Woods searched in hunt for killer of Kent police community support officer Julia James Martin Bentham and Laura Sharman
Police were carrying out fingertip searches of fields and woodland in Kent on Thursday as the hunt for the killer of community support officer Julia James intensified.
The body of Ms James, a “smiley” 53-year-old who worked for the Kent force, was found in Akholt Wood close to the village of Snowdon, near Dover, on Tuesday afternoon and police confirmed yesterday it was a murder investigation.
Ms James was last seen walking her dog and is understood to have been off-duty.
Schools closed and low pressure in homes after large water leak in Gedling
It happened close to the construction site of a huge new bypass
15:14, 29 APR 2021
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Residents have described the impact of a large water leak which has caused schools to close and low pressure in homes.
Severn Trent Water confirmed that one of its larger pipers had burst on Thursday morning (April 29) near to the Gedling Access Road construction site at Lambley Lane.
Detectives investigating whether PCSO was murdered in revenge for her police work
Senior officers confirmed that none of Julia James s possessions were missing from the scene, suggesting it was not a robbery gone wrong
30 April 2021 • 5:08pm
Police forensic officers near the scene at Akholt Wood
Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA
Detectives investigating the murder of PCSO Julia James are looking at whether she was killed as a result of her work as a police officer, it has emerged.
Kent police revealed on Friday that the 53-year-old mother of two died of severe head injuries after being bludgeoned to death with a blunt object just a few hundred yards from her home in Kent.
Sad farewell to the Feminist Writers Festival
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The Feminist Writers Festival put in a sterling effort to hold a virtual festival in the midst of a year disrupted entirely by the pandemic. So it’s particularly sad – and sadly ironic at this particular time − that artistic director Nikki Anderson has announced the festival is shutting up shop. Since 2016 it has hosted 56 events mainly in the eastern and southern states, featuring more than 160 speakers, along with publishing a variety of essays and podcasts.
“So far it’s been done on sweat, tears and passion of a group of women,” says artistic director Nikki Anderson.