Sam Russell

Neil Moon, one of two pest controllers who were found dead at Banham Poultry processing factory in Attleborough, Norfolk (Norfolk Police/ PA)
UK

Corporate manslaughter charges brought over deaths of two men at chicken factory

Neil Moon, 49, and 34-year-old Jonathan Collins were found dead at Banham Poultry in Attleborough, Norfolk in 2018.
By Sam Russell
5 Jun 2024
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UK

Anglo-Saxon coins found by metal detectorists sell for £325,000

The coins, discovered near Braintree in Essex, were thought to have been buried in 1066

By Sam Russell
22 Feb 2024
The Ancient of Days. Frontispiece to ‘Europe A Prophecy’ (Handout/PA)
UK

William Blake’s artwork to be displayed in new exhibition

The show will explore Blake’s connections with the work of his peers.
By Sam Russell
21 Feb 2024
A police search of Daniel Lingham’s home revealed the extent of the hoard (Norfolk Police/PA)
Crime

Man, 71, admits illegally hoarding thousands of wild bird eggs

Daniel Lingham, of Newton St Faith, Norfolk, has two previous convictions for similar crimes.
By Sam Russell
20 Feb 2024
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak picks up a ‘zombie knife’ while visiting Harlow police station in Essex (Dan Kitwood/PA)
Politics

Sunak shown seized knives on visit to police station

Rishi Sunak was shown a series of more than half a dozen blades on a visit to Harlow police station in Essex, including a zombie knife and a machete.
By Sam Russell
16 Feb 2024
Luke D’Wit providing statements to the police (Esssex Police/PA)
Crime

Man watched on his phone as married couple were dying, murder trial told

Luke D’Wit denies murdering Stephen and Carol Baxter in Mersea Island, Essex.
By Sam Russell
15 Feb 2024
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Crime

Man ‘poisoned couple with opioid painkiller and rewrote their will’

Luke D’Wit denies murder of Stephen and Carol Baxter

By Sam Russell
14 Feb 2024
The boy was found guilty at Ipswich Crown Court (Alamy/PA)
Crime

Ex-Scout leader who filmed children in swimming pool changing rooms is jailed

Ian Butcher, of Ipswich, also filmed adults while they were showering, Suffolk Police said.
By Sam Russell
13 Feb 2024
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Crime

First person in England and Wales convicted of cyber-flashing

He was convicted at Monday’s hearing and remanded in custody to be sentenced at Basildon Crown Court on March 11.
By Sam Russell
12 Feb 2024
A grey seal colony has established itself at Orford Ness on the Suffolk coast (Andrew Capell/National Trust/PA)
UK

Grey seal colony makes its home at former Cold War weapons testing site

More than 130 grey seal pups have been born at Orford Ness, a remote shingle spit, this breeding season.
By Sam Russell
12 Feb 2024
Voldemaras Rimasauskas has been jailed for 12 years (Cambridgeshire Police/PA)
Crime

Man jailed for launching petrol bombs at open window of manned police station

The petrol bombs, thrown by Voldemaras Rimasauskas, fell short of the window but caused significant scorch damage outside, Cambridgeshire Police said.
By Sam Russell
9 Feb 2024
Anglo-Saxon pennies were found in a field near Braintree in Essex (Noonans/ PA)
UK

Hoard of 122 Anglo-Saxon pennies could fetch £180,000 at auction

The auction at Noonans Mayfair will take place on February 21 and the proceeds will be shared between two metal detectorists and the landowner.
By Sam Russell
9 Feb 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
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