A flag celebrating the Black Country's industrial heritage has been banned by fire bosses who fear the chain symbol is linked to slavery. The black, white and red design became the official flag ...

Then I imagined those average firearm death rates applied to the whole country – if the whole nation had a red flag law, or there were none at all. In 2020, if there were no red flag laws ...

The flag reverts to a tricolour flown briefly under Amanullah, black for the past, red representing the blood ... are unhappy with their rulers, and the country becomes unstable.