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A Norwich woman who inspired international toymakers to create dolls with wheelchairs and hearing aids is giving teddy bears the chance to hear clearly ....
A Norwich woman who inspired international toymakers to create dolls with wheelchairs and hearing aids is giving teddy bears the chance to hear clearly ....
A First Bus driver has been suspended - Credit: Archant A city bus driver has been suspended after an investigation into an alleged racist incident involving a schoolgirl in May. First Bus has conducted interviews after a driver was accused of refusing to allow a 14-year-old girl to board at St Stephens Street in Norwich following a Solidarity with Palestine protest on Saturday, May 15. The girl, who attends a secondary school in Norwich, said she was refused entry onto the bus around 4pm after the driver allegedly told her the protest was really stupid . It is also claimed that he told her you people should not be doing it here in Norwich , before going on to say you can get off my bus, I am not taking you . ....
She was clutching a toddler with burns on his head. She told us that a rocket had blown a hole in the roof, and through that was dropped white phosphorus – a chemical weapon that burns when exposed to air. That cruel weapon killed her husband and three of her children. The army then threw a grenade through the door and took over the house to use as a base. In her bedroom we saw graffiti they had left: “We aren’t sorry. Nice underwear.” Everywhere, young girls and boys stood watching us, bolt upright, fists clenched and arms stiffly to their sides. They had been through hell and were wary of outsiders. Some showed us bullet cartridges and fragments of shrapnel. Today, some 40pc of Gazans are children, and 65 of the 232 deaths there at time of writing have been under 18. What might this make the surviving children want to be when they grow up? ....