The former international cricketer was airlifted to a major trauma centre after the car accident on a Top Gear test track.

A Labour MP has resigned as the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey amid controversy over a visit to Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus. A government spokesman told the BBC Afzal Khan, who represents Manchester ...

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has said judges who “bring their own personal politics” to the job need to be removed. Mr Jenrick said tighter checks are needed before judges are appointed to ...

US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin kicked off their Alaska summit with a warm handshake before heading ...

A NEW book delves into Victorian-era crime in the Black Country. Tracey Blundell’s Crime in the Victorian Black Country looks into the criminal behaviour of the working classes between 1870 and 1890 ...

THE Halesowen News has published one death notice in the last seven days. Every week, the Halesowen News publishes death notices and funeral announcements from the families of loved ones who have ...

A shooting near a mosque in central Sweden has left one person dead and one injured and police said they believe it was ...

The perpetrator has yet to be apprehended and it is unclear if they were targeting the mosque or specific individuals.

Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in India’s Himalayan regions and ...

Spain’s national weather agency warned of extreme fire risk in most of Spain, including where the largest blazes were burning ...

Researchers this week officially named Janjucetus dullardi, a cartoonish creature with bulging eyes the size of tennis balls.

The performance took place on two stages, with the main stage decked out like Star Wars’ Tatooine, and a second platform like a sci-fi pyramid.