Mark Brown

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Mark Brown

Five people are in hospital after a crash involving a number of police cars that closed one of the busiest roads in the north-east of England. The collision happened just before 2.30am on the northbound carriageway of the A1 near junction 75 and the Denton Burn roundabout, near Newcastle. Images from the scene show four badly damaged police cars and two other vehicles, one on its side, with debris scattered across the road. One of the police cars has had its roof torn off.

2 weeks ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Mark Brown |Hannah Al-Othman

Two teenagers have been found guilty at Leicester crown court of the manslaughter of Bhim Kohli after the 80-year-old was attacked in a park near Leicester in September. A 15-year-old boy, who kicked, punched and racially abused Kohli while he was walking his dog in a park, has been found guilty of manslaughter. A court heard that while Kohli was on his knees, the boy took off one of his slider shoes and slapped the elderly man in the face.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Mark Brown

Two teenagers have been found guilty at Leicester crown court of the manslaughter of Bhim Kohli after the 80-year-old was attacked in a park near Leicester in September. A 15-year-old boy, who kicked, punched and racially abused the defenceless 80-year-old man while he was walking his dog in a park, has been found guilty of manslaughter. A court heard that while Kohli was on his knees, the boy took off one of his slider shoes and slapped the elderly man in the face.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Mark Brown

“Everyone is despondent,” said Roj Rahman when trying to sum up the mood of a town where thousands of people could be out of work and 160 years of iron and steelmaking history could come to a juddering end in just a few months. “The steelworks is the very fabric of Scunthorpe,” he said. “It’s not just the steelworks, it’s all the small businesses associated with it, all the logistics and so on.

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Mark Brown

Rare and fantastical 16th-century wall paintings which shine light on the interior design tastes of well-off Tudors have been revealed in a former hunting lodge. Historic England said the wall paintings at The Ashes in Inglewood Forest, Cumbria, were remarkable and warranted extra heritage protection. The black and white paintings most likely date from the reign of Elizabeth I and are essentially examples of how people with disposable incomes would then have decorated their homes.