DUDLEY Council could pay an extra £1.5m in employer’s National Insurance contributions after an increase announced in the budget.

Assaults on fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv, who were playing Ajax in the Europa League, were condemned as antisemitic.

The death toll from a bombing at a railway station in troubled south western Pakistan has risen to at least 26, officials ...

An official said ‘the Hamas political office no longer serves its purpose’, amid frustration over lack of progress on a ...

COMEDIAN Chris McCausland has added more than100 new dates to his upcoming tour, including several shows across the West Midlands. Chris, who is currently starring in Strictly Come Dancing being the ...

Politics and royal issues jostle for centre stage on the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers. The fallout from the Budget continues to feature heavily with The Sunday Telegraph focusing on the threat ...

A group of nurses has urged MPs to embrace a “historic opportunity” to change the law on assisted dying, but opposition campaigners have claimed a new Bill is “being rushed with indecent haste”. The ...

A Vinicius Junior hat-trick and Jude Bellingham’s first goal of the season edged Real Madrid to within six points of LaLiga leaders Barcelona after a 4-0 win over Osasuna.

A family has paid tribute to their “brave” son who has been killed while fighting in Ukraine. Callum Tindal-Draper, 22, from Gunnislake, Cornwall, was killed in action while serving with the foreign ...

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot insisted his Premier League leaders needed no motivation from Manchester City’s defeat at Brighton to beat Aston Villa and take a five-point lead into the international ...

Phil Salt continued his stunning T20 form against the West Indies with a swashbuckling 103 not out off 54 balls as England drew first blood in the five-match series in Barbados.

Government officials are taking advice on the possible impacts on the UK economy if Donald Trump imposes tariffs. The president-elect has previously said that he would increase rates on goods imported ...