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An elderly woman was burglarized by a man posing as a city worker Tuesday in north suburban Park Ridge.

No injuries were reported Monday after gunfire struck a Park Ridge apartment building, leading to a brief lockdown at nearby Maine South High School, police said.

READING’S postal system got a new automatic letter sorting machine nicknamed “Alf” in 1969, which could deal with 18,000 items an hour. The four-and-a-half ton ‘monster’ had to be hoisted into the sorting office in Friar Street by crane and gently lowered onto a cushion of air which resembled the ‘skirts’ of a hovercraft. A GPO (General Post Office) spokesperson told the Chronicle:” The machine will be in use by this weekend in conjunction with the automatic segregator, sorting them into stacks of first and second class, long and short envelopes.” British Rail engine...

Occupants escaped injury, but fire crews unable to save property

Firefighters from 4 counties battle Newbury blaze for almost 14 hours Pictures show what damage was done at the property Liam Headd ');  '); FIRE appliances from stations across four counties worked together for around 14 hours to tackle a blaze at a property in Wantage Road, Newbury. Yesterday (Sunday, January 31) Newbury Today reported that fire crews attended a house near the golf course entrance to Snelsmore Common after a fire started at 12.32am. After working throughout the night on Sunday, and ensuring there were no injuries sustained, the fire was controlled and eventually put out b...