Category: ENGLISH NEWS

Former world number one Venus Williams has turned down a wildcard for next month’s Indian Wells tournament. Organisers said last week the 44-year-old had been invited but the…

James Wilcox The River Taff in Pontypridd on Sunday night Heavy rain has caused flooding and disruption across parts of Wales. The Met Office had issued an amber…

New Zealand’s commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resigned as a government minister after he “placed a hand” on a staff member’s upper arm last week, in what he…

PA Media Sir Keir Starmer announced a £200m investment in the future of the Grangemouth refinery at the Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow Sir Keir Starmer has announced…

Mikaela Shiffrin claimed a historic 100th Alpine skiing World Cup win on Sunday with victory in the slalom in the Italian resort of Sestriere. The American, who returned…

A British couple in their seventies have been arrested by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were returning to their home in…

EEP Donald Trump has been back in the White House for a month. His fifth week in office saw more dramatic moves as the president continued on his…

Danny Fullbrook BBC News, Bedfordshire Getty Images The officer removed the monitoring tag so she could meet the offender undetected A police officer who removed a burglar’s tag…

The player central to Scotland’s recent successes over England has been mercurial fly-half Finn Russell, who has been passed fit for the game at Allianz Stadium. A nasty…

Rachel Looker BBC News, Washington Getty Images CQ Brown with Hegseth at the Pentagon during a visit with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu US President Donald Trump has fired the…

Child criminal exploitation and “cuckooing” are set to become specific criminal offences as part of new legislation being introduced to Parliament next week. The Crime and Policing Bill…

Getty Images Slap fighting became a viral sensation after emanating from Russia The first-ever slap fighting competition to take place in Scotland has been cancelled following a health…

The weather for much of the month so far has been dominated by an area of high pressure stuck over central and northern Europe. This prevented rain-bearing Atlantic…

Jason Arunn Murugesu BBC News, North East and Cumbria Family handout Jenny Hall was last seen leaving her home on Tuesday afternoon The search for a missing woman…

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor in Germany BBC Merz is convinced he is on track for victory and has exuded confidence in party rallies Germany’s rival political leaders…

A 19-year-old Syrian man suspected of stabbing a Spanish tourist at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial had planned for several weeks to kill Jewish people, Berlin police believe. The attack…

Laura O’Neill BBC News, Manchester GMP No arrests have been made and inquiries are ongoing, police have said. A three-year-old girl has been killed in a crash between…

Beth Cruse BBC News, West of England Family handout Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck took her own life after she was sexually assaulted by a senior sergeant The…