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Team GB will leave the 2026 Olympic Winter Games as history makers after securing two titles on the same day for the first time.

Former Liverpool and Bournemouth winger Jordon Ibe will appear in court next month, charged with actual bodily harm.

Two men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in a south London retail park.

A man has died after being pulled from a flooded brook following a police chase.

The government has announced a sweeping "crackdown" on tech firms to protect children from illegal content.

A brief show of sunshine over the weekend has given way to further rain, with flooding expected in more than 70 areas.

Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin "has had possession" of the deadly frog toxin that was found in the body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the UK’s foreign secretary has said.

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A popular Brierley Hill Market trader is celebrating another major milestone after expanding his business to take over the butcher stall inside the Market, creating a one-stop shop for fresh meat and fish.

Dudley MP, Sonia Kumar has visited Edward Grays of Dudley to mark the company’s 200th year in business and has raised concerns in Parliament about the pressures facing small manufacturers.

Dudley Council’s leader has dismissed an application for 330 homes on green belt land in Kingwinford as a developer ‘trying their luck’.

Nearly £2 million of additional investment proposals, including the return of free parking in town centres, have been backed by senior councillors.

A D-Day veteran from Stourbridge who was presented with the freedom of Dudley borough last year has died aged 101.

Families across the West Midlands are being encouraged to use the half term school break to check their children’s measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations are up to date.

Dudley’s Conservatives launched their local election campaign with a rallying call from their group leader to grab outright control of the council.

Mayor of the West Midlands, Richard Parker has announced a new base in Wolverhampton so he and his staff can be closer to the Black Country communities they serve.

Nearly four years on from the emotional finale of Derry Girls, writer and creator Lisa McGee has released her new project on Netflix.

Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonca Filho, star and director of political thriller The Secret Agent, have been delayed, slightly, I'm told.

If you are a film fan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw is a name to remember this award season.

A GoFundMe collection set up following the death of Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek has raised over $2m (£1.5m) in just two days.

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie.

Igor Tudor has agreed to become Tottenham interim head coach until the end of the season.

Like a phoenix from the ashes, Manchester City rise again. This is the exact tete-a-tete Mikel Arteta and Arsenal were hoping to avoid. We've been here twice before and twice Arteta has been scorned.

Arsenal missed the chance to re-establish their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League as an impressive Brentford side held them to a 1-1 draw.

Collin Morikawa claimed a first PGA Tour title since 2023 with a dramatic one-shot victory at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where Scottie Scheffler threatened a historic comeback.

Philip Jansen, the former BT Group boss, is taking on the chairmanship of a US-based payments software company which boasts more than 60 million end-users around the world.

BrewDog, the leading independent craft brewer behind brands including Punk IPA and Elvis Juice, has called in advisers to oversee a sale that could trigger a break-up of one of Scotland's best-known businesses.

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The Premier League could receive a £750m annual revenue boost by centralising perimeter advertising sales and increasing the number of top-level commercial partners associated with the world's most lucrative domestic football competition, its clubs have been told.

A railcard is a discount card that allows you to save money on the price of eligible train tickets.

Senior leaders of the Green Party and Reform UK have hit back at the prime minister after he attacked both parties at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

"Bloody shambles", a senior minister sighs. "Real question marks over his judgement." "Still a shitshow", another texts simply, adding: "Terminal inability to make decisions".

Peter Mandelson's ministerial assistant sent Jeffrey Epstein a copy of a government speech before it was delivered to the public, just days after the paedophile financier was released from prison, documents uncovered by Sky News appear to show.

Lord Peter Mandelson has been asked to testify to the US Congress over his relationship with the paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Palestine Action's co-founder has won a legal challenge over the group's ban as a terrorist organisation on two grounds.

Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking ring extended all the way to Africa's southern coast - held together by the invisible chains of psychological bondage that kept his victims ensnared for years at a time. 

The old, rules-based order that evolved from the ashes of the Second World War no longer exists - at least that is the verdict of Germany's chancellor, and the evidence is clear to see.

Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned an "extreme minority" after two female IDF soldiers were rescued from riots in an ultra-Orthodox Israeli city.

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 11 people in Gaza, local officials say, including in a blast at a tent encampment housing displaced families.

Police in Germany are appealing for witnesses after thieves broke into the basement of a bank and stole from customer safety deposit boxes.

More than 6,000 people were killed in three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group took control of the key city of Al Fashir last October, the United Nations has said.

A man has been charged after "priceless" Egyptian artefacts were stolen from a museum, Australian police have said.

US ski star Lindsey Vonn has reportedly been discharged from hospital in Italy, about a week after a horror crash ended her Olympic comeback.

The Indian and Pakistani cricket captains refused to shake hands at the coin toss before the T20 World Cup showdown on Sunday.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison in Russia after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have revealed.

"Britain's loneliest sheep" has given birth for the first time.

Police have caught a man juggling fire while riding a unicycle on a pedestrian crossing.

Crotch enhancements. Banned helmets. Qualifying manipulation claims. And Russian hacking.

American boxer Jarrell Miller won his heavyweight bout in New York by a hair's breadth on Saturday - but lost his wig when the toupee started to came away.

American climber Alex Honnold ascended one of the world's tallest buildings on Sunday without a rope or protective equipment.