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A city council says it is “deeply saddened” by the theft of more than 600 artefacts from its museum collection..

The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year and has jumped by 55% in a week, NHS figures show..

Liverpool is the most generous city in the UK this year, according to figures from a fundraising platform..

At least 18 million people could be offered extra help with their investments and pensions over the next decade with the “game changing” introduction of targeted support, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said..

President Donald Trump has announced that the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid mounting tensions with the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro..

Social media platforms must do more to stop explicit images of children being shared online, a police chief has said..

The Health Secretary has warned that a resident doctors’ strike over Christmas would have a “much different degree of risk” than previous walkouts, adding that he “cannot think of a single other trade union in this country that would behave this way”..

English actor Ray Winstone has said he is “very proud to be a Londoner” after receiving the Freedom of the City of London..