Stephen Simmonds was wrongfully arrested by corrupt cops
Credit: BBC
Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty (BBC Two) was clearly intended as a companion piece to Jed Mercurio’s police corruption thriller and the three-part documentary’s near namesake. But a pacy and gripping first episode owed less to Ted Hastings and AC-12 than to shaggy-mopped Seventies favourites such as The Sweeney.
Ford Cortinas and sideburns were everywhere and phrases like “you’ve got me bang to rights, Guv” were deployed without irony. Fittingly, the geezer-ish narration was courtesy of Philip Glenister, aka anti-hero DI Gene Hunt from Life on Mars.
Peggy Williamson volunteered at the Oxfam shop in Halifax until the age of 93
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Tue 16 Mar 2021 14.43 EDT
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My mother, Margaret Williamson, who has died aged 93, was once described as “a role model for all that was good and kind in a human being”. Throughout her long and active life, she supported others, working and campaigning for social justice, equity and peace.
Peggy, as she was known, was born in Stepney, east London, the daughter of Minnie Lamb and her husband, Lewis Peacock, a Yorkshireman; her parents met when her father was stationed with the army in the capital.
âThe cohort itself was amazing. Just the people in there, the connection alone goes a long way. â Shavanna Spratt, Neighborhood Leadership fellow Photo by Wiley Price / St. Louis American
Even after nine months of leadership training through the Neighborhood Leadership Fellows, Shavanna Spratt says she still feels like an ordinary, everyday person. The difference now is sheâs prepared and ready to take action to make Ferguson a better place.Â
âI think that s what makes my situation even more special, because that s kind of where I am now, fighting for people, the everyday, average person, to speak up and be involved and to be encouraged to get in their communities and do some work,â Spratt said in an interview..
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