Christmas

It was the worst year for trading in the 22-year history of the survey (Jane Barlow/PA)

Scotland records worst December sales on record – survey

January 20, 2021

Tesco has hailed a surge in festive sales (Joe Giddens/PA)

Tesco posts festive sales surge as pandemic costs set to soar to £810m

January 14, 2021

Post Offices enjoyed a boost in sales over Christmas (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Post Office sales surge during busy Christmas

January 11, 2021

Four in 10 adults in Britain formed a Christmas bubble to celebrate Christmas Day, figures suggest (PA)

Four in 10 adults in Britain formed Christmas Day bubble – ONS

January 8, 2021

Sainsbury’s saw a surge in Christmas sales as it benefited from the lockdown restrictions (Danny Lawson/PA)

Sainsbury’s profits set to beat expectations after strong Christmas

January 7, 2021

People make their way past a Government coronavirus Tier 4 sign on a high street (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Shopper numbers marginally improve after November lockdown ends

January 7, 2021

Bigger plants like the alocasia amazonica sanderiana, with its arrow-shaped leaves, will fill empty rooms

Taking the decorations down? Think big… think really big plants to banish the post-Christmas blues

January 5, 2021

(Joe Giddens/PA)

Million primary school pupils will not return to desks as planned next week

December 30, 2020

There has been growing concern about the impact of reopening schools after Christmas on coronavirus case rates (Ben Birchall/PA)

England school reopenings delayed amid rising virus infection rates

December 30, 2020

An announcement is due on Wednesday on the reopening of secondary schools in England (Ben Birchall/PA)

School reopening announcement due amid concerns at rising virus cases

December 30, 2020

Collins Dictionary named lockdown as its Word of the Year (Yui Mok/PA)

Lockdown, algorithm and furlough – the vocabulary of 2020

December 30, 2020