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Dozens of people have gathered at a Sikh temple to attend an emergency meeting after police in the West Midlands said they are investigating the rape of a woman as a "racially motivated attack".

The number of roadworks in Britain has more than doubled in the past two years - and frustrated drivers are more likely than ever to get stuck behind temporary traffic lights.

The leader of a self-styled African tribe living in a Scottish woodland has vowed his group will stay put despite a court order stating the encampment should be removed.

A senior Labour MP has written to the foreign secretary demanding answers about the vetting process for UK diplomats in the wake of Peter Mandelson's sacking as US ambassador.

Sainsbury's has recalled some of its own-brand hummus after it was found it could contain potentially deadly E.coli.

A man who beat his frail father to death with a dumbbell as he lay on the floor has been jailed for 18 years.

A man has been charged after a major fire at an MP's constituency office.

A man has been sentenced to life with a minimum term of 34 years for his role in a gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain.

A yellow wind warning will be in place for most of England and all of Wales on Sunday and Monday - with people told to expect travel disruption and power outages.

"Mum is teaching yoga and English to her cellmates in Iranian prison."