Nick Horner

Police and amateur investigators are seeking to identify a man found hanging in Coronation Wood near Lichfield in 1987. The unidentified man was in his mid-50s, spoke English with a strong Eastern European or possibly Russian accent, and was notable for having only two lower teeth. A new appeal suggests he may have used Friary School’s swimming pool, while a key bearing a number 6 found among his possessions could have been a locker key. Staffordshire Police and Locate International are asking former swimmers, staff, betting-shop customers and anyone with photographs or memories of a similar man to provide information that could resolve the nearly 40-year-old case.

Three schoolboys were injured, one seriously, when part of a tree fell during morning break at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys in Birmingham. Emergency services provided advanced trauma care on-site before transporting all three teenagers to Birmingham Children’s Hospital, where they are undergoing further assessment. The school secured the area, removed the fallen tree, notified families, and is conducting a full investigation, while staff support pupils who witnessed the incident.