England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker James Anderson is to be given a knighthood for services to cricket.Anderson, 42, retired from Test cricket last summer with 704 wickets, making him...

Elizabeth GlinkaPolitical Editor, BBC West MidlandsRob MayorPolitical Reporter, BirminghamEPAA major incident was declared after the city council estimated that some 17,000 tonnes of rubbish was piled on Birmingham's streetsA...

A man has been found guilty of murdering a woman who he stabbed with a zombie knife in front of her three-year-old daughter at the 2024 Notting Hill Carnival.Shakeil...

PA MediaKerri Pegg, 42, was seen as a "rising star" of the Prison ServiceA prison governor who began a relationship with a drug-dealing gang boss locked up in the...

Liam BarnesBBC News, NottinghamReporting fromLoughborough CourthouseYouTubeJonathan Peter Brooks was convicted of attempting to murder fellow plastic surgeon Graeme Perks A plastic surgeon has been found guilty of attempting to...

Two people who died following a fire at a caravan park have been named by police.Lee Baker, 48, and his 10-year-old daughter Esme Baker, died at Golden Beach Holiday...

A 10-year-old girl and a man, aged 48, have died following a fire at a caravan park in Lincolnshire.Emergency Services were called to Goldenbeach Holiday Park, Roman Bank, Ingoldmells...

Hayley CoyleBBC News, YorkshireAlex Moss/BBCForensic teams are combing the area as inquiries continueA murder investigation has been launched after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Huddersfield. Emergency...

Danny FullbrookBBC News, BedfordshireLuton RisingThe expansion plans include a new terminal buildingLondon Luton Airport will see annual passenger numbers almost double to 32 million by 2043 after the government...

A man has been charged with 64 offences after a major investigation into a funeral directors in Hull in which police removed 35 bodies and a quantity of ashes.Humberside...

England have appointed legendary former captain Charlotte Edwards as their new head coach.The 45-year-old, England's all-time leading run-scorer, replaces Jon Lewis, who was sacked in March after the 16-0...

Wakefield Trinity head coach Daryl Powell had decent pedigree during his playing career, having featured in Ashes series against Australia for Great Britain in 1990, 1992 and 1994."It's massive....