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M6 Toll closed all morning following serious collision
The M6 Toll was closed northbound for several hours
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HMRC issues crackdown warning and tells UK households 'you'll have to pay'
Tax avoidance usually involves artificial transactions that serve no real purpose other than to falsely claim to reduce tax.
Every UK 2026 bank holiday as extra date added for this year
A date for an extra bank holiday has been added in 2026
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Birmingham thief caught on camera slipping Boots skincare products into carrier bag
Waleed Basharat, 26, was handed a suspended sentence for his crimes
Key details as girl, nine, dies and three others in hospital after Birmingham crash
Two men arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and driving while unfit through drugs
UK government urged to do one thing to give everyone £82 off their energy bills
Inside Ecology suggests the effect would be minimal.
Hunt for men on e-bikes after shots fired in Birmingham
The police helicopter and armed officers were scrambled
All cash ISA savers issued £14,000 warning
Antonia Medlicott, the founder and managing director of Investing Insiders, has compared returns from different Cash ISAs.
Santander, Lloyds, Halifax closing 48 branches from April - full list
Swathe of closures
Major police update after Shropshire teen killed in dog attack
Morgan Dorsett, 19, was fatally hurt in the incident involving an XL Bully
People unhappy with BBC TV Licence hike can cancel and get refund
UK households unhappy with the rise can simply cancel the TV licence and get refunds.
Updates as child, nine, dies in BMW collision in Birmingham
A nine-year-old girl - a passenger in one of the cars - was taken to hospital with serious injuries but sadly died a short while later
HMRC inheritance tax changes coming from April 2027
Pension inheritance tax changes will come into effect, fundamentally altering how unused pension funds and pension death benefits are treated for inheritance tax purposes.
'My brother was stabbed to death in Wolverhampton - young people are being targeted online'
Nikita Kanda's brother Ronan Kanda was killed as he was walking home
New police appeal as woman, 93, attacked in street
The woman was left with facial injuries and has been struggling to remember details from the assault
Girl, nine, dies in Birmingham BMW crash as woman and two other children in hospital
Two men from a second car arrested in dangerous driving and drugs probe in Hockley
Midland bully beat pregnant girlfriend 'so she would lose baby'
A court heard how Samuel Wilton was 'controlling' during their relationship
Anyone born between 1965 and 1980 warned over inheritance tax change
Ms Reeves is set to take more of the £5.5trillion expected to pass between generations over the next three decades.
DWP Universal Credit standard rates changing from next week
Standard allowance payments are due to change from April 6.
Knifeman who attacked woman, 78, in Birmingham alleyway before crashing car jailed
Paul Young, 41, has been jailed over a series of offences including dangerous driving and robberies which saw him target elderly and vulnerable residents