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​​​​​​​The last blast furnaces left operating in Britain could see their fate sealed within days, after their Chinese owners took the decision to cut off the crucial supply of ingredients keeping them running.

A mother has been given a two-year prison sentence, suspended for two years, over the death of her baby 27 years ago.

In Small Heath in Birmingham, the sun is setting on another mound of rubbish.

Israeli troops have moved into an area of northern Gaza to expand what they refer to as a "security zone" around the enclave, the military said today.

The UK has had its hottest day of the year so far - as a "severe" rating for wildfires remaining in place across the country.

The family of a schoolgirl who died in a fire in a house near Liverpool on Wednesday have paid tribute.

The Hillsborough Law will not be implemented before the next anniversary of the disaster as promised, the government has confirmed.

Calls are growing for the UK to withdraw from the treaty banning the use of landmines.