A COUPLE have spoken for the first time about the anguish of looking after their baby for the one day it survived – and the amazing support that they had been given. Nurses had allowed them to hold baby Thea, to bath her and to be along with her as a family. They even took around 300 photos of the one day of her life and had them all printed out to give the family a memory of their little girl. Parents Kathleen Brown and Paul Gibson, from Maryport, were concerned when, at her 12-week scan, Kathleen was told that there was a “small problem” with the baby’s bladder.
Long-standing friendship between Dumfries and Norway takes on extra significance thanks to Beverley Thom
Beverley has become quite the historian on the connection and her work has culminated with her involvement in two special events
Dumfries Beverley Thom has become an authority on the town s links with Norway. (Image: Jim McEwan)
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The world s greatest stereo system is inside a Virginia home
With an engineerâs mind and dogged determination, Ken Fritzâs dream started taking shape in his backyard 30 years ago.
and last updated 2021-05-14 23:31:37-04
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. Ken Fritz lives in relative obscurity in Chesterfield County. But in the new documentary âOne Manâs Dream,â the world will watch or rather hear, what makes him tick.
âI believe Iâve built the best stereo system in the world, Fritz said.
With an engineerâs mind and dogged determination, Ken Fritzâs dream started taking shape in his backyard 30 years ago.
One fire engine from Barrow Fire Station was called out to the blaze on Monday night. The duty manager said: We were called out to a small fire at the playpark. The fire has been extinguished and there were no injuries suffered. Sam Kate Butler said: We live round this area and it s so sad to see that somebody has done this, the poor children are absolutely devastated since we have only had the new park for a few year. John Eccles said: We need to find those responsible. Too many arson attacks lately. There was one the other week by Vue and now this. It is mindless vandalism and could of put lives at risk with the toxic smoke.
Northern pubco the Inn Collection Group has added a 21
st site to its portfolio in the form of art deco site the Park Hotel at North Tyneside’s Longsands beach.
The growing pub group – which boasts sites in Northumberland, County Durham, Teesside, Yorkshire, Cumbria, Lancashire and Wearside – completed on the 53-bedroom venue in an undisclosed deal.
“We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming the Park into our pubs with rooms family,” managing director of the Inn Collection Group Sean Donkin said. “With its location alongside one of the UK’s most popular beaches and proximity to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, it’s a great fit with our brand, offering customers stunning places to eat, drink, sleep and explore from in outstanding locations across Northern England.