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A MOTHER who built a memorial garden in honour of her son who died on his 16th birthday has spoken of her devastation after being told to remove it by a housing association. Emma Collins created the memorial garden on the patch of land in front of her ground floor flat after moving to her home on Weston Street, Portland, roughly a year ago. Emma, 48, has told how building the garden brought her comfort as it was created in honour of her son Daniel who died on his 16th birthday in a quad bike accident in Wales in 2010. On Friday, Emma received a phone call from housing association Aste...
Man arrested on suspicion of assault, making threats to kill and affray on Howard Close, Weymouth Picture: Josie Klein NEIGHBOURS have spoken of how they heard ‘shouting and screaming’ and loud music coming from a house in Weymouth hours before armed police swooped on the property to deal with a man who had a hammer and a knife. Police were called to the property in Howard Close, Wyke Regis yesterday morning following reports of a disturbance. Around 20 police officers, including armed officers and negotiators, surrounded the property yesterday following reports that a man had assau...
Baker Estates’ Development Director, Graham Hutton and Aster Group’s Project Manager, Alyson Haynes - Credit: Aster Group Award-winning South West housebuilder, Baker Estates has teamed up with leading housing association, Aster Group to deliver 24 affordable homes at its Trayne Farm development in Barnstaple. The £2.5m affordable home investment includes six shared ownership properties available for purchase, with the remaining 18 homes available for social rent. As part of the first allocation of affordable homes, eight two-bedroom properties for rent were handed over by Graham Hutton,...
Shane Powell claims past associates are threatening and intimidating him and have stolen items from his property. He has now moved out for his own safety and is living at a new address while asking the Devizes-based Aster housing association to re-home him. Mr Powell, 34, of Oatfields, Staverton, said: “I have lived here for six years but I can’t stay here any longer. I just don’t feel safe. “I just feel very threatened by people I have known in the past. I have contacted the police and my local MP and have asked Aster to rehouse me.” Mr Powell suffers from the final stage...