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Prince Harry and Meghan have moved their children to a new school just days after the start of term due to security concerns, Sky News understands.

A man has admitted drugging his wife to rape and sexually abuse her over more than two decades. 

Pubs and shops can now accept digital ID as proof of age when selling alcohol.

A cross-party group of MPs is urging the government to stop using real bear pelts to make the hats worn by the King's Guard and use fake alternatives instead.

US rapper Macklemore has claimed he's been removed as Ed Sheeran's tour opener after saying "Free Palestine" during a gig.

A wargame that tested how real-life local authorities, the emergency services and the military might respond to an attack on the UK has revealed a genuine appetite across the country for this kind of worst-case scenario training.

Uganda will now be taking part in Prince Harry's Invictus Games next year, after the country pulled out over the "nonsense" related to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Sky News understands. 

After days of teasing, Oasis have finally put an end to the speculation - announcing another huge tour for 2027 following the success of their comeback last year.

Dudley councillors with responsibility for children’s services will get extra checks into their background after cabinet members agreed government guidelines.

Residents in Walsall will be issued two new bins for food waste next year despite calls for alternative options.

Plans to extend two schools in Wolverhampton to cope with rising pupil numbers have been approved.

Police have arrested a man and seized a knife after a fight between two men was reported in Victoria Street in Wolverhampton city centre.

Almost 12,000 illegal cigarettes and more than 3kg of hand-rolling tobacco worth an estimated £13,000 have been seized following a coordinated operation targeting the illicit tobacco trade in Walsall.

Police have arrested a suspected drink-driver after a car crashed into a tree in Halesowen yesterday morning.

Dudley Council has launched the first formal business board in the West Midlands, creating a new partnership with the private sector to help drive economic growth in the borough.

Two men have been sentenced in connection with a fraud case which saw the duo profit hundreds of thousands of pounds.

US rapper Macklemore has claimed he's been removed as Ed Sheeran's tour opener after saying "Free Palestine" during a gig.

After days of teasing, Oasis have finally put an end to the speculation - announcing another huge tour for 2027 following the success of their comeback last year.

A raft of female athletes have criticised Sydney Sweeney's nude ad campaign for a sports betting company.

Celine Dion was brought to tears as she returned to the stage for the first time in almost six years after revealing she was battling a rare neurological disorder.

A former textile mill that featured in TV dramas including Peaky Blinders and Downton Abbey has been devastated by another major fire.

Erling Haaland's winning goal in Sunday's Manchester derby came in controversial circumstances - and there are still a number of questions left unanswered.

In his latest Sky Sports column, Paul Merson says he is worried about Liverpool this season while also raising questions about both Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola.

Sir Kevin Sinfield will take the Super League Grand Final match ball on his seventh and final challenge - before delivering it at the scene of so many of his most famous successes as he presents it at the Grand Final at Old Trafford on October 3, live on Sky Sports.

The World Grand Prix takes place at Leicester's Mattioli Arena, beginning on September 28, live on Sky Sports.

Britain’s biggest banks will this week embark on a process to raise tens of millions of pounds to fund the development of a new payments infrastructure vehicle that could ultimately evolve into a domestic alternative to Mastercard and Visa.

Pubs and restaurants in Scotland are said to be taking a hit in business as a result of the boom in weight-loss drugs, a new report found.

Dusk, the homeware products retailer, has shelved plans for a £300m London flotation that would have seen it join the ranks of Britain's listed companies later this year.

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Arsenal Football Club, the Premier League champions, has drafted in a leading firm of management consultants to explore operational improvements which could trigger a round of cost-cutting.

A cross-party group of MPs is urging the government to stop using real bear pelts to make the hats worn by the King's Guard and use fake alternatives instead.

Andy Burnham's father, whose Alzheimer's meant he did not know his son was prime minister, has died.

To Andy Burnham, the privatisation of our water industry represents more than just a failure.

Boris Johnson has been caught up in a security scare after a train behind the one he was travelling in was hit by a Russian drone in Ukraine.

Reform UK have said they are "very confident" a record £72m in donations made to them over the weekend are "perfectly legal", as peers prepare to debate capping political donations.

US rapper Macklemore has claimed he's been removed as Ed Sheeran's tour opener after saying "Free Palestine" during a gig.

Donald Trump Jr and his wife have said a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin paid for two nights of their wedding celebrations as an "extraordinarily generous gift".

Preliminary results in Sweden's national election are indicating a narrow one-seat advantage for the left-wing opposition over Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's right-wing coalition.

Uganda will now be taking part in Prince Harry's Invictus Games next year, after the country pulled out over the "nonsense" related to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Sky News understands. 

At least six people have died and 129 people are still missing after a passenger ship in Indonesia carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea during bad weather, officials say.

A NATO fighter jet was scrambled after a possible drone sighting in Lithuanian airspace - but it turned out to be a flock of birds.

A Greek woman has given birth aged 54, beating a government deadline to use one of her embryos, which had been frozen for 22 years.

Donald Trump said he would "love to see" a reunified Ireland, claiming "it's going to happen eventually".

A derailed train in northern France left at least 44 people injured, officials said.

AI videos of fruit and vegetable characters unleashing gory violence are spreading extremist ideas and helping normalise graphic violence, researchers claim.

A flight in Canada has been cancelled after a child refused to sit down and fasten their seatbelt.

Two drivers of Mercedes-AMG cars have filed a class action lawsuit against the luxury car company after they allegedly suffered burn injuries from the AMG logo on their driver's seat.

A boxer from the tiny Pacific island of Tuvalu has won her country's first Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight.