Dr Paul O Brien, lecturer at Mary Immaculate College, this week starts his biweekly column on local history beginning with an account from a turbulent time in I.
A bride left blushing after falling down a flight of stairs on her wedding day is now suing the stately home she booked for her nuptials for £100,000.
Hellen Hetherington had to be rushed to hospital in June 2017 after crashing down stone steps following her wedding reception at 114-year-old Sennowe Park - a historic country pile in Norfolk.
The venue is described on its website as one of Norfolk s most romantic and impressive large Edwardian country houses set in sweeping parkland.
Hellen Hetherington had to be rushed to hospital in June 2017 after crashing down stone steps following her wedding reception at 114-year-old Sennowe Park - a historic country pile in Norfolk
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image captionPauline Vincent (left) said she did not like being left alone
Twin sisters are celebrating their 90th birthdays by moving in together for the first time in decades.
Pauline Vincent and Jacqueline Hetherington had been living in separate sheltered accommodation in Ashburton, Devon, when they decided it was time to become flatmates.
Mrs Hetherington s daughter Jaine Swift said they were inseparable. They really need each other and get very anxious when they are apart, she said. At this stage of their lives it seems perfect that they move in together.
Mrs Swift and other family members helped the sisters move on Friday and made them a birthday breakfast of smoked salmon and champagne on Saturday.