Latest news with #GregWood
Daily Mirror
5 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Man found dead on the road as police launch "incredibly complex" investigation
The tragic discovery was made in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday March 19. Essex Police confirmed the man's body was found on Lincolns Lane in Brentwood, Essex A man's body has been found on the side of a road sparking a complex police investigation. The tragic discovery was made in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday March 19. Essex Police confirmed the man's body was found on Lincolns Lane in Brentwood, Essex. The man's identity has now been released by police as they ask for the public's help to understand the timeline of events in the run up to his death. They believe the man was Vietnamese national Vo Thai Son, who was living in the UK at the time. No further details such as his age or family tributes have been shared with the public at this stage. Police have not described this as a murder investigation. The full statement from Essex Police released yesterday reads: "We are appealing for any information about a man whose body was found at the roadside in Brentwood. The man was found in Lincolns Lane early on 19 March. We believe the man is Vietnamese national Vo Thai Son, who was living in the UK at the time. "An investigation was launched following the discovery and we are liaising with our partners in law enforcement nationally and internationally to establish his movements in the days and weeks before he was found. "Now, we are appealing for the public's help in building this picture We have launched a Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP), in both Vietnamese and English, for anyone to come forward and share what they may know." Detective Chief Inspector Greg Wood said: 'This is an incredibly complex investigation, with my officers continuing to explore further lines of enquiry to find out how Thai Son came to be at the side of this road. 'It's important we provide those answers for his loved ones, and that anyone who knew him tells us what they know about him.'We are not treating his death as suspicious at this time, but there are questions we must answer about the circumstances of this discovery.' Essex Police has set up a Major Incident Public Portal (MIPP) appealing directly to members of the Vietnamese community for information, which can be found here. Anyone with any information that may help police with their investigation is urged to come foward quoting incident 0109 of 19th March 2025. You can submit a report on the Essex Police website or use the online Live Chat service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week. Visit the Essex Police website to find out more about our online reporting services. If you would like to make an anonymous report you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.
Epoch Times
28-05-2025
- General
- Epoch Times
UNESCO Rejects Australian Bid for World Heritage Listing, Wants Stricter Safeguards Against Industrial Impact
The Australian government's bid to have an area of rock art in Western Australia recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage site has suffered a setback. According to a draft decision ( Murujuga is home to more than a million petroglyphs, or rock carvings, created by Aboriginal peoples with a cultural history dating back up to 50,000 years. The site is located in the Burrup Peninsula, which also houses Woodside's Karratha Gas Plant–one of the world's largest liquid natural gas facilities. There have been concerns from the local Aboriginal community and scientists about the impact of industrial development over the past 60 years on Murujuga. Some research ( Related Stories 8/26/2024 5/28/2025 However, a recent report ( World Heritage Committee's Draft Decision In rejecting Australia's bid, the Committee said it wanted the country to complete ongoing studies on the impact of local industry activities on the petroglyphs, and remove the claim that acidic emissions that damage the site. The Committee also highlighted the need for the Australian government to prevent industrial development near the nominated site, and develop a decommissioning and rehabilitation plan for existing industrial activities. The Committee then recommended Australia implement measures to protect the nominated heritage site and monitor the impacts of ports and industry activities. The entrance to Woodside Petroleum's Pluto development on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia, on June 17, 2008. Greg Wood/AFP via Getty Images Australian Government Says It Is Disappointed While Environment Minister Murray Watt pointed out that a final decision would not be made until July, he expressed disappointment with the decision. 'It is disappointing that the draft decision is heavily influenced by claims made in the media and correspondence from non-government organisations, rather than scientific and other expert evidence,' he said. 'It is also disappointing that traditional custodians were not consulted or given an opportunity to respond to proposed recommendations, despite their strong desire for World Heritage listing.' Watt noted that Murujuga deserved to be recognised as a World Heritage site due to the Aboriginal community's effort to protect and manage the landscape over the past 50,000 years. Despite the setback, the minister said the Australian government would continue to work with the Committee to address the 'factual inaccuracies' impacting its decision. 'We will strongly advocate to the World Heritage Committee to reconsider the nomination when it meets,' he said. Gas and World Heritage Site Can't Coexist: Environmental Group Meanwhile, Piper Rollins, a climate campaigner at the Australian Conservation Foundation, said the Committee's draft decision showed that the international body had identified Woodside's gas hub as a primary risk to the Murujuga rock art. 'UNESCO is essentially saying to the Albanese government: you can't have your cake and eat it,' 'You are going to have to choose between World Heritage or Woodside's toxic gas extension. The two cannot coexist.' In a related development, Watt has approved
Winnipeg Free Press
28-04-2025
- General
- Winnipeg Free Press
Sponsored Content Laying a foundation for the future
Greg Wood has been fascinated with stone masonry and the built environment for as long as he can remember. That's why its fitting Wood is among the first cohort of students to take part in the Pre-Apprentice Bricklayer Program being offered by non-profit organization First Peoples Development Inc. (FPDI). The program was designed in conjunction with Bricklayers Union Local 1 to give Indigenous people training in employment readiness, safety, and construction skills to facilitate a direct pathway to apprenticeship and employment in the construction industry. Wood is originally from the First Nations community of South Indian Lake and spent much of his adult life working as a heavy equipment operator in northern Manitoba. Two years ago the single father moved to Winnipeg to further his education and seek a new career while providing his two sons a similar opportunity to 'learn and grow.' Shortly after arriving in the city he learned about FPDI's Bricklayer Program from a family friend. He applied a short time later and began his studies in January. It was a match made in heaven. 'To tell you the honest truth, I've been fascinated with stonework ever since I was a kid,' he says. 'And I was always fascinated with old buildings when I was a kid. I always wanted to know how old this or that building was. I always had an eye for that type of work but never realized I was going to be trying to get into it until I (did).' The FPDI Bricklayer Program runs for 23 weeks. Students receive two weeks of workforce readiness instruction followed by a week of safety training including lessons on First Aid, flagging and fall protection. That is followed by 20 weeks of pre-apprenticeship classroom and practical training. Wood and his classmates will receive their Level 1 apprentice bricklayer accreditation in June once they have completed 800 hours of training. They will then take part in a three-month work placement. One of the things Wood enjoys most about the program is its focus on hands-on learning. 'If it was just auditory or visual learning … you would not know how to flow with a brick or with your trowel or to feel the mortar or know how your body moves. With the program, you feel first-hand how to adjust and what you need to do for yourself,' he says. Wood plans to continue on his current path and eventually obtain his Red Seal certification as a Level 3 bricklayer. Bricklayers are in high demand in the Canadian construction industry and can specialize in a number of different areas including stone work, restoration, ornamental work and the installation of refractories and corrosion-resistant materials. Wood says part of what drew him to bricklaying is that it's a unionized trade that offers health benefits and greater job security than his previous occupation did. It also offers an opportunity to have an impact on the community around him. 'Just having your work somewhere and knowing its your work, that's tangible. That's yoursignature and you're putting an imprint on the city. That is significant to me in the long-run and more satisfying to the soul. The paycheque is good too because it will help sustain me and let me do more creating.' The next Bricklayer program begins in fall 2025. For details about the program and its prerequisites, please visit
The Guardian
05-04-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Grand National 2025: updates from Aintree
Greg Wood Hello from Aintree, where the sun is shining and a 55,000 capacity crowd is assembling for the 2025 Grand National – the race that still stops the nation (or perhaps as much as a third of it, at any rate). The first two days of the meeting have seen some fine performances and excellent racing, but when all's said and done, Aintree's festival is all about one race and despite complaints in some quarters that it is not what it was, this year's National could hardly offer a greater depth of possibilities. Quite a few of those possibilities, admittedly, are carrying the same green and gold colours of JP McManus, and the owner – who will take sole control of the all-time record for National winners with four if one of his five runners comes home in front – currently has the top three in the betting: I Am Maximus, who won last year, Iroko and Perceval Legallois. The bookies at the track are shortening up the horses as usual. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA McManus is having one of the best seasons of his near half-century as an owner, and had two winners here yesterday including Gentleman De Mee, in the Topham Chase over the National fences, who achieved the remarkable feat of passing the entire field to win. It is then 12-1 bar the three, which takes in Stumptown, last month's Cross Country winner at Cheltenham, and the former King George winner, Hewick, while a host of alternatives at a juicy each-way price are lining up behind. The going on the Grand National course is good-to-soft – it has been watered furiously for the last fortnight – while it is good ground on the Mildmay course, which stages the other six races on today's card. That has resulted in a fair few non-runners through the card, most notably Lulamba, the likely favourite, in the Grade One novice hurdle at 1.50. But the big-race field is assembled and intact, it is the nation's biggest collective day at the races and, as ever, all the news, insight and action will be here on the blog from the first race to the last. Share
BBC News
20-03-2025
- BBC News
Dead body found in Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, as Essex Police launch appeal
Detectives have appealed for information after a body was found down a country Police said the deceased, a man in his 30s, was discovered in Lincolns Lane, in Pilgrims Hatch near Brentwood, on Wednesday morning."I would like to reassure the community that this is not a murder investigation, but rather an investigation into how, sadly, this man came to be found at the roadside," Det Ch Insp Greg Wood said they wanted information from anyone in the Lincolns Lane and Coxtie Green Road areas between Tuesday evening and 05:45 GMT on Wednesday. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and a cordon was put up."We are pursuing multiple lines of inquiry to establish the facts of this case, particularly around the circumstances in which this man died," Det Ch Insp Wood said."While I know this incident will be shocking for the community, I would ask those locally to think carefully about anything they may have seen or heard."He added that doorbell or dashcam footage from anyone in Lincolns Lane "may be key". Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
