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Rehearsals have started for the opening ceremony to kickstart the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

It will be held on 28 July at the Alexander… Read more

Five years after the Grenfell fire in which 72 people died, the government has banned the specific type of cladding which allowed the blaze to spread… Read more

Twins who have raised £46,000 for charity have become the youngest recipients of the Queen's birthday honours in her Platinum Jubilee year.

Actor Damian Lewis has been made a CBE, former Northern Ireland first minister Arlene Foster a dame and crime writer Ian Rankin has been knighted on… Read more

The Queen has said she is "inspired" by the goodwill of the nation as celebrations for her Platinum Jubilee begin.

In a Jubilee message, she… Read more

Less than a year after his sex assault conviction was thrown out and he walked free from prison, comedian Bill Cosby is facing another allegation in… Read more

Russia has accused the US of seeking to prolong the war in Ukraine after President Biden said he would supply Kyiv with new long-range missiles.

Australian sitcom actor Robert Hughes will be freed from jail and deported to the UK after serving a sentence for child sexual abuse.

Hughes… Read more