Asda and Morrisons, based a few miles apart in northern England, boasted of new chapters at the start of the decade when the struggling supermarket chains were both taken over in debt-fuelled deals.

Matt Myles said he rarely plays the national lottery or Euromillions and picked up his ticket on the “off-chance” from Hereford’s Morrisons store in 2014. The then-27-year-old could not have ...

Drivers have seen months of rising fuel prices. Figures out last month showed that since the start of October the price per litre has increased by 5p for petrol and 6p for diesel. High fuel ...