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A murder investigation has been launched after a man was shot dead in Birmingham. The 20-year-old victim was shot in Goosemoor Lane, Erdington, at about 7.30pm on Thursday. Police said the mans family had been informed. Well tell you whats true. You can fo…

Fancy spending the night in your very own private jet? How about an evening in the master cabin of a restored 19th century clipper ship on the banks of the River Thames? These unique getaways are just a handful of the out of the ordinary retreats listed on t…

Thousands of fish have died after an unknown source polluted a 9.3 mile stretch of the River Sheppey in Somerset. The Wessex branch of the Environment Agency said it had tracked the pollution to a probable source and were working to protect the lower end of …

Image caption The project is expected to be completed by the end of October Work is under way on a £400,000 project to preserve the history of buildings on a site which once housed a secret Roman Catholic seminary. The small community at Scalan was create…

George Galloway has asked Pope Francis to intervene over a tweet by Alan Sugar in which he compared Jeremy Corbyns shadow cabinet to the skulls inside a Roman Catholic chapel. The former Labour politician said the post by the businessman and host of The Appr…

A soldier in formal mess uniform has been left with a fractured skull after he was attacked in central London. The Metropolitan Police have launched a manhunt on Thursday and released a CCTV image of a man they are trying to trace. The 28-year-old soldier w…

Spend your money on experiences rather than things – this now popular philosophy has weight and wisdom. A great experience will enrich and educate you well beyond it’s actual duration, especially if it has been created, with note-perfect finesse, by those who…

Detectives have launched investigations into four drug-related deaths within 48 hours in south Essex. Essex Police said it was remaining open-minded about whether the deaths of three men and one woman on Monday and Tuesday were linked. All the victims died …

The depiction of Scottish and Welsh independence drips with English self-centredness a shrivel, a divorce, trauma, political strife. Your leader likens it to Yugoslavia if you ever visited the region before and compare it with now, there is no way you could e…

It would seem that Boris Johnson shares your scepticism about the benefits of HS2 and has appointed an advisor, Andrew Gilligan, who is a sceptic, but who nevertheless apparently believes we need more rail capacity. One also wonders what the new transport min…