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Quarantine rules end today for people travelling to the UK from more than 70 countries and British Overseas Territories.

After four long decades, the families who campaigned for justice after taking the pregnancy test drug Primodos finally had their apology in parliament.

More than 200 serving police officers in the UK have convictions for criminal offences including assault, burglary, drug possession and animal cruelty, Sky News can reveal.

Bison are being introduced into British woodland in a £1m project to restore an ancient habitat and its wildlife.

The police watchdog is to investigate whether officers across England and Wales racially discriminate against ethnic minorities.

Dame Vera Lynn would be "incredibly humbled" by the Battle of Britain flypast that will take place ahead of her funeral later.

There are concerns that illnesses are being missed and that patients are being misdiagnosed following criticism that mainstream medical resources fail to show signs and symptoms of skin conditions on people of colour.

A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with being a member of banned neo-Nazi group National Action.

A Black Country rock legend has described community nurses as ‘unsung heroes’ after donating new equipment to one of the local NHS teams this week.

Hundreds of work coaches are being recruited to boost employment in the West Midlands as part of a new package of support. 

A Dudley borough nature reserve that attracts thousands of visitors from across the country every year is set to benefit from a new wardens base and education centre.

Police in Brierley Hill are asking for the public's help to find wanted man, Matthew Webb.

Councillor Yvonne Davies has resigned as Leader of Sandwell Council with immediate effect.

West Midlands Police have charged a man over a knife attack on two West Midlands Ambulance Service paramedics at his Wolverhampton home.

Local residents in Withymoor have secured the backing of Stourbridge MP Suzanne Webb in their campaign against anti-social behaviour on a local car park.

Halesowen and Rowley Regis MP, James Morris, joined pupils at Rowley Hall Primary School this week for a discussion around online safety.

Security footage has been released showing the last known movements of Glee star Naya Rivera, who is feared to have drowned after taking her son out on a lake in southern California.

Dame Vera Lynn would be "incredibly humbled" by the Battle of Britain flypast that will take place ahead of her funeral later.

Actor Johnny Depp used his sliced finger to daub graffiti on a mirror and walls in blood and paint, during an alleged drug-fuelled "three-day ordeal" he put his ex-wife Amber Heard through in Australia, the High Court has been told.

Actor Javicia Leslie has been unveiled as the new lead of The CW's Batwoman, joining the show when it returns next year.

Test cricket is back! Watch the #raisethebat opener between England and West Indies live on Sky Sports Cricket and Main Event.

Katie Taylor will defend her undisputed world lightweight titles against Delfine Persoon in a hotly-anticipated rematch on the Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin bill, live on Sky Sports Box Office.  

England have endured a difficult opening two days to the first #raisethebat Test against the West Indies, bowled out for 204 in their first innings, but is it fair to criticise their undercooked batsmen?

Swimming pools and gyms in England will be allowed to reopen in the coming weeks, the government has confirmed, as part of the ongoing assessment of regulations to control the coronavirus pandemic.

Quarantine rules end today for people travelling to the UK from more than 70 countries and British Overseas Territories.

High street chain Boots and department store chain John Lewis are cutting a total of more than 5,000 jobs - blamed on the impact of COVID-19.

Cruise operators continue to be left in the cold, despite restrictions easing on air travel.

Almost one in three employees are planning to keep working from home after the coronavirus restrictions end, according to a survey.

It has clothed generations of Americans for more than 200 years, including 40 of the country's 45 presidents, but Brooks Brothers has just become the latest US retailer - and probably the most high-profile - to turn up its toes.

Beauty salons, tanning shops and tattooists can reopen in England from Monday, the government has said, while gyms and indoor swimming pools will be allowed to let customers return later this month.

The government has announced the latest easing of England's lockdown, with beauty salons, gyms, leisure centres and pools allowed to reopen this month.

Downing Street has nominated five Conservative MPs to the nine-strong House of Commons committee set to publish a long-awaited report into alleged Russian interference in UK politics.

Rishi Sunak has told Sky News there will be "difficult times ahead" despite new emergency measures to kickstart the economy after the coronavirus lockdown.

Two of Rishi Sunak's plans to boost the economy were not signed off as being value for money by the civil service.

COVID-19 is not under control across most of the world and is actually getting worse, according to the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Donald Trump's tax returns can be seen by a New York prosecutor, the US Supreme Court has ruled.

France's centuries-old Notre-Dame cathedral will be rebuilt as it was before, including its spire.

Security footage has been released showing the last known movements of Glee star Naya Rivera, who is feared to have drowned after taking her son out on a lake in southern California.

The doctors in Houston are not the only ones who’ve noticed an alarming number of African-Americans are going down with coronavirus in the Texan city.

Australia has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong, and offered visa holders from the territory a five-year extension with a pathway to permanent residency, in response to China's imposition of a national security law.

European hamsters are on the brink of extinction and could vanish entirely within the next 30 years, according to conservationists.

Hunger linked to the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic could kill more people than the disease itself, Oxfam has warned.

There is a 20% chance that annual global temperatures will be 1.5C higher than pre-industrial times in at least one of the next five years, according to new analysis.

A provincial governor in Russia has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in a string of murders.

When is 200 metres not 200 metres? When US sprinter Noah Lyles runs it, apparently.

A "vampire-slaying kit" containing a pocket-sized pistol and a 19th century copy of the New Testament is going under the hammer.

German engineering company Festo has created robotic birds capable of amazingly realistic flight.

An Australian trucker managed to fight off a highly venomous snake while doing 70mph along a busy road.

An exotic frog has been discovered in a bunch of bananas after making a 5,000-mile journey from Colombia to south Wales.

Allotment holders in South Wales got the shock of their life when they discovered a 6ft (1.8-metre) boa constrictor among their vegetables.