The UK has recorded its warmest day of the year so far as temperatures hit 29.4C, the Met Office said. It comes as the forecasting body announced thunderstorms were “pushing into” the English Channel ...

Rapper Liam O hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, was charged over the alleged display of a Hezbollah flag at a gig in May.

Israel and Iran must de-escalate and work towards a “diplomatic resolution”, Sir Keir Starmer has told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu amid mounting tensions in the Middle East. Sir Keir ...

A 57-year-old man has been arrested following a collision between a van and a three-year-old girl. West Mercia Police said they were called to a collision on St Georges Road in Redditch at around ...

Three people have been charged with drug offences following dawn police raids at properties in Warwick and Bromsgrove.

Over in the singles chart Alex Warren’s Ordinary has been knocked from the top spot by Sabrina Carpenter’s Manchild.

An Irish politician has had his phone and passport confiscated by Egyptian authorities while on a march to Gaza. Paul Murphy, a TD (MP) for People Before Profit-Solidarity, was among a large group of ...

A teenager has been taken to hospital following a medical emergency on Finstall Road near Bromsgrove Rugby Club.

Ed Bethell’s See That Storm showed he is still improving when catching a tartar at York on Friday in the shape of Burrito. Since joining Bethell from Andrew Balding, See That Storm won his first four ...

Acting shadow energy minister Andrew Bowie accused the UK Government of ‘overseeing the wilful deindustrialisation of this nation’.

Darren Jones faced criticism after suggesting on the BBC’s Question Time that the majority of small boats crossings are ‘children, babies ...