Calendar Money

Old notes will still be able to be spent ahead of the cut-off date, or exchanged at the Bank of England once the cut-off point has passed.

The Living Wage Foundation says the hourly rate of pay people need to get by in the UK has risen from £8.45 to £8.75 in the last year

In a symbolic victory for Labour, MPs have also backed a motion from the Opposition party to pause Universal Credit.

Old round pound coins will cease to be legal tender after the weekend - but some shops will still be accepting them after the deadline.

Exhbition celebrates the life of Castleford's 'spend, spend, spend' pools winner Viv Nicholson, who did just that.

Rail workers are to stage a series of protests warning passengers that they are paying "more for less".

Plans underway for a major regeneration project to promote Hull's maritime past - with the help of £15 million in lottery funding

The Government has previously described the new coin - which enters circulation on Tuesday - as "harder to counterfeit than ever before".

Women from across the region will join in a protest in London today, against changes to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.