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A 56-year-old man has been arrested following a street dispute in Haverhill, Suffolk. - Credit: Archant � 2005 A 56-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of being in possession of an offensive weapon and assault following an argument in a street in Haverhill.  Police were called to a dispute between a group of people who are known to each other in Howard Close, Haverhill, at around 4.30pm on Sunday, February 14.  Officers attended and a 56-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of an offensive weapon and assault. He was taken to Bury St Edmunds Police Inves...

FIFTY years ago on Monday, Britain changed its currency. Out went pounds, shillings and pence, which dated back to Roman times and worked on a strange system of 12, and in came decimal pounds and pence, which counted in tens. February 15, 1971, was, as The Northern Echo said on its front page in big letters, D Day. This explained why the cost of the paper changed overnight from 7d to 3p. The pre-decimal currency was based on the Roman coins of silver denarii and gold solidi. Twelve denarii were worth one solidi, 12d = 1s. And 240 denarii were minted from a block of silver called a libra...

His driving record was endorsed with six points. RHYS BROWN, 36, of Hoskins Street, Newport, was ordered to pay £344 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for driving without a seat belt. KATIE FARMER, 38, of Howard Close, Newport, was ordered to pay £224 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for speeding at 48mph in a 30mph zone on the B4245 in Langstone. Her driving record was endorsed with three points. SIMON LEE FISHER, 33, of Highfield Crescent, Aberbargoed, was ordered to pay £199 in a fine, costs and a surcharge after he pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly at Bargoed railway stat...