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The Guardian
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Terence Stamp: a life in pictures
Terence Henry Stamp was born on 22 July 1938 in Stepney, east London. Here he is on 5 May 1961 at a reception at the Savoy hotel in London to introduce the stars of the forthcoming movie Billy Budd, which was to be his screen debut Photograph: Alamy Terence Stamp photographed with his mother Ethel, father Thomas, brothers Richard and John, and sister Linette at home in Plaistow, London on 28 May 1961. Stamp was about to depart for Spain to begin filming Billy Budd Photograph:Stamp was nominated for the best supporting role Oscar and won the Golden Globe for most promising newcomer for his performance Photograph: Alamy An undated portrait of Stamp Photograph:Stamp appeared alongside Laurence Olivier, Sarah Miles (pictured, in her film debut) and Simone Signoret in this British drama Photograph: Alamy Stamp with his girlfriend, the model Jean Shrimpton, in London in 1963 Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Iconic Images Stamp as Freddie Clegg, a psychotic butterfly collector and kidnapper of women Photograph:Shrimpton with Stamp and the horse Modesty, who she gave to him as a Christmas present, photographed in January 1965. Photograph:Stamp enjoys a beer with his friend and flatmate Michael Caine Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock Rossella Falk, Dirk Bogarde, Stamp and Monica Vitti in the spy spoof Photograph: Stamp and Caine in the Bag O'Nails club in Kingly Street, Soho in 1966, at the heart of swinging London Photograph: Alamy Model Celia Hammond with Stamp at a fashion show in London in 1967 Photograph:Stamp as Sergeant Troy and Julie Christie as Bathsheba Everdene in the Thomas Hardy adaptation Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Stamp and Celia Hammond attend the premiere of Far from the Madding Crowd at the Odeon Marble Arch in London on 17 October 1967 Photograph:Stamp as Dave and Carol White as Joy in Ken Loach's bleak drama Photograph: StudioCanal/Rex/Shutterstock Stamp, (centre) and his younger brother Christopher (left) wait in Malibu justice court for their arraignment on a charge of possession of marijuana, 23 May 1968 Photograph: George Brich/AP Stamp as Toby Dammit in the Federico Fellini segment of an anthology film, aka Spirits of the Dead, based on the works of Edgar Allen Poe Photograph: Alamy Director Pier Paolo Pasolini talks to Stamp on the set of the Italian arthouse film Photograph: Collection Christophel/Alamy Marlon Brando as Jor-El, Stamp as General Zod, Jack O'Halloran as Non and Sarah Douglas as Ursa Photograph: Stamp reappeared as General Zod, the sequel's primary villain Photograph: DC Comics/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock Stamp in the television drama series about the activities of British counterintelligence agents. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Tim Roth, Stamp and John Hurt in Stephen Frears' thriller Photograph: Moviestore/Rex/Shutterstock In 1984, after some initial reluctance, Stamp gave his permission to use an image from The Collector on the cover of the 7' single What Difference Does It Make? by the Smiths Stamp as Sir Larry Wildman Photograph: Stamp photographed in May 1993 Photograph: Terry O'Neill/Iconic Images Stamp played transgender woman Bernadette, who travels across Australia with two drag queens, in this worldwide hit comedy Photograph: Everett Collection/Alamy Stamp as Wilson, a vengeful Englishman on the rampage in LA Photograph: Alamy Stamp as Chancellor Valorum Photograph: Lucasfilm Stamp with Eddie Murphy in the US comedy-horror film Photograph: Disney/Kobal/Rex/Shutterstock Kevin McNally, Christian Berkel, Bill Nighy, Tom Cruise, Stamp, David Scofield and Kenneth Branagh in the dramatisation of the 1944 plot to assassinate Hitler Photograph: MGM/Allstar Stamp as a grumpy old man Arthur who, following the death of his wife Marion, played by Vanessa Redgrave, reconnects with his son through singing in the local choir Photograph: Alamy Stamp with Christina Hendricks in the Agatha Christie mystery movie Photograph: Vertical Entertainment/Alamy Stamp in his final film role as the 'silver-haired gentleman' in the British psychological horror film directed by Edgar Wright Photograph: Album/Alamy Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Yahoo
AG's Office investigating suspicious death of woman in Plaistow, NH
The suspicious death of a woman in Plaistow, New Hampshire, is under investigation. According to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office, around 6:13 a.m., officers of the Plaistow Police Department responded to a residence on Old County Road in Plaistow in response to a 911 call. Upon arrival, they made contact with the caller and found a woman dead and a man suffering from injuries. The man was transported to the hospital. There does not appear to be any threat to the general public in connection with this situation, investigators said. Authorities said they are investigating this incident as a possible murder and attempted suicide by the surviving adult male. An autopsy is scheduled for later Sunday. This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. Download the FREE Boston 25 News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Boston 25 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch Boston 25 News NOW
The Independent
15-05-2025
- The Independent
Police go door-to-door of 400 homes in search for mother of abandoned Baby Elsa
The search to find the mother of three children abandoned in London across eight years has been narrowed down to just 400 homes, as police say they 'cannot discount' a fourth baby being found as time goes on. Officers have been door-knocking several properties in a specified area of East Ham and Plaistow in east London, in an attempt to uncover information which may lead to the identification of the mother of the children. Experts believe that the person who abandoned the children, who may or may not have been their mother, could have travelled from one of those properties. Police have been asking the public for voluntary DNA samples and for anyone with information to come forward. The three babies, named Harry, Roman and Elsa, were found abandoned in 2017, 2019, and 2024, respectively, within a few miles of each other, which the senior investigating officer (SIO) in the case described as 'wholly unprecedented'. Investigators have been able to establish a full DNA profile of their mother, but despite hundreds of hours of CCTV footage being reviewed and a £20,000 reward being offered for three months earlier this year, she remains unidentified. Speaking to the PA news agency, Detective Inspector Jamie Humm, the case's senior investigating officer, said the investigation had been 'comprehensive and thorough', but that police must conclude that the person who abandoned the children 'did not want to be found'. He said: 'They've done so in places where there are no CCTV cameras, and as heavily surveilled as London is, the reality is there's going to be pockets and areas that are not covered with footage.' He continued: 'We can't be blind to the fact that there may be a fourth (baby), and certainly the passage of time and the cycles of nine months it would take to potentially get pregnant and birth a child, mean that we cannot discount that. 'That means, again, I'm appealing to the public, because if there is another abandoned child, that child may not be as fortunate as Elsa and her siblings. 'So we really want the public to understand what we understand about the risk here, and to come forward and speak to us, because it's that one bit of information that we feel that may open this whole case.' Elsa was found wrapped in a towel in a reusable shopping bag on January 18 last year, at the junction of Greenway and High Street South in East Ham, in sub-zero temperatures. Roman was found in similar circumstances a short distance away, in a play area off Roman Road, Newham, in late January 2019, as freezing temperatures and snow gripped the capital. Their brother, Harry, was found wrapped in a white blanket in Balaam Street, Plaistow, in September 2017. All three children were abandoned in areas not covered by CCTV, and Mr Humm said he believed their mother 'is in danger'. He said: 'In any police investigation you make your tactical decisions around hypotheses, and the hypothesis that, as senior investigating officer, I believe is most likely, is that the mother of these children is vulnerable, is in danger, and is in a position where they feel that they are unable to come forward for whatever reason. 'We are treating mum as a victim in this case, and we are on standby to support her with everything she needs.' The police investigation has been supported by a specialist team from the National Crime Agency (NCA), which includes geographical profilers and behavioural investigative advisers. Residents of the 400 houses are under no obligation to provide DNA samples, and the NCA is helping to shape the questions that police ask members of the public on the doorstep. Agency investigators have also been deployed alongside Metropolitan Police officers during the house-to-house inquiries. Noel McHugh, national senior investigating officer adviser for the South East at the NCA, said that the case was 'deeply troubling' and that it was a 'miracle' the children survived because of the conditions in which they were abandoned. But he said that the case had some 'really unique signatures' which made it 'solvable and detectable', adding that the answer 'is in the community'. He said: 'We need the public, and with nearly every crime the public are the ones who assist and thread that crime together in solving it. It is never the police or NCA on their own.' Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, strategic investigative adviser for the operation, said that the latest inquiries would provide 'a lot of information to follow' which could take 'weeks and months' to process, but that the investigation 'will never stop'. He said: 'Police won't give up, and we will follow all the lines of inquiry we can to try and find them and answer the questions as to why.' Family Court proceedings related to Elsa are continuing, with several hearings taking place at East London Family Court since she was found. In June, Judge Carol Atkinson ruled that the media could report the familial link between the three children, who are black, as well as other details, following an application by the PA news agency and the BBC. The court was previously told that Elsa's birth cannot be registered, and no final decision made as to her care, because of the ongoing investigation. Roman and Harry – not their real names – have already been adopted.
The Sun
15-05-2025
- The Sun
Major breakthrough in hunt for mum of 3 abandoned siblings including Baby Elsa found in Boots carrier bag by dog walker
POLICE have made a major breakthrough in the desperate hunt for the mother of three abandoned babies. Their search has been narrowed down to around 400 homes as police close in on their target and ask locals for DNA samples. 6 Named Harry, Roman and Elsa, the three babies were discovered just a few miles apart from each other in 2017, 2019 and 2024. Cops immediately launched a probe to find the mother of the children and have since made a breakthrough. Officers have been knocking on several doors around East Ham and Plaistow in Newham, in their hunt for the mother. They believe the person who abandoned the three babies lives in one of the 400 homes they're visiting in the area. The kids were all dumped in areas with no CCTV coverage making it hard for police to track whoever abandoned them. Officers are asking people in their search area for voluntary DNA samples and urging anyone with information to come forward. The years long search has seen a £20,000 reward offered for information and a full DNA profile of the mother established. Despite these efforts the mother of the three babies remains unidentified and police have said they cant narrow down the possibility of a fourth baby being found. Speaking to the PA news agency, Detective Inspector Jamie Humm, the case's senior investigating officer, said the investigation had been 'comprehensive and thorough.' He added that police must conclude that whoever abandoned the children "did not want to be found." 6 6 He continued: 'They've done so in places where there are no CCTV cameras, and as heavily surveilled as London is, the reality is there's going to be pockets and areas that are not covered with footage. 'We can't be blind to the fact that there may be a fourth (baby), and certainly the passage of time and the cycles of nine months it would take to potentially get pregnant and birth a child, mean that we cannot discount that. "That means, again, I'm appealing to the public, because if there is another abandoned child, that child may not be as fortunate as Elsa and her siblings. 'So we really want the public to understand what we understand about the risk here, and to come forward and speak to us, because it's that one bit of information that we feel that may open this whole case.' Baby Elsa was discovered wrapped in a towel inside a Boots shopping bag in January last year, left abandoned on the junction of Greenway and High Street South in East Ham. Elsa was sadly discovered in sub zero temperatures with nothing but a towel to keep her warm. Roman was found a short distance away in a play area off Roman Road in 2019. Again he was found in freezing cold temperatures with little to keep him warm. Harry was the first baby to be found, discovered wrapped in a white blanket on Balaam Street, Plaistow in 2017. 6 Senior investigating officer Jamie Humm has said he believes the mother is "in danger." He said: 'In any police investigatio n you make your tactical decisions around hypotheses, and the hypothesis that, as senior investigating officer, I believe is most likely, is that the mother of these children is vulnerable, is in danger, and is in a position where they feel that they are unable to come forward for whatever reason. "We are treating mum as a victim in this case, and we are on standby to support her with everything she needs.' Investigators from the National Crime Agency (NCA) have been supporting the police investigation. Residents in the 400 houses currently being looked at are under no obligation to provide DNA samples. Noel McHugh, national senior investigating officer adviser for the South East at the NCA, said that it was a miracle the babies survived the conditions they were abandoned in. He added that the case was "deeply troubling" but that it was "solvable and detectable" He said that the answer "is in the community." Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, strategic investigative adviser for the operation, said that the latest inquiries would provide "a lot of information to follow" which could take "weeks and months to process." But he added that the investigation "will never stop." He said: "Police won't give up, and we will follow all the lines of inquiry we can to try and find them and answer the questions as to why." Family court proceedings related to Elsa are ongoing while her brothers, Harry and Roman -not their real names - have already been adopted. East London Family Court has previously ruled that Elsa's birth cannot be registered. No final decision has been made about her care because of the ongoing investigation.
Telegraph
15-05-2025
- Telegraph
Door-to-door search begins for mother of three abandoned babies
Police are searching door-to-door for the mother of three abandoned babies. The siblings, named Harry, Roman and Elsa, were found in 2017, 2019 and 2024 in east London within a few miles of each other. The Metropolitan Police said it believes the mother is vulnerable and 'in danger' and has narrowed down its search to 400 homes in Plaistow and East Ham. The children all share the same parents and were abandoned in parks in Plaistow and Newham. Harry, the oldest of the children, was found wrapped in a white blanket in a bush in Plaistow Park in September 2017. In January 2019, Roman, a girl, was discovered in East Ham. She was wrapped in a towel inside a Sainsbury's shopping bag that had been left on a bench in a children's playground in freezing temperatures. In January 2024, Elsa was found by a dog walker wrapped in a towel in a Boots shopping bag left near a public footpath in sub-zero temperatures. She was believed to be just one-hour old when she was found and still had her umbilical cord attached. Noel McHugh, the national senior investigating officer adviser for the South East at the National Crime Agency (NCA), said it was a 'miracle' the children survived. He said the case was 'solvable and detectable' and the parents' identity would likely be known 'in the community'. 'We need the public, and with nearly every crime the public are the ones who assist and thread that crime together in solving it,' he said. 'Treating mother as a victim' Police have established a full DNA profile of the mother but she remains unidentified despite a £20,000 reward being offered earlier this year. A woman was previously seen in the area where Elsa was found wearing a dark coat with a light-coloured scarf or hood around her neck and rucksack on her back, police revealed at the time. Officers are now visiting each of the 400 homes in their narrowed search area and are asking for residents to give voluntary DNA samples. Experts believe the person who abandoned the children, who may or may not have been their mother, could have travelled from one of the 400 properties. Det Insp Jamie Humm, the case's senior investigating officer, said: 'In any police investigation you make your tactical decisions around hypotheses, and the hypothesis that, as senior investigating officer, I believe is most likely, is that the mother of these children is vulnerable, is in danger, and is in a position where they feel that they are unable to come forward for whatever reason. 'We are treating mum as a victim in this case, and we are on standby to support her with everything she needs.' He added: 'We can't be blind to the fact that there may be a fourth [baby], and certainly the passage of time and the cycles of nine months it would take to potentially get pregnant and birth a child, mean that we cannot discount that. 'That means, again, I'm appealing to the public, because if there is another abandoned child, that child may not be as fortunate as Elsa and her siblings.' Family Court proceedings related to Elsa are continuing, with several hearings taking place at East London Family Court since she was found. The court was previously told that Elsa's birth cannot be registered and no final decision made as to her care because of the ongoing investigation. Roman and Harry – not their real names – have already been adopted.
