A LEADING GP has warned that doctors could be reluctant to take on extra shifts as a new scheme offering patients appointments seven days a week gets underway. On Wednesday three federations of GP practices, including one in Abingdon, agreed to launch the new service, with additional hours on weekday evenings, and a surgeries on Sunday from 8am to 11am.
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Hair dresser Lee Stafford opens NKC hair salon, Lower Higham Road, Gravesend
Celebrity hairdresser Lee Stafford was the special guest of honour invited to open a new salon at North Kent College’s Gravesend campus in Lower Higham Road. He was impressed by what he found.
Thief crawls into store to steal children’s magazines
A British shopkeeper shared video of a bizarre theft where a man crawled into the store on all fours and grabbed magazines meant for young girls. Sunny Patel, owner of the Best-One store in the Knowle district of Bristol, England, posted CCTV videos to Facebook showing different angles of the Friday incident at the store.
Voting for Trump Is the 2nd Biggest Turn-Off for NYC Singles, Study Finds
As much as we’d like to keep stressful American politics far away from our personal lives, many consider it too important of a topic to keep on the back burner while navigating the dating pool. For some, like a friend of a friend who lives in Brooklyn, it’s actually issue number one: her Tinder bio reads, “Ignorance will not be tolerated The seventh annual Match.com Singles in America survey, which polled 5,000 18 t0 71-year-old U.S. singles of all races, genders and sexual orientations, shows she’s not alone.
Call for action as fly-tippers blasted for costing tax payers 100,000
TIPPERS have been blasted after costing tax payers more than A 100,000 in a little over three years. Clearing up the mess has cost A 112,000 in Weymouth and Portland and west Dorset in three and a half years.
Council tax payers to face further hikes as Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service proposes rise
COUNCIL tax payers could continue to face hikes in their bills as Staffordshire Fire bosses look to save A 4.8m in the next three years. Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Authority is set to agree at a meeting on Wednesday to raise its council tax precept by 1.75 per cent from April.
Trevor Timon faces a two-week trial at London’s Old Bailey on charges of murder and common assault
Oliver Dearlove, 30, died after allegedly being attacked while waiting for a cab on a night out in Blackheath, south-east London, on August 28 last year. Trevor Timon, 31, of Heavitree Road, Plumstead, south-east London, is accused of killing him with a single punch after hitting the victim’s friend, Andrew Cook, in the face.
EXCLUSIVE: Hotel near JFK ordered to pay $65G for price gouging
Granite JFK LLC and Crossroad Hospitality Company, which owns and operates the Courtyard by Marriott New York JFK Airport hotel, will have to fork over the cash. A company that owns a prominent hotel near John F. Kennedy International Airport will have to pay more than $65,000 for gouging hundreds of consumers who’d been left stranded by a 2016 blizzard to settle a probe by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s office.
Labour has plenty of potential leaders if Corbyn quits, says campaign chief
Labour has “plenty” of potential leaders waiting in the wings should Jeremy Corbyn choose to stand down before the next general election, the party’s new campaign coordinator has said. Ian Lavery appeared to suggest that Mr Corbyn could decide to quit ahead of the expected 2020 Westminster poll, but insisted that was not the situation at present.
UPDATE and VIDEO: Firefighters tackle blaze at city restaurant
Engines from Odsal , Bradford and Fairweather Green were sent to My Lahore restaurant and cafe, in Great Horton Road, next to Bradford College , shortly before 11am. The fire appeared to have started in the kitchen area at the rear of the building, taking hold in the space between an extraction unit and the ceiling of the kitchen.
Firefighters tackle two fires at Hampshire prison
Two fire engines from Winchester Fire Station and one from Eastleigh was called to deal with the first fire at 8.08pm.
Labour has ‘plenty of leaders to pick from’ to replace Corbyn
Labour has “plenty” of potential leaders waiting in the wings should Jeremy Corbyn choose to stand down, the party’s new election coordinator has said. Ian Lavery said polling on shadow cabinet members was carried out in Manchester ahead of the upcoming mayoral election and such research was not “uncommon”.
COLUMN: Determined to ensure Brexit works for us
L ast year the British people voted to leave the European Union. People voted for change and for an opportunity to shape the country’s future.
Hunstanton Methodist Church helps keep Mission Aviation Fellowship in the air
Kevin Crook, from the Mission Aviation Fellowship, with one of its Cessna aircraft at Hunstanton Methodist Church. Picture: Chris Bishop A Christian charity which flies aid and medical supplies to remote areas of third world countries brought one of its planes to a Norfolk church which is supporting it.
Remembering The ‘Edutainer’ Who Made Statistics Come To Life
He called himself an “edutainer.” His gift was bringing statistics about the world to life.
Man jailed for raping and repeatedly beating woman
A 30-YEAR-OLD man has been jailed for more than six years for raping and repeatedly beating a woman. Gareth Owen, of Manor Drive, Cottingley , Bingley , was convicted by a jury at Bradford Crown Court after a trial lasting several days.
Brothers burst into pizza shop and hit family members with bat and hammer in honour attack
TWO brothers carried out a brutal ‘honour attack’ with a baseball bat and hammer as a family dined at a pizza shop. Burnley Crown Court heard Khalil Hussain, 24, and Munir Ali Hussain, 35, burst into Planet Pizza in Croft Street, Burnley, to settle an ‘honour feud’.
Homeless man living rough in Norfolk tells of hopes to escape destructive spiral
Being homeless is more than not having a home. It’s days filled with loneliness, weeks with no money and years with no hope.
Irish folk singer to perform at Four Saints
If you love Irish music and want to impress your sweetheart this weekend, mark your calendars for a real treat as Irish-American folk singer Jim Sharkey performs live at Four Saints Brewing Company on Sunday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sharkey, was born in the United States but grew up in County Roscommon, Ireland, where his parents were originally from. He came to the United States in 1982 when he joined the U.S. Navy in London, England.
Irish folk singer to perform at Four Saints
If you love Irish music and want to impress your sweetheart this weekend, mark your calendars for a real treat as Irish-American folk singer Jim Sharkey performs live at Four Saints Brewing Company on Sunday from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Sharkey, was born in the United States but grew up in County Roscommon, Ireland, where his parents were originally from. He came to the United States in 1982 when he joined the U.S. Navy in London, England.
News 11 mins ago 11:27 a.m.Digital news readers may not recall news source
In this photo illustration a girl browses the social networking site Facebook on July 10, 2007 in London, England. News outlets are looking to social media as a way to gain readers, but new research suggests that digital news consumers may not recall where they got their news from.
Boy, 11, injured in York hit and run
North Yorkshire Police said the boy was cycling home from Joseph Rowntree School when his bike was hit from behind close to the junction of Aucuba Close and Alder Way in New Earswick . A spokesman said the boy suffered “minor injuries, scrapes and bruising”, when he was knocked off his cycle, and the driver did not stop at the scene.
New chapter for Higos, thanks to Royds Withy King
Wiltshire-based law firm Royds Withy King acted as lead advisers to the sellers of one of the largest providers of insurance services, Higos Holdings Limited, on its sale to Global Risk Partners for an undisclosed sum. Higos, which employs around 300 people and has 20 offices in Wiltshire , Somerset, Dorset, South Gloucestershire, Devon and Hampshire, was founded by managing director Ian Gosden in 1990.
Pomp and pageantry: city’s first 1 million new street 1
For better or worse, one thing they certainly used to do better in the “old days” is pomp and circumstance. This photograph, above, showing the official opening, by the Lord Mayor of London, of Leicester’s new Charles Street, 85 years ago, illustrates the point perfectly.
Court Files: Round-up of cases in the magistrates courts
Matthew James Fox, 37, of Dewsbury Crescent, Stafford, admitted stealing a digital camera, sander, portable DVD play, Xbox game and acoustic stereo system to the value of A 370 in Stafford between October 19 and December 11, stealing a satellite navigation system in Stafford on October 17. He was given a 12-month community order, A 150 compensation, A 85 victim surcharge and A 145 costs. Corey Davies, 19, of Church Street, Rugeley, admitted stealing fragrances worth A 50 from Boots in Market Square, and stealing fragrances worth A 15 from Sports Direct in Stafford on January 3. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge, told to pay A 20 victim surcharge and A 135 costs.
Court Files: Round-up of cases in the magistrates courts
Matthew James Fox, 37, of Dewsbury Crescent, Stafford, admitted stealing a digital camera, sander, portable DVD play, Xbox game and acoustic stereo system to the value of A 370 in Stafford between October 19 and December 11, stealing a satellite navigation system in Stafford on October 17. He was given a 12-month community order, A 150 compensation, A 85 victim surcharge and A 145 costs. Corey Davies, 19, of Church Street, Rugeley, admitted stealing fragrances worth A 50 from Boots in Market Square, and stealing fragrances worth A 15 from Sports Direct in Stafford on January 3. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge, told to pay A 20 victim surcharge and A 135 costs.
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A heroin addict who stole a total of A 1,600 of alcohol from 20 shops – and then gave the police his brother’s name – has been jailed. Gary Mollison was arrested by police after he was identified on CCTV footage.
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A heroin addict who stole a total of A 1,600 of alcohol from 20 shops – and then gave the police his brother’s name – has been jailed. Gary Mollison was arrested by police after he was identified on CCTV footage.
Video shows man being kidnapped from busy bar
Police have released shocking surveillance video showing the moment a man is kidnapped by a group of men from a bar in Bristol, England. The 22-year-old victim was dragged out of the bar on December 15, 2016, before being assaulted and thrown into a car.
Project pledging to breathe new life into Shotley pier given backing from Suffolk MP
Supporters of the bid for Shotley Pier campaign. From left: Sally Chicken, chairman of Shotley Heritage Community Benefit Societ, Ltd, Gary Richen, James Cartlidge MP, Derek Davis, Babergh councillor and Annette Ellis, manager of Stowmarket tourist information office.
Crews assist woman with hand trapped in car door in Swaffham
Emergency services were called to help a woman who had her hand trapped in a car door in Swaffham yesterday . Fire crews from Massingham and Swaffham, along with paramedics, responded to reports of the incident on Spinners Lane at around 8.35am.
King’s Lynn tree surgeon’s new enterprise takes off
The launch of new business Apex Arborists last month by tree surgeon Matthew Alway, from Lynn, is already bearing fruit. Matthew left school unsure about what profession to follow but was determined to be his own boss.
Major expansion at King’s Lynn company creates more jobs and generates increased exports
Family run Business Polar Systems, Oldmedow Road, Hardwick Industrial Estate, King’s Lynn LtoR, Ashley Gamble, Peter Gamble, Adrian Gamble, standing with part of the popcorn production system. Family run Lynn business Polar Systems which produces a range of food processing solutions is developing its global marketplace thanks to major expansion.
Boy, 13, took car for a joyride in Darwen
A 13-YEAR-OLD took a car without the owner’s consent and went on a joyride in Darwen, a court has heard. Blackburn magistrates heard how the teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons but is from Darwen, took the Fiat Panda car on January 5. He pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent, driving without a licence and driving without insurance.
Keighley Film Club showing ‘United Kingdom’ at the Picture House cinema
“United Kingdom”, which is a certificate 12a, will be screened at the Picture House cinema at 6pm on Sunday February 19. The film features a moving love story that starts with encounters of racism from neighbours and later looks back to a shameful period of Britain’s colonial history.
Keighley Film Club showing ‘United Kingdom’ at the Picture House cinema
“United Kingdom”, which is a certificate 12a, will be screened at the Picture House cinema at 6pm on Sunday February 19. The film features a moving love story that starts with encounters of racism from neighbours and later looks back to a shameful period of Britain’s colonial history.
Five startups graduate from Octopus Labs accelerator
Nearly 200 fintech investors and financial advisers gathered on the top floor of The Gherkin last night for the culmination of the Octopus Labs accelerator programme.
Five startups graduate from Octopus Labs accelerator
Nearly 200 fintech investors and financial advisers gathered on the top floor of The Gherkin last night for the culmination of the Octopus Labs accelerator programme.
In today’s Mid Sussex Times: ‘Shock as woman dies in town centre crash’
A 78-year-old woman who has not been named died following a collision with a car in South Road, Haywards Heath. A pharmacist working in a nearby store rushed to the aid of the woman but was unable to save her.
[Park Slope] Tote-al recall! Shopkeepers fed up with plastic-bag-fee uncertainty
Bag it!: Park Sloper George Olivera says the state was right to overrule the city’s five-cent fee for bags. State lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law forbidding the city’s planned five-cent fee on plastic bags until 2018, leaving the measure championed by Mayor DeBlasio and Councilman Brad Lander in the hands of the mayor’s sworn nemesis, Gov. Cuomo.