Woman injured in fatal 140mph Ayrshire crash on the A77 secures six-figure settlement
Gillian Kay was seriously injured in the crash that killed her friend in 2017.
07:25, 17 MAY 2021
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Speed cameras have been installed along the A77 following the crash (Image: Daily Record)
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Jurors heard how one motorist described their behaviour as “absolute madness”.
Knox eventually lost control of his powerful Volkswagen Golf GTI and ploughed head on into Price’s Nissan Pulsar.
The support worker died instantly while her passenger, Ms Kay, was left badly hurt in the collision and now suffers from mobility issues.
Prosecutors claimed Knox and Gribben fled the carnage in the latter’s private-registration Audi A3.
Joan Price, right, died in a road collision in south Ayrshire.
Despite the death, Gribben took part in further high speed driving just two months later and was described as using “Ayrshire roads as a racetrack”.
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9:24 AM May 13, 2021
Havering Council will continue to fund the School Meal Holiday Scheme for those most in need during the May half term.
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Free school meals are being provided to families in need during the upcoming May half term.
Adopting an identical approach to previous breaks, eligible families could receive £15 per child from Havering Council to cover meal costs during the week off.
This scheme was in place for last year s autumn half term, with £30 available for the Christmas holidays.
Identical provision continued for the February and Easter half terms, and will do so in May.
Pettits, Havering Park, Romford Town and Brooklands will be absorbed into new wards.
Romford Town, which has three Conservative councillors, will be split into two wards – St Alban’s and St Edward’s – with five combined seats.
The current Romford Town ward (left in blue) will be split next year into two wards - St Edward s and St Alban s (right in red).
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South Hornchurch, which has one Conservative councillor and two independents, will be split into two wards – South Hornchurch and Beam Park – with two seats each.
Hacton, whose three seats are all held by opposition members, will go down to two.
North Romford Community Centre in Collier Row
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Two rapid Covid-19 testing centres for asymptomatic people have moved to new sites in Romford and Upminster.
Opened last week, the centres are now located in North Romford Community Centre on Clockhouse Lane and Upminster Methodist Church on Hall Lane.
They are for people not showing any symptoms of the coronavirus.
People can now also collect rapid home testing kits from any of the borough’s libraries, and 30 Havering pharmacies.
Havering Council leader Damian White urged residents to get tested and report their results online, saying there is “no excuse” for not getting regularly tested.