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Victor Willis, the frontman of the Village People and co-writer of their massive hit YMCA, has died, his family has said.

The voice of the late actor Gene Wilder has been recreated using AI for a new Willy Wonka-themed reality show on Netflix. 

BBC staff could see a real-terms pay cut in the year ahead, a proposal shows, just weeks after the announcement that hundreds of roles are to be axed.

The Queen and Harry Potter author JK Rowling have enjoyed an afternoon discussing the importance of young people having access to books.

A woman has described Top Boy actor Micheal Ward as "overpowering," telling a court she "didn't really feel like I had a choice" as she was raped by him in a car.

Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis is facing questions over a £4.7 billion black hole in the plan to raise defence spending and whether Andy Burnham was blindsided by the need to plug that gap in his first budget.

Major British retailers have been selling e-scooters for “commuting” despite warnings from police and coroners that it is illegal and puts riders at risk of serious injury or death.

Grassroots football clubs are warning that climate change is increasing both the risk of injuries and costs as extreme weather hardens pitches or leaves them waterlogged.

The V and A’s David Bowie archive is to go on a tour of the UK featuring 100 items related to the star.

It's over allegations that consumers had to pay higher prices for new-build properties

Germany crashed out of the World Cup after they were beaten on penalties by Paraguay following a 1-1 draw in Boston in the round of 32.

That's according to the British Retail Consortium and NIQ

The Government has said it will appoint a national maternity commissioner to drive change after a report concluded families have suffered from repeated failures in NHS care.

The Prince of Wales is expected to declare that if “systemic failure” causes homelessness then “systems can help prevent it” when he marks the third anniversary of his project to eradicate the issue.

Murderers who kill their partner or ex-partner at home could face an extra 10 years in prison as the Government moves to close a sentencing gap.

Asylum seekers will be made to pay up to £10,000 towards the cost of their accommodation and support once they start earning, Shabana Mahmood has announced.

Andy Burnham promised to give the UK a “new direction” with the biggest transfer of power out of Whitehall in modern times.

Actress Dame Penelope Keith, best known for sitcoms The Good Life and To The Manor Born, has died aged 86, her family said.

A portion of haddock and chips now costs an average of £10.29 across the UK, while cod and chips has reached £11.41, according to a report.

More than a million children – around one in 10 – in England were referred for, awaiting or getting treatment from mental health services, according to data analysis said to show the “sheer scale of distress young people are facing today”.

The number of job vacancies has increased for four months in a row to almost 800,000 but there has been a steep decline in graduate roles, according to research.

A skydiving plane has crashed in north-eastern France, killing all 11 people on board.

England captain Ben Stokes has announced his bombshell retirement from international cricket.

The body of a 15-year-old boy has been recovered near a reservoir in what police called a “sad reminder of the dangers of entering open water”.

Retail crime is “running riot” as shoplifting and assaults on staff have risen in the past year, Scottish Labour has said.