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WHSmith is looking to cut up to 1,500 jobs after the high street retailer said its recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown remained slow.

The identities of five friends of the Duchess of Sussex who gave an anonymous interview to a US magazine will not be revealed, the High Court has ruled.

Children should be put "at the heart" of future lockdown plans and schools prioritised over pubs and shops, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Ministers let up to 10,000 travellers with coronavirus spread it across the country at the start of the pandemic by failing to bring in quarantine rules early enough, senior MPs have said.

John Hume's family has asked people to protect public health by not lining the streets of Derry for his funeral.

Fulham have booked their immediate return to the Premier League as Joe Bryan struck twice in extra-time to see them past Brentford 2-1 in the Championship play-off final.

The Attorney General has been asked to consider whether jail terms given to the three teenagers who killed PC Andrew Harper are unduly lenient.

The pilot of a light aircraft that crashed in East Sussex has died, police have said.

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A teenager who viciously beat a man as he walked home from a night out has been jailed – as we warn that anyone committing violent offences risks being locked up.

As lockdown restrictions are being continually reviewed and adjusted, a face mask sanitiser which was rigorously tested in Birmingham hospital labs has been put back into production.

The 'Walsall for All' initiative has launched the ‘Pledge’ - an initiative to encourage businesses, organisations and individuals to work together to create a more cohesive, inclusive and integrated Walsall.

Two new testing sites have opened in Sandwell to help people get a free test as quickly as possible if they notice symptoms of coronavirus.

Eight ‘shovel ready’ projects, ranging from the National Brownfield Land Institute to Very Light Rail developments are to benefit from £66 million of Government funding secured for the region.

A residents’ survey to evaluate how well Dudley’s Public Health team has worked with communities during the Covid-19 crisis has launched with prizes of £50 high street vouchers for three lucky entrants.

Young people in the West Midlands will benefit from new one-year training courses to equip them with the skills needed to gain jobs.

Work to construct a new cemetery in Rowley Regis will begin in the coming weeks, securing burial space for Sandwell residents for decades to come.

Spitting Image has revealed its Prince Andrew, Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings puppets ahead of the show's return.

Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds has apologised for holding his wedding with Blake Lively at a former slave plantation.

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has said he cannot guarantee whether it will go ahead next year after being forced to cancel this summer's event due to the coronavirus pandemic.

UK adults spent nearly half their waking day watching television and online streaming services at the height of lockdown, Ofcom has said.

Over-by-over commentary and in-play clips from the first Test at Emirates Old Trafford. Watch live on Sky Sports Cricket.

Liverpool are interested in signing Jamal Lewis from Norwich as they look to bring in cover for Andy Robertson.

Terri Harper and Natasha Jonas’ trainers have argued about sparring rumours and mind games as the first all-British women’s world title fight approaches.

Scott Parker led Fulham back to the Premier League at the first time of asking - with a tactical masterclass to beat the Championship's top scorers in the play-off final.

WHSmith is looking to cut up to 1,500 jobs after the high street retailer said its recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown remained slow.

Virgin Atlantic has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as part of its bid to survive the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated the aviation industry.

PizzaExpress has said it could close around 67 of its UK restaurants, putting up to 1,100 jobs at risk.

Tech retailer Dixons Carphone is to cut 800 jobs as it changes the way its stores are managed.

Greater than expected demand has led easyJet to increase the number of flights it is offering over the summer, despite continuing uncertainty over the coronavirus pandemic.

Ministers let up to 10,000 travellers with coronavirus spread it across the country at the start of the pandemic by failing to bring in quarantine rules early enough, senior MPs have said.

The council with the highest rate of coronavirus infections in England has launched its own contact-tracing scheme because the government's national system isn't fast enough, a local official has claimed.

Twitter is under fresh pressure to remove racist content sooner after a Labour frontbencher revealed how abuse sent to him remained on the site for more than 13 hours.

Russian hackers stole secret trade deal papers from the email account of former cabinet minister Liam Fox, according to Reuters.

Amazon has removed a pair of shoes from sale after they were described on the website as "N*****-Brown" in colour.

Rescuers are searching for survivors after a huge explosion killed at least 100 people and injured more than 4,000 in Beirut.

"This is a catastrophe we have on our hands," says a doctor at St George Hospital, less than a mile from the epicentre of the explosion at Beirut port.

Sky's offices in Beirut are in the Downtown neighbourhood. It's an upmarket area which hosts ministries, media agencies and businesses.

With just a few seconds of grainy footage and snatched eyewitness testimony, explosives experts can spot tell-tale signs of the cause of a blast.

Donald Trump has contradicted Lebanese officials and suggested a "terrible attack" caused a massive explosion in Beirut.

Three men have been rescued from a tiny Pacific island after a giant SOS sign they wrote in the sand was spotted from above.

Spain's former king Juan Carlos has fled to a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic amid a corruption scandal, according to reports.

German carmaker Audi has apologised for an advert showing a little girl leaning on the front of a high-performance car while she eats a banana.

Donald Trump has said the US should receive a "large percentage" of the proceeds from any sale of TikTok to Microsoft.

Google's planned $2.1bn (£1.6bn) takeover of smartwatch maker Fitbit will be investigated by the European Commission.

Egyptian experts have hit back at Elon Musk after the SpaceX founder tweeted about a conspiracy theory that aliens built the pyramids.

A kitten had to be rescued from three vehicles in one day after it kept climbing into engines in Norfolk.

A US woman who began a trading challenge with a hairpin has said she won't stop until she has traded up to a house.

An online campaign has been launched to stop a beloved bear from being trapped and relocated.

Police investigating reports of a "large apex predator" on the loose in a small town have told locals not to have kittens about it.