James Clarke was found dead at a property in Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham in the early hours of this morning

Here are the top 10 highest-paid BBC stars in 2018/19, according to the corporation’s latest annual report. The figures are the first salary disclosures since the BBC announced it would be scrapping the universal free TV licence for over-75s. And they came after the BBC’s director-general said the public backs ...

Sportswear corporation Adidas has launched an investigation after a social media stunt to launch the new Arsenal football kit was used by sick trolls to spread abusive jokes and racist messages which ended up trending globally. The new Arsenal Football Club kit deal with Adidas is worth a reported £300 ...

Ahead of Tuesday evening’s clash, two of four players leading the tournament scoring charts with five goals each are from the US squad.

The amount of ice circling Antarctica is suddenly plunging from a record high to record lows, baffling scientists. Floating ice off the southern continent steadily increased from 1979 and hit a record high in 2014, but three years later, the annual average extent of Antarctic sea ice hit its lowest ...

A man has suffered a puncture wound to his back and leg and stomach injuries in a suspected shark attack in Australia. The 54-year-old was swimming with friends at Shelly Beach in northern Sydney when he was wounded, but he managed to swim to nearby rocks and raise the alarm. ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have followed Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Instagram as part of efforts to raise awareness of environmental campaigners. Harry and Meghan set up the @SussexRoyal account in April and said it would be used to share the work that drives them, and important ...

The body of a suspected stowaway that fell from a jet hit the ground just one metre from a man sunbathing in his back garden in south London, a neighbour has claimed. Police were called to an address in Offerton Road in Clapham at 3.39pm by shocked residents. One neighbour ...

The Liberal Democrats wore bright yellow t-shirts with 'Bollocks to Brexit' on the back, setting out their thoughts on the Brexit issue on their first day on the job. It was the first day for the new intake of MEPs in the European parliament. Photograph: European Parliament. Guy Verhofstadt, Brexit ...