The wine ewer smashed its estimate value of £20,000 to £40,000

Tiny Chinese 'teapot' found in garage sells for staggering £390,000

Nottingham-based Boots plans to cut 4000 jobs to mitigate the 'significant impact' of Covid-19

Nottingham particularly affected: Boots to cut 4000 jobs

The retailer is the latest of the big British names to struggle in the current ecomonic climate.

A 70-year-old Birmingham scrap metal business has been saved from imminent closure after a last-minute deal with HS2.

A woman with Parkinson's has criticised a hospital trust for 'confusing' and 'unfair' parking signs at a hospital for blue badge holders.

Royal Bank of Scotland is to close 162 branches in England and Wales, including 25 in the Midlands, resulting in 792 job losses.


Manufacturing giant JCB has announced it is creating 600 news jobs in the next three months in its Staffordshire and Derbyshire plants.


Northamptonshire's Conservative MPs have called for Government commissioners to take over the running of the cash-strapped county council.

A rail operator has signed a £100 million deal for new trains.

Five companies shortlisted to build 225mph trains for HS2 will be revealed on Thursday. 

The sculpture will live alongside the famous Knife Angel at the British Ironwork Centre in Shropshire. 

The gender pay gap among managers is highest in the Midlands, with men paid almost a third more than their female counterparts.

As if the exchange rate wasn't bad enough, tourists lose over £5 billion a year making bad currency decisions.

Nottingham Building Society has secured the future of 50 jobs by bucking the industry trend and opening seven branches.

The number of million-pound home purchases outside London could overtake those in the capital this year, analysis suggests.