George King
Reporter at BBC Radio Suffolk
Reporter at BBC
Reporter at BBC News / BBC Radio Suffolk 🧑💻📻 | Former Audience and Content Editor at Newsquest | Got a story? Email [email protected] 📧
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6 days ago |
bbc.com | George King
'I lost £85k to romance scam - banks must do more'George KingBBCRodrick Lodge said his banks had failed himA widower who was tricked into sending £85,000 to a woman who never existed said banks should do more to protect vulnerable people from scammers. Rodrick Lodge told the BBC he was left homeless after falling victim to a con that saw him transfer his life savings to someone called "Anita".
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | George King
George KingBBC News, CambridgeshireA man who called a woman more than 400 times in three days to intimidate her into dropping domestic abuse accusations against him has been jailed. Adrian Duke, 37, of Russell Street, Peterborough, also hid in her house while she was visited by police and threatened her with violence if she read her statement in court. Police said she withdrew the charges but later confided in officers.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | George King
Takeaway blames fault after shopfront destroyedGeorge KingColin JacksonEssex Pizza and Chicken has closed down while refurbishment works can be carried outManagement at a takeaway restaurant said faulty equipment was to blame after their shopfront appeared to have been blasted off. Firefighters, paramedics and police officers were called to Essex Pizza and Chicken in Great Yeldham, near Halstead, at about 15:30 BST.
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1 week ago |
bbc.com | George King
A-road blocked by overturned lorry carrying gravelGeorge KingJamie Niblock/BBCThe incident resulted in a section of the southbound A12 being closedPart of a dual carriageway has been closed after a lorry transporting gravel overturned on a roundabout. The vehicle toppled over on the A12 near The Hollies holiday resort in Kessingland, Lowestoft at about 08:25 BST but nobody was injured, Suffolk Police said.
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | George King
Image source, George King/BBCImage caption, Heidi Jones says the impact of Lakenheath Fen gives her "hope for the future"For the past three decades Lakenheath Fen Nature Reserve has built a habitat for species that were once considered rare in the UK to breed and and increase in number. The wetland reserve was created in 1995 when the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) bought the site, which at the time was mainly arable fields.
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