Chloe Hughes BBC News, West Midlands Tania Pomroy Charlotte Thomas (right) died in February 2024 when she was 25 “I don’t know anyone else my age that is married… never…

Alison Holt Social affairs editor BBC “A victory for common sense” or “devastating” –  the contrasting reactions to the statement by five Supreme Court judges that legally the term “woman”…

Phil Mackie Midlands correspondent, BBC News BBC Piles of uncollected waste lined the streets of Percy Road in Balsall Heath In parts of Birmingham waste continues to go uncollected as…

Disabled people should be more fairly recognised in the honours system as part of the government’s push to make awards reach a wider range of people, says Carly Jones, an…

6 minutes ago ShareSave ShareSave A wide range of stories lead Saturday’s front pages. The Guardian leads with a story on how misogyny and racism are “flooding UK schools” due…

Getty Images The Welsh government wants people staying overnight in Wales to pay £1.30 plus VAT per night for hotels, B&Bs and self-catering accommodation Introducing a tourism tax in Wales…

A British man has died after he was buried by an avalanche at a ski resort in the French Alps, local officials have said. The man, 27, was near the…

Supplied Tom Simons, a former chief superintendent with Essex Police, was dismissed without notice and barred from joining any other force A senior police officer who engaged in sexual behaviour…

Three people have been charged in connection with drugs and firearms offences in a raid on a house in Edinburgh. Officers seized “a number of weapons” including a firearm and…

PA Media Russell Findlay said the “anti-far right” summit hosted by John Swinney was ‘not necessary’ The leader of the Scottish Conservatives has said he will not attend an “anti…