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Callum Pillman
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A pair of masked robbers have been jailed for a knife attack which left the victim with horrific life-threatening injuries.
Callum Pillman and Shaun Taylor attacked 19-year-old Marcus Goold in a public park at Ilfracombe in January after arranging to meet to buy cocaine from him.
He suffered five deep knife wounds and only survived because the first policeman at the scene cleared his airway and used chest compressions to bring him back to life.
He lost consciousness and was sure he was going to die.
He was airlifted to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth where surgeons removed his spleen and part of his bowel in a life-saving emergency operation.
live outdoor operetta in one-act on June 5, 6, 12, and 13, in Santa Clarita.
Rarely performed, ‘Le 66’ is a French comedic operetta written in 1856 by composer Jacques Offenbach. Mission Opera will present the show with its original French libretto (with English dialogue) on Saturday, June 5 and Saturday, June 12 at 6:00 p.m. On Sunday, June 6 and Sunday, June 13 at 6:00 p.m. performances will be conducted in an all-English translation. All shows will take place outdoors in the private parking lot of Santa Clarita United Methodist Church.
“This show is just a fun and funny good time and that’s something we ALL need after this pandemic,” says Mission Opera Co-founder, performer and Board of Directors member Shawn Taylor. Each Le 66 presentation will begin with a pre-show featuring arias performed by up-and-coming local singers. The entire performance will last 1 hour and 20 minutes, including a 10 minute intermission.
Ilfracombe park stabbing: Pair jailed for near-fatal attack
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image captionExeter Crown Court heard the pair had intended to rob Mr Goold
Two masked robbers have been jailed for a knife attack which left the victim hanging on to life by a thread .
Shaun Taylor and Callum Pillman set upon Marcus Goold, 19, after arranging to buy cocaine from him in a park in Ilfracombe, Devon, a court heard.
Taylor, 29, of Barnstaple, and Pillman, 21, of Bideford, admitted wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Pillman was jailed for 11 years and four months while Taylor got 10 years and six months at Exeter Crown Court.
NATS composer mentorship program to conclude with Cincinnati Song Initiative concert featuring new works by Black composers
posted on 11:01 AM, May 4, 2021
The season finale video concert, ‘Let it Be New,’ is May 16.
The Cincinnati Song Initiative invites everyone to its free season finale video concert on Sunday, May 16 from 4-5 p.m. ET, celebrating new works from Black composers in its largest commissioning project to date.
The concert features one commissioned song from each of the 10 composers taking part in the inaugural National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) composer mentorship program.
The mentorship program pairs an established art song composer with an emerging and early-career composer. NATS designed the program to encourage the creation and performance of new works. For its first year, NATS reserved the program for composers from underrepresented groups, with an emphasis on Black composers.
Happy Hour in New York City is making a comeback
Bar patrons can now belly up to the bar in New York City.
NEW YORK - Happy hour is making its big comeback in New York City.
Bartender Chris Morton tells us it was a full house, that is, with 50% capacity restrictions still in place, at Dylan Murphy’s on the Upper East Side.
However, it’s not back to business as usual just yet. Patrons still have to sit spaced at least six feet apart. Everybody that supported us throughout the year, they’re all here. They’re the backbone of our bar and our business. It was nice for them to show up again after the pandemic, he adds.