Rates rise will create high streets where the only 'mix' will be of charity shops, bookies and Costa, the 'Queen of Shops' warned.

New business rates are 'madness', Mary Portas warns

Fashion expert Mary Portas has revealed that her brother is the biological father of her son.

Mary Portas: My brother is the father of my son

Stockport & Nelson are amoung the so called "failed Portas Towns" as part of a government funded pilot 

Wolverhampton is one of only 12 towns in the UK to have been selected for the Portas Pilot.

Joe Barratt hosts a video aimed at making Stockport a Portas Pilot.  He is hosting a teenage market in the town hall today. 

Four towns and one district in the ITV Anglia region are getting a share of £10 million to rejuventate their high streets. 

Communities across our region bid for a slice of one million pounds from Mary Portas's scheme to help rejuvenate town centres.