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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Jonathan Vernon-Smith |Louise Parry
A mum was left "in shock" after being accidentally charged £4,586 for a two-hour session at a multi-storey car park. Yaditi Kava, 39, said she had typed in her pin number at the exit barrier at Queensmere Observatory Shopping Centre in Slough, without noticing the amount. She said it took three weeks and intervention from the BBC Three Counties JVS Show before her money was refunded.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Ellena Cruse |Louise Parry
T20 Blast: Sanderson hat-trick seals Northants winBen Sanderson takes four wickets in an over, including a hat-trick, as Northants win in the T20 Blast, but Gloucestershire and Essex lose again.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Ellena Cruse |Louise Parry
30,546 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others? 30,546 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?
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3 weeks ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Ellena Cruse |Louise Parry
From unusual food bank donations to angry parents after a school rule change, how much East of England news can you remember from the past seven days? Follow East of England news on X, Instagram and Facebook: BBC Beds, Herts & Bucks, BBC Cambridgeshire, BBC Essex, BBC Norfolk, BBC Northamptonshire or BBC Suffolk.
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2 months ago | 
bbc.co.uk | Louise Parry |Justin Dealey
Image source, Justin Dealey/BBCImage caption, The hawk was nicknamed "Bomber Harris" because of the way it had been "bombing down on people"A hawk that was captured after terrorising villagers for a month is now being retrained at an aviary, a falconer has said. Steve Harris, 40, managed to trap the Harris's hawk on Thursday after it landed in his garden in Flamstead, Hertfordshire, using a cage loaned by local falconer Wayne.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | Louise Parry |Justin Dealey
A Harris's hawk that has been repeatedly attacking villagers has been captured by a resident with the same name. Steve Harris, 40, told the BBC he had managed to humanely catch the hawk in his garden in Flamstead, Hertfordshire. It is estimated that the bird of prey had swooped on at least 50 people since early March, drawing blood from several victims.
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2 months ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Louise Parry |Martin Heath
How Corby was reborn as a new town 75 years agoThe first day of April 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the village of Corby in Northamptonshire officially becoming a new town. The Glasgow-based steel making firm of Stewarts and Lloyds relocated to Corby in 1932, and thousands of Scottish workers headed south to what became known as "Little Scotland". By 1950, the population had grown from 1,500 to 18,000, and it was designated as a new town the following year.
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Feb 15, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Louise Parry |Nicola Haseler
A century after her first novel was published, an exhibition is set to show a "whole other side" to the colourful character of Dame Barbara Cartland. The Art of Romance opens today at Hertford Museum to mark the 100 years of Jig-Saw - the first of her 723 novels. So, who was Dame Barbara and what else is she known for beyond her extravagant outfits and love stories?
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Feb 14, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Louise Parry |Alex Pope
Police searching for a woman who went missing from her Fenland village several weeks ago have launched a murder investigation and arrested a man as part of their inquiries. The woman, who is in her 50s and from Christchurch near March, Cambridgeshire, has not been seen since late January. Detectives said they were concerned enough about her welfare to treat the disappearance as a "no body" murder case. AdvertisementA 47-year-old man, from Christchurch, is being questioned on suspicion of murder.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Louise Parry |Steve Humphrey
There have been 850 objections to plans for a large biofuel plant in the countryside - with many worried it will increase traffic. The proposed development between Oakley and Long Crendon, near Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire, would generate "sustainable" biogas to heat more than 7,000 homes. Speaking ahead of a deadline for people to submit comments, the Conservative MP for Mid Buckinghamshire, Greg Smith, said: "It's just not on, it's not safe.
