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ITV News
10 hours ago
- ITV News
Man charged with murder after woman's body found in Burton Latimer after McDonald's crash
A man has been charged with murder after a woman's body was found. Paul Knight, 35, from Donnington Road in Burton Latimer in Northamptonshire will appear in Northampton Magistrates Court on Monday following the discovery on Friday. The woman has yet to be formally identified. Police were initially called to McDonald's in Folley Way after receiving reports that a blue Skoda Superb rammed into the restaurant, at around 3.30pm on Friday. Roads policing officers that attended the scene said that their inquiries led them to an address in Donnington Road, where the body of the woman in her 30s was found. A post-mortem examination carried out at Leicester Royal Infirmary gave the preliminary cause of death as applied pressure to the neck. Detectives from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit said they were continuing their investigation into the woman's death, and appealed for anyone with information to get in touch.
BBC News
11 hours ago
- BBC News
Man, 35, charged with woman's murder in Burton Latimer
A 35-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman's body was found in a Police said Paul Knight, of Donnington Road in Burton Latimer, was due to appear at Northamptonshire Magistrates Court on body was discovered at a house in Donnington Road on Friday afternoon shortly after reports came in of a car crashing into a McDonald's restaurant.A forensic post-mortem examination found the 30-year-old woman had died as a result of pressure being applied to her neck. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
23-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
HOPE Church renovations will benefit Grand Forks community at large, lead pastor says
Mar. 23—GRAND FORKS — The lead pastor at a Grand Forks church believes its upcoming expansions and renovations will be a benefit not only to its congregation, but the community as a whole. HOPE Church's recently announced "Dare to Wonder" project is nearly two years in the making, and has received strong financial support, Pastor Paul Knight told the Herald. The project is expected to be a costly endeavor, falling between $7 million and $8 million, he said. "We're about halfway to ($8 million)," Knight said. "Close to that. And it's all donations from people in the church." It is exciting to be growing and serving the community, and the church is "all in" on that mission, he said. A project brochure outlines four facets: youth ministry spaces, exterior updates, staff offices and hospitality ministry spaces. The existing youth group space will be expanded and reconfigured to better accommodate the 150 or so middle and high school students who meet there weekly to participate in worship, games and other activities. "We have an amazing bunch of youth, so it's pretty fun," Knight said. HOPEkidz, the space for younger children's activities like Sunday School and Wednesday night ministries, will expand to accommodate for its rising attendance. This expansion will take over existing staff office space, which will be relocated elsewhere in the Grand Cities Mall, allowing all staff offices to be housed in the same area. HOPE Church's exterior has received little attention since the church relocated from East Grand Forks. One of its congregants said when he first brought his family to the space, they said it felt like walking into a penitentiary, Knight said. "It's the ugliest church in the city," he said. Though appearances aren't what's most important, he hopes a "facelift" of the outside will make the church appear more welcoming to passersby. Perhaps, then, they might feel compelled to join the approximately 1,300 people who currently attend various HOPE Church services each Sunday. The church has grown exponentially since Knight joined it in 1991 — when there were closer to 50 people in attendance each Sunday. He attributes this growth "to a commitment to love people, and care for people." "We actually believe what we're teaching," Knight said. "So (we have) a commitment to what the Bible teaches, and just an excitement about what God's doing." They are also committed to helping the community, and hope to turn an empty area upstairs into a community space that can be rented by the public, though it depends on how much money is raised, Knight said. Other community ministry efforts will include an indoor playground and coffee shop. "People talk all the time about how there's no place for kids to go in the winter, so we're going to make a place for kids to go in the winter," Knight said. He envisions mothers of young children drinking coffee together, watching their kids play. There are few spaces for people to spend time together, and even fewer that don't require money to be spent, he said. "... People need a place to hang out, and just relax," he said. In the decade since the church created an LLC to purchase the entire Grand Cities Mall — a time when it was rumored a potential buyer may demolish the building — a significant amount of work has been done to revitalize the space, Knight said. "We're in the geographical center of the community," he said. "We want to be the heartbeat of the community, help care for the community, and love the community and do all kinds of things to help." The hope is to begin work on renovations in October, but at this time there isn't a set date, Knight said. The church is still in the process of raising funds, doing what Knight called a stewardship campaign, "inviting people to donate to the project to help for the future of the kids." It's exciting, he said. Plans are being drawn by Churches by Daniels, a company based in Oklahoma. "We'll use all local contractors when we bid it out," Knight said. "(Churches by Daniels) is going to help us do that." Construction is anticipated to last approximately a year, Knight said. Though it may be messy, with such a large space to work with, no services should be interrupted. The church's current features include a worship center, fellowship hall, nursery, child care center, commercial kitchen, care center with a food pantry and clothing donations, as well as support groups for grief, addiction, divorce and more. The majority of these programs, which the church refers to as ministries, are open to the public regardless of whether they attend HOPE Church services or are affiliated with religion at all.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bar manager ‘gobsmacked' after winning £4m ‘Saltburn-style' country house
A bar manager has said he was 'gobsmacked' after winning a £4 million country house which is like 'something out of Saltburn'. Paul Knight, 47, from Reading in Berkshire, is now the owner of a six-bedroom property with regal heritage in Bath, dating back to the mid-1500s, after entering the Omaze Million Pound House Draw. The property was part of the estate of Sir John Harington, who was the godson of Elizabeth I and also the inventor of the flush toilet. Coincidentally, Mr Knight said he was scrolling on his phone during a toilet break when Omaze contacted him. 'When I got a message from Omaze, I was actually sitting on the toilet at work reading about a lost lottery ticket thinking that it would be just my luck,' he said. 'But how wrong was I! 'As I was at work, I had to take an early break to nip out and meet the Omaze team to find out exactly what I'd won – but it was well worth skiving off for an hour! 'I knew something was up when I saw all the cameras – I thought 'they're not rolling this out for a £10 gift voucher, are they?'. When they revealed I'd won a £4 million country house, I was just utterly gobsmacked!' Despite just becoming a millionaire Mr Knight had to return to finish his shift. 'It was all so crazy – but I didn't have to let it compute as I had to rush back to work straight afterwards,' he said. 'I was very tempted to say drinks are literally on the house when I got back, but it was all so surreal I just told one colleague and cracked on with my shift as if nothing had happened!' Mr Knight has been working in bars since he was 18 years old and is currently managing a bar in Reading. His partner of nearly 12 years, Justin Snowdon, 36, works as an airline cabin crew member. He added: 'My partner Justin is a flight attendant, so he came back late from New York Friday night. 'I woke up very early, which is rare for me, to tell him the good news. 'He couldn't comprehend it and said it must be the jet-lag kicking in and he's hallucinating.' The house comes mortgage-free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered. He also gets £250,000 in cash to help him settle in. If Mr Knight decides to keep the property, it is estimated that the £250,000 would enable him to run the house for almost 10 years. If he decides to rent it out, local estate agents estimate that the property could achieve a long-term rental value of between £10,000 to £12,000 per month. Mr Knight said the property reminded him of the stately home used in the 2023 thriller Saltburn starring Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan. 'The house is absolutely stunning! We've been joking it's like something out of Saltburn, although we won't be running around naked anytime soon,' he said. He said the win also means that the couple can finally start a family and look into adoption options. 'We've been thinking about adoption for a few years now, it hasn't been possible before due to our work commitments and needing to meet certain financial criteria, but this win means we can finally look into starting a family and adopting a child, it's all very exciting,' he said. The couple currently live in Reading with their two cats called Frida and Diego.
BBC News
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Reading man 'gobsmacked' at winning Omaze £4m house
A Reading man who won a house worth more than £4m and £250,000 in cash has described it as a "dream come true".Bar manager Paul Knight, 47, entered a competition in aid of the British Heart Foundation (BHF) after donating £20 in a charity said he was scrolling through his phone when he got the winning news and was "utterly gobsmacked".The six-bedroom house in Bath was part of the estate of Sir John Harington, the godson of Elizabeth I and the inventor of the first ever flushing toilet. The property, which was the prize in the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw, dates back to the mid-1500s and comes mortgage-free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered. Mr Knight shared the good news with his partner Justin Snowdon, 36, a flight attendant who had just come back from New said Mr Snowdon "could not comprehend the news" and thought he was "hallucinating" due to jet lag. Mr Knight said: "The house is absolutely stunning and the garage is bigger than our current house."We've never seen anything so grand, we love period properties, there is so much character and history here, we feel like royalty."We've always wanted a house with a river at the end of the garden and amazing views to wake up to, so this is a dream come true." Mr Knight said: "I've been working in bars all my life, which is hard graft, so I'm looking forward to easing off a bit and not working so many weekends said: "This win means we can finally look into starting a family and adopting a child, it's all very exciting."I was joking that depending on how many we have, we might even need a butler.""I'm so happy Omaze has raised so much for BHF, my father died 10-years ago due to circulatory issues, so it's a charity that means a lot to me," he added. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
