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Children as young as 12 could be placed under curfews under new powers to be given to courts to tackle knife crime.

The home secretary has said courts must hand out tougher sentences for attacks on police to deter future violence after an officer was killed while investigating reports of a burglary in Berkshire.

The search for a six-year-old boy who fell into a river in Sandwich, Kent, has been called off for the night and will resume in the morning.

The police officer killed while investigating reports of a burglary died from multiple injuries, a port-mortem has revealed.

Jack Letts, also known as 'Jihadi Jack', has been stripped of his UK citizenship.

A teenager has been charged with murdering a father who was stabbed in the chest with a screwdriver.

A police officer who was murdered while responding to a reported burglary in Berkshire was a newlywed due to go on his honeymoon next week.

Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams has died at the age of 86, his daughter has confirmed.

The Mayor of Dudley has officially launched a brand new Black Country cuppa in memory of Dudley’s footballing legend; Duncan Edwards.

Writer and broadcaster, Graham Fisher, is set to release a new book - 'Tales from the Barn' - at this years International Festival of Glass.

The Commonwealth Games Federation has announced that Birmingham 2022 is set to have the largest ever female and para sport programme in history after Women’s T20 Cricket, Beach Volleyball and Para Table Tennis were confirmed for the next Commonwealth Games.

Parents rank seeing a child go through their exams alongside the stress of moving house, changing jobs or separating from a partner, new research has revealed.

Police in Dudley want to identify and speak to a man after a 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at a leisure centre in Stourbridge.

West Midlands Conservatives have selected Jay Singh-Sohal to be their candidate in next year’s Police and Crime Commissioner elections at a meeting of Conservative Party members this week.

The attraction's Humboldt penguin chick, Nuno, is easily identifiable in the 70-strong colony, as he’s now sporting a striking gold and black flipper band.

A new Brigadier has this week taken command of 7,000 soldiers across the West Midlands. Brigadier AJ Smith will be based at the Army’s 11th Signal and West Midlands Brigade headquarters at Venning Barracks in Donnington.

Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams has died at the age of 86, his daughter has confirmed.

The Brexit deadline is just weeks away.

Easy Rider actor and writer Peter Fonda has died aged 79 after respiratory failure from lung cancer, his family have said.

Young musicians are leading the revival of jazz music as streaming sites like Spotify report a growth in the number of people under 30 listening to the genre.

Inter Milan's representatives are in the UK to hold talks with Manchester United over the transfer of Alexis Sanchez, according to Sky in Italy.

Steve Smith's stoicism, Jofra Archer's arrows and helmet enhancements. Drama wasn't in short supply on a thrilling fourth day at Lord's.

Warren Gatland says Wales will not get carried away after replacing New Zealand as World Rugby's top-ranked nation.

Steve Smith suffered no fracture to his left forearm, Cricket Australia have confirmed, after taking a blow from a Jofra Archer bouncer on day four of the second Ashes Test at Lord's.

West Bromwich Albion have announced that a deal has been to sell the club to a Chinese investment group headed by Guochuan Lai.

Cradley head to the Isle of Wight tonight looking to make it five National League wins in a row

Walsall Football Club have signed Cyprus striker Andreas Makris from Anorthosis Famagusta for a club-record fee.

Following discussions over the last few days, Wolves Director, Jeff Shi, has made the decision to relieve The Head Coach of his duties.

The Treasury is to slap Standard Chartered, the emerging markets lender, with a multimillion-pound fine for failing to prevent sanctions breaches, dealing a further blow to the FTSE-100 bank's reputation.

Turkey's military pension fund has entered into exclusive talks for the takeover of British Steel.

The boss of Cathay Pacific has resigned over "recent events" taking place in Hong Kong.

Trading resumed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) after technical issues delayed the opening bell on Friday morning.

The crisis surrounding Neil Woodford, the former 'star' fund manager who has blocked investors from offloading their holdings in his flagship fund, has put paid to a merger between two London-listed finance companies.

Boris Johnson will tell Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron this week that parliament cannot stop a no-deal Brexit, Downing Street has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has refused to say if he would support another caretaker prime minister, adding that Labour should be invited to form a government if MPs make it clear they have no confidence in Boris Johnson's administration.

Sajid Javid may consider switching the stamp duty burden from buyers on to sellers as he considers a shake-up of taxes ahead of his first budget as chancellor.

Empty high street shops should be given to start-ups and community projects to help reverse the "economic decay" of Britain's town centres, Jeremy Corbyn has said.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he hopes the Lib Dems will reverse their opposition to his plan to stop a no-deal Brexit, declaring it is "not up to Jo Swinson to decide who the next prime minister is going to be".