Jack Fifield
Senior Reporter at South West News Service (SWNS)
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yorkpress.co.uk | Dylan Connell |Jack Fifield |Charlie Fenton
Neil Cotton, 57, helps primary and secondary pupils in Howden, near Goole. But he said he has been told he can "no longer high five" children because "it upsets some drivers having to wait another 10 seconds". East Riding of Yorkshire Council said officers visited the lollipop man and “reminded” him “of the need not to have distractions while children are crossing”. Neil controls a busy junction known locally as 'Cross Keys Corner'.
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stokesentinel.co.uk | Jack Fifield |Charlie Fenton
A school lollipop man has been told he can't 'high five" children when they cross the road. Neil Cotton, 57, helps primary and secondary pupils on the school-run. But he says he has been told he can "no longer high five" kids because "it upsets some drivers having to wait another ten seconds". Neil controls a very busy junction. He said: "I do the job for the kids - I love bringing them a little bit of joy and brightening up their day.
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lancs.live | Jack Fifield
A red-faced mum was kicked out of two Home Bargains stores after facial recognition software wrongly identified her as having previously shoplifted £10 worth of toilet rolls. Danielle Horan was left feeling ‘sick’ after she was taken aside and kicked out of Home Bargains – after she staff mistakenly marked her as having stolen a pack of 24 toilet rolls on a previous visit.
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lancs.live | Jack Fifield
A granddad from Lancshire who helped rebuild Donald Campbell's tragic Bluebird is aiming to break the world water speed record - in a 400mph jet-powered hydrofoil built in his garage. David Aldred, 63, was among a team of engineers who restored the Bluebird K7 after it was raised from the bed of Coniston Water in 2001. He is now working with a group of experts including a former McLaren engineer to build a hydrofoil which is capable of speeds up to 400mph.
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yorkshirepost.co.uk | Nick Towle |Jack Fifield
An army staff sergeant who defrauded his regiment out of more than £330,000 to buy luxury cars and get a hair transplant has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Andrew Oakes, 39, used his prestigious position as financial systems administrator at the Catterick Garrison army base in North Yorkshire to fraudulently transfer Ministry of Defence money to his personal accounts, Teesside Crown Court heard.
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No one wants to spend their Easter weekend stuck in traffic. So we're lifting more than a thousand miles of roadworks over Easter. And to save you money, we've frozen fuel duty and delivered record funding to fix potholes. Drivers — I'm on your side.
