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Stephen Hendry s ex-wife sells off £900k former marital mansion after divorce
Amanda Hendry first tried to sell the Perthshire house she once shared with the seven-time world champ five years ago.
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Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice The ex-wife of snooker legend Stephen Hendry has finally found a buyer for their former marital home. Amanda Hendry had been trying to sell the Perthshire house for five years after seven-time world champ Hendry ended their marriage and moved out.
Alex Higgins celebrates winning the World Championship in 1982 with wife Lynn and daughter Lauren Billy Foley
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It s one of the most iconic television moments in sport.
Alex Higgins in the centre of the Crucible Theatre. The man child clutching his baby daughter in one arm and the world championship trophy in the other, crying.
Just moments before, Higgins had pleaded with his wife in the crowd, with tears in his eyes. “Give me my baby … give me my baby.”
Sport stars celebrating with their children has become de rigueur, but in 1982 this was exceptional.
Higgins, the hard nut from Belfast who spent more time drunk than sober, desperate to kiss and hug his infant daughter.
Green Party councillors sworn in at County Hall (update 2)
Claire Critchison and Joe Lever have now been sworn in as Isle of Wight councillors. It could lead to the first Green Party group at County Hall
Isle of Wight Greens have been celebrating after winning two seats in the Isle of Wight council elections – something that could lead to the formation of the first official Green Party group on the Isle of Wight Council.
Joe Lever (Carisbrooke and Gunville) and Claire Critchison (Chale, Niton and Shorwell) both took their wards from Conservatives, with Cllr Critchison defeating the Conservative leader Dave Stewart by an overwhelming majority of 240 votes.