Ruth Pavey
Published:
4:05 PM April 12, 2021
Joan Arnold is opening her garden in Deansway through the National Gardens Scheme for the first time in May
- Credit: Nigel Sutton
Last summer some brave owners did open their gardens to the public through the National Gardens Scheme (NGS), but few in London had the space to make social distancing work.
So garden visits, and the teas vital to them, were mostly put on hold. Now the London ‘Yellow Book’ is offering the chance to go visiting again, with the proviso that it is essential to check the website in case of cancellations and, in some cases, to book a timed slot.
Richard Beech A FAILED businessman become the sixth and final member of an organised crime ring operating in Bradford to be put behind bars this month. Richard Beech was jailed for five years for laundering £5 million of drugs money for the gang. He made frequent trips between his home in Manchester and West Yorkshire to collect and deliver large amounts of cash concealed in hidden compartments under the seats of his specially modified Range Rover. He was labelled the “cash converter and banker” for the organisation led by Rashid Ashraf (also known as Mohammed Rashid) who was jailed for 18 years.
Berks Places is a recurring feature that will focus on the small villages and census designated places throughout the county. History, nostalgia and local voices will shed some light on the quaint nooks and crannies of our area. Additional historical photographs accompany the online version of the articles.
In the northernmost reaches of Robeson Township, right along the Exeter Township line, the village of Gibraltar developed into a census-designated place.
There were forges and grist mills there in the late 1700s through the late 1800s. Now the town is probably most known for the Turkey Hill Minit Market at the intersection of Routes 724 and 568 and Scoupe deVille Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street (Route 724).
HERE S our round-up of who has been jailed this week in Bradford.
A MAN was jailed for 14 years and his female accomplice for seven years after an aggravated burglary at a flat in Bradford city centre. Jason Anderson, 38, of HMP Leeds, was labelled “a very experienced and hardened criminal” by the Recorder of Bradford, Judge Richard Mansell QC. Anderson was imprisoned for offences of Class A drug dealing, robbery, aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article. He was locked up for two years for supplying heroin to an undercover police officer on March 5 and 12, 2019, for three years for robbery and nine years for aggravated burglary, all the sentences to run consecutively.
The decomposed remains of Susan Howells, 51, were found in a shallow grave
Dale Tarbox, 40, attacked her in upstairs room of his home in Bradford, Yorkshire
He burned her and later he got friend Keith Wadsworth to take it to caravan park
Miss Howells was then buried behind a caravan rented by Tarbox and girlfriend
Tarbox got life in prison and Wadsworth was jailed for three years, seven months