4+ hour, 41+ min ago   (355+ words) Ticket evaders on the West Midlands Metro will face a £100 penalty as a new inspection scheme comes into force. Revenue officers are set to carry out regular inspections under the Buy Before You Board (BBYB) scheme, which has been fully…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (633+ words) Staff at Ethical Forestry always knew when their bosses were around. Even though the business was on the top floor of a Bournemouth office block there was no mistaking their arrival. You could hear one of their "top of the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (803+ words) DIY store B&Q and the fast food chain Five Guys are among hundreds of UK businesses named by the government for paying staff below the minimum wage. More than 600 employers were ordered to pay affected workers the outstanding wages,…...

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1+ week, 6+ day ago   (268+ words) A taxi firm has asked for a new licence permission, despite the vehicle being older than the council allows. Economical Taxis, based in Flookburgh, near Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, has a Ford Tourneo Custom 300, which was first registered in April 2014. The…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (364+ words) Police are warning people using to be vigilant following a significant increase in fraud and scam reports involving financial technology and apps. The States of Jersey Police said 75% of all scam crimes reported on the island over four weeks had…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (311+ words) A Lancashire man says he has been caught up in a credit "nightmare" for 20 years, after being confused with another individual, who shares his name and date of birth, but is constantly struggling with debt. Carl Graham Williamson, from Blackpool,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1486+ words) Older drivers have admitted to feeling "extremely nervous" of using cashless car parks out of fear they will be hit with a parking charge or scammed. They voiced their concerns to the BBC after Roland Nice, 89, from Bury St Edmunds,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (532+ words) A town's businesses have said they will "suffer massively" if they are forced to strip the streets outside their shops of displays and signage. Hampshire County Council told traders in Lymington's cobbled Quay Street they must remove such items by…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (420+ words) A cycle shop business says staff often face aggression from customers when they refuse to repair illegal e-bikes on health and safety grounds. Richardsons Cycles, an independent sales and repair shop with branches in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Norfolk, said…...