The Latest Breaking News from Midlands

Over nine million trees have been planted in the east Midlands’ National Forest, where mines once churned up the land, offering great cycling routes that explore villages and industrial heritage

Aston Villa 3-1 Wolves: Unai Emery’s men played in the Champions League during the week

British Touring Car Championship title contender Tom Ingram has inherited pole position for the Silverstone round after qualifying topper Aron Taylor-Smith was excluded. Taylor-Smith, his third-fastest team-mate Mikey Doble plus sixth-placed Dan Zelos all fell foul of the ride-height test, and will start race one from the back of the grid. Aron…

The Rugby Football Union considered a Midlands site with ‘better access for whole of the country’ before opting to stay at a renamed Twickenham

Madueke scored a hat-trick in Chelsea’s 6-2 victory hours after deleting a social media post about the state of the midlands city

St James’s Park in central London records highest reading, with health alerts in place across the Midlands, eastern and southern England

Activists forecast margins of fewer than 2,000 votes separating them from Farage’s party – or even a shock defeat

Rishi Sunak insists he has not given up, with final 48-hour push for votes to ‘stop a Labour supermajority’ – as leading pollster argues polls have been wrong

The party’s electoral strategy is based on an outdated stereotype of the northern voter – and it will come back to haunt Starmer, says Alex Niven of Newcastle University

Passengers are able to use Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway tickets on other train operators

Planning experts are considering areas near Nottingham, Stafford and Northampton for housebuilding drive