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Testifying April 12 before a judge in a hearing on his removal from office, District Attorney Greg Newman remained adamant that he’s done his job properly even in the face of the state bar finding otherwise.  Newman, who has served as the District Attorney for District 29 B since 2013 representing Henderson, Transylvania and Polk counties, is in district court this week for a hearing on whether he should be removed from office.  In an earlier hearing, Judge Robert Ervin ruled that the indep...

Published: 3:00 PM March 5, 2021    Former Sanders School student Taylor Nathaniel has donated a third of his £10,000 outlay on computer equipment to his alumni. - Credit: Tom Barnes A school in Hornchurch has received more than £3,000 worth of computer equipment from one of its former students.  Taylor Nathaniel has spent £10,000 on equipment for his automotive industry recruitment company, a third of which he has donated to Sanders School as part of a charitable project designed to hel...

WKNC 88.1 FM Leaf Hound was one of those bands that slipped through the cracks in the early 1970s but are now receiving the recognition they deserve. After only one album, they went on the do other things, most notably their singer, Peter French, who joined Atomic Rooster in 1971. But what an album it was! “Growers of the Mushroom” has all the elements of British blues and proto-metal: blistering riffs, raspy vocals, and a twinge of psychedelia. Though Leaf Hound was not as influential as s...

Sanders School headteacher Stuart Brooks with winner Nimra Hussain. - Credit: Tom Barnes Pupils at a Hornchurch school have marked the birthday of a Second World War hero by writing letters thanking him for his sacrifice. Raimund Sanders Draper crashed his Spitfire into the playing field of what is now Sanders School when his engine cut out at 200ft - with the plane heading for the building at the time. But the RAF pilots actions meant only the wing hit the school,  saving the lives of thos...