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Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Daily Mirror
Doctor who killed dad-of-two in Hargrave car smash 'while late for work' jailed
Dr Hammanjulde Hammawa, 65, changed his plea to guilty and was jailed for three years over the death of Maciej Stepien following a trial at Northampton Crown Court A doctor who killed a dad-of-two in a head-on crash as he was running late for work has been jailed for three years. Dr Hammanjulde Hammawa, 65, crossed double white lines to overtake a lorry in his black Mercedes as he raced to work. He ploughed into a silver Yamaha motorbike being driven by Maciej Stepien on the B645 near the village of Hargrave, Northants. Mr Stepien, a technical engineer who had celebrated his 40th birthday days earlier, died at the scene of the crash which happened on November 29, 2022. Hammawa, a vascular consultant, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He initially denied the charge but later changed his plea to guilty and was jailed for three years at Northampton Crown Court on Friday . The court heard he had been due at the Irthlingborough Nene Clinic, Northants., but was running late on the morning of the fatal crash. At the sentencing hearing, a poignant victim impact statement was read out by Mr Stepien's wife Joanna paying tribute to the "wonderful father and role model". She said: 'Maciej wasn't just a statistic, or just another senseless casualty of dangerous and irresponsible driving. 'Maciej was a very rare and extraordinary man of many talents, skills and passions, and a great personality. He was a technical engineer and head of IT at a company based in Cambridgeshire where he was responsible for all the IT systems, servers, software and hardware, as well as developing new products and services, and supervising staff. 'He was a man of superior intelligence. His co-workers called him 'magic', as he could always find a solution to any problem, no matter how complex. 'He also loved helping people. In his youth he was a volunteer fire-fighter and throughout his life he was always available whenever someone he knew needed a helping hand. 'It is truly heartbreaking that his life was cut short when there was so much ahead of him. My husband was my best friend; he knew me better than anyone else. 'He was also a wonderful father and a great role model to our children who were only four and six when he passed away. There will be no more memories. Their wish for Santa to bring Daddy back will never come true. 'One day, and way too soon, Mr Hammawa's sentence will come to an end; we on the other hand will be left with this pain and emptiness forever. My husband's death came way too soon. We were completely unprepared to part our ways. Maciej brought so much love and laughter and happiness into our lives and now he is gone forever. 'It is still difficult to fully comprehend that he is not coming back. We will miss him and feel his unbearable absence for the rest of our lives.' Detective Constable Lee Norton, from Northamptonshire Police 's Serious Collision Investigation Team, said: 'Maciej died because of one person's decision to make a dangerous overtaking manoeuvre and I truly hope Mr Hammawa understands the pain he has caused as a result of his reckless actions that day. 'This case is a lesson to all road users to ensure you allow yourself enough time for any journey you wish to make. On this day, Mr Hammawa did not do this, instead making a split second decision in his rush not to be late that cost Maciej his life. 'No sentence can ever make up for the loss of Maciej.'
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
《英雄聯盟》紀念過世冠軍「古拉格斯造型、稱號」免費拿，解鎖條件公開
（圖源： League of Legends / FNATIC） 《英雄聯盟》（League of Legends）首個世界冠軍由 FNATIC 奪得，當年的中路「Shushei」在 4 月 29 日傳出抗癌失敗過世消息，讓官方與全球社群共同緬懷，而今（6）日，Riot Games 宣布為了紀念他，將送出免費稱號以及他的古拉格斯冠軍造型。 由《英雄聯盟》官方 X（推特）公告：「為了紀念他的傳奇，玩家可以免費獲得 Shushei Foever 稱號，此外，只要使用古拉格斯進行三場對戰，即可解鎖他的 Fnatic 古拉格斯造型。」 Together we remember Season 1 World Champion, MVP, and beloved player Maciej 'Shushei' Ratuszniak. To honor his legacy, players can unlock the 'Shushei Forever' title for free, and additionally, play 3 games as Gragas to unlock his Fnatic Gragas skin. Thank you Maciej. — League of Legends (@LeagueOfLegends) May 5, 2025 而當年他待的戰隊 FNATIC 也透露領取時間將從 5 月 5 日起至 6 月 2 日為止。 緊貼最新科技資訊、網購優惠，追隨 Yahoo Tech 各大社交平台！ 🎉📱 Tech Facebook： 🎉📱 Tech Instagram： 🎉📱 Tech WhatsApp 社群： 🎉📱 Tech WhatsApp 頻道： 🎉📱 Tech Telegram 頻道：
BBC News
08-03-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'I don't miss Poland because I've made a home here'
Yorkshire and the Humber has become home to more than 70,000 Polish nationals since 2004, making them the third largest group of people born outside of the twenty years on how have those who swapped their homeland for a new life in England settled in?"I don't miss home because I make home here for myself."Maciej Bujakowski, 42, has seen much change since he moved to the UK from Poland in years ago Maciej, then aged 23, was working his way up the ranks of the Polish Chefs and Pastry Chefs Association, when the society's president suggested he might try a stint in England to gain experience and bring back new single and keen for adventure, he agreed to the opportunity despite his limited some Polish migrants complained of hostility, Maciej said the locals in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, where he first worked at a boutique hotel, were "very welcoming".Further north, an 18-year-old Lukasz Garbacik had just taken a warehouse job in Doncaster, where Polish is now the second most common main language."Back then there were a lot of posters in Poland regarding work in the UK," he recalls."Lots of agencies were contacting people to come to England for seasonal work," adds Lukasz's wife, Wioletta, who found a job in a warehouse in Luton before meeting her husband and moving to South recalls wages in the UK being up to six times higher than in Poland, which attracted a "flood" of migrant Maciej and many others, university students Lukasz and Wioletta only intended to stay in the UK on a short-term basis."I came because my colleague said 'take a break, make some money, and we will have some money for partying'," says Lukasz, who now runs a joinery business. Poland was one of 10 countries - and eight from Central and Eastern Europe - to join the European Union during its biggest-ever expansion in 2004, paving the way for a wave of new arrivals and changing the face of migration to the Aleksandra Wilińska arrived in Doncaster in 2015, she had no idea about the growing Polish population there, which is now the second largest ethnic group in the took a typical route of finding warehouse work initially, where the majority of the staff were also born outside of the both earning minimum wage, she and her now husband, Patrick, managed to save enough money to buy a house after two and a half years in 32, Aleksandra runs her own business as a mortgage advisor, while Patrick is employed as a driver."Overall the UK has been a country of possibilities," she says."My sister is a teacher here and my brother works in a law firm. As foreigners, I think we are quite successful."At this point, I don't think we will be moving back home." Maciej, who now lives in Harrogate with his wife, Kasha, believes Polish migrants brought with them a strong work ethic."I don't know whether we have been brought up in the older culture of work or whether work was more difficult in Poland when I was young straight after Communism," he now runs four businesses, including a Polish restaurant in Leeds and a Polish deli, and he and Kasha have a two-year-old daughter together, and Wioletta also started a family in Doncaster, where the Polish community is getting "stronger and stronger", and have two children, aged 13 and local church regularly attracts up to 350 worshippers to its Sunday service, delivered in Polish.A Polish school has recently opened to educate children about their heritage and bring the community together."Our kids are fluent in both Polish and English," says Wioletta."They will definitely feel more British than Polish. They naturally switch to English when they are not reprimanded." 'People are the same' However, Maciej admits life in the UK is not as comfortable as it once was."Living became a bit more challenging financially," he says. "Before, if you were busy, you always made money. Now, you are not always successful."He says he has seen Britain's middle class "shrink" because of the country's economic slowdown. People have also become "a bit more frustrated with life"."I was scared that after Brexit it would be like 'Go home immigrants'," adds Aleksandra, who says she has noticed a rise in the same anti-immigrant sentiment once directed at Polish people now being aimed at Ukrainian refugees settling in her home country."If we are talking about politics, immigration, everyday issues, it made me realise that no matter the country people are the same, they just have different languages." Dorota Spilman moved to North Yorkshire after falling in love with a local farmer while picking asparagus and strawberries in told BBC Radio York she had been working on the farm each season since 2007 on her summer breaks from university and met her now-husband when he returned from serving in the army to work on his family's farm."He was my boss," she says."Once he asked me if I wanted to go out with him to the pub and I was so excited…but at that point I couldn't really speak English."I had a dictionary with me. We didn't have to talk, we just laughed and had a drink and had an amazing time."We had a great summer; we had a few dates and then the season ended at the end of August and I had to go back home. He cried."The pair, devastated to be separated, stayed in touch and visited each other before Dorota moved permanently to North Yorkshire the following recalls: "I came back for the season, I came back to work on the farm again and I stayed."I never thought I'd have an English husband and live in England."I'm really happy and it's my home now."Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
