POLICE are appealing for information after a child was hit by a car in Smethwick. Officers were called to reports of a boy being hit by a car in Talbot Road, at around 7.15pm on 25 May. West Midlands ...

Crews also in airboats, along with hundreds of volunteers, are part of one of the largest search operations in Texas history.

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world’s coastal towns and cities, a new study suggests. Scientists analysed ...

Thousands of people are expected to descend on Westminster on Wednesday to lobby their MPs to take action on climate change and restoring nature. Organisers say more than 5,000 people from across the ...

Flights scheduled at Marseille Airport have been suspended after a wildfire raged close to the southern French port city, ...

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Dudley Council has millions of pounds stashed for community improvement including cash which has been languishing in its coffers for more than ten years. Information obtained under the Freedom of ...

Scientists warn heatwaves are ‘quietly devastating’ and show how dangerous climate change already is with 1.3C of global warming.

Paul Edwards was 17 and studying for his A-levels when he was knocked off his motorbike, suffering multiple fractures.

French President Emmanuel Macron arrived on Tuesday for the first state visit by an EU head of state since Brexit.

The MPs said the Ministry of Defence should do “far more” engagement with wider society “both public and private—for example, critical national industries, schools and communities—to help generate a ...

The Department for Education ‘lacks a coherent plan’, suitable targets and sufficient evidence of what works to improve teachers shortages, ...