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The arrests were made in Great Yarmouth on Sunday, January 31. - Credit: James Bass Police officers were spat at while arresting a teenager on suspicion of stealing a car and a motorbike. The vehicles were stolen on Sunday morning, January 31, in Great Yarmouth. Later in the morning, officers arrested two men in their late teens in connection with the thefts. During the arrests, one of the men spat at the four officers, hitting two of them. They were both taken to Great Yarmouth Police Investi...

Covid: Norfolk Police self-isolating after being spat at by teen Published image copyrightGetty Images Four officers are having to self-isolate after they were spat at by a man they were arresting, said police. Officers were investigating reports of a motorbike and car being stolen in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, which led to the arrest of two men on Sunday. Jamie Smith, 19, of Devonshire Road, Great Yarmouth, spat at four officers, hitting two, said Norfolk Police. He was charged with assaulting a...

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Ancestors licensees of Bridge Inn A READER asked recently if anyone had any details of the Bridge Inn, which was demolished along with the old Fish Market for the widening of Bridge Street in the early 1930s. Mrs Betty Wood, of Devonshire Road, Bolton, rang to say that her great-grandparents, James Ormrod Balshaw, and his wife Sarah, were certainly the licensees of the Inn in 1861 (he was previously at the Clarence Hotel, Bradshawgate), and that he died there not long afterwards and was bur...

Article content “Four years of very hard work shows with the results we have and we couldn’t be happier,” he said, referring to the arduous challenge of converting the former industrial building — actually two buildings built in 1911 and 1913 — into prime commercial space at Riverside Drive and Devonshire Road. The work was largely finished last year, though final touches are still being completed. A 75-foot-diameter railroad turntable from the 1880s, found beneath the building during...

From killer gunmen to a fake cancer bride: 600 people locked up in Merseyside in 2020 Murderers, evil rapists, gangland thugs and bent cops were all jailed last year Updated L-R Clement Martin, Toni Standen and Lee Abbott Get the inside track on the big stories from Liverpool Crown Court with our weekly newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll i...

A39 reopens after multiple crashes Please take care on the roads The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now The A39 in North Devon has reopened after to two accidents caused by snow and ice. Blackmoor gate was shut at around 9.15am this morning, once of a number of incidents on Devon and Cornwalls roads today. Traffic website Inrix reported: "A39 Westbound closed due to two accidents and ice between A399 (Blackmoor Gate Crossroads, Blackmoor Gate) and B3229 (Arlington Beccott). Note change ...

AID: Supporters of Azhar Academy hand over a £10,000 cheque for the minibus appeal at Thomasson Memorial School AN emerging friendship between two Bolton schools has provided a major boost for a minibus appeal. Earlier this month supporters of Thomasson Memorial, a deaf school and nursery in Devonshire Road, had launched a £15,000 fundraising drive for new transport. The minibus would, in the words of an online page, “ensure pupils are accessing all aspects of the extra curriculum act...

On Monday, authorities worked to fix the large main that burst wide open. Crews pumped the final pools of water and began making repairs to the cast-iron pipe that ruptured 24 hours earlier on Devonshire Road at 12th Street. The water main break created a massive sinkhole. Several homeowners are worried about the status of their homes. "I didnt know how big it was until I came out here. This is deep," said resident Stephen Engler. Engler said there are multiple sinkholes on his property that wo...