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Most sheep farming in the UK is not profitable without subsidies, according to research from the University of Sheffield.

Eleven-year-old George found a new home after Kate and her family from West Yorkshire’fell in love’ with him.

Economists told the Treasury Select Committee the Government must explain how they plan to reduce the £2 trillion debt without hurting growth.

Numbers are rising in Trafford and Bolton, but are well down in Leicester.

The latest monthly BRC-Nielsen shop price index revealed that prices at retailers fell by 1.6% for August.

The 67-year-old will receive damages as well as an apology from Lord Advocate James Wolffe after the ‘damaging, traumatic and stressful life event’.

The Education Secretary is considering pushing back next year’s GCSE and A-level exams.

EasyJet has sold out all flights from Faro – which serves the Algarve – to London airports on Thursday and Friday.

Matthew Bower was one of 14 people to survive the Super Puma L2 crash off Shetland.

Code forces firms to make young people a priority from the design up or face enforcement action, including fines.

The name Lyra has links to music and astronomy, which the child’s second name is a tribute to the massive icy continent.

Ocado said it had to cancel ‘a very small number of orders’ amid a jump in demand following the launch on Tuesday.

It comes as a survey suggests one in six parents in England and Wales is seriously considering not sending their children back.

Tony Abbott declined to comment on reports that he has been appointed joint president of Britain’s relaunched Board of Trade.

Experts from Newcastle University suggested a new area for research.

Charity chief Richard Moore, from Londonderry, and ex-Royal Artillery captain Charles Inness, from Scotland, have been friends for almost 15 years.

Researchers found that those men in the top 25% for waist circumference were 35% more likely to die of prostate cancer.

The artist has decorated the streets of Seven Dials.

Marie McCourt argued that former pub landlord Ian Simms should not be freed from jail on licence until he revealed where Helen McCourt’s body is.

Adam Beales said he was ‘humbled and ecstatic to be part of such a legendary production’.