Sam Russell

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Health

Boy born without hand becomes world’s youngest to get bionic Hero Arm

Jordan Marotta’s mother Ashley said the Hero Arm was an ‘instant confidence boost’ for her son

By Sam Russell
24 May 2024
Esther Martin was killed by XL bully dogs in Jaywick, Essex (Family/ PA)
UK

Two dogs that killed grandmother were XL bullies, police confirm

Esther Martin, 68, died at a house in Hillman Avenue, Jaywick, Essex, on Saturday.
By Sam Russell
9 Feb 2024
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Crime

Homeless man jailed for stealing dummies from babies’ mouths

Josh Guilder took the soothers from five youngsters around Harlow in Essex between February 10 and August 7 last year.
By Sam Russell
8 Feb 2024
The Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team looked into the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes. (EEFIT/ PA)
UK

Investigators identify main cause of casualties in Turkey-Syria earthquakes

More than 50,000 people were killed in the disaster last February.
By Sam Russell
7 Feb 2024
Sheila Sanders, 88, pulls a pint alongside present pub landlord Paul Allen (Care UK/ PA)
UK

Care home resident makes emotional return to pub she ran for 27 years

Sheila Sanders, 88, said it was ‘great to go back’ to the King’s Head Inn in Mendlesham, Suffolk.
By Sam Russell
6 Feb 2024
A spa pool is removed from an unauthorised spa pool block at the home of Hannah Ingram-Moore, the daughter of the late Captain Sir Tom Moore (Joe Giddens/PA)
UK

Crane lifts pool out of spa block at home of Captain Tom’s family

Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin, lost an appeal against an order to remove the Captain Tom Foundation Building.
By Sam Russell
2 Feb 2024
Mandarin hybrid fruit growing in Spain (Tesco/ PA)
Business News

Supermarket launches new hybrid fruit in response to drop in satsuma production

Tesco has been working with mainly Spanish growers on a breeding programme to produce so-called mandarin hybrids which have fewer pips.
By Sam Russell
2 Feb 2024
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Crime

Coroner fights back tears at inquests into deaths of two young girls

Coroner Samantha Goward appeared to cry at the start of the hearing in Norwich

By Sam Russell
31 Jan 2024
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UK

Captain Tom spa pool demolition to begin as scaffolding goes up

Scaffolders, in orange hi-vis jackets, could be seen moving metal poles around the unauthorised building in Bedfordshire

By Sam Russell
30 Jan 2024
A water company is investigating possible water contamination at a housing estate near Cambridge, with residents enduring five days without drinkable tap water (Yui Mok/PA)
UK

Possible water contamination is investigated at housing estate

Problems at the Marleigh development in Fen Ditton were first reported on Thursday.
By Sam Russell
23 Jan 2024
Police outside a house in Costessey near Norwich after four people were found dead inside the property (Joe Giddens/ PA)
UK

Costessey deaths: Man expressed concerns about mental state in earlier 999 call

A man had called 999 from the property, but police were not dispatched.
By Sam Russell
23 Jan 2024
Floral tributes have been left near to the house in Allan Bedford Crescent in Costessey, Norfolk (Sam Russell/PA)
UK

School pupils offered support after deaths of four people in house

Floral tributes have piled up near the address in Costessey, Norfolk.
By Sam Russell
22 Jan 2024
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UK

Man, woman and two young girls found dead at house were family members – police

Officers forced their way into an address in Allan Bedford Crescent, Costessey, shortly before 7am on Friday.
By Sam Russell
19 Jan 2024
Demolition has begun (Joe Giddens/PA)
UK

Demolition work starts on newbuild homes over problems with foundations

Diggers have moved on to the site and some of the properties have already been reduced to rubble.
By Sam Russell
18 Jan 2024
Garden accessories firm L V Bespoke has won its legal battle with international fashion house Louis Vuitton (Yui Mok/ PA)
Crime

Garden accessories firm wins legal fight with luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton

Married couple Lawrence and Victoria Osborne used their initials to found L V Bespoke in 2020.
By Sam Russell
18 Jan 2024
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Crime

Daughter of Sir David Amess taking legal action against police and Home Office

The veteran MP was knifed to death by Ali Harbi Ali at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex in October 2021.
By Sam Russell
17 Jan 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Leigh-on-Sea on Monday (Phil Harris/Daily Express/PA)
Politics

Prime Minister takes questions and visits seafood factory on coastal visit

Home Secretary James Cleverly was in the audience, along with members of the public.
By Sam Russell
15 Jan 2024
D-Day veteran Bill Gladden celebrated his 100th birthday at a surprise party in Haverhill, Suffolk (Sam Russell/ PA)
UK

D-Day veteran celebrates 100th birthday at surprise party thrown by family

Bill Gladden was 20 years old when he flew into Normandy on a military glider with a tank and six motorbikes on June 6, 1944.
By Sam Russell
12 Jan 2024
Brussels sprouts are harvested in a flooded field at TH Clements and Son Ltd near Boston, Lincolnshire. (Joe Giddens/ PA)
UK

Supermarket accepts smaller vegetables in bid to help flood-hit farmers

One grower reported that sprouts were growing underwater due to flooding.
By Sam Russell
12 Jan 2024
Rare medieval wall paintings have been uncovered at Christ’s College Cambridge by builders working in a roof space (Tobit Curteis Associates LLP/PA)
UK

Rare medieval wall paintings found at Cambridge University by builders

The artwork, which celebrated the royal patron of Christ’s College during the early 16th century, was discovered during restoration work.
By Sam Russell
9 Jan 2024
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UK

Captain Tom's family fail to appeal demolition order for illicit pool

Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband, Colin, lost an appeal against an order to remove the building in the grounds of the property in Bedfordshire

By Sam Russell
3 Jan 2024
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