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The state pension age is set to rise to 67 between 2026 and 2028 and then further to 68 between 2044 and 2046, but there’s a chance it could be brought forward

Police cordoned off part of the busy Warwick Road after a blaze broke out inside a two-storey, mid-terraced property

The Dudley-born comedian, who launched the charity with director Richard Curtis in 1985, announced he was stepping down from his presenting duties last year

The 48-year-old always denied having anything to do with the racist killing of 18-year-old Stephen, who was stabbed to death in south east London in April 1993

The new season sees Coronation Street and Eastenders favourites joining the cast

The Money Saving Expert has issued a warning over the government’s benefits shake-up which was announced on Tuesday

West Midlands Police has said one of its cars was responding to reports of a man with a knife in Acocks Green when the vehicle struck a pedestrian in his 40s

Pete Lowe joined the Labour Party in 1984 and was first elected to Dudley Council in 2003

Yardley Road in Acocks Green is shut in both directions after what is believed to be a road traffic collision

The Money Saving Expert founder has called for Ofgem to tighten rules around back billing after warning that companies are unfairly issuing customers with bills for energy that they didn’t previously account for