Heathrow bosses had been warned of potential substation failures less than a week before a major power outage, though a terminal could have got flights out by mid-morning rather than being shut for a day, a committee of MPs has heard.

Another 23 female potential victims have reported that they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou - the Chinese PhD student detectives believe may be one of the country's most prolific sex offenders.

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Major developers will only deal with one regulator under planning reforms which ministers say will "rewire the system" to get Britain building - all while protecting the environment. 

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An 11-year-old girl who went missing after entering the River Thames has been named as Kaliyah Coa.

Virginia Giuffre has said she is "overwhelmed with gratitude" for the support she received after saying she had days to live.

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Dudley Zoo and Castle has announced the appointment of Zoo Manager, Matthew Lewis, as its new Zoo Director.

West End and TV star Darren Day will return to the role of Billy Flynn in Chicago which comes to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in June.

Women across the Black Country can now get their supply of oral contraception at a local pharmacy, without the need to see a GP.

Residents of Sandwell will get the chance to ask Richard Parker, the Mayor of the West Midlands any questions they may have about his policies and priorities.

A critically-acclaimed chiller is coming to the stage in Stourbridge later this month, with tickets still available.

A main arterial route in the region is set to be renamed after visitors to the area complained its name was 'misleading'.

A crumbling leisure centre is set to be demolished and replaced under £24m plans approved by a council.

Plans for an enormous city centre regeneration project on the site of a recently-closed shopping centre are still being worked on, developers have confirmed.

Val Kilmer, the actor who starred in Top Gun and Batman while earning a reputation as a Hollywood bad boy, has died aged 65.

A man who stalked Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas for six years has avoided jail.

Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan will play Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr in the upcoming Beatles films - with a Stranger Things star also portraying one of the Fab Four.

Gary Glitter has been made bankrupt after failing to pay more than £500,000 in damages to a woman he abused when she was 12 years old.

Sir Keir Starmer has met with the creators of Adolescence for talks on how to prevent young boys being dragged into a "whirlpool of hatred and misogyny".

The Premier League will introduce semi-automated offside technology for the first time on Saturday April 12.

Manchester City forward Erling Haaland could be out for up to seven weeks with an ankle injury, manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed.

On June 19 2023, a relatively unknown Spanish manager became the first foreign boss of AFC Bournemouth. Fast forward 652 days and that man isn't unknown anymore. In fact, he's so well known right now - he's one of the hottest prospects in the footballing world.

Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim has explained his decision to play defender Harry Maguire as a makeshift forward in the final moments of the defeat to Nottingham Forest. 

Heathrow bosses had been warned of potential substation failures less than a week before a major power outage, though a terminal could have got flights out by mid-morning rather than being shut for a day, a committee of MPs has heard.

If there is a word that has dominated Donald Trump's second term, it's tariffs. 

"Liberation day" was due to be on 1 April. But Donald Trump decided to shift it by a day because he didn’t want anyone to think it was an April fool.

An online travel content platform backed by a fund which counts the England Test cricket captain Ben Stokes among its investors will this week unveil a $7m (£5.4m) funding injection.

Major developers will only deal with one regulator under planning reforms which ministers say will "rewire the system" to get Britain building - all while protecting the environment. 

Major developers will only deal with one regulator under planning reforms which ministers say will "rewire the system" to get Britain building - all while protecting the environment. 

Sir Keir Starmer has said US-UK trade talks are "well advanced" ahead of tariffs expected to be imposed by Donald Trump on the UK this week - but rejected a "knee-jerk" response.

The most senior and long-serving civil servants could be offered a maximum of £95,000 to quit their jobs as part of a government efficiency drive.

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Getting Donald Trump to sign off the Chagos Islands deal is a big win for Number 10 and a vindication of Sir Keir Starmer's softly, softly approach to the unpredictable president. 

Israel is beginning a major expansion of its military operation in Gaza and will seize large areas of the territory, the country's defence minister said.

"Liberation day" was due to be on 1 April. But Donald Trump decided to shift it by a day because he didn’t want anyone to think it was an April fool.

If China is known as the world’s factory, then the province of Guangdong is the engine room.

There are more billionaires than ever before - and Elon Musk is the richest of them all, according to Forbes' latest billionaires list.

Virginia Giuffre has said she is "overwhelmed with gratitude" for the support she received after saying she had days to live.

A man inside Mandalay has told Sky News bodies remain under "collapsed and inclining" buildings after the Myanmar earthquake - as a woman was freed from rubble after 91 hours.

The father of a paramedic killed by Israel in Gaza has told Sky News he would have been on the mission to rescue wounded colleagues, but was ill that day and so his son went instead.

Even with thousands dead and entire neighbourhoods levelled, the ruling military junta in Myanmar maintains its long-term ban on international journalists entering the country.

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China's military has said it's begun joint army, navy and rocket force exercises around Taiwan.

A "once-in-a-lifetime" hoard of Iron Age artefacts has been uncovered by archaeologists.

Detectives have recovered four diamond earrings from a suspected thief two weeks after he swallowed the jewellery worth nearly £600,000 during his arrest, US police have said.

The blobfish, described as the world's ugliest animal, has been voted fish of the year in New Zealand.

A Bulgarian football club have apologised for holding a minute's silence for a former player who is still alive.

Police are hunting for four suspects who used two pythons to distract a cashier before stealing $400 worth of CBD oil from a petrol station.