More than 30 million people in the UK are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the government.

Human remains have been found in London in the search for 20-year-old suspected murder victim Agnes Akom.

England footballer Tyrone Mings has responded to Priti Patel's "refusal to defend" players taking the knee before Euro 2020 matches.

Infections are increasing in almost nine out of 10 areas in the UK, according to an analysis of COVID-19 data.

The Metropolitan Police commissioner has apologised for the force's failings over the unsolved murder of private detective Daniel Morgan 34 years ago.

Designer glasses worn by the cast of new Disney film Cruella were among hundreds of pairs stolen from a high-end eyewear store in London.

The prime minister has condemned footage that shows a BBC journalist being harassed and chased by anti-lockdown protesters.

Scotland is "likely" to maintain COVID restrictions for a further three weeks from 28 June, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

A cruel thief involved in a courier fraud scam which saw pensioners conned of more than £50,000 in just over a week has been jailed.

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The full event schedule for Birmingham 2022 has been released, allowing sports fans to see the detail of exactly which events will be held in each of the 286 sessions that will feature at next summer’s Games.

An Army reservist from the Black Country has returned home after a six-month operational tour in Poland.

Senior managers at a leading Brierley Hill financial services company will take a giant leap from up to 14,000 feet when they embark on a charity skydive for a Black Country children’s hospice.

Brierley Hill looked ‘blooming’ lovely as flowers were planted by local students and activities took place along the high street.

Council bosses have appealed for information after a number of newly-planted trees were snapped in half by vandals across the borough.

Blood donors in Birmingham are being urged by the NHS to make and keep an appointment to donate over the critical summer months, as demand for blood creeps back to normal capacity.

Black Country Radio has launched Black Country Xtra - a new online radio service which seeks to champion local creative, arts, culture and music.

Martin Bashir was a "serial liar on an industrial scale" and "took us all in", former BBC bosses have told MPs during a hearing into the Princess Diana interview scandal.

Like so many musicians Jack Savoretti is finding it tough not being able to promote his new record on the road like he usually would.

Actress Lisa Banes has died 10 days after being injured in a hit-and-run accident in New York City, police have confirmed.

Sting has paid tribute to a former pupil he taught in the 1970s who has died.

Designer glasses worn by the cast of new Disney film Cruella were among hundreds of pairs stolen from a high-end eyewear store in London.

Tyson Fury has newfound "one-punch knockout power" and promised to "run over" Deontay Wilder when they went face to face.

Hollie Doyle claimed her second Royal Ascot winner on an action-packed opening day of the five-day meeting.

Bryson DeChambeau insisted he would relish the chance to play alongside Brooks Koepka at this week's US Open, but denied he had been asked about the prospect by tournament organisers.

Pirelli has revealed its findings after investigating the cause of the tyre failures that led to high-speed accidents for Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll in the Azerbaijan GP.

The UK and Australia have agreed a free trade deal, the first agreement negotiated from scratch after Brexit.

In political terms, at least, there's no doubting the significance of this moment: the first major trade deal signed since Brexit.

Joe Biden has hailed a "major breakthrough" after the US and EU agreed to a truce in a near 17-year aviation trade dispute that will phase out billions of dollars in punitive tariffs.

The number of people in payrolled employment remains 553,000 down on its pre-pandemic level despite a widespread easing in coronavirus restrictions, according to official figures.

An American car parking giant has teamed up with private equity investors in a bid to seize control of NCP, its struggling British-based rival.

19 July is the "terminus date" for England's remaining coronavirus restrictions and it would take an "unprecedented and remarkable" change in circumstances to derail that, Michael Gove has told Sky News.

England footballer Tyrone Mings has responded to Priti Patel's "refusal to defend" players taking the knee before Euro 2020 matches.

Scotland is "likely" to maintain COVID restrictions for a further three weeks from 28 June, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The UK and Australia have agreed a free trade deal, the first agreement negotiated from scratch after Brexit.

Boris Johnson has announced a four-week delay in lifting lockdown restrictions in England to 19 July amid rising cases of the Delta variant.

China has warned Britain, the United States and the rest of the NATO alliance that it will not "sit by and do nothing" if challenges approach.

Joe Biden has hailed a "major breakthrough" after the US and EU agreed to a truce in a near 17-year aviation trade dispute that will phase out billions of dollars in punitive tariffs.

A climate change protester parachuted into the stadium and landed on the pitch before Germany's Euro 2020 game against France.

Australia's prime minister Scott Morrison told the Queen she was "quite the hit" at the G7 summit, as the pair met at Windsor Castle.

The UK and Australia have agreed a free trade deal, the first agreement negotiated from scratch after Brexit.

New York is returning to "life as we know it" after at least 70% of adults in the state have received at least one COVID jab, its governor has said.

The discovery of unidentified stones in a village in South Africa has prompted hundreds of fortune seekers to travel there in the hope that they will find diamonds.

Danish footballer Christian Eriksen has thanked well-wishers from around the world after suffering a cardiac arrest during his team's opening Euro 2020 game.

The number of new coronavirus cases has dropped for seven weeks in a row - the longest decline since the start of the pandemic, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).

People arriving in Ireland from Britain will have to self-isolate for a minimum of five days, the Irish government has announced.

A man said to be the head of the world's largest family has died in northeastern India.

A runaway monkey has been reunited with its owners after being found at a train station near Glasgow.

There is no evidence that aerial phenomena witnessed by military pilots in recent years are alien spacecraft, according to a US intelligence report.

A "third eye" has been created to prevent "smartphone zombies" from walking into things while focused on their screens.

A Sky Sports darts commentator's overexcited shouting has caused him to miss the Premier League finals night after he lost his voice.