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A planned four-day strike by resident doctors in England next week has been called off, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced.

Kemi Badenoch has called on Sir Keir Starmer and his potential Labour leadership rivals to cut welfare spending and redirect savings to defence.

A woman has been injured in a suspected dog attack in Skegness, police say.

A Derbyshire police officer is being investigated over accusations they used AI to "create evidence". 

Around 3,000 people have attended an anti-racism rally in Belfast after days of unrest following a knife attack earlier this week.

Rival protesters have clashed in Glasgow after thousands gathered in the city centre for an anti-racism rally.

Police have arrested three teenagers on suspicion of the murder of a man in an Essex park.

Rugby league star Kevin Sinfield has been knighted in the King's Birthday Honours, with Dame Helen Mirren and members of the England women's football team among those receiving awards.

A new Reform councillor joked he would start holding public surgeries ‘when his stab proof vest had arrived’.

A Hagely care home has launched a new monthly Networking Breakfast that is fast becoming a community favourite.

Sandwell’s Safer 6 campaign is now underway, with the first launch event taking place in Oldbury to mark the beginning of six weeks of action across the six towns of borough.

Wolves have sacked their head coach, Rob Edwards following their relegation from the Premier League.

Mental health providers in Birmingham said they were “working together” to ensure the safety and wellbeing of patients during fresh strike action.

The University of Birmingham is moving ahead with plans to sell part of its Selly Oak campus to potentially pave the way for new housing.

Dudley Council is set to spend nearly £1m on private consultants to avoid possible jail for officers after regulators identified building safety breaches.

Dudley Council is facing a cut in funding for a scheme which provides support for deprived families during school holidays.

A US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the proposed Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has determined the merger is not likely to harm competition in the industry or be harmful to consumers.

Taylor Swift has become the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, aged 36.

The Doctor Who special planned for this Christmas has been cancelled and Russell T Davies is leaving the long-running sci-fi TV series.

It's three decades since Frank Skinner, David Baddiel and The Lightning Seeds famously sang that football was "coming home" at Euro 96.

A singer-songwriter who worked with Dua Lipa, Britney Spears and Zendaya has died aged 35 after he was stabbed in east London.

England’s Luke Littler and Luke Humphries set up a quarter-final clash with Wales as they got their first ever win in an 8-5 showing against Spain’s Cristo Reyes and Jose Justicia in Frankfurt.

Rangers will hold talks with Derek McInnes about replacing Danny Röhl.

Scotland claimed their first-ever ICC Women's T20 World Cup win with a 40-run thumping of Ireland in the first of a 2026 tournament double-header at Old Trafford, which also saw South Africa collapse to a damaging defeat to Australia.

A US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the proposed Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) has determined the merger is not likely to harm competition in the industry or be harmful to consumers.

The UK economy shrank slightly, as fuel price rises caused by the Iran war hit spending, new official figures show.

Europe's largest airline is being investigated by the UK's competition watchdog over its policy of charging parents to sit with their children.

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Kemi Badenoch has called on Sir Keir Starmer and his potential Labour leadership rivals to cut welfare spending and redirect savings to defence.

Andy Burnham makes a lot of the Westminster political class being out of touch with the places and the people beyond its tight boundaries of the Palace of Westminster and Whitehall, and the sense it's populated by people of privilege who attended private schools and Oxbridge and who hail from the capital or the shires of the south.

Most young people want stronger protections on the internet, according to the results of a major government consultation. 

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson confirmed he apologised to an alleged abuse victim, but denied it was because of any offences committed against her.

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President Donald Trump has said a "swift and lethal kinetic" US military strike has killed "the infamous leader" of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua street gang.

Around 200 protesters have torn down fencing surrounding a controversial luxury development in Albania, as demonstrations continue over another planned resort linked ​to Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

A woman has been seriously injured in a shark attack off a Sydney beach in the fourth incident of its kind in recent weeks.

A rare, deep-sea goblin shark has been studied alive in its habitat for the first time.

Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha has died after nearly four years in a coma, aged 47.

Ukraine's continued strikes on fuel supplies to Crimea have sparked the worst fuel crisis on the Russian-held peninsula since it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Forecasters say there is a risk of a "very strong" El Nino, which typically leads to higher global temperatures and drought in some areas, but heavy rainfall in others.

We spent an hour talking to former Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, who is one of the most influential voices in the West Bank.

Petrol stations in the Russian-held ‌Crimea had run dry on Thursday, witnesses said, after Ukraine stepped up drone strikes on supply lines to the peninsula.

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Japanese authorities have captured a bear following a multi-day search that saw nearly 100 schools close.

A viral buffalo nicknamed "Donald Trump" for its blond tuft has been spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice after a last-minute government intervention.

The Gloucestershire cheese rolling contest's most successful ever competitor has been beaten by a German YouTuber. 

Police say a driver made an "own goal" by dangerously driving with an unsecured football net on top of their car.

Monkeys in Gibraltar have learned to eat soil to settle their stomachs from all the junk food they consume, research suggests.