Fans of New Balance have been rushing to snap up a "retro" pair of trainers described as "old school" with a whopping 50% discount in the sale. The 550 Shoes were originally £120, but have been ...

A village industry with a global reach: the New Balance factory in the Cumbrian town of Flimby (population 1,707) in north-west England is an outlier in the vast, multi-billion-dollar sneaker industry ...