The council has issued a statement after a number of St George’s Cross flags have appeared, flying from lamp posts and pylons around Dudley.

Sightings of great white sharks are on the rise in the waters off the north-east coast of the United States – an area where ...

Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen’s capital just days after Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel that its military ...

A corgi named Amigo, sporting a factory-themed costume complete with two tiny chimneys and “Fur Factory” lettering, was named ...

The memoir of Virginia Giuffre is expected to put a spotlight back on the Duke of York when it releases in October. The book, titled Nobody’s Girl, is described on the Penguin Publishing House website ...

Some 70% of UK consumers have received a scam message that appeared to come from a trusted source such as a delivery company, bank or government body, according to a survey. More than half of those ...

Almost 290,000 shoplifting cases went unsolved in 2024-25, according to House of Commons library analysis. The figures showed 55.5% of investigations in England and Wales failed to identify a suspect, ...

A series of nationwide strikes by bus drivers is being threatened in disputes over pay and conditions. Around 7,500 members of Unite are either striking or balloting to take industrial action in areas ...

The issue is top of voters’ concerns but there is little support for Sir Keir Starmer’s approach, a poll has suggested.

Thousands more people in England have been referred for liver cancer checks thanks to the expansion of an NHS scheme that sends scanning trucks into the community. The on-the-spot scans offered by the ...

A £1.5 million government investment will help build two indoor cricket domes to allow the sport to be played all year round. The domes, in Luton, Bedfordshire and Farington, Lancashire, are intended ...