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The late Trixie Gardner was the first Australian woman to be elevated to the peerage in Britain.

Lady Gardner of Parkes, who has died aged 96, was an Australian-born dentist who was created a Conservative life peer in 1981 by Margaret Thatcher; Trixie Gardner possessed the uncrushable spirit typical of her native land and was both politically uninhibited and seemingly unaware of British class barriers and class distinctions.

Sir Simon Day, who has died aged 88, was a highly influential figure in the West of England as, among many other things, Conservative leader of Devon County Council; he also headed the West Country Television consortium which in 1980 bid to replace Westward TV, which had been crippled by boardroom infighting.

A SEX offender who made indecent images of children has been spared jail for a third time, despite breaching a court order by subscribing to an…

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former county, borough and parish councillor Chris Curtis who sadly passed away on January 20.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former county, borough and parish councillor Chris Curtis who sadly passed away on January 20.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former county, borough and parish councillor Chris Curtis who sadly passed away on January 20.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former county, borough and parish councillor Chris Curtis who sadly passed away on January 20.

The prime minister of Bangladesh, Tajuddin Ahmad, today said the proposal to send UN observers to Bangladesh was nothing but a “planned conspiracy” and “a foul attempt to protect the military regime from the back door”.