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Homebase is closing 13 stores across the UK this month in another blow to Britain's high streets. The DIY and garden retailer confirmed the closures will take place this weekend, though exact dates for individual stores have not been announced.

Two men have been sentenced for killing and attempting to rob a drug dealer for a stash of cocaine in south London.

Michael Afonso-Peixoto, 27, drove to Thornton Heath after someone offered to buy drugs, but was instead ambushed by five men.

On 31 January, Millennium Community Solutions (MCS) launch a 40-week free computer programmer training program exclusively for women.

Diversifying IT

New owners of The Norbury, the big old boozer on London Road that closed its doors nearly five years ago, have put forward a set of proposals for public consultation to refurbish the building as an Islamic community centre, to be called the Norbury Hive.

A map has revealed the 13 Homebase branches shutting for good in January as huge closing down sales are launched. The full list of confirmed Homebase stores shutting their doors in January has emerged - but the exact dates of each has not been clarified.