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There’s a small white building in the middle of a Birmingham park that has become the unlikely headquarters for a quiet resistance movement.  A few years ago, a group of locals took over the quaint Sons of Rest building in the middle of Handsworth Park so they could host their own “tea and social” afternoon.

A 13-year-old boy died after he was deliberately pushed into a river, a coroner has said. It comes after another boy, who was 14 at the time, insisted he did not push Christopher Kapessa into the River Cynon in Rhondda Cynon Taf on 1 July 2019. Jayden Pugh, now 19, told South Wales Central Coroner’s

Commuters are facing travel disruption this morning after Storm Isha battered the UK, bringing warnings of possible tornadoes and danger-to-life winds. Rush-hour trains have been axed for many, with 90mph gusts expected to cause more cancellations and delays for rail, air and sea travellers into Monday morning. Multiple Met Office weather warnings, including two amber

A ‘very widespread’ storm is forecast to hit Britain with strong winds and heavy rain later as multiple amber warnings come into force, the Met Office has said. Storm Isha – the ninth storm since September – is expected to bring winds of up to 80mph, potentially causing power cuts and increased congestion as roads

A mother who knew one of the children found dead along with three others at a home in Norfolk has described her as a “lovely, lovely girl”. Officers discovered the bodies of 45-year-old Bartlomiej Kuczynski and two girls – thought to be his two young daughters – after forcing their way into the property in

A 45-year-old man found dead alongside two young girls and a 36-year-old woman in Norwich has been named as Bartlomiej Kuczynski. Their bodies were found at a house in Allan Bedford Crescent, Costessey, Norfolk, after police forced their way into the property following a call from a member of the public shortly before 7am on

Two young girls, a man and a woman all from the same family were found dead at a property near Norwich, police have said. Formal identification is still to take place, Detective Chief Inspector Chris Burgess of Norfolk Police said, but confirmed that the man was 45 and the woman was 36. Officers forced their

The bodies of four people have been found at a property near Norwich, Norfolk Police said. Officers attended an address in Allan Bedford Crescent, Costessey, shortly before 7am following a call from a member of the public. Police forced entry to the property and found the bodies inside. All four people are believed to be

A mother says she was forced to strip naked in a police cell and threatened by officers to drop complaints she had made against them. Dannika Stewart says her complaints against Greater Manchester Police (GMP) led to her being detained and humiliated in a cell, and was told “You need to drop all your complaints

The Prince of Wales has visited his wife in hospital – as Queen Camilla said the King is “looking forward to getting back to work”. Prince William was seen leaving the private London Clinic at around 12.35pm today. Meanwhile, Queen Camilla has said the King is “fine” and “looking forward to getting back to work”

The Princess of Wales has undergone abdominal surgery in London and will remain in hospital for up to two weeks, Kensington Palace announced. In a statement, the palace said the princess, 42, was admitted yesterday to The London Clinic, a private hospital in central London, for planned abdominal surgery. “The surgery was successful and it

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda bill has passed a crucial Commons vote on its third reading by a majority of 44. The Safety of Rwanda Bill – the prime minister’s attempt to save the Rwanda deportation scheme – has divided the Conservatives, with rebels from the right wing of the party unsuccessfully seeking amendments to toughen up

The prime minister was never going to lose the two amendment votes, but the results tonight would have been hard to hear. On both rebel amendments, up to 60 of his own MPs told Rishi Sunak that his flagship illegal immigration plan doesn’t go far enough. In parliament’s central lobby after the vote tonight, one

The boss of Fujitsu has apologised for the Horizon scandal and said the company has a “moral obligation” to contribute to the compensation scheme for victims. Paul Patterson, director of Europe’s Fujitsu Services Limited, told a committee of MPs he was sorry on behalf of the company, which developed the faulty IT software at the

A group of sub-postmasters wrongly accused of stealing more than £100,000 from the Post Office have told Sky News there must be criminal prosecutions against those in charge. Vipin Patel, Nicki Arch and Sarah Osolinski, who ran Post Offices in Oxford, Stroud and Cheltenham respectively, have described how their lives were destroyed by the Horizon

A man who nearly beheaded a 19-year-old student in London when he stabbed her to death has been locked up indefinitely. Maher Maaroufe, 24, stabbed Sabita Thanwani in the neck at her student accommodation in Clerkenwell, east London, on 19 March 2022. She died at the scene and a post-mortem later found the cause of