Jonny Manning

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Metal detectorist who tried to sell rare coins must pay £103k

1 month ago | bbc.com | Nathan Bevan |Jonny Manning

Rare coin man must pay £103k or face jail againNathan Bevan & Jonny ManningBBC News, North East and CumbriaCrown Prosecution ServiceRoger Pilling has been ordered to pay £103,000 for two missing treasure coinsA metal detectorist who planned to sell a hoard of Anglo-Saxon coins has been ordered to pay £103,000 or face being jailed again. Roger Pilling, 77, from Loveclough, near Rawtensall, Lancashire, was told he had three months to come up with the six-figure crime proceeds settlement.
Millom shopkeeper, 100, says he may retire in a year or two

1 month ago | bbc.co.uk | Jonny Manning |Mat Trewern

Image caption, Arthur Ferguson still plays an active role in the business he started with his wife 70 years ago BBC News, North East and CumbriaA 100-year-old shopkeeper who has been in business for more than seven decades says he may consider retiring "in a year or two". Arthur Ferguson and his wife Cicely turned a former bakery in Millom, Cumbria, into a haberdashery in the 1950s, and since then it has become a steadfast part of the community.
Former civic hall to reopen as community venue

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Bill Edgar

A former town hall is to be brought back into use after a council agreed to hand over the building to a community group. Stanley Civic Hall, in County Durham, will now be run by Lamplights Arts Centre Ltd, which is to turn the site into a venue for sports, stage productions and events. The building, also known as the Lamplight Arts Centre, requires significant investment to bring it back into use after falling into disrepair, Durham County Council said.
Ex-Durham Police officer accused of inappropriate conduct

2 months ago | bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Martin Emmerson

Ex-police officer accused of inappropriate conductJonny Manning and Martin EmmersonBBC News, North East and CumbriaGoogleA number of the alleged instances of inappropriate conduct took place at Bishop Auckland Police StationA former police officer has been accused of pursuing a relationship with a woman he met on the job and inappropriate conduct towards a female colleague.
Ashington art competition attracts record number of submissions

Feb 24, 2025 | bbc.com | Jonny Manning |Mark Denten

Record number of artworks submitted to exhibitionJonny Manning & Mark DentenBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCExhibition visitors will have the chance to vote for their favourite artworkAn art exhibition showcasing works produced by artists from across the north-east of England has attracted its largest ever number of submissions. The Northumberland Open Exhibition at the Woodhorn Museum, in Ashington, received 458 submissions from 197 amateur and professional artists.
City street flooded by burst water main

Dec 4, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Jim Scott

Northumbrian Water is working to fix the burst water main, which flooded the road on Tuesday [BBC]A residential street has been flooded by a burst water main. Chester Road in Sunderland has been closed while engineers repair the leak at the Western Hill junction. Bakhtiar Ali, who owns the Sultan Halal Superstore, said the street had flooded before but on Tuesday evening the water was just a few centimetres away from entering his shop.
The quest to reply to boy's message in a bottle

Nov 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Matt Bailey

When six-year-old Blake threw a message in a bottle into the sea, he hoped it would reach far away shores. But when the person who found it had no way of contacting him, it was not the end of the tale. The problem with finding a mysterious message in a bottle is there is often no way to reply to whoever sent it. Six-year-old Blake thought he had solved the problem by including an email address when he threw his into the sea at South Shields.
Petrol cost rise warning over oil terminal closure

Oct 9, 2024 | msn.com | Jonny Manning |Siân Hall

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Body found in search for missing NHS TV chaplain

Sep 20, 2024 | aol.com | Jonny Manning |Jason Murugesu

Katherine Watson worked at a Newcastle NHS trust [Handout]A body has been found in the search for a missing hospital chaplain. Katherine Watson, 50, who worked as the head of chaplaincy at a Newcastle NHS trust and was featured in the TV series Geordie Hospital, went missing on Thursday. Northumbria Police said a body was discovered in the Jesmond Dene area of Newcastle, which it believed was Ms Watson. Supt Darren Adams said it was "an incredibly sad outcome".
Man guilty of stab murder over parking dispute

Aug 29, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jonny Manning |Mark Denten

Jonny Manning - BBC News, North East and Cumbria and Mark Denten - BBC News, North East and CumbriaAugust 29, 2024 at 10:00 AM·2 min readA sandwich shop worker has been found guilty of murdering a man from a neighbouring business after a long-running dispute over a parking space. Andrew Darn died at the Tyne Tunnel Trading Estate, in North Shields, North Tyneside, in March. Newcastle Crown Court heard that the 35-year-old was stabbed by Alder Willis, with whom there had been tension since 2010.