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1 week ago | 
bbc.com | Dickon Hooper |Harriet Robinson
Print in 1967 murder case matches accused, jury toldDickon Hooper & Harriet RobinsonPA Media/Elizabeth CookThe court heard three experts identified Ryland Headley as a match for the 1967 palm printExperts called upon as part of a murder trial have told a court the 92-year-old defendant's palm prints match those found at the crime scene in 1967. Ryland Headley is accused of forcing entry into the Bristol home of Louisa Dunne, 75, before sexually attacking and fatally strangling her.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Maisie Lillywhite |Dickon Hooper
Image caption, A group of villagers and former pubgoers hope to save The Ivy InnA community group has big plans for a village pub, which was put on the market almost a year ago, if it successfully purchases it, its chair says. The Ivy Inn in Heddington, Wiltshire, closed in May 2024 when owners Wadworth put it up for sale. It is an asset of community value, with residents given until 2029 to raise the money to buy it back.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
finance.yahoo.com | Beth Cruse |Dickon Hooper
Mark Williams says social media has been a "big help" for his coffee shop [BBC] A town's small businesses say they are “grateful” to feature in a nationwide social media campaign urging people to shop local. Six firms in Chippenham, Wiltshire, are being filmed as part of Small Business Saturday, which works to support 5.5 million independent businesses across the UK. Mark Williams, co-owner of Coffee on the Corner, said it’s “not easy” to thrive as a small business at the moment.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Dickon Hooper
Man used 'slapping therapy as diabetes cure' - courtBy Dickon Hooper, BBC Points West • Sarah Turnnidge, BBC News, West of EnglandPAHongchi Xiao was extradited from Australia to the UK to face charges A man charged over the death of a 71-year-old woman at a slapping therapy workshop had promoted the practice as a "cure" for diabetes, a prosecutor said.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
msn.com | Maisie Lillywhite |Dickon Hooper
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May 31, 2024 | 
msn.com | Jonathan Holmes |Dickon Hooper
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May 31, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Jonathan Holmes |Dickon Hooper
Judge Martin Picton said Bowers had shown a "grotesque" level of violence [Avon & Somerset Police]A former boxer has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 19 years for murdering a man in a "brutal" attack. Adam Bowers, 35, assaulted 46-year-old Nick Bryan at a flat in Rydal Road, Weston-super-Mare on 15 November 2021. Sentencing him at Bristol Crown Court, Judge Martin Picton said Bowers had shown a "grotesque" level of violence.
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May 31, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Jonathan Holmes |Dickon Hooper
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May 16, 2024 | 
aol.com | Dickon Hooper |Dawn Limbu
May 16, 2024 at 10:25 AMSophie Harvey denies procuring poison with intent to procure a miscarriage [BBC]A woman accused of illegally aborting her baby has told a court she believes she miscarried naturally. Sophie Harvey, then 19, said the baby was not moving after she gave birth and she wrapped the infant's body in a towel and placed it in a bin at her home in Gloucestershire in September 2018.
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May 16, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dickon Hooper |Dawn Limbu
A woman from Gloucestershire accused of illegally aborting her baby told the court she believed she had a miscarriage. Sophie Harvey, 25, of St Mary's Road, Cirencester, and her partner, Elliot Benham, 25 of Wingfield, Cirencester, are accused of using "poison" to cause a miscarriage before concealing a dead baby. Appearing at Gloucester Crown Court on Thursday, Ms Harvey said she suffered serious pain and started bleeding in her bathroom in September 2018.
