The health ministry said the new deaths took the war’s toll to 53,901 since the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023.

The British Medical Association, the union representing doctors, has said the pay rise does not go far enough in restoring historical pay freezes.

A Halesowen dangerous driver who walked free from court despite leading the police on a 100-mile police chase is behind bars after forging doctors' notes to get out of community service.

Dr Darby qualified as a doctor in 1984 from the University of Birmingham and qualified as a GP in 1989. From 1989, he worked as a GP Partner at the Halesowen Medical Practice, retiring in 2016.