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Former rugby player Chris Nicholson was travelling to a fitness event in London on Friday when the incident took place at Milton Keynes station. Photograph: Chris Nicholson

Wheelchair user dragged himself up stairs ‘after rail staff refused to help’

Chris Nicholson was left stranded on platform at Milton Keynes station in 31C heat

By Editor

June 19, 2022June 19, 2022

Birmingham

Prisoner ‘on the run’ for three weeks appears on Birmingham podcast

Greggor Grey, who has served 17 years for robbery, says he escaped because of ‘injustice and heartache’

By Editor

June 11, 2022June 11, 2022

Dr Susan Hopkins said community transmission in the UK was ‘largely centred in urban areas and we are predominantly seeing it in individuals who self-identify as gay or bisexual’. Photograph: Jeff Overs/PA

UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak

Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 days

By Editor

May 22, 2022September 28, 2022

Kit Malthouse. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Media

Don’t let people off if they steal food in desperation, minister tells police

Kit Malthouse says police watchdog’s suggestion that cost of living will trigger more crime is ‘old-fashioned’

By Editor

May 19, 2022September 28, 2022

Sabina Nessa. ‘My sister didn’t get as much headlines, I feel, at the start,’ said Jebina Yasmin Islam. Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

Sabina Nessa’s sister says outcry would have been greater if she were white

Jebina Yasmin Islam blames ethnicity for initial lack of headlines over murder, and also criticises Priti Patel

By Editor

April 11, 2022May 28, 2022

Birmingham

Hodge Hill has the highest fuel poverty rate in England, and many were looking to the chancellor for a lifeline

By Editor

March 26, 2022May 19, 2022

Wales introduces ban on smacking and slapping children

Welsh government hails ‘historic moment’ for children’s rights amid calls for England to follow suit

By Editor

March 21, 2022May 19, 2022

A&E crisis leaves patients waiting in ambulances outside hospitals for 11 hours

Doctors say casualty departments are on the ‘edge of a precipice’, leading to dangerous levels of handover delays

By Editor

October 17, 2021June 1, 2022

Features

Birmingham residents ask: will it be open for business again

Lockdown has left a city centre that bet on retail deserted and unemployment is at nearly 8%

By Editor

March 4, 2021September 28, 2022

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Wheelchair user dragged himself up stairs ‘after rail staff refused to help’

Prisoner ‘on the run’ for three weeks appears on Birmingham podcast

UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak

Sabina Nessa’s sister says outcry would have been greater if she were white

Wales introduces ban on smacking and slapping children

A&E crisis leaves patients waiting in ambulances outside hospitals for 11 hours

Birmingham residents ask: will it be open for business again

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