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Hattie's story... "Two scuffed holdalls dumped on the chipped, greasy laminate; perching on the edge of a sagging old Homebase bed with a savagely squeaking rubber cover. In the corner, a yellowing fridge complains. I imagine I am a student again. I am in shock and it is the only thing I can think of to allay the reality and terror of landing in this grubby, sad Monmouth homeless hostel that straddles the bridge opposite a sprawling, luxury branch of Waitrose. My mind returns to travels in Europe as a teenager; the grotty hostels of Copenhagen, Berlin and Vienna ... how none of it mat...

Born on June 24, 1925, to John and Sarah Gordon, Ian grew up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy Manchester. He attended Chorlton Municipal Grammar School for Boys who were briefly evacuated as a whole school at the start of the war, before leaving at 16 to start work as a copy boy at the Daily Telegraph in Manchester. He then became a junior reporter for The Manchester City News, beginning a career in journalism spanning almost 50 years. He received his calling up papers as his 18th birthday approached, joining the Royal Navy in 1943; on discovering during his medical that he was colour blind and ...

WHEN the first ancient builders scraped mud into blocks and left them to harden in the sun around the city of Jericho in about 7,000BC little did they appreciate the longevity of their innovation. In colder climes the blocks would be hardened by covering them with straw and coal-burning them until solid. In the UK the process was developed to the maximum and kilns spewed forth bricks by the millions for the voracious appetite of a construction industry building countless terrace, semi-detached and detached houses for the nation’s masses. At its height the industry supported 1,500 br...

The results are in from the Great Wight Mince Pie Review Challenge and the winner has been named. Jacqueline Thornes's wonderful mince pies were judged to have 'nice short pastry with lovely chunky filling with a hint of booze'. Judges, Glen Jones and Dan Wavell, co-founders of the challenge, Matrix employee Jamie and County Press editor Alan Marriott, found it hard to choose between all the contestants. Jacqueline, from Shanklin, said she would be spending Christmas bragging to her husband about her success. Second was Malcy Alder-Smith, also of Shanklin, whose pie had 'beautiful t...

>> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. the hearing will come to order. we will give the media a chance to leave. good morning. welcome everyone for being with us today. despite nearly two years of denial, last month the irs finally admitted the truth. three years ago the agency began systematically targeting individuals based on their political belief. however, with the agency has yet to had met and we still have to find out is how widespread this activity was coming and why it began in the first pla...