A STUDENT netted £36,000 after he was hit by a tennis racquet — part of a string of council compensation claims. One got £9,000 when a goal they were leaning against fell on them, while £4,500 went to a pupil pushed in the playground. They were among 92 payouts to children last year totalling £1.3million. … Read more
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Sunday, August 11, 2024 Pastor Andy Thompson of World Overcomers Christian Church in Durham, N.C. | Facebook/Pastor Andy Thompson A North Carolina megachurch pastor, who leads the 15,000-member World Overcomers Christian Church in Durham, will pay his ex-wife $12,000 monthly in alimony as part of a separation agreement for … Read more
THE families of two teenagers killed in a motorcycle crash have praised a “hero” passerby who tried to save them. Wayne Hodgson, 18, and Bobby Grimes, 13, died after the motorcycle they were on collided with a car in Rushyford, County Durham, shortly before noon on Friday. 3 Bobby Grimes’ family described him as a … Read more
A TOP cop who shared a 120-mile police lift home to England with Scotland’s new force chief was an “axe man”, it is claimed. Ex-Durham Constabulary Assistant Chief Officer Gary Ridley earmarked hundreds of Police Scotland jobs for cuts after Chief Constable Jo Farrell asked him to do an “efficiency review”. 4 Police Scotland chief … Read more
“The 18-year-old blonde wife of a British soldier here has gone on a hunger strike because she claims the Army is not providing them with proper accommodation,” reported the South China Morning Post from Singapore on March 26, 1962. “Mrs Cynthia Mitchell, of Durham, mother of a 15-month-old daughter, has lost 14lbs [6kg] since she … Read more
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