Police have launched a murder inquiry after a man was found dead at a house in Birmingham. The victim could not be saved after officers arrived at an address in Ashwin Road, Handsworth, just after 2.30pm today.
A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and was due to be questioned. Officers were still at the scene this evening and the road was sealed off, with a cordon also around an address in the street.
Anyone with information should contact police via Live Chat on its website, or by calling 101, quoting log 2654 of 11 July. Police forensics teams were also at the scene in white suits. Items were being taken out of police vans.
West Midlands Ambulance said:"We were called to a police incident at a private address on Ashwin Road at 2.36pm. Two ambulances and a paramedic officer attended the scene. More details will follow when available."
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Ministers face a Conservative rebellion on Tuesday led by former leaders Theresa May and Sir Iain Duncan Smith unless they make further concessions over their plans to deport modern slavery victims.
The two leaders are understood to be backing a Lords amendment to the Illegal Migration Bill that protects victims trafficked in the UK from deportation.
Ministers are proposing to reverse the amendment, put forward by Tory peer Lord Randall in the upper house, when the Bill is debated by MPs from lunchtime on Tuesday.
The amendment by Lord Randall, vice chairman of the human trafficking foundation, mirrors a similar proposal by Mrs May and Sir Iain to “exempt people who have been unlawfully exploited in the UK” from the plans to detain and swiftly deport migrants from the UK. Talks are understood to be continuing with Tories concerned about the proposals.
Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, and Victoria Prentis, the Attorney General, were said to be meeting MPs who had “concerns” about the Bill. But one MP said: “I don’t think we will be able to support the Government if it moves to strike out Lord Randall’s amendment.
“Mrs May was the architect of the modern slavery act when home secretary.”
‘Shutting the door on victims’
During the second reading of the Bill, she warned that the plans to refuse modern slavery claims by those who arrived illegally would be “shutting the door on victims while being trafficked into slavery in the UK”.
She said ministers had failed to provide evidence to justify its claims that small boat migrants were abusing the Modern Slavery Act.
It is one of three rebellions anticipated by backbench MPs today as the Government seeks to overturn 15 of the 20 defeats it suffered on amendments in the Lords.
It has offered five concessions by setting an eight-day time limit on detention for unaccompanied child migrants entering the UK illegally, a 28-day limit if there is a dispute over their age and a 72-hour limit for pregnant women.
It has also ditched plans to make the Bill’s powers to detain and deport migrants take effect retrospectively from March 7.
However, Tory MPs are still not satisfied with the assurances on the detention of child migrants and are expected to rebel unless there are further concessions.
MPs are also gearing up to press for a tighter timetable to introduce safe and legal routes for refugees to come to the UK, so that they would be set up within two months of the Bill being enacted.
It is thought unlikely any of the rebellions will see the Government defeated. However, they will encourage the Lords to push back and potentially reintroduce their amendments when the Bill returns to the upper house, creating a ping-pong battle in an effort to secure more concessions from ministers.
Mrs May has voted against the Government once before over Boris Johnson’s decision to abandon its commitment to spending 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid.
A people smuggler has been jailed for more than 12 years for the manslaughter of 39 migrants who were found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex in 2019.
Marius Mihai Draghici, 50, pleaded guiltyat the Old Bailey last month to39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration.
The Romanian was described as a "right-hand man" in the people-smuggling gang responsible for the deaths of the Vietnamese migrants.
He fled the country after the bodies were discovered and was detained by police in Romania last August and returned to the UK.
Image:Marius Mihai Draghici was jailed on Tuesday
In a televised sentencing at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, Mr Justice Garnham jailed Draghici for 12 years and seven months.
He told the defendant he was an "essential cog" in a conspiracy which made "astonishing profits out of the exploitation of people desperate to get to the UK".
He said the conditions inside the trailer where the victims died were "unspeakable" with "people trapped inside the trailer with no ventilation and no way of getting out".
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People smuggler sentenced over 39 deaths
The victims - including men, women and children - were found dead in the back of a lorry on an industrial estate in Grays in October 2019.
They died after running out of air in temperatures of up to 38.5C (101F) in the trailer, which was shipped from Belgium to Purfleet docks in Essex.
"Their last hours must have entailed unimaginable suffering and anguish," prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones KC said.
The defendant was recruited by fellow Romanian Gheorghe Nica, who was previously tried and convicted of involvement in the deaths, and they became "entirely inseparable", a court heard.
Image:Thirty-nine people were found dead in a lorry trailer in Grays, Essex, in October 2019
The victims - aged between 15 and 44 - had suffocated after being sealed inside an airtight unit for nearly 12 hours.
Hughes had deployed lorry drivers in the plot, including Robinson, 28, who discovered his human cargo had already suffocated in transit after picking up the trailer they were in at Purfleet.
A teenage boy is being questioned on suspicion of the attempted murder of a teacher who was stabbed at a school.
The male teacher was taken to hospital with a single wound after being attacked at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire just after 09:00 BST.
Firearms officers arrested the suspect two hours later in Stoke Orchard, about three miles (4.8km) away, and a knife was seized.
The injured teacher was discharged from hospital on Monday evening.
Tewkesbury Academy has said it would reopen on Tuesday.
Gloucestershire police received a call from the ambulance service on Monday morning saying a teacher had been injured in a corridor at the school.
Officers said a "thorough" search was conducted after initial reports suggested the boy was still on the school's property.
"It was initially thought that the suspect had fled the scene and hidden himself within the school grounds," said Assistant Chief Constable Richard Ocone, of Gloucestershire Police.
"This search was both complex and meticulous in nature as we sought to ensure there were no further injured parties as well as seeking the arrest of the suspect," he added.
Two other schools also went into lockdown following the stabbing and further searches were conducted to make sure no-one else was hurt.
"Specialist resources including the National Police Air Service and plain-clothed officers were deployed to search the wider area," said ACC Ocone.
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One teacher kept his pupils safe by sitting in front of a classroom door and barricaded it, said one parent.
Daniel said his daughter video called him and he could see her teacher "supporting the whole class".
"The teacher sat right by the door. He barricaded the door, put some boxes there and kept everyone cool even though he must have been scared himself," he added.
Michelle, whose 13-year-old son Alex is in Year 8, said she was very relieved to be able to collect him from school.
"You get the message from school to say it has been locked down and it says urgent," she said.
"Then you hear that a teacher has been stabbed and the children are all locked down. The first instinct is to get to the school as quickly as you can, which I didn't do, and I listened to the school and stayed away as long as I possibly could."
Michelle said the teacher involved was "very popular" with parents and pupils alike.
Police said they were keeping an "open mind" about a possible motive and more patrols would be seen in the area.
"At this time there is no evidence to suggest it is terrorism related. However, we are keeping an open mind while further enquiries are carried out," said ACC Ocone.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said she was "deeply concerned" by the stabbing.
"We are closely monitoring the situation and remain hugely grateful to the emergency services who are currently on the scene," added Ms Keegan.
"My department is on hand to support the school as the situation unfolds."
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Martyn and Julia, parents of Year 7 student Katie, said the school and police had kept them informed.
"The school was communicating throughout the morning. The students were allowed to turn their phones on, which we were most grateful for."
Julia said: "Hearing about it this morning felt very strange - it doesn't happen here. I know it sounds a cliche and you see it happening on the news in other places."
Erica, who has a child at Tewkesbury Academy, said she was happy that the incident was resolved quickly.
"It is worrying that these things can happen in any school and all the more important that as parents we take responsibility for teaching our children awareness of the destructive nature of this type of incident," she said.
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Richard Stanley, leader of Tewkesbury Borough Council, said it had been a difficult day for the community.
"Tewkesbury is a very safe place, it's a small community and I don't think there's a particular issue here. It's a national issue in terms of young people carrying knives."
Laurence Robertson, Conservative MP for the town, said he planned to meet with the education secretary and the home secretary to discuss knife crime.
"The government has taken certain steps to bring it [knife crime] back under control, but I would be the first to say that much more needs to be done," he told BBC Points West.
Following the incident, The National Education Union (NEU) tweeted that its thoughts were with all staff, pupils and parents involved.
"This is a shocking incident. Violence has no place in our schools and colleges," it said.
ACC Ocone said: "This was clearly a very distressing incident and our thoughts are with the victim, their family and everyone impacted by what happened.
"We are working with the school and other agencies to ensure appropriate support is available and local people will see more police in the area over the coming days as the investigation continues."
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A teenage boy is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed at a school.
The incident happened at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire on Monday morning.
Assistant Chief Constable Richard Ocone of Gloucestershire Police said the suspect was arrested by firearms officers.
The arrest happened around two hours after the stabbing in Stoke Orchard, around three miles (4.8km) away.
A knife was seized during the arrest.
Gloucestershire police said they had received a call from the ambulance service saying a male teacher had been stabbed in a corridor at the school.
Police confirmed that the teacher is in a stable condition on Monday afternoon.
A spokesman for Tewkesbury Academy said that no decision has yet been made on when the school will reopen.
They said: "We will be drawing up plans to support our students and staff in the wake of this incident."
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Police say a "thorough" search was conducted by specialist officers after initial reports said the boy was still within school grounds before he was located three miles away.
"It was initially thought that the suspect had fled the scene and hidden himself within the school grounds," said ACC Ocone.
"This search was both complex and meticulous in nature as we sought to ensure there were no further injured parties as well as seeking the arrest of the suspect," he added.
Two other schools also went into lockdown following the stabbing and further searches were conducted to make sure no one else was hurt.
"Specialist resources including the National Police Air Service and plain-clothed officers were deployed to search the wider area," said ACC Ocone.
Police said they were keeping an "open mind" about motive and more patrols will be seen in the area.
"At this stage the motivation behind the attack is unclear and at this time there is no evidence to suggest it is terrorism related. However we are keeping an open mind while further enquiries are carried out," said ACC Ocone.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said she was "deeply concerned" by the stabbing.
"We are closely monitoring the situation and remain hugely grateful to the emergency services who are currently on the scene," added Ms Keegan
"My department is on hand to support the school as the situation unfolds."
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One teacher kept his pupils safe by sitting in front of a classroom door and barricaded it, said one parent.
Daniel said his daughter video called him and he could see her teacher "supporting the whole class".
"The teacher sat right by the door. He barricaded the door, put some boxes there and kept everyone cool even though he must have been scared himself," he added.
Michelle, whose 13-year-old son Alex is in Year 8, said she was very relieved to be able to collect him from school.
"Very relieved. You get the message from school to say the school has been locked down and it says urgent," she said.
"Then you hear that a teacher has been stabbed and the children are all locked down. The first instinct is to get to the school as quickly as you can, which I didn't do, and I listened to the school and stayed away as long as I possibly can.
Michelle said the teacher involved was "very popular" with parents and pupils alike.
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Martyn and Julia, the parents of Year 7 student Katie, said the school and police had kept them informed.
"The school was communicating throughout the morning. The students were allowed to turn their phones on, which we were most grateful for.
Julia said: "Hearing about it this morning felt very strange - it doesn't happen here. I know it sounds a cliche and you see it happening on the news in other places."
Erica, who has a child attending Tewkesbury Academy, said she is happy that the school and police were able to resolve the incident quickly.
'Shocking incident'
Erica said: "It is worrying that these things can happen in any school and all the more important that as parents we take responsibility for teaching our children awareness of the destructive nature of this type of incident."
Following the incident at Tewkesbury Academy, The National Education Union (NEU) published a statement on Twitter saying their thoughts are with all staff, pupils and parents involved.
The union added: "This is a shocking incident. Violence has no place in our schools and colleges."
ACC Ocone said: "This was clearly a very distressing incident and our thoughts are with the victim, their family and everyone impacted by what happened.
"We are working with the school and other agencies to ensure appropriate support is available and local people will see more police in the area over the coming days as the investigation continues."
The mass brawl broke out on Saturday (July 8) during a trip from Dublin in Ireland to Holyhead, Wales.
Footage shows four men attacking a man while another tries to separate the fight on the Irish Ferries service.
Terrified family and friends can be heard screaming - while other passengers are calmly sat down watching the chaos unfold.
It is unknown why the passengers were fighting but the ferry was forced to turn back to Dublin just 20 minutes into the journey.
An Irish Ferries spokesperson said: "Irish Ferries can confirm that there was a public order issue on board yesterday’s 13.50 Dublin Swift sailing from Dublin to Holyhead shortly after departure.
"Irish Ferries places the highest importance on safety and therefore decided to immediately return to Dublin port, where the Irish authorities dealt with the incident.
"The ship resumed sailing at 15.52.
"Irish Ferries apologises to passengers whose travel was disrupted by this issue and continues to assist the authorities who are investigating the incident."
