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West Australian
21-05-2025
- Health
- West Australian
65 Roses Day to help raise funds for people with cystic fibrosis like six-year-old Beau Shilton
Beau Shilton has spent countless days in hospital, missing out on spending time with his friends at school. But the six-year-old, who has cystic fibrosis, has been given the all clear to leave hospital for one very special reason — 65 Roses Day. Marked on Thursday and run by Cystic Fibrosis WA, the awareness day allows people to buy roses to help fund research and support for those living with the disease. About 400 West Australians have the condition, which primarily affects the lungs but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys and intestine as a result of a build up of thick mucus. Beau was only two weeks old when his parents were told he had CF and would need medication for the rest of his life. He now takes at least 25 medications, does two physio sessions, and uses a nebuliser — a machine that converts liquid medication into a mist can be inhaled directly into the lungs — everyday. 'Cystic fibrosis impacts Beau everyday because there are no rests when it comes to CF,' his mum Ashlie Shilton said. 'Sometimes when he would rather be out playing he's inside doing his treatments and this is when he's well. 'When he's unwell there becomes more. He's only had two full days at school this term and now he will be missing the next fortnight due to being admitted into hospital as he needs IV antibiotics. 'Although he seems and looks like a normal little boy he's got all these extra challenges.' Beau will be able to leave the hospital on Thursday to sell 200 roses at his school, St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School. Beau said he would be able to sell 'all of them'. The school will also be holding an assembly where his friends will be spreading awareness about the condition. 'It's a great school and to have all his friends understand what he goes through is amazing, his friends look out for him, and they also miss him when he's away,' Ms Shilton said. 'We're always just trying to fundraise for the next best thing and at the moment that is the drug Trikafta — it's helped a lot of children. 'There are still a lot of children waiting to get the modulator drugs that they need to help them so until every person with CF is getting the help they need, we will keep on fundraising and spreading awareness.' CFWA is hoping to sell a record 26,000 roses across the State. A virtual rose can be bought and grown in the online rose garden or buy one of the thousands of roses available from volunteers across shopping centre stalls, schools and community groups this 65 Roses Day.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Paddy McGuinness' incredible gesture to school threatened with closure
Paddy McGuinness has made a surprise visit to the schoolchildren he credits with helping him through his massive Children in Need challenge last November. The TV star captivated the nation last autumn when he completed a gruelling 300-mile journey from Wrexham to Glasgow on a Raleigh Chopper bike. The incredible feat - which McGuinness joked left him with a 'sore bum - raised more than £9 million for Children in Need. READ MORE: Graham Norton speaks out after Remember Monday's Eurovision snub READ MORE: Gabby Logan left 'devastated' by daughter's heartbreaking confession While on his gruelling mission, he was buoyed by the support of kids from St Anthony's Catholic Primary School in Saltney, in Wales. And he went back - with his Chopper - to say thank you last Friday morning (May 16), the Mirror reported. Paddy's visit comes as the school is threatened with closure. Flintshire County Council wants to open a super-school 14 miles away for children aged 3-18 - a move which has upset the children, staff and community. McGuinness has previously recorded a video message backing the school to stay open. Paddy said: "When I did my Children in Need challenge, I remember coming up to your school and feeling really tired, my bum was sore off the bike seat. "When I came up to your school you all came out and drew me amazing pictures, and offered me loads of support, and cheered me on. It really helped me to get to the end of my challenge, so thank you very much. "And here's something in return, I'm sending you all my love and support - let's keep your fantastic school open." On Friday's visit to the school, Paddy thanked the kids for spurring him onto the finish line. A source added: 'His visit meant the world to our children, especially given the challenges our school community is currently navigating. "Seeing their smiles and hearing their laughter as they interacted with Paddy, and received the generous donation of toys he brought, was truly heartwarming.'
Gulf News
21-04-2025
- Gulf News
UK teen who planned school massacre jailed for life
LONDON: A UK teenager who killed three family members and planned to outdo notorious US massacres to become 'the world's most famous school shooter of the 21st century' was on Wednesday jailed for a minimum of 49 years. Nicholas Prosper, 18 at the time of the killings, used a shotgun to kill his mother Juliana Falcon, 48, sister Giselle, 13, and brother Kyle, 16, who also received more than 100 knife wounds, at their home in Luton, north of London, in September 2024. 'Your ambition was notoriety. You wanted to be known posthumously as the world's most famous school shooter of the 21st century,' judge Bobbie Cheema-Grubb said on Wednesday as she sentenced the now 19-year-old. Prosper told police upon his arrest of his 'Friday the 13th' plan to also kill dozens of four- and five-year-old pupils and two teachers at a nearby primary school that he had previously attended, then himself. He said his aim was to conduct an attack more deadly than the US Sandy Hook and Virginia Tech massacres, but that the plan was interrupted when his mother woke up before he could kill his family in their sleep. The noisy struggle alerted neighbours, who called the police. After killing her he placed a novel with the title 'How to Kill your Family' on her body. 'You explicitly sought to emulate and outdo Adam Lanza, the 20-year-old American who shot dead 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut in 2012,' the judge said. 'You aimed for 34 deaths, one more than the deadliest school shooting of recent times in the United States of America, at Virginia Tech in 2007,' she added. Prosper had drawn diagrams of the classrooms at Luton's St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and written a note next to it reading 'kill all'. 'You filmed yourself acting out the killing in the kitchen,' said the judge. 'Utterly shocked' Prosper, who experts said showed symptoms of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), was handed a life sentence, with a minimum term of 49 years. Taking into account the time already served, he will spend a minimum of 48 years and 177 days in jail. 'You remain highly dangerous and it may be you will never be released,' the judge said, adding that Prosper, who delayed the hearing by refusing to leave his cell, had shown no remorse. After being asked to leave school in 2023, Prosper 'existed in an online world, choosing little real life contact with others', the court was told. Analysis of his internet activity revealed a fascination with 'notorious murderers, perpetrators of mass school shootings around the world and rapists', added the judge. A statement written by Ray Prosper, the perpetrator's father and former husband of Juliana Falcon, told court that 'the pain of our loss will never be healed. 'When I heard the horrendous news that day, part of my soul died too. This is a lose-lose situation for us all and we have lost four family members.' Bedfordshire Police Assistant Chief Constable John Murphy said the local police force was 'utterly shocked and appalled by the sickening actions of this individual'.
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
Sentence of Luton triple killer Nicholas Prosper, who murdered his family, referred to Court of Appeal
The sentence of triple murderer Nicholas Prosper, 19, who killed his family and was planning a school shooting in Luton, has been referred to the Court of Appeal. The referral has been made under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Attorney General's Office said on Wednesday. Prosper pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, and his siblings, Kyle Prosper, 16, and 13-year-old Giselle Prosper at Luton Crown Court in February. Their bodies were found at their flat in the town in September last year. He was sentenced to 49 years in prison in March. During sentencing, when explaining why he opted against handing out a whole-life order, the judge said: "A minimum term does not in any way equate to the value of the life of a murder victim, still less three such victims." Prosper, 19, planned to carry out a mass shooting at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, where he and his siblings had been pupils, he admitted to police. Read more: The Solicitor General has referred Prosper's sentence to the Court of Appeal where "it will be argued that Prosper ought to have been given a whole life order," a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said. Defendants aged 18 to 20 have been liable to receive whole-life orders in exceptional circumstances since rules were changed in 2022. But none of the orders imposed since then have been on criminals in that age bracket. The judge said that for defendants over the age of 21, whole-life orders can be considered in cases involving two or more murders with a significant degree of premeditation or planning, or where one child is killed with similar pre-planning. Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said: "The court may arrive at a whole-life order in the case of an 18 to 20-year-old only if it considers that the seriousness of the combination of offences is exceptionally high, even by the standard of offences which would normally result in a whole-life order. "This is described accurately as an enhanced exceptionality requirement. "Despite the gravity of your crimes, it is the explicit joint submission of counsel that a lengthy, finite term will be a sufficiently severe penalty, and this is not such an exceptionally serious case of the utmost gravity where the sentence of last resort must be imposed on an offender who was 18 at the time and is 19 today." While Prosper was "indisputably a very dangerous young man", the risk to the public was met with a life sentence, she said. Justice Cheema-Grubb told the court she would not impose a whole-life order because Prosper was stopped from carrying out the school shooting, having murdered his family earlier than he intended after his mother woke up. The Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme allows any member of the public to ask for certain crown court sentences to be reviewed, and if necessary, the case will be referred to the Court of Appeal. He also pleaded guilty as soon as the charges were put to him after psychiatric reports had been completed, and he was 18 at the time of his crimes which is at the lowest end of the age bracket for whole-life terms. Conservative shadow justice minister Dr Kieran Mullan, who referred the sentence to the Attorney General's Office under the scheme on the day Prosper was jailed, said at the time that not handing down a whole-life sentence "makes a mockery of the justice system and is an insult to the victims". At his trial, jurors heard Prosper's aim was to be known as "the world's most famous school shooter of the 21st century". Police believe he killed his family when his mother found a shotgun he had bought using a fake certificate and confronted him. His scheme was eventually foiled by officers who spotted him in the street immediately after the murders and arrested him. The loaded shotgun was found hidden in bushes nearby, along with more than 30 cartridges. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the Sky News app. You can also follow us on WhatsApp and subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with the latest news.
Sky News
16-04-2025
- Sky News
Sentence of Luton triple killer Nicholas Prosper, who murdered his family, referred to Court of Appeal
The sentence of triple murderer Nicholas Prosper, 19, who killed his family and was planning a school shooting in Luton, has been referred to the Court of Appeal. The referral has been made under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme, the Attorney General's Office said. Prosper pleaded guilty to the murder of his mother, Juliana Falcon, 48, and his siblings, Kyle Prosper, 16, and 13-year-old Giselle Prosper at Luton Crown Court in February. Their bodies were found at their flat in the town in September last year. He was sentenced to 49 years in prison in March. During sentencing, when explaining why he opted against handing out a whole-life order, the judge said: "A minimum term does not in any way equate to the value of the life of a murder victim, still less three such victims." The 19-year-old planned to carry out a mass shooting at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, where Prosper and his siblings had been pupils, he admitted to police. Please refresh the page for the fullest version.
