Hockley

Building fire that closed busy road 'accidental'

The severe fire left one person in hospital and was tackled for more than eight hours.

Dean Perryman, 29, is trying to tackle loneliness after his best friend took his own life.

West Midlands Fire Service says there have been no casualties and a cause is not yet known.

Detectives say they have "exhausted all lines of inquiry" in their search for Patricia Finnie.

A 24-year-old man is found dead at an address in Hockley.

Police and fire crews are working to establish the full circumstances after a body is found.

West Midlands Police says the victim, a man aged in his 30s, has not been formally identified.

Officers are called to a house on South Road, Hockley, Birmingham, on Friday, police say.

Steph Mills did not know his wife, Karen, when she made the drawings as a child 50 years ago.

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