Five men who targeted vulnerable girls in park sentenced to terms of between 18 months and 14 years

Five men who were part of a “horrific” grooming gang that raped and sexually assaulted schoolgirls in a park have been jailed for between 18 months and 14 years.

The men targeted vulnerable girls in Saltwell Park, Gateshead, plying their victims with alcohol and cocaine.

Wartime defences in Surrey and model boat club boathouse in Birmingham among this year’s unusual listings

If Nazi tanks had ever attempted to invade Guildford, they surely would have been thwarted by concrete pyramid-shaped obstacles known as “dragon’s teeth”.

Eight decades after the defences were installed in Surrey woodland, their history is being remembered by Historic England (HE), which has included them on its list of remarkable historic places granted protection in 2025.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to house, jury heard

A man who set fire to a house killing a woman and her three children aged nine, five and 22 months has been found guilty of murder.

Sharaz Ali, 40, was motivated by jealousy and fuelled by drugs and alcohol when he set fire to the house in Bradford at 2am on 21 August last year, a jury heard.