The family of the Southport attacker have been moved to a "secret location" by police for their own protection, leaders at the church his father attended say.

According to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, the Southport attack was "clearly intended to terrorise".

Storm Eowyn has been named by the Met Office ahead of strong winds across the UK on Friday and into Saturday.

A 36-year-old man and a six-year-old girl have been found dead inside a house in West Lothian.

A vigil has been held for a father-of-two killed by police on Christmas Eve as his family question why police opened fire and say racism could be a factor.

Sir Keir Starmer has said there's a new terror threat facing the UK - from "loners, misfits and young men in their bedroom" who carry out extreme violence and are fixated on it "seemingly for its own sake".

Residents have described their "shock" at waking up to discover an 80ft-long mound of rubbish blocking the only road to their Staffordshire village.

A manhunt is under way after a woman was killed in a "targeted" incident in Luton.

The future is uncertain for the Walsall Arena and Arts Centre after the portfolio holder for regeneration revealed plans to ‘reprovide’ the facility in the town centre.

Dudley’s finance chief has admitted the council’s budget plans will hurt people already coping with cost of living pressures.

A pub director, who failed to ensure food safety and hygiene standards were correctly met at a premises where he was formally based, has been charged in court.

A shop trader who sold illegal tobacco with four other men has been jailed for 34 months following a case brought by Dudley Council’s Trading Standards.

The Mayor of Dudley has met with a Dudley bin man, who bravely went into a burning Halesowen home to switch off electrics and rescue three dogs.

People can get free goodies with a membership offer to celebrate the third anniversary of the opening of Duncan Edwards Leisure Centre in Dudley.

People from across Dudley borough have attended a commemorative event at Dudley College today, marking the atrocities of the Holocaust.

The Mayor of Dudley has attended an opening event for a new business premises in Halesowen.

Pauline Quirke has been diagnosed with dementia and will be stepping away from acting, her husband has confirmed.

The director of The Brutalist has defended his lead actors' performances after it emerged that artificial intelligence had been used to "refine" their Hungarian accents.

Guitarist John Sykes, who played with rock bands including Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake, has died aged 65.

Dear White People star DeRon Horton says he was shot days before Christmas and is lucky not to have been killed or paralysed.

Police have launched an investigation after Gladiators star Apollo was reportedly stalked and harassed.

Jamie Carragher says he was mystified by Ruben Amorim calling his Manchester United team "maybe the worst" in the club's history and believes it could backfire on the head coach.

Novak Djokovic says he feels more connected with new coach Andy Murray with every passing day after the record 24-time Grand Slam champion booked a place in the last four of the Australian Open.

What do the four promotion-chasing sides in the second tier - Leeds, Burnley, Sheffield United and Sunderland - need to do to battle their way into the top two?

"Alex Cuthbert! Can there be a better feeling than that for the young man? Bold and powerful again, and for Lions supporters, beautiful too."

It is no surprise to see a government that claims to be committed to making economic growth a priority giving the green light to expansion of Gatwick Airport and Luton Airport.

Donald Trump likes to discomfort his enemies.

The chair of the UK's competition regulator has been removed from his role by the government, amid its push for growth.

River Island, the privately owned fashion retailer, is preparing to exert a tighter grip on its cost base as the high street faces the prospect of swingeing tax hikes in April.

There has been a surge in the pace of wage growth but a rise in the jobless rate following a big drop in the number of payrolled employees, according to the latest official figures.

Sir Keir Starmer has said "Britain faces a new threat" and terrorism has changed in light of the Southport attack last summer.

It presented Sir Keir Starmer with his first big challenge in office, and the Southport stabbings - followed by riots - look set to colour the early stages of his premiership.

Professor Alexis Jay has criticised the "weaponisation" of child sexual abuse by the Conservatives and accused the previous government of an "awful" response to the scandal.

Digital driving licences will be introduced later this year under plans to use technology to "overhaul" public services.

It was a small signifier - one which could be over-interpreted - but nevertheless provoked angst among some in government at a time when there isn't universally huge confidence that UK-US political relations are as robust as they should be.

A fire at a hotel in a popular ski resort in Turkey has killed at least 76 people, the country's interior minister has said.

Donald Trump has attempted to negotiate a potential TikTok sale on live television, in what was supposed to be an announcement about investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.

Eight people have been killed in the occupied West Bank after Israeli troops carried out a raid in the city of Jenin – an area not covered by the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Donald Trump likes to discomfort his enemies.

Moments after taking office, the new president Donald Trump issued a flurry of orders ripping up rules to protect the climate and natural world.

Donald Trump will pull the US, the world's second-largest climate polluter, out of the most important global treaty for tackling climate change for the second time.

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria.

An Australian broadcaster has apologised to Novak Djokovic and Serbian tennis fans after calling the 24-time Grand Slam champion "overrated" and a "has-been".

Doctors in America have praised a three-year-old Gazan girl who is walking again just six months after losing both legs.

With the ceasefire now in effect, it hopes to bring an end to the most destructive chapter in the almost 77 year-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria.

Hotel pools on Greek islands could be filled with seawater this summer as politicians try to combat the country's two-year drought.

A woman has spoken of her anguish after she was mistakenly declared dead.

Residents on a road in North Wales have taken matters into their own hands by turning a road full of potholes into a tourist attraction.

An 84-year-old used a pair of jeans to help repel a masked man who twice tried to rob him in a launderette.