Unison has recommended local government workers accept the deal, which amounts to a 4 rise this year and 3.5 next year.

Dudley Council’s leader blasted builders who accused the authority of ‘rushing’ its local plan for political reasons.

The Bill is undergoing a second day of report stage on Friday, with various amendments being debated and possibly voted on.

A BADLY damaged car wrapped in police tape has appeared in the middle of a busy car park in Brierley Hill.  The car, a red Toyota, has been left in the middle of the Waterfront Car Park off Waterfront ...

“The SNP’s stance, in particular, is not remotely serious. “If they ever got their way, they would put our citizens’ security at risk. It’s the nationalists’ view that we should just throw open our ...

Emma Raducanu continued her successful start to the grass-court season with a commanding 6-4 6-1 victory over Rebecca Sramkova to book her spot ...

More than 20 police officers have been injured following overnight disorder in Portadown. Officers came under sustained attack with heavy masonry, fireworks and beer kegs in the Co Armagh town on ...

Several private schools, children who attend them and their parents brought legal action against the Treasury over the move.

The British survivor of the Air India plane crash has described how he “crawled out” of the wreckage. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, is believed to be the only survivor onboard the plane involved in ...

Sir Geoff Palmer, one of Scotland’s best-known academics who was the country’s first black professor, has died at the age of 85. The professor was long associated with Heriot-Watt University in ...

BEN Curry can still remember the moment he understood what it meant to be on a full England tour. Aged just 18, he and twin brother Tom were bold selections from Eddie Jones eight years ago when ...

ENGLAND Rugby stars Abby Dow and Tatyana Heard have today called upon the nation to show its support of the Red Roses as they aim for World ...