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Coventry great gran survives two world wars and two pandemics to celebrate 105th birthday Edna Saunders grew up in a pub in Stoke and worked in the citys bustling motor industry Coventry resident Edna Saunders celebrated turning 105. She enjoyed a visit from her daughter and son-in-law Linda and Peter Thomas, who form her support bubble. Never miss another story from Coventry and Warwickshire by subscribing to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subs...

Gig Information Blenheims best-kept-secret-slash-noisy-guitar-ripping-munters Big Scout are back in the North Island for 2 nights leading up to a headline slot at the No Future Festival in Tauranga Feb 27th. For your homework before the tour, will be the release of their latest single Mr Slice, on February 19th via Provincial Yaw. Mr Slice is the barked cautionary tale of a handbag snatching pest straight from the province based kraut-rock piehole of a shouty En...

The 13th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, politician, farmer and champion of Polish causes – obituary He served in the Lords as a Tory peer, switched to the SNP in disgust at Edward Heath, then returned when Margaret Thatcher took over Lord Belhaven and Stenton The 13th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, who has died aged 93, was a long-serving hereditary peer who sat as a Conservative, then briefly switched to the SNP before returning to the Tory fold; in later years, before losing his seat in the Blair g...

14-year-old wins Mangawhai Bowl Jam Taranaki’s Niwa Shewry stunned crowds. Leigh McKenzie does it single-handed. Some big air was achieved at the jam. Taranaki’s Niwa Shewry, 14, stunned crowds with his performance at the 10th annual Mangawhai Bowl Jam this month. Organiser Jesse Peters says until the open final it appeared a sure thing that Taupo pro-skater Bowman Hansen would dominate with his consistency and effortless style. But Peters says after a spine-chilling slam, things gelled fo...

What happened the Creeslough man who left school early? THE founder of an Irish pharmaceutical services company, which has begun trials on a new Covid-19 nasal spray vaccine is Donegal man Cathal Friel. Mr Friel (57) from Creeslough was a finalist in the International category as part of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020. He left school after his Junior Cert to work in the family business before going back to education. He completed a City and Guilds Cert in Basic Computer Programming in Let...

We are booked out almost years ahead, big pharma is ringing us up. “Governments now are spending – and that’s why Open Orphan is so lucky – they are spending tens of millions around the world developing and looking at where will the next pandemic come from. Let’s get the first line of defence, antivirals,” he says. “Going forward, we are really busy working on next-generation vaccines.” Nine vaccines have so far been approved under various regulatory regimes for use against Covi...

By Bradley Young Forest Green Rovers Jamille Matte passes the ball in a match against Leyton Orient earlier this month Forest Green Rovers and Cheltenham Town played out a tight 0-0 draw on Saturday afternoon as both sides continue to push for promotion, reports Sam Wiles. As derby days often are, it was a tense and cagey opening with neither side able to get a foothold in the contest. However, on three minutes Baily Cargill came close...

Portrait of David Davies MP Monmouth.. Holocaust Memorial Day took place on Wednesday, January 27. The last survivors of the Nazi death camps are now very elderly and will not be with us forever. It is therefore vitally important to listen to the emotional testimonies of those who are still alive and ensure their stories are remembered. I am privileged to know one such survivor, Mady Gerrard, who lives in Monmouthshire. Last year, Mady was kind enough to talk to me about her life and ...

Sam Wiles. Neither side carved out many clear chances in the contest with the worsening conditions not aiding the situation. Ebou Adams was sent off for Rovers in the second half after a contentious decision saw him shown a second yellow card after a tackle on Charlie Raglan. Cheltenham thought they had found a late winner after new loan signing Sam Smith had the ball in the back of the net deep into injury time but was flagged for offside. Despite not claiming all three points in the d...

Sam Wiles. Neither side carved out many clear chances in the contest with the worsening conditions not aiding the situation. Ebou Adams was sent off for Rovers in the second half after a contentious decision saw him shown a second yellow card after a tackle on Charlie Raglan. Cheltenham thought they had found a late winner after new loan signing Sam Smith had the ball in the back of the net deep into injury time but was flagged for offside. Despite not claiming all three points in the d...