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Inmates have rioted at HMP Birmingham tonight, with unconfirmed reports that one wing has been 'lost'.

National Tornado anti-riots teams are said to have been dispatched to the Winson Green jail - the scene of violent rioting in December 2016.

Sources claim the trouble began at 3.30pm.

It is understood a number of inmates had refused to go back into their cells after association.

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G4S runs the Category B prison, which houses more than 1,000 inmates.

Elite Tornado teams are said to be on their way to the jail, where they may look at entering to restore order.

(Image: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)

It is unclear if there are any injuries at this stage.

A G4S spokesman said tonight: "Our teams are responding to an incident on one wing at HMP Birmingham.

"We are working with colleagues from HM Prison and Probation Service to bring the incident to a safe conclusion."

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It follows a 12-hour riot at HMP Birmingham in December 2016 (see footage above), when prisoners took over four wings and caused £2million of damage.

Prisoners smashed cells and offices, started fires and sprayed officers with fire hoses.

More than 460 inmates were subsequently moved away from the Winson Green jail, which was built in Victorian times.

The jail, run by security firm G4S, holds sentenced, remand and recall inmates as well as a sex-offender wing and prisoners on life or indeterminate sentences.

Richard Stedman, who took over as HMP Birmingham governor in April, earlier this year told the Birmingham Mail how there is still too much violence in the prison.

Mind-altering drugs such as Black Mamba, and dealer debts, fuel most of the problems, he said.