be carried out. The A1 (M) northbound will be closed between junctions 6 and 7 from 10pm on Thursday until 5am on ...

Betty Brown, 92, from County Durham, ran the Annfield Plain Post Office with her late husband when the faulty Horizon software was introduced.

It comes as education unions have raised concerns about the statutory tests taken by Year 6 pupils in primary schools across England.

It follows a mixed picture in recent years, with one such attack in 2023 and 2022, none in 2021 and 2020, and five in 2019.

Campaigners and experts debated on whether utilities should be nationalised as ministers seek to ‘reset’ the failing sector.