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Daily Mail
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Escape To The Country buyer breaks down in tears after 'having a hard time' with doomed property search - claiming 'the rug was pulled from under our feet'
An Escape To The Country buyer broke down in tears after 'having a hard time' with her doomed property search during the most recent episode of the BBC show. Property expert Ginny Buckley returned to our screens to help couple Debs and Colin find their dream property on the Norfolk/Suffolk border. Ginny explained to viewers that the pair - who had lived in Caterham, Surrey, for 29 years - tried to find their perfect home seven years ago, but it didn't work out, and only now were they ready to try again. Talking about the heartbreaking time, Debs explained: 'One minute we were doing it, we were even packed up, and then the rug was pulled from under our feet.' Colin is keen to replicate his antique restoring workshop in their new pad, while Debs is a knitting lover. The couple wanted a character property, three bedrooms, a good sized garden and travel links to the capital. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Ginny explained the viewers that the pair - who had lived in Caterham, Surrey, for 29 years - tried to find their perfect home seven years ago, but it didn't work out, and were ready to try again So Ginny took them to Norfolk end to the village of Forncett End, near a market town of Wymondham. The thatched cottage, costing £500,000, boasted a kitchen, breakfast room, two reception rooms, three bedrooms and a workshop. And they certainly liked the look of what they saw. Colin said: 'That is full-on Escape To The Country character, isn't it?' Debs added: 'It's beautiful. It is really pretty. I love it.' Just moments later she got very emotional and said: 'Oh it's making me - a bit - cry...' A shocked Ginny asked: 'Oh why? What? What's making you?' 'I don't know,' Debs replied. It's just making me a bit, like, emotional. It is so pretty. So pretty.' Ginny confessed: 'Well I'm glad that they're happy tears. 'Tears are good, as long as they are happy ones. ' At the end of the instalment it was revealed that the pair were keen to get their current home sold before making any decisions. However their favourites were the first property that they saw, as well as the mystery one. Just last week a buyer on Escape To The Country was left baffled by the price of a property before making a surprising U-turn. Nicki Chapman was tasked with finding semi-retired lecturer Clement and his grandson Luke a new home in Cornwall. The pair were making the move from Surrey to the coast to live closer to family who were already based there. He wanted to be near pleasant walking routes and had a £675,000 budget for a detached four-bedroom house with a garden and garage. Nicki presented Clement with a range of possible homes but it was the mystery house that particularly surprised him. 'Is the mystery house working its magic?' Nicki asked. 'It's working some magic, it's one of those houses that grows on you as you look through it,' Clement replied. Nicki revealed the asking price was £650,000, a huge £25,000 below budget. 'Where's the contract to sign? Let's go,' Hannah exclaimed. Clement appeared to be shocked by the price and commented: 'I like conversations especially those ones, that's excellent.' At the end of the episode, it was revealed Clement had arranged second viewings for two of the houses, including the mystery property. He put an offer in on the mystery property but ultimately decided to go for a completely different house.
Wales Online
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Escape to the Country buyer breaks down in tears as they make 'hard' admission
Escape to the Country buyer breaks down in tears as they make 'hard' admission Wednesday's edition of Escape to the Country took place on the Norfolk/Suffolk border ETTC: Buyer 'in tears' just minutes into house search An Escape to the Country buyer was left "in tears" just moments into the property hunt on Wednesday (May 21). In the most recent episode of the BBC show, presenter Ginny Buckley met with married couple Debs and Colin, who were keen to relocate to the Norfolk/Suffolk border. The duo had resided in Surrey for 29 years, and had previously attempted to find their dream home seven years prior, but unfortunately, things didn't pan out as planned. "Today's buyers are no strangers to looking for their dream country home. They attempted it seven years ago. Unfortunately, it didn't work out," Ginny clarified. "Debs and Colin were on the verge of buying their dream home seven years ago when the sale fell through just as Colin's London-based work restoring antique furniture increased," reports Cambridgeshire Live. Debs was brought to tears just minutes into the property search Article continues below Escape to the Country buyers stunned as host makes admission minutes into search READ MORE: Debs added: "One minute we were doing it, we were even packed up, and then the rug was pulled from under our feet." With a budget of £500,000, Debs and Colin were hoping to secure a three-bedroom house with character. They desired a spacious kitchen and garden for entertaining their family, which includes ten grandchildren. They also required options for a workshop for Colin's business, as well as convenient transport links to London. Their property hunt kicked off in the town of Forncett End on the Norfolk side of the border. Upon arriving outside a large pink cottage, Debs was immediately moved to tears. "It's beautiful, it's really pretty, I love it. Oh, it's making me cry. It's making me a bit emotional," she confessed as Ginny quickly stepped in to console her. "Well, I'm glad that they're happy tears. Tears are good as long as they're happy ones," Ginny responded. Wednesday's Escape to the Country took place on the Norfolk/Suffolk border Later on, the host took the couple to visit a property on the outskirts of Tivetshall St Margaret. Debs became emotional again as she reflected on their challenging search for their dream home. "It's been a bit of a rough up and down journey and it's just got to be right, and it's got to be special," she said. "I want this dream to be in a house that I can bring my family and friends to and they go, 'Wow, you did it.' I'm crying again!" "It's fine, it's a big thing, it's okay to feel emotional. You've had a hard time, haven't you," Ginny compassionately said. At the end of the episode, Debs and Colin revealed that they would be keeping their eye on the first property and the mystery house, but were focusing their efforts on getting their current home sold. Article continues below Escape to the Country airs weekdays at 3pm on BBC One
RTÉ News
20-05-2025
- RTÉ News
'No moving on': McCann parents speak out after debs crash deaths
The parents of Kiea McCann, one of two teenagers killed in a crash on the way to a Debs ball in Monaghan in 2023, have spoken in their first television interview about arriving to the scene of the crash moments after it occurred. Frankie and Teresa McCann recalled the incident, and said they wished the driver of the car in which Kiea was travelling had received a longer sentence. Last week, Anthony McGinn, 61, of Drumloo, Newbliss, Co Monaghan, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing death and serious injury. He was driving almost twice the speed limit when his car struck a tree near Legnakelly on 31 July, 2023. The crash killed Kiea and her best friend, 16-year-old Dlava Mohammed, and left Dlava's sister, Avin, with life-changing injuries. Kiea's parents told Prime Time they reached the location of the crash before emergency responders arrived. "When we got there, we seen the car had hit the tree and had spun around," Kiea's father, Frankie, said. He jumped over the fence and ran down to see if the passengers were alright. "When I went down, I got through the side window and Anthony McGinn had a hold of my daughter, and he says to me, 'Frankie, Kiea... Frankie, Kiea.'" "Then out of nowhere, it was like an angel landed, there was a nurse and all I could see was the hands coming in like that to the back of the car. And she caught Kiea 's head, she was holding Kiea's head when I started doing compressions on her." Frankie said he moved from Kiea to Dlava, trying everything to revive the girls as they waited for emergency services to arrive. "You were just trying, basically to save one to get to the other. It wasn't that you had a choice to do it, it was something you had to do. And then you'd turn around and you'd see the mother lying with your own daughter." Eventually, it was clear there was nothing more they could do, and Frankie gave his daughter the last rites. "You kind of hope, if there is something after life, they would know that you were with them," he said, "you know, they'd know that they were loved, because my daughter knew she was loved." Frankie and his wife, Teresa, lay with the girls on the grass bank at the side of the road. "I just got to say, 'I love you baby girl,'" Teresa said. They said they struggle to comprehend the trauma they lived through and of losing their daughter. "You go to bed at night, you cry, you waking up crying as your reality of life," Frankie said. "You remember the day she was born. When you're the first to hold her, then you're the last to hold her, out of the world. That's what you live with. That's the consequences of people not taking care of what they're doing," he added. "Still to this day it's just, it's just even hard to even, you know, even think about that," Teresa said. "It's a nightmare to live with… just lying there with them and knowing that you couldn't save them." Driver Anthony McGinn was known to Frankie and had offered to give the girls a lift to their Debs. After the crash, it emerged that he was driving at almost twice the speed limit when the crash happened. Passengers in the car who survived the crash said in court that they had asked him to slow down. "We just generally thought it was an accident. At that time, that's what we thought," Teresa said. "They begged for their lives. He could have slowed down at any time at that road… He chose not to." Frankie said Kiea wanted to be a social care worker. "She wanted to go on to college, finish it so she could help people. What is she now? She's just another road victim. She's somebody that'll never be known as Kiea." "There's no justice for that," Frankie said. At the sentencing, the family was shocked to hear the seven-year sentence issued to McGinn. The judge in the case said mitigating factors included there was no drink or drugs involved and McGinn's very early plea of guilt. McGinn was also banned from driving for 15 years. The McCann family believe McGinn should serve more time behind bars. "You just can't live life like that and then go into a court and to hear he gets seven years," Frankie said. "Why not turn around and give five years for my daughter, give five years for Dlava, two years for Avin? That's 12 years that a judge could have given, consecutive years." "It's not a fair sentence. At the end of the day, he knew what he was up when he got into that car… Seven years is nothing," Teresa said. Kiea's younger daughter, Tameaka, is now preparing for her own Debs, but the memory of her sister's last day is very much still on her mind. "She actually didn't want to do it," Frankie said. "But her mother talked to her into it, you know, and says, 'it's new chapter in your life.'" "Just looking at her sister all so excited to go out and start something" Teresa said, "and now she's going on to make hers and I really want her to make hers… but still doesn't stop her thinking of her own sister and the way it ended up with her." Kiea's absence isn't just felt in relation to the big events, like her sister's Debs, it's felt all the time, Frankie and Teresa said. "There is no moving on. There is no move on. Not for me anyway," Teresa said. "[It's] worse than a life sentence in a prison because you have nothing left," Frankie added.
Extra.ie
15-05-2025
- Extra.ie
Three cyclists injured after car hits group and drives off in Cork
Three cyclists have been injured following a hit and run in Cork on Wednesday evening. The incident happened at around 8.05pm on the R627 in Midleton. Emergency services attended the scene and the road was closed for a period of time. Three cyclists have been injured following a hit and run in Cork on Wednesday evening. Pic: Shutterstock RTÉ report that three cyclists are currently being treated for non-life threatening injuries. have reached out to An Garda Síochána for comment on the accident. Elsewhere, a grieving mum has reacted following the sentence handed down to a man who caused the death of two teenagers due to dangerous driving. Kiera McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, died after the car they were travelling in left the road and crashed into a tree in the Legnakeely area on July 31, 2023 while on their ways to a debs ball. Kiera McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, died after the car they were travelling in left the road and crashed into a tree in the Legnakeely area on July 31, 2023 while on their way to a Debs ball. Anthony McGinn, 61, from Drumoo, Newbliss, Co Monaghan was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment following a guilty plea. Mr McGinn was also disqualified from driving for a period of 15 years. Anthony McGinn at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court, Co Monaghan. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Kiea and Dlava had been travelling to a ball to mark the end of their school year, at the Western Arms Hotel in Monaghan town. Anthony McGinn, 60, who was behind the wheel, had been charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of the teenagers. He was also charged with dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm to Dlava's sister, Avin, on the same occasion. Speaking after the sentencing, Kiea's mother Teresa McCann said: 'There is no justice in this. My child's life is gone and never coming back.' Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire McGinn entered a guilty plea to both charges at Monaghan Circuit Court back in January. Speaking after the sentencing, Kiea's mother Teresa McCann said: 'There is no justice in this. My child's life is gone and never coming back.' Inspector Ann Marie Lardner said Gardaí supported the families 'in their suffering.' 'Kiea and Dlava were looking forward to celebrating their Debs on the night of the 31st of July, 2023 – they had their entire lives and bright futures in front of them. They were killed in a devastating road traffic collision and never came home,' she said.
The Irish Sun
14-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
‘Two beautiful girls – no justice', fume family of teen killed holding hands with best pal as Debs crash driver caged
THE family of Debs crash victim Kiea McCann has slammed the seven-year jail sentence handed down to killer driver Anthony McGinn today. Best pals Kiea, 17, and Dlava Mohammed, 16, died when the 6 Kiea McCann died in the crash in 2023 Credit: PACEMAKER BELFAST 6 Dlava Mohammed also lost her life in the crash Credit: PACEMAKER BELFAST 6 Anthony McGinn was handed down a seven-year jail term Credit: Brian Lawless/PA Wire McGinn, 61 — a friend of Kiea's family who had offered to drive the two teenagers to their school party — He also admitted to McGinn was today And Judge John Aylmer blasted McGinn for travelling at the 'grossly excessive speed' of 151kph in an 80kph zone on a wet road. Read more in News The judge told how the Debs death driver 'ignored pleas to slow down' from frantic passengers. Judge Aylmer said: 'You were entrusted to drive these young people to their Debs. 'And in driving in the manner in which you did, you committed an extraordinary breach of trust.' McGinn, of Drumloo, Newbliss, Co Monaghan, did not show any emotion as he was led away by prison officers to begin his jail sentence. Most read in the Irish Sun Reacting to the jail term outside court, Kiea's mum Teresa declared: 'There is no justice.' Holding a photo of her beloved girl, Teresa said: 'Seven years, that's the justice here. Two beautiful girls. This is my daughter Kiea. 6 Reacting to the jail term outside court, Kiea's mum Teresa declared: 'There is no justice' Credit: Brian Lawless/PA Wire 6 The judge told how the Debs death driver 'ignored pleas to slow down' from frantic passengers Credit: PACEMAKER BELFAST 'And this is what we got, seven years today. There is no justice for this. My child's life is gone and never coming back.' Ms Mohamed's heartbroken family told how they came to Ireland from war-torn Syria to build their dreams but declared: 'Dlava's dreams are now buried with her.' In an exclusive interview with the Irish Sun tonight, the grieving Mohamed family told how 'no sentence would bring the girls back'. And the Mohamed clan urged the nation to 'learn lessons' from the devastation wrought by McGinn's speeding. 'NO SENTENCE WILL BRING THE GIRLS BACK' Dlava's sister Lilav, 23, told the Irish Sun: 'On behalf of my family, we think that there would never be justice in this case if he got a life sentence, or if he was there in the jail for one day. 'The sad fact is that the girls are not going to come back no matter what happens, so it's hard to say justice or not because no sentence will bring the girls back. 'Of course, speeding is intentional. His actions had to be judged. 'But at the same time, we wouldn't say that we're mad that he got seven years because for us, we just wanted him to get something for him to be a lesson to other younger drivers or like to anyone who drives.' 'DEEPLY SADDENED' BY GARDA'S DEATH The Mohamed family revealed how they had been left 'deeply saddened' by the Gda Flatley was operating a checkpoint when he was It brings to 60 the number of deaths on the roads this year. And speaking to the Irish Sun tonight, Lilav pleaded for drivers to slow down in a bid to reduce fatalities on our roads. SLOW DOWN PLEA Lilav said: 'We want the sentence to send a strong message to other drivers. There has been a death this week as well involving the Garda. 'So we want to send the message that no one else should die on the roads. To slow down, we just want people to slow down and learn the lesson. 'That's really what my family want to be honest. 'We are not mad about sentencing. We don't think it's not justice because justice would never be served in this case, no sentence will bring the girls back. 'EXAMPLE BEEN MADE' 'There's an example been made. There's been an example made of McGinn. So hopefully that sends out the right message to other people to slow down.' Emotional Lilav described the two years since Dlava's death as 'so hard' - as she spoke of her hope that other families can be spared from the tragedy they have had to endure. You were entrusted to drive these young people to their Debs. And in driving in the manner in which you did, you committed an extraordinary breach of trust.' Judge John Aylmer She said: 'It's not easy for any one of us during this time, because we've been waiting for two years and we knew that nothing is going to change. Nothing will bring the girls back. Everyone is broken. So I wouldn't say that everyone is doing OK. Hopefully, time will give us more healing. 'We just want to send the message for drivers to slow down so other families don't have to suffer like us.' GIRLS DIED 'HOLDING HANDS' Victim impact statements revealed how Kiea and Dlava died 'holding hands' in the fatal crash on the way to their debs after driver McGinn ignored pleas to slow down. The driver had been speeding on his way to the ball when he lost control of his BMW and smashed into a tree at an impact speed of over 121kph. Both girls tragically died side-by-side following the shocking smash. Dlava's sister Avin, who had also been travelling in the car at the time, suffered serious injuries. GUILTY PLEA McGinn had pleaded guilty to causing the girls' deaths by dangerous driving and causing Avin serious bodily harm. In a heartbreaking victim impact statement, Kiea's mum Teresa told how she 'trusted' McGinn to take her daughter to the leaver's ball. She said: 'When we got to the scene, Kiea was already gone. Her dad tried CPR on her. Nothing would bring her back. 'Kiea and her best friend were robbed of their lives. They were put side by side holding hands on the grass as me and my husband lay beside them.' 'YOU TOOK OUR DAUGHTER' Addressing McGinn in court, Kiea's dad Frankie said: 'Because of the decision you made, you took our daughter from our lives and our hearts.' Dlava's sister Avin told how she feels guilty over the crash as she invited the teen to the dance with her. SLOW DOWN PLEA TOP cops say they stand 'united in grief' with the families of debs crash victims Kiea McCann and Dlava Mohamed. The force is in mourning after Garda Kevin Flatley was knocked down and killed by a speeding motorbike in Dublin on Sunday. His funeral takes place on Friday. After speeding driver Anthony McGinn was yesterday caged, Senior Investigating Officer Ann-Marie Lardner insisted: 'As a society, Ireland needs to reset our collective attitude towards road safety. As a society, we need to slow down. 'As a society, we need to have a conversation with those who we know drive too fast, either in excess of the speed limit or too fast for the road conditions. 'The only people who can drive slower are drivers. But everybody can influence a driver. Slow down, make our roads safer.' She said she did not learn about the pair's death for months due to her injuries after 'everything went black' in the crash. Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court was told McGinn had picked up the group in Monaghan before heading to the ball. HARROWING FINAL MOMENTS Front seat passenger Oisin Clerkin had asked McGinn to 'slow down' but the driver did not respond. Kiea's debs date Oisin, who escaped the smash with non-life threatening injuries, later told cops: 'He was driving really fast and it scared me. 'None of the girls said anything. Kiea looked scared. I said 'Goodbye' to Kiea and I woke up in hospital.' The court was shown harrowing footage of Kiea and Dlava's final moments before McGinn collided with the tree. He later told gardai he had no idea what speed he was going at before the crash. The court heard McGinn was travelling at almost double the limit before hitting the tree at Legnakelly, near Clones, on July 31 2023. 6 The grieving Mohamed family told how 'no sentence would bring the girls back' Credit: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
