All news by author: Ashley Preece

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Inside £500m 'ghost village' deserted after Covid axed Commonwealth Games plans
Perry Barr in Birmingham was supposed to have been transformed ahead of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games but the athletes village there was scrapped due to the impact of Covid
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Inside ’inadequate' UK school where ‘racist language and swearing is unpunished’
The 'chaotic' school, where pupils show little respect to one another, has been rated inadequate in every department as Ofsted inspectors explained how pupils are not safe while at Lea Hall Academy
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'Our neighbourhood is so filthy you can see our rubbish on Google Maps'
Newtown in Birmingham is overlooked by swanky tower blocks costing well into the millions, but this part of the city is being left behind, and residents fear it's "only getting worse"