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Two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Oldbury. The boy, who has not been named, died inside a house on Lovett Avenue in Oldbury, West Midlands, on Thursday afternoon. Two teenage boys were arrested on Sunday in connection with the fatal stabbing and have been taken into custody for questioning, West Midlands Police said. A spokesman for West Midlands […]

Floral tributes have been laid after a man and three young children were found dead in a house in Surrey. Police discovered their bodies in a property in Bremer Road, Staines-Upon-Thames, at around 1.15pm on Saturday. Neighbours said they believed a young Polish family with twins lived at the house, and that the three children were all boys. Surrey Police confirmed the three children, all under four, were related to […]

Adele has signed off her final Germany residency show by saying that she will not see her fans for a “long time”. The 36-year-old London singer was emotional on Saturday evening as she said goodbye to the purpose-built outdoor arena in Munich, with capacity for 80,000 people per night, where she began performing a series of shows on August 2. She had previously said she plans to take “a big […]

Neil Warnock has paid tribute to Sol Bamba and described him as “a ray of sunshine” following Bamba’s death aged 39. The former Cardiff, Leeds and Hibernian defender died on Saturday in Turkey, where he was managing Adanaspor. He had missed their match against Manisa on Friday after being admitted to hospital. The football world has paid tribute to Bamba, including Warnock who managed the defender at Cardiff where together […]

The UK could have faced a run on the pound and an economic crash if Rachel Reeves had not axed winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners to fill a black hole in the public finances, Commons Leader Lucy Powell said. Ms Reeves and Sir Keir Starmer have faced criticism from opponents, campaigners and some of their own MPs over the decision to means-test the payments worth up to £300. […]

Cat Deeley has praised Holly Willoughby for supporting her taking over as a lead presenter on This Morning. Willoughby, 43, departed the ITV morning programme last year, saying she was having to make the decision for herself and her family. It also came amid allegations of a plot to kidnap, rape and murder her emerged. Security guard Gavin Plumb was later jailed for life with a minimum term of 16 […]

Paralympic triathlon events scheduled to take place on Sunday in Paris have been postponed for 24 hours due to a decrease in the water quality of the river Seine . Rain in the French capital during the past two days has left the river unsuitable for swimming. Paris 2024 organisers and World Triathlon said the health of athletes is their priority. All 11 triathlon races have been rescheduled for Monday, […]

Russia has said its air defences intercepted and destroyed 158 Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region. Forty-six were over the Kursk region, where Ukraine has sent its forces in recent weeks in the largest incursion on to Russian soil since the Second World War. A further 34 were over the Bryansk region, 28 over the Voronezh region, and 14 over the […]

More than four in five people are planning to spend the same amount or more on holidays in the year ahead as they have in the past 12 months, a survey indicates. The research also pointed to holidaymakers wanting to tour around multiple destinations during a single getaway, with nearly a fifth (17%) of people saying this is their preferred type of holiday. As the summer holiday season comes to […]