1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (424+ words) Shares in shoe brand Allbirds, once seen on the feet of famous people like actor Ben Affleck and former US President Barack Obama, soared on Wednesday after it announced plans to pivot from footwear to artificial intelligence (AI). The San…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (573+ words) Images of Burnley's Marcus Edwards have been going viral after the 27-year-old was seen wearing barely-visible shin pads during a Premier League match against West Ham. It echoes a similar situation from last year when a picture of Brighton's 17-year-old…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago  (170+ words) A former toilet block next to La Vallette bathing pools could become a self-catering holiday apartment. The plans that have been submitted outline turning the Guernsey States-owned block into a one bedroom with an ensuite and a combined kitchen and…...

1+ week, 12+ hour ago  (291+ words) A dancer who became Britain's first black professional ballerina has had her pointed shoes restored on the television programme, The Repair Shop. Julie Felix, 67, became a star in the US after she said she was excluded from a ballet company…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (196+ words) A serial thief has been been banned from entering four stores in York after being convicted of a spate of shoplifting offences. Lauren Chadwick, 31, was found guilty of seven counts of theft after targeting premises in the Acomb and Foxwood…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (624+ words) As Bootle bids to become the UK's first Town of Culture one of its most famous son's Jamie Carragher has hailed its ability to produce people of "real grit and fight". The former Liverpool captain, who grew up in Bootle,…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (479+ words) A woman has described her delight at finding more than 40 pieces of Victorian pottery while beachcombing. Angela Schrier, 50, said she would usually be content with finding a handful of sea glass when she searched the coastline at Hunstanton, Norfolk, but…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (518+ words) Everyone wants to know the "true story" of Kinky Boots, said the man who inspired the film that went on to become a hit musical. When Steve Pateman's family-run shoe company W. J Brooks experienced financial trouble in the 1990s, he turned…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (587+ words) Archaeologists have described their race against time to document rare 2, 000-year-old footprints uncovered on the Angus coast before the winter storms which had revealed them also wiped them away. The human and animal prints were discovered by dog walkers Jenny…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (507+ words) Part of a historic shipwreck has been revealed on a beach in the wake of Storm Chandra. The exposed timbers were discovered at the National Trust-owned Studland Bay, in Dorset, on 28 January. Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University believe it forms…...