Up to 250 schools in knife crime hotspots will receive specialist training in a bid to divert children from serious violence, the government has announced. The government said £1. 2m investment will help fund the measures which could include mentoring for high-risk students and chaperones on school routes. It comes …

Is Manchester considered England's second city? It is the age-old debate – where is England's second city? This hotely-contested question over the unofficial title has fiercely divided the Brummies and Mancunians for decades. After being named as the most entrepreneurial city outside of London according to data drawn from Companies …

Coventry may not have been at their free-flowing best during Monday's goalless draw at Hull City - but it does leave them tantalisingly close to promotion to the Premier League. Four points from their remaining five games is all they need to secure a top-two spot and end their 25-year …

A woman who was abducted and raped by a man pretending to be a taxi driver has spoken about her terrifying ordeal. On 7 August 2022, the woman - who is anonymous but we are calling Sophie - thought she was in a taxi taking her to her home in …

Doctors 'hold patients hostage' and 'The whole of the moon' "We saw the whole of the moon" is the Sun's headline on the achievement of the Artemis II mission - a reference to the hit song by the Waterboys. The paper calls the mission a "giant leap into history". The …

Fake Australian, Chinese and Brazilian police stations: BBC goes inside a seized scam compound 7 hours ago Jonathan Head ,South East Asia Correspondent , Lulu Luoand Thanyarat Doksone ,O Smach, Cambodia Wandering down the unlit corridors of a six-storey building behind the Royal Hill casino, each door opens onto a …

Ordinary Iranians have been responding to US President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said in an expletive-laden post on social media on Sunday that "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in …

Global oil prices rose on Tuesday afternoon in Asia ahead of a deadline set by US President Donald Trump for Iran to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz shipping route. The price of global benchmark Brent crude was up by about 1. 13) a barrel, while US-traded oil gained 2. …

Trump's Hormuz deadline looms but Asian nations have already struck deals with Iran On Monday, US President Donald Trump threatened to take out Iran "in one night" if it failed to agree a deal by 20:00 Washington DC time on Tuesday (00:00GMT Wednesday) to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But …

Parents should teach children online privacy as an essential life skill in the same way as stranger danger or road safety, the UK's data watchdog has said. The warning comes after research by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) found three in four parents feared their child could not make safe …