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A measles outbreak has spread across several schools in north London with some children needing hospital treatment.

A teenage girl who died in a three-car collision in South Wales was "funny, kind and caring", her brother has said.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have marked Valentine's Day by sharing a portrait as Meghan posted a rare picture of Prince Harry with their daughter, Lilibet.

The UK will deploy a carrier strike group of warships to the Arctic this year, Keir Starmer has announced. 

A former imam who coerced his victims, some as young as 12, into believing he had supernatural powers, has been found guilty of 21 sexual offences, including nine counts of rape.

Jesy Nelson broke down in tears after her campaign for more health checks on babies reached 100,000 signatures - meaning it must be debated by MPs.

Peter Mandelson's ministerial assistant sent Jeffrey Epstein a copy of a government speech before it was delivered to the public, just days after the paedophile financier was released from prison, documents uncovered by Sky News appear to show.

When Matt Weston came 15th in the skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, he asked himself whether he should continue competing at the sport.

Families across the West Midlands are being encouraged to use the half term school break to check their children’s measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations are up to date.

Dudley’s Conservatives launched their local election campaign with a rallying call from their group leader to grab outright control of the council.

Mayor of the West Midlands, Richard Parker has announced a new base in Wolverhampton so he and his staff can be closer to the Black Country communities they serve.

A new £20 million package of improvements for Brierley Hill town centre has been approved by senior councillors.

The Mayor of Walsall opened a new purpose-built care home in Brownhills this week, marking a significant investment in high-quality care for older residents across the borough.

Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Birmingham Hippodrome have announced the performance programme for the city’s annual Chinese New Year celebrations on Sunday 22 February in Southside.

Forget chandeliers and red velvet seats, the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is taking opera out to the streets of Birmingham.

Following Brierley Hill’s successful costume swaps for World Book Day last year, four Dudley libraries are offering fancy dress options for the same event in 2026.

Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonca Filho, star and director of political thriller The Secret Agent, have been delayed, slightly, I'm told.

If you are a film fan, Autumn Durald Arkapaw is a name to remember this award season.

A GoFundMe collection set up following the death of Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek has raised over $2m (£1.5m) in just two days.

Mystery surrounds the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of US TV host Savannah Guthrie.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have attended court together for the first time since their acrimonious It Ends With Us legal battle began more than a year ago.

Igor Tudor has agreed to become Tottenham interim head coach until the end of the season.

Like a phoenix from the ashes, Manchester City rise again. This is the exact tete-a-tete Mikel Arteta and Arsenal were hoping to avoid. We've been here twice before and twice Arteta has been scorned.

Arsenal missed the chance to re-establish their six-point lead at the top of the Premier League as an impressive Brentford side held them to a 1-1 draw.

York Knights pulled off the most magical of victories as they got their first season in the Betfred Super League up and running with a 19-18 victory over defending champions Hull KR in the opening match of the campaign.

BrewDog, the leading independent craft brewer behind brands including Punk IPA and Elvis Juice, has called in advisers to oversee a sale that could trigger a break-up of one of Scotland's best-known businesses.

The Premier League could receive a £750m annual revenue boost by centralising perimeter advertising sales and increasing the number of top-level commercial partners associated with the world's most lucrative domestic football competition, its clubs have been told.

The Emirati businessman credited with turning DP World into a global logistics powerhouse has left the company amid questions over his links to the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A railcard is a discount card that allows you to save money on the price of eligible train tickets.

The UK's biggest banks have had a strong annual earnings season.

Peter Mandelson's ministerial assistant sent Jeffrey Epstein a copy of a government speech before it was delivered to the public, just days after the paedophile financier was released from prison, documents uncovered by Sky News appear to show.

Lord Mandelson would have been subject to a "thorough" and "intimate" vetting process before he was appointed UK ambassador to the US, a former head of MI6 has said.

Palestine Action's co-founder has won a legal challenge over the group's ban as a terrorist organisation on two grounds.

Sir Keir Starmer should make tackling misogyny the sixth key mission of his government, Harriet Harman has said.

Ministers have so far been unable to strip Wayne Couzens, the former police officer who raped and murdered Sarah Everard, of his public sector pension and are considering introducing legislation if required, Sky News can reveal.

Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking ring extended all the way to Africa's southern coast - held together by the invisible chains of psychological bondage that kept his victims ensnared for years at a time. 

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison in Russia after being poisoned with a deadly toxin found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs, the UK and other allies have revealed.

It is no coincidence that the UK and its allies chose a security conference in Munich to accuse the Kremlin of killing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with dart frog poison.

At least 32 people have been killed after gunmen launched simultaneous attacks on three separate communities in northern Nigeria, police have said.

Four new astronauts have arrived at the International Space Station to replace their colleagues who pulled out early over health concerns.

Winter Olympics athletes are getting a Valentine's Day gift from organisers - a promise of a renewed supply of free condoms.

The US military has said it attacked more than 30 Islamic State targets in Syria earlier this month in retaliation for the deaths of two US soldiers and an American civilian interpreter in an IS ambush two months ago.

Donald Trump says regime change in Iran "would be the best thing that could happen" as a second US aircraft carrier is deployed to the Middle East.

The Russian state has long been accused of using exotic poisons to murder its opponents - whether the nerve agent Novichok or radioactive plutonium isotopes. Could Alexei Navalny have been killed by the toxin of a poisonous frog?

Around 200,000 people demonstrated against the Iranian regime on the sidelines of a gathering of world leaders on Saturday.

"Britain's loneliest sheep" has given birth for the first time.