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Breaking News, World Updates & Headlines
Record sum from Home Office highlights hostility Muslims face, government’s anti-Islamophobia partner saysA record £66m of emergency security funding was issued by the Home Office for mosques and related community sites in the UK when violent disorder …
Read MoreMore rapid use of blood products may have raised chance of 19-year-old making it to hospital, though chance was low, says counselThe death of a 19-year-old student who was killed in the Nottingham attacks in 2023 was “potentially preventable”, a public…
Read MoreFirms warn of impact of company’s decision to to axe 4,000 jobs and call for government to support sectorJaguar Land Rover confirms plan to cut 4,000 jobsDavid Roberts is not in an optimistic mood. The chair of Coventry-based Evtec may preside over a b…
Read MoreTwo women and two men arrested on suspicion of murder after death of three-month-old girl near Great WyrleyFour people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a three-month-old girl died in Staffordshire while camping with her family.Officers s…
Read MoreRyan Bridge, who co-founded Raise the Colours, to appear in court on charges including racially aggravated harassmentThe leader of a group responsible for raising union jack and St George’s flags across England has been charged with 14 offences, includ…
Read MoreSector has avoided issue because of stigma fears, expert warns ahead of closure of Nottingham attacks inquiry Mental health organisations have “failed to acknowledge” the risk of violence from a minority of people with severe mental illnesses, the chie…
Read MoreBilly Allison, 36, pleads not guilty to charge over Matthew O’Gara’s death after incident outside Lichfield barA man accused of murdering a businessman outside a bar in Staffordshire has pleaded not guilty.Billy Allison, 36, a member of the flag-raisin…
Read MoreEnvironment Agency issues 40 flood alerts across Midlands, Yorkshire and south-east of EnglandDozens of homes have been damaged by flooding and the Met Office had issued warnings for thunderstorms and heavy rain at the end of a summer in which most of …
Read MoreCity residents had accused council of giving ‘free rein’ to campaign promoting England flags Birmingham city council is seeking an injunction to stop members of an anti-migrant group from erecting flags, including union jack and St George’s flags, on p…
Read MoreAnother driver in critical condition as result of collision after man failed to stop for officers in Stratford-upon-AvonA man has died and a woman is critically injured after a police pursuit in Warwickshire.Police said officers tried to stop a black A…
Read MoreThursday has been described by residents as ‘horrendous’, ‘distressing’ and ‘one of the scariest days of my life’People in Stourbridge have described the fires that devastated more than a dozen homes as “horrendous” and “distressing”, with one describi…
Read MoreUndercover officers working for West Midlands ‘special projects team’ planted evidence to convict men, lawyers claimLawyers representing four men convicted of terror offences are increasingly hopeful that revelations from the undercover policing inquir…
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