Birmingham City Council says it is declaring a major incident over the impact of the ongoing bin strike, as it estimates 17,000 tonnes of waste remains uncollected around the city.

Some of the UK’s “sickest children” will be put at “unnecessary risk” as a result of the Government’s proposals to overhaul mental health legislation, Parliament has heard. Baroness Berridge called ...

The dead included eight Red Crescent workers, six members of Gaza’s Civil Defence emergency unit and an employee from UNRWA.