A MAN who threatened to stab shop workers during a crime spree in Sandwell and Dudley has been jailed. Martin Rollason stole from a number of stores across both boroughs in January this year. West ...

Because of record global heat in 2023 and 2024, the world is still going through its biggest – and fourth ever recorded – mass coral bleaching event on record, with heat stress hurting nearly 84% of ...

The average house price jumped by 0.4% or more than £1,000 in cash terms in July, Halifax has reported. Across the UK, the average property value in July was £298,237, up from £297,157 in June.

Mr Trump has promoted the tariffs as a way to reduce the persistent trade deficit. But importers sought to avoid the taxes by importing more goods before the taxes went into effect. As a result, the ...

At least 28 Palestinians were killed overnight and into Wednesday in the Morag Corridor, an Israeli military zone in southern ...

More than 2,100 firefighters are fighting the blaze, which broke out in a village in the Aude region, a rural area that is ...

A CHARITY is celebrating 30 years of supporting families in the community. Home-Start Wyre Forest marked its milestone with a birthday party at Stourport Sports Club, bringing together families for a ...

US President Donald Trump could meet in person with Russian President Vladimir Putin as soon as next week as he seeks to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, a White House official said.

A British man has been charged by US police with the attempted murder of his daughter-in-law after allegedly trying to drown her in a swimming pool while on holiday, local authorities said. Mark ...

Saturday’s lottery jackpot will be an estimated £7.3 million after no players won Wednesday’s top prize. The winning Lotto numbers were 17, 31, 47, 05, 58 and 09, while the bonus number was 35.

Fewer than 1,000 homes affected by Storm Floris are still without power after crews spent Wednesday restoring supplies to thousands. By 9.30pm on Wednesday, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks ...

Scotland’s railway operator has added extra train services on the dates of Oasis’s upcoming shows in Edinburgh. ScotRail urged fans to make use of its enhanced timetable on August 8, 9 and 12 as the ...