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bbc.com | Briony Leyland
Service marks five years since park attackBriony LeylandBBCFamily and friends joined local dignitaries at the memorial service in the parkA service has been held to mark the fifth anniversary of a deadly attack in a park in which three men were killed. James Furlong, Joe Ritchie-Bennett and David Wails were fatally stabbed by Khairi Saadallah in Forbury Gardens, Reading, Berkshire, in 2020.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | Briony Leyland
Children of Chinook crash victims 'need answers' Chinook Justice CampaignEsme and Lucy Sparks said they wanted to "find out the truth" about how their father Major Gary Sparks diedChildren of those killed in an RAF Chinook helicopter crash in 1994 on the Mull of Kintyre have said they are "determined to get answers" from the Ministry of Defence about how their parents died. Father-of-three Major Gary Sparks, whose family is based in Hampshire, was among 29 people killed in the crash.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Briony Leyland
Image caption, Steve Duckett, aged 72, gave up work ten years ago to care for his wife Sandy who has Huntington's disease"I sleep very lightly, almost with one ear and one eye open," says Steve Duckett who cares for his wife, Sandy, who has Huntington's disease. "I have learned to be a good carer but it is relentless," he continues. Mrs Duckett, 72, first developed symptoms about 25 years ago.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Briony Leyland
'Love keeps me going' - Huntington's carerBBCSteve Duckett, aged 72, gave up work ten years ago to care for his wife Sandy who has Huntington's disease"I sleep very lightly, almost with one ear and one eye open," says Steve Duckett who cares for his wife, Sandy, who has Huntington's disease. "I have learned to be a good carer but it is relentless," he continues. Mrs Duckett, 72, first developed symptoms about 25 years ago.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Briony Leyland
'We are saving historic roses from climate change'Briony LeylandReporting fromMottisfont Abbey, near RomseyBBCGardeners at Mottisfont Abbey say they are seeing one of the earliest flowering seasons"Every rose here oozes character," says senior gardener Michael Harvey as he guides me around the garden. The sight and smell of hundreds of roses in bloom at the National Trust's Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey is spectacular.
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