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1 week ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | James Gamble |Ryan Thom
Trevor Gocan punched and kicked pensioner James O'Neill before leaving him bleeding on the floor at an estate where they both lived in Covent Garden, central London, a court was told. A former postman has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his elderly neighbour after a heated row over a gate. Trevor Gocan punched and kicked pensioner James O'Neill before leaving him bleeding on the floor at an estate where they both lived in Covent Garden, central London, a court was told.
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1 week ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | Peter Davidson |James Gamble
Graham Anstee woke up one morning last September unable to read, understand words or remember his wife's name - but he could still play the banjoA man woke up one morning to find he could no longer speak or remember his wife's name - but could still play the banjo. Last September, Graham Anstee, 75, experienced a harrowing morning when he awoke unable to speak or recall the names of his family members, including his wife's.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailyrecord.co.uk | James Gamble
A former postman has been found guilty of killing his elderly neighbour after a heated row over a gate. Trevor Gocan punched and kicked pensioner James O'Neill before leaving him bleeding on the floor at an estate where they both lived in Covent Garden, central London, a court was told. Southwark Crown Court heard 57-year-old Gocan had become involved in an argument with his 74-year-old neighbour over 'shutting a gate' at the entrance to the Odhams Walk, opposite a Zara store.
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2 weeks ago | 
dailymail.co.uk | James Gamble
A couple say their lives were made hell by a neighbour from hell who spent 18 months terrorising them through their Ring doorbell. Ben, who does not wish to give his surname, bought his first flat in Wandsworth, southwest London, back in 2022. But the 32-year-old's troubles began when council tenant Drina Gray moved into the flat below the following April.
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3 weeks ago | 
express.co.uk | James Gamble
Lois Crook, 8, in hospital. (Image: Emma Crook / SWNS)Lois Crook, eight, was flung into the air by a zipline at Victoria Park in Ashford, Kent, and was rushed to a London hospital after suffering a serious neck fracture. Despite the harrowing ordeal that left her with a custom halo brace anchored into her skull, doctors have said it's a miracle her spinal cord remained intact.
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3 weeks ago | 
express.co.uk | Padma Murughappun |James Gamble
A British Army veteran claims he has had trouble accessing regular hot water or heating for years - but his housing provider continues to ignore him. (Image: SWNS)A British Army veteran has opened up about his struggle with getting consistent access to heating and hot water, claiming that despite repeated pleas, his housing provider has continued to disregard his situation.
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3 weeks ago | 
express.co.uk | Padma Murughappun |James Gamble
A couple who swapped the jammed streets of Kent for a historic French château says they've found a community they lacked in the UK. (Image: SWNS)Heidi and Anthony Muir were fed up with the relentless traffic jams clogging the streets by their residence every weekend. Thus, about three years ago, they decided to part ways with their £600,000 four-bedroom semi in Allington, near Maidstone, opting instead for a majestic French château, complete with its own land, at nearly half the cost.
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1 month ago | 
watfordobserver.co.uk | James Gamble
Brazen drug dealers are targeting children near schools by trying to sell them cannabis using QR codes on lampposts. Furious locals believe the stickers - of a shiny marijuana leaf with a scannable QR code below - are being used to tempt "impressionable" kids to get hooked on illegal substances. Herts Police have confirmed they are looking into the origin of the stickers, after dozens were placed at children’s eye level on lampposts near to Parkgate Junior School in North Watford.
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1 month ago | 
essexlive.news | James Gamble
A family of cannabis cooks who made hundreds of thousands of pounds selling homemade edibles have been ordered to pay back more than £50,000. Twin brothers Bradley and Brendan Vidovic, along with mum Paula, made over £400,000 in little over a year supplying a wide selection of cannabis food products from their home in Colchester, Essex.
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1 month ago | 
thenorthernecho.co.uk | James Gamble
Brian Wilkins - known as the 'Bird Man of Hartlepool' - feeding birds in the town (Image: Paula Allison / SWNS) A grandfather known as 'the Bird Man' has been threatened with jail if he feeds any animals across the UK. Brian Wilkins, who buys as many as 30 loaves of bread a day to feed the "starving" birds of his hometown, was also ordered to pay out £2,000 in fines and costs. The emotional 77-year-old blasted the decision as "heinous" and "beyond evil".
