The statement reiterated China’s stance that is open to talks, but also that Beijing is determined to fight if it must.

Reform’s victory at Runcorn & Helsby by just six votes has set a new record for the smallest majority at a parliamentary by-election since the end of the Second World War. Sarah Pochin took the seat ...

The order further requires agencies work to root out indirect sources of public financing for the news organisations.

Plans for a key Shrewsbury regeneration project have been approved. The second phase of the Smithfield Riverside project has been given the green light by Shropshire Council's Northern Planning ...

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has secured victory by six votes over Labour in Runcorn and Helsby as Sir Keir Starmer failed his first by-election test as Prime Minister. The narrow victory for new MP Sarah ...

West Worcestershire MP Dame Harriett Baldwin has urged the government to change hospital single-sex ward policies.

A rugby club's plan to expand its car park has prompted both support and objections. Ludlow Rugby Football Club has submitted a planning application to change the use of a section of land it owns from ...

Shropshire Council has warned food businesses about fraudulent consultants. The council's food safety team said there have been reports of businesses being pressured into paying for services under ...

South Korea is holding an early presidential election on June 3 after conservative president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted over his imposition of martial law. Mr Han had been appointed prime minister, the ...

Miriam Haley, giving evidence for a third day at Weinstein’s retrial, was grilled about her decision to hire a lawyer and go ...

Just four votes are thought to separate Reform and Labour in a seat which Sir Keir Starmer’s party held with a majority of almost 14,700 in 2024.