Australia's 'great parliamentarian' who sat in Britain's House of Lords
The late Trixie Gardner was the first Australian woman to be elevated to the peerage in Britain.
Source: smh.com.au
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Lady Gardner of Parkes, Conservative peer who championed women's rights in the EU and UN – obituary
Lady Gardner of Parkes, who has died aged 96, was an Australian-born dentist who was created a Conservative life peer in 1981 by Margaret Thatcher; Trixie Gardner possessed the uncrushable spirit typical of her native land and was both politically uninhibited and seemingly unaware of British class barriers and class distinctions.
Source: yahoo.com
Sir Simon Day, popular West Country local politician and farmer – obituary
Sir Simon Day, who has died aged 88, was a highly influential figure in the West of England as, among many other things, Conservative leader of Devon County Council; he also headed the West Country Television consortium which in 1980 bid to replace Westward TV, which had been crippled by boardroom infighting.
Source: yahoo.com
Cheshire West: Sex offender spared jail despite joining adult site | Chester and District Standard
A SEX offender who made indecent images of children has been spared jail for a third time, despite breaching a court order by subscribing to an…
Source: chesterstandard.co.uk
Tributes paid to 'respected' former councillor Chris Curtis
TRIBUTES have been paid to a former county, borough and parish councillor Chris Curtis who sadly passed away on January 20.
Source: hampshirechronicle.co.uk