Durham

Cop who shared 120 mile lift with Police Scotland chief was ‘brought in to slash staff’

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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

When a British army wife went on hunger strike in Singapore in housing protest, before move to Hong Kong and an apartment

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“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