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A bus filled with schoolchildren has crashed into a ditch after slipping on black ice - as nine children were injured in a separate crash.

When Miles Cross opened new email and bank accounts and got a new mobile phone, it was to start a business aimed at making him a profit.

A Turkish national has been jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of supplying thousands of small boats and engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the English Channel.

"I did everything I was supposed to do. I attended my appointments. I raised concerns. I listened to professionals. I trusted the system. And that trust very nearly killed me."

Bereaved families and the AA say the government's long-awaited strategy to cut road deaths does not go far enough, with "missed opportunities" to save young drivers.

Every month we interview top chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more. This week, we speak to Great British Menu winner, Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Tommy Banks.

A girl fell out of an ambulance on the M6, causing the temporary closure of the motorway.

Key Whitehall departments had to answer almost twice as many questions from MPs and peers in 2025 as the year before - with AI blamed for the massive rise, Sky News can reveal.

Birmingham broadcasting icon Marverine Cole has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Birmingham City University in recognition of her outstanding contribution to journalism, education and media diversity.

Dudley Council will replace grit bins which have been ‘missed’ during the current cold snap following an online backlash.

Dudley Council is closing in on a deal to buy the Ladies Walk centre in Sedgley after months of speculation.

The unauthorised car park at a Birmingham pub steeped in cultural importance has been blocked off after a demand was issued to the owners.

People in deprived areas of Dudley face an increased risk of harm from gambling according to campaigners.

Emergency services are asking people to keep a safe distance from icy lakes, ponds, rivers, canals and reservoirs as freezing temperatures hit the West Midlands.

Dudley MP, Sonia Kumar has demanded ‘urgent action’ from Dudley Council over what she calls a ‘dangerous lack of gritting’.

Full casting has been announced for the UK tour of Legally Blonde The Musical which visits the West Midlands twice in 2026.

Brigitte Bardot's funeral has been held with a private service in Saint-Tropez.

Hollywood star Mickey Rourke has told fans he is not behind a "humiliating" fundraising website set up to support him - and urged well-wishers to try and get their money back as the total reached almost $100,000.

Timothee Chalamet and Jessie Buckley have picked up big acting prizes at the Critics Choice Awards, which have kicked off Hollywood's awards season.

A film based on the death of a five-year-old girl during Israel's war in Gaza is set to hit UK cinemas this month.

It has once again been a rollercoaster year for Hollywood.

Manchester United plan to hold further talks with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Michael Carrick before deciding on who to make their interim head coach, and Sky Sports News has been told there could be a role for both in the new setup.

Jacob Bethell scored a sublime maiden first-class century to give hope to an England fightback in the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney before a late wobble on the fourth evening left the tourists eight wickets down and with a lead of 119.

West Ham are expected to stick with head coach Nuno Espirito Santo for now, Sky Sports News has been told.

Ruben Dias should have received a second yellow card and been sent off in Manchester City's Premier League win at Nottingham Forest, the PGMO have admitted.

The board of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has urged its shareholders to reject an amended hostile bid by Paramount Skydance while maintaining its unanimous support for a rival offer by Netflix.

The owner of Waterstones is close to hiring bankers to work on a multibillion-pound listing of the transatlantic bookseller.

Donald Trump has announced Venezuela's interim government will be "turning over" between 30 and 50 million barrels of "high quality" oil to the US.

Downing Street is courting business leaders to accompany Sir Keir Starmer on his first bilateral visit to Beijing even as a decision looms on whether to approve China's controversial new embassy in London.

Every month we interview top chefs from around the UK, hearing about their cheap food hacks, views on the industry and more. This week, we speak to Great British Menu winner, Michelin-starred chef and restaurateur Tommy Banks.

Nigel Farage said he doesn't think Donald Trump will invade Greenland as that "would be the end of NATO".

Key Whitehall departments had to answer almost twice as many questions from MPs and peers in 2025 as the year before - with AI blamed for the massive rise, Sky News can reveal.

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Downing Street is courting business leaders to accompany Sir Keir Starmer on his first bilateral visit to Beijing even as a decision looms on whether to approve China's controversial new embassy in London.

MPs would get to vote on any potential deployment of troops to Ukraine, Sir Keir Starmer has said after he committed to sending a peacekeeping force to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia.

The US has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker with links to Venezuela.

The UK and France have pledged to deploy peacekeeping troops in Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.

Brigitte Bardot's funeral has been held with a private service in Saint-Tropez.

Greenland is in the eye of an intense diplomatic storm, not that you would know it being here.

A Turkish national has been jailed for 11 years after being found guilty of supplying thousands of small boats and engines used by people smugglers to transport asylum seekers across the English Channel.

Protests sparked by a widening economic crisis have swept across Iran for more than a week.

Donald Trump has announced Venezuela's interim government will be "turning over" between 30 and 50 million barrels of "high quality" oil to the US.

Although not to be underplayed, the Anglo-French commitment to put a multi-national force into Ukraine after a ceasefire was always on the table.

It is becoming increasingly clear that Donald Trump is serious about taking Greenland from Denmark, a NATO ally, despite warnings that such a move would destroy the alliance.

Donald Trump has warned he is "very serious" about annexing Greenland – and has not ruled out taking the territory by force.

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

An earthquake alert preparing people to "drop, cover, hold on" buzzed on phones in the US on Thursday - but turned out to be completely false.

A raccoon has gotten as drunk as a skunk.

It's a debate that's torn families apart for years - with selection boxes thrown in rage, and stony silences around the dinner table.

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online terms.