THE founder of Polly Pocket has died aged 91. Sir Torquil Norman, whose toy company was responsible for the iconic toy brand, ...

Conservative MP Jesse Norman said his father Sir Torquil Norman helped bring 'unbelievable joy to millions of young people' ...

Although the holidays might seem some ways away, Toy Fair 2025 gave us an early taste of the hottest toys and games we expect to see on every child’s wishlist. The biggest brands of the toy ...

Pat Buxton, who has died aged 103, served during the Second World War on the secretarial staff of the Special Operations Executive. Recruited in the autumn of 1940, she was posted to The Frythe ...

With his Louisville basketball revival off to a smashing start, Pat Kelsey was crowned ACC Coach of the Year on Monday. Year 1 under Kelsey will go down as the Cardinals' largest season-to-season ...

Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. The theme at New York Toy Fair is “Play Reimagined”, and this year the toy companies - large and small - that are ...

Cabinet minister Pat McFadden has insisted that he will “not take a chainsaw to the civil service” as fears grow of an Elon Musk-style cost-cutting exercise. The chancellor of the Duchy of ...

Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that "Europe does have to step up in terms of its own defence". But he ruled out conscription to bolster ...

NASA's Artemis 2 crew is seeking an original idea for their zero-g indicator (ZGI), a stuffed toy or doll that will be suspended from a tether in their Orion spacecraft to signal when they enter ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Startego Junior is displayed in the Jumbo Group booth at the Toy Fair, in New York’s Javits Center, Monday ...

The death of the poet, writer and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby at the age of 82 has been confirmed by his family. He died in a nursing home in Clontarf, Co Dublin. The popular author was a familiar ...