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BBC Radio 2 legend Bob Harris steps down from shows amid cancer battle
Legendary broadcaster Bob Harris, 80, has announced he is stepping down from his BBC Radio 2 shows Sounds Of The 70s and the Radio 2 Country Show due to ill health, as he battles prostate cancer that has spread to his upper spine
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Attacker who dyed hair to evade police jailed over horrific Dorset stabbing
Joshua Moore, 21, launched the horrific attack on a woman he knew as they walked down a communal staircase
M6 shut live as police incident closes all lanes near Sutton Coldfield
Part of the major motorway is inaccessible tonight due to a police incident
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Free TV licence for state pensioners: DCMS 'considering options' before July deadline
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), led by Labour MP Lisa Nandy, has responded to calls for free TV licences for all state pension claimants
Rachel Reeves planning to tax UK households at 22% in 'worst' move possible
Chancellor is poised to introduce a 22 per cent charge on interest earned from cash held in a stocks and shares Isa, under reforms to take effect next April.
Halifax speaks out after customers see payments 'blocked'
A customer reached out over X, formerly Twitter, and said their purchase had been "declined" for an item through Amazon.
Ofgem changing energy price cap calculation for millions of UK households
Ofgem is changing the way it calculates the “typical” household bill.
Feral yobs catapult ducks and goose to death on Kidderminster canal
The youths were armed with catapults and metal ball bearings
Iran war causing £3,000 mortgage shock - but legal trick can save you £1,600
Hundreds of thousands of households are facing a £3,000 mortgage bill hit this year when they come off five-year mortgage deals.
Gregg Wallace's £1.3m home up for sale as ex-MasterChef hosts 'starts new life'
The detached five-bedroom country retreat even has its own carp lake
Killer threw kitchen knife from 14th floor window after fatally stabbing friend in row over debt
Daniel Manuel was found wounded in the lobby of the block of flats where his killer Fawaz Abdulkareem lived
Suspected Midlands drug dealer charged with human exploitation
Read was appearing at court today following a County Lines investigation spanning Birmingham, Worcester and Leicester
'Industrial scale' Royal Mail drug gang jailed after £2.2m operation busted in dramatic raid
At least 19kg of cocaine had been delivered in the operation
£3,000 HMRC tax warning for savers ahead of inheritance tax rule change
Only 42 per cent of adults say they have a clear understanding of the options available when taking money from their pension.
Wes Streeting says Keir Starmer has no plan and 'doesn't understand where country is at'
Wes Streeting quit the cabinet last month and is expected to launch a leadership bid
'Dangerous' motorist caught on camera as he drove Vauxhall Astra at police car
Two officers were injured in the crash
I returned to landmark Tettenhall Road hotel 4 years on to see six-figure revamp
Tucked away among the historic townhouses of Wolverhampton’s Tettenhall Road, a local landmark is quietly undergoing a gleaming transformation
Birmingham family left 'scared' as mice run rampant through rented council house
Birmingham City Council has been ordered to pay more than £1,500 to a family renting one of its properties
Man who said ‘I’ve killed her' on doorstep finally pleads guilty over woman's death after 12 years
Andrea Carr, aged 23, was found dead at her home in Nechells in December 2014
Double stabbing in Midlands town sparks multiple arrests
Police rushed to reports of people fighting in the street in Staffordshire