A refugee who fled a brutal war and was separated from his sister has become a an "outstanding member" of the Network Rail team at Birmingham New Street.

Noham Adane grew up in Sudan and later South Sudan with his sister and her husband.

But civil war meant he had to flee to the UK alone.

He arrived in 2022, claiming asylum, and living in a Home Office-run hotel in Solihull, where he began volunteering with homeless organisations in Birmingham.

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"I don't have a family, my sister is the only one" the softly-spoken 28-year-old tells us outside Birmingham New Street.

He was bor

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