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The phone call came ahead of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s planned meeting with US president Donald Trump in Alaska.
The annual US State Department report points to violence motivated by antisemitism and ‘serious restrictions’ on freedom of speech.
Stargazers across the UK caught sight of shooting stars in the early hours of Wednesday as the Perseid meteor shower hit its annual peak. Every summer, the Earth slams into a trail of debris from the ...
This is an open letter to the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. Dear Angela, This is an invitation to Bromsgrove and the Villages to see for yourself the destruction your 85% increase in our ...
PARENTS in the West Midlands are being urged to ensure their children are up-to-date with routine vaccinations before the new school term begins ...
Government U-turns over winter fuel payments and welfare reform have left Chancellor Rachel Reeves with a multibillion-pound fiscal shortfall.
A funeral director is due to enter pleas to 63 charges spanning more than 10 years after a major investigation into human remains found at his premises. Robert Bush, 47, faces 30 counts of preventing ...
TV presenter Jay Blades is due to appear in court charged with rape. West Mercia Police previously said the 55-year-old, who fronted primetime BBC show The Repair Shop, will face a first hearing at ...
A teenage boy who killed elderly dog walker Bhim Kohli is set to have his sentence reviewed at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday. Mr Kohli, 80, was punched and kicked, slapped in the face with a shoe ...
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency said motorists are often ‘first on the scene’ when someone suffers a cardiac arrest.
A total of 13,109 British drivers were convicted of the offence in 2024, official data obtained by the RAC revealed.
Rare species from water voles to adders across England have been helped with cash from the Species Recovery Programme’s capital grants scheme.