Man's body found after fire

Birmingham: A man's body was found after a "severe fire" at a terraced house, emergency services said.

Fire crews and the ambulance service were called to the blaze at the two-storey end terrace house in Harvest Close, Stirchley, Birmingham.

Cumbria: Construction work is to start on a temporary road bridge that will allow drivers to cross the River Derwent in Workington for the first time since the November floods, council chiefs said.

The new two-lane, 350-tonne road bridge will be paid for by up to 4.6 million of funding from the Department of Transport.

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