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The Maldives, Canary Islands, Mykonos and Denmark have been removed from the UK's quarantine list.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to "go further" as he announced three new measures to help workers and businesses get through the winter and a coronavirus second spike.

Hospitals in Nottingham have postponed some of its non-urgent surgeries due to a "dramatic rise" in coronavirus admissions in the city, the local NHS trust has said.

West Midlands mayor Andy Street was urged to stop criticising the government by fellow Conservatives when he lobbied the chancellor to provide more support to struggling businesses.

The UK has recorded another 21,242 COVID-19 cases, government figures show.

Boris Johnson has confessed to "frustrations" at the Test and Trace system and admitted there is a need to "improve" it.

The NHS Test and Trace system has had its lowest weekly figure since the scheme began, with less than 60% of close contacts of people who tested positive for coronavirus being reached.

Twelve men and a woman have been charged over the theft of a £3.5m Cartier tiara worn to the coronation of Edward VII.

A mother who tried to cover for her son following a serious hit-and-run collision in Halesowen has been jailed.

A drive to convert all lights on main roads in the borough to LED will be completed by the end of the year, a report has revealed.

Police have charged a man with conspiracy to murder two men who were found shot dead in a car in Brierley Hill last month.

An urgent appeal for poppy sellers in Dudley is being made after an activist revealed that she is the only volunteer she knows of selling poppies in the town centre this year.

A man has handed himself into Brierley Hill police station after a noxious substance was sprayed in three business premises in Upper Gornal on Tuesday night.

Temple Meadow Primary School will be closed until after half term because their site manager tested positive for COVID -19...and nobody can get a key to open the site.

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Following a successful bid to the Culture Recovery Fund, the Arena Theatre has announced its season of online theatre coming straight to the homes of audience members this Autumn.

Pantomimes all over the country have been cancelled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic – but one man is riding to the rescue.

Banksy's playful take on Claude Monet's famous impressionist garden scene has smashed expectations at auction, fetching more than £7.5m.

The journalist Martin Bashir is "seriously unwell" with coronavirus-linked complications, the BBC has confirmed.

Carrie Underwood has taken home the top prize at this year's CMT Music Awards.

Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani was filmed inside a hotel room with a 24-year-old actress after she tricked him into going back with her for the new Borat film.

Lewis Hamilton has expressed "surprise" with the FIA's appointment of Vitaly Petrov as a steward at this weekend's Portuguese GP in the wake of controversial comments made by the former F1 driver.

England's game against the Barbarians on Sunday is in doubt after a number of Barbarians players breached the agreed Covid code of conduct.

Jordan Pickford is "really sad" how his "mistimed" challenge on Virgil van Dijk led to the Liverpool defender sustaining a serious knee injury, according to Carlo Ancelotti.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles insists Mesut Ozil has the support of the Arsenal players and says the team will resolve any issues the midfielder has on the training ground.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to "go further" as he announced three new measures to help workers and businesses get through the winter and a coronavirus second spike.

West Midlands mayor Andy Street was urged to stop criticising the government by fellow Conservatives when he lobbied the chancellor to provide more support to struggling businesses.

Shell, the FTSE-100 oil behemoth, is among the bidders vying to gain control of the Post Office's telecoms arm in a deal that would transform the size of its broadband customer base.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has broadened government support for businesses and workers as coronavirus restrictions are tightened ahead of a tough winter.

Regulators have blocked the merger of ticket resale websites Viagogo and StubHub in the UK.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has vowed to "go further" as he announced three new measures to help workers and businesses get through the winter and a coronavirus second spike.

Boris Johnson has confessed to "frustrations" at the Test and Trace system and admitted there is a need to "improve" it.

West Midlands mayor Andy Street was urged to stop criticising the government by fellow Conservatives when he lobbied the chancellor to provide more support to struggling businesses.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has broadened government support for businesses and workers as coronavirus restrictions are tightened ahead of a tough winter.

Trade talks between Britain and the European Union will resume later this week, Downing Street has said.

Nigeria's president has called on the international community "to know all facts" following widespread condemnation over the alleged deaths of anti-police brutality protesters.

Ghislaine Maxwell said under oath in a testimony in 2016 she never saw "inappropriate underage activities" by her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly-released documents.

Ghislaine Maxwell told lawyers that Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre had spun a "tissue of lies" and was an "awful fantasist", according to newly-released documents.

Belgium's foreign minister has been admitted to intensive care nearly a week after testing positive for coronavirus.

At least 12 people were killed when government forces fired upon protesters during anti-police brutality demonstrations in Nigeria, Amnesty International has claimed.

Pope Francis has gifted money to the families of the crew members who were on board a ship that sank off the Japanese coast last month, 40 of whom are still missing.

At least 10 bodies have been found in an unmarked mass grave during a search for victims of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa.

Ireland has been gripped by the mysterious disappearance of a beloved dolphin.

Spain has become the first country in western Europe to record one million coronavirus cases - marking a doubling of its tally in just six weeks.

The University of Oxford has said it will continue its COVID-19 vaccine trial in Brazil, following the death of a volunteer.

A key ally of Brazil's president has been arrested after anti-corruption officers discovered a wad of banknotes in the underpants he was wearing.

A bungling burglar who left behind a rucksack containing his name and address at the scene of a crime has been jailed for four years.

A woman who found a rare two-headed snake in her sunroom has found the reptile a new home.

Revellers took part in an impromptu game of cricket on Saturday night in a south London street after bars and pubs closed at 10pm.

A passenger has given birth prematurely to a baby boy on a flight in India.