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Cold health alerts have been issued for large parts of the UK from midday on Monday until Saturday morning.

Satellite images reveal how a grassy field in Oxfordshire was transformed into an illegal waste site in just a few months.

The UK's flagship aircraft carrier is ready for war after deploying across the world in a demonstration to Vladimir Putin of NATO's "hard power", the defence secretary has said.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced controversial plans for the UK to embrace a "Denmark-style" asylum system, aimed at making Britain less attractive to illegal immigrants and making deportations easier.

A mum and dad who were detained by police after complaining about their daughter's school on WhatsApp, have said they feel 'vindicated' after the force agreed to pay them £20,000 in compensation.

An investigation has been launched into the death of an offshore worker on a drilling rig in the North Sea.

Bleed kits, commonly used by paramedics and in hostile environments like war zones, are being distributed across schools in Sheffield today. 

Rubbish will continue rotting in the streets of Birmingham for months, union chiefs have warned, after more workers voted to join industrial action.

Melanie Lamb, Clinical Lead for the High Intensity Use Service at Black Country Healthcare, has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Nurse title by the Queen’s Nursing Institute.

A policing expert has said that, following the scrapping of the role of Police and Crime Commissioner, he expects police forces to be merged to create further cost savings.

The Mayor of Dudley helped to bury a time capsule in the grounds of Priory Hall to mark its 200th anniversary.

Wordsley’s Red House Glass Cone has been awarded a 2025 VisitEngland Best Told Story Accolade, recognising the outstanding quality of its visitor experience and storytelling.

The Mayor of Dudley today received a privileged first look at the restored Churchill Memorial Screen at Stourbridge Glass Museum.

Birmingham Hippodrome has announced a week-long festival to celebrate new work, next May.

Sandwell Council has confirmed that the cost for garden waste collections will remain frozen at £40 for 2026.

A number of school crossing patrols in Sandwell will be replaced with permanent zebra crossings.

BBC chair Samir Shah has said there is "no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this" - after Donald Trump said he would sue the corporation for between $1bn and $5bn.

He's played Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Strange, and even voiced The Grinch but acting opposite a seven-foot (2.1m) crow may be one of the strangest roles Benedict Cumberbatch has taken on. 

The Pope met with film stars and directors at a special Vatican audience to celebrate cinema.

"I felt scared and I felt alone and I felt entirely limited at various points in my life", actor Jonathan Bailey says of growing up gay in school.

Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for between $1bn and $5bn over the editing of his speech on Panorama.

"I will never have a better night in my whole life. It is a fairy tale. You can't even dream about something like that."

Jake Paul has confirmed his audacious fight against Anthony Joshua in Miami on December 19.

It was noticeable, while Jude Bellingham was throwing his arms in the air in frustration at being substituted, that two other England players in particular made an effort to come over and congratulate/commiserate with him as he left the field: Phil Foden and Harry Kane.

Rory McIlroy secured the Race to Dubai for the fourth year running despite narrowly missing out to Matt Fitzpatrick in a thrilling finish to the DP World Tour Championship.

A former Bank of England chief economist has told Sky News that "repeated mistakes" by the government have been "sucking all life" from the economy ahead of the budget.

The cobbled streets of Newport in Middlesbrough survive from the Victorian era.

Heathrow Airport will this month name Philip Jansen as its next chairman as Britain's biggest aviation hub presses ahead with plans for a £50bn expansion.

A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin, has been ordered to repay £4.1m-worth of the cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.

If a retailer hasn't provided the goods or services you paid for, chargeback is a hidden way to get your money back.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced controversial plans for the UK to embrace a "Denmark-style" asylum system, aimed at making Britain less attractive to illegal immigrants and making deportations easier.

More children will face deportation under Labour's plan to crack down on asylum seekers, the Home Office has announced.

MPs and bereaved families have launched a new campaign urging the government to re-think its position on introducing Graduated Driving Licences.

Many Labour MPs have been left shellshocked after the chaotic political self-sabotage of the past week.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.

The United Nations' Security Council has passed a US resolution which endorses President Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death.

Gunmen have abducted 25 girls from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, according to police.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a letter of intent with France to obtain 100 Rafale fighter jets as he seeks to bolster the country's long-term air defence capacity against Russia.

One of Ecuador's most wanted drug lords, who faked his own death and moved to Spain, has been captured in Malaga, the Ecuadorian president has said.

An explosion on a key Polish railway line used to transport weapons to Ukraine was caused by an "unprecedented act of sabotage", according to the country's prime minister.

Sky News has seen multiple warehouses in the Jordanian capital Amman, packed full of critical aid earmarked for the Gaza Strip.

The most advanced US aircraft carrier has travelled to the Caribbean Sea in what has been interpreted as a show of military power and a possible threat to Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro regime.

Thousands have taken to the streets of Mexico City to protest against crime and corruption - with 120 people left injured, according to authorities.

Three men and two women died in a "shocking" and "devastating" road crash involving two cars in Co Louth on Saturday night, Irish police said.

The organiser of Miss Universe has told Sky News he cannot stand down from his position - despite allegations he was aggressive towards a contestant.

Rail passengers in Scotland faced major delays and cancellations during Monday evening's rush hour after a swan was found on the line at the country's busiest railway station.

Police hunting for a crocodile in Derbyshire have said the search turned out to be "more fluff than fear".

Long-lost Spanish treasure worth an estimated $1m (£740,000) has been discovered off the coast of Florida.

An Egyptian wrestler is hoping he has set a world record after pulling a 700-ton (635,000kg) ship with his teeth.