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1 week ago | 
mylondon.news | Lea Dzifa Seeberg |Rod Minchin PA
A ladies' pocket watch found among the belongings of one the passengers who drowned on the ill-fated maiden voyage of the Titanic could sell for up to £50,000 at auction. Danish second-class passenger Hans Christensen Givard, 27, was among one of the 1,500 who died when the vessel struck an iceberg in 1912. Mr Givard was travelling to the US with two of his friends who also died in the disaster.
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1 week ago | 
mylondon.news | Will Twigger |Rod Minchin PA
A woman who killed her terminally-ill father has been allowed to walk free from court with a two-year suspended sentence by a judge who told her: "I recognise I have taken a merciful course." Dr Lisa Davenport, 55, smothered Barrie Davenport, 88, with a pillow at his home in Banbury, Oxfordshire in October 2022. Oxford Crown Court heard Mr Davenport had been suffering from terminal pancreatic cancer and was in a great deal of pain during his final few hours of life.
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2 weeks ago | 
walesonline.co.uk | Alex Hickey |Rod Minchin PA
An Islamic extremist who arrived in the UK on a small boat has been jailed for 45 months for supporting terror group Isis. Turkish national Hakan Barac, 28, had reached the country two years ago and was in the process of applying for asylum when he was arrested by counter-terrorism police last year. Bristol Crown Court heard Barac had been posting videos on social media sites, including Instagram and Telegram, glorifying Isis and terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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3 weeks ago | 
plymouthherald.co.uk | Mark Taylor |Rod Minchin PA
A coroner has voiced concerns over an internal hospital investigation into the death of an elderly woman who died after being pushed over by another patient with a history of similar attacks. Mary Pomeroy, 89, sustained fatal injuries after being knocked to the ground on a ward at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth in March 2022.
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1 month ago | 
somersetlive.co.uk | Daniel Clark |Rod Minchin PA
A pensioner died after being crushed to death when she fell from a boat into a canal while on a family holiday, an inquest heard. Margaret Billings, 78, was trapped between the narrow boat and quayside of the Kennet and Avon Canal in Devizes, Wiltshire. Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court heard Mrs Billings died soon after at the scene of the incident on the afternoon of June 27 last year.
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1 month ago | 
mirror.co.uk | Lawrence Matheson |Rod Minchin PA
Britain's taste for cheese is changing, with the nation's favourite - Cheddar - now being favoured in stronger varieties, as food trends have transformed our palates. For centuries, mild and medium strengths have ruled, but it's the punchy extra mature and vintage Cheddars that are now flying off the shelves, data reveals. Demand for these robust flavours has rocketed, prompting Ford Farms in Dorchester, renowned for crafting these vigorous cheeses, to report soaring sales.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Rod Minchin PA |Lawrence Matheson
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1 month ago | 
mirror.co.uk | Lawrence Matheson |Rod Minchin PA
A devoted rollercoaster fan, Charlotte Brandford, has expressed her dismay over the abrupt shutdown of Wales's biggest theme park. A globetrotter for thrill rides, Brandford holds the wooden Megafobia ride at Oakwood Theme Park in Pembrokeshire close to her heart, ranking it as her second favourite in the UK. The park's operator, Aspro Parks Group, has decided to cease operations immediately after nearly four decades, citing a decline in visitor numbers.
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1 month ago | 
msn.com | Rod Minchin PA |Pete Gavan
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 month ago | 
bristolpost.co.uk | Pete Gavan |Rod Minchin PA
A fresh appeal has been launched by police 15 years after the disappearance of a father-of-two. Colleagues of Donavan Van Lill, 29, raised the alarm on March 3 2010 when he did not show up for work that afternoon at a leisure centre in Chippenham, Wiltshire. The last known sighting of South African-born Mr Van Lill was at his home address in Pewsham that morning.
