ADAM Kent has been elected as the new Conservative group leader on Worcestershire County Council. The former cabinet member for economy and skills was re-elected in his Wythall seat on Friday (May 2) ...

A Holocaust survivor has paid tribute to the “high risks” people took to help Jews during the Second World War. Jacques Weisser, 83, was born in Antwerp during the war and subsequently hidden when his ...

DRIVERS were warned that the M5 through Worcester will be closed for several nights this week. National Highways will close the southbound carriageway between junction 7 (Worcester South) and junction ...

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected as Germany’s chancellor — hours after he failed to win the first round in parliament in a historic defeat. Mr Merz, 69, who succeeds Olaf Scholz, ...

Friedrich Merz has finally succeeded in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round. The conservative ...

China’s increased trade with Russia has helped the country mitigate some of the worst blows from the sanctions.

Police have named a 13-year-old boy who died after being pulled from a canal. Delvin Musakwa, 13, from Exeter, died in hospital following the incident on Monday afternoon. Emergency services were ...

The hearing on Tuesday came more than five years after the viral social media post at the heart of the libel dispute.

A BURGLARY in broad daylight in a village near Evesham has prompted a police appeal. The burglary, on School Road, Aston Somerville, took place between 12pm and 1pm on Tuesday (May 6), when offenders ...

EastEnders fans have blasted BBC bosses for having "run out of ideas" amid the return of a villain to the show. In shocking scenes last night, Lauren Branning and Peter Beale's engagement party was ...

Workers in Spain may soon have 2.5 more hours of weekly rest after the government approved a bill that would reduce the work week from 40 hours to 37.5 hours.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said ‘we had to stabilise the economy’ as he defended the actions taken by his Government.