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BBC News
6 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Scunthorpe woman's mum is her Guiding inspiration
A volunteer has told of the inspiration that has driven her to achieve a top Girlguiding Collingwood is to receive the Queen's Guide award – the highest in Girlguiding – and she says it was the memory of her late mother Hazel which spurred her who died from cancer in 2018, was a Guide leader and helper in Winterton, near 27, said: "It was a huge challenge [but] thinking of her really helped me to keep going on the harder days." Chantal was signed up to join the Guides when she was 10, and her mother had passed on a love of adventure."At my mum's funeral, my childhood leader gave me a Queen's Guide record book and said how much my mum would love me to complete it," she said."It was a very thoughtful gesture and it really made me feel connected to mum while I completed the award."The mental health nurse, from Scunthorpe, dedicated hundreds of hours over two and a half years to achieve the part of the process, she got her camp licence and took about 30 girls away on residential who has been an assistant leader at 1st Broughton Guides for the past seven years, said: "I'm sure my mum would be proud of me for completing my Queen's Guide award."She added: "Just like my mum, I'm keen to do the same for girls now that I'm older and I want to make sure that they get the opportunities to try things that they might not otherwise get to do."Chantal will join hundreds of fellow award winners in October at the Girlguiding Celebrates event in Manchester."[My mum] will be in my thoughts so much that day and hopefully I will be making her proud," she said. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
The Hindu
30-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
From The Hindu, July 1, 1925: Bolsheviks and India
London, June 29: Colonel Sir Walter De Frece asked whether the Government of India had recently received any indication of Bolshevik agitation in India or on the Frontier. Earl Winterton replied he was not quite sure what Sir Walter De Frece meant by Bolshevik agitation. Attempts at Bolshevik propaganda in India and the Frontier were continuous and openly advocated by Communist leaders in Russia.
Western Telegraph
24-05-2025
- Western Telegraph
Pembrokeshire defendants in courts across Wales and England
The five defendants were accused of drug possession, drug-driving, and failing to identify drivers who were alleged to have committed driving offences. Their cases were heard in courts in Cardiff, Cwmbran, Aldershot, London, and Carlisle. For the latest crime and court news for west Wales, you can join our Facebook group here. Here's a round-up of the cases. HANNAH WINTERTON, 24, of Chapel Row in Llangwm, was driving on the M4 at Cardiff whilst under the influence of cannabis. Winterton was driving a Vauxhall Corsa on the westbound M4 between junctions 32 and 33 on October 26. When tested, she recorded having 5.9 micrograms of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol per litre (µg/L) of blood. The legal limit – to exclude accidental exposure – is 2µg/L. She pleaded guilty to drug-driving at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on May 2, and was banned from driving for 14 months. Winterton must also pay a £120 fine, £85 in costs, and a £48 surcharge. MILFORD HAVEN PORT AUTHORITY, of Gorsewood Drive in Hakin, has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 for not identifying a driver who was accused of a driving offence in Hampshire. The Port Authority was alleged to have failed to give information to Hampshire Police relating to identity of the driver of a Nissan Juke, who was suspected of having committed a driving offence. It pleaded guilty at Aldershot Magistrates' Court on April 28, and was ordered to pay a £660 fine, £110 in costs, and a £260 surcharge. JOHN ASHBY, now 38, of Laws Street in Pembroke Dock, was caught in London with LSD and cannabis. Ashby was alleged to have been in possession of the drugs at Victoria Station at August 31. He pleaded guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court on April 30, and was fined £100. A forfeiture and destruction order was made for the drugs. ANDREW BARTON, 58, of Rickeston, outside Milford Haven, failed to identify a driver accused of a motoring offence. Barton was accused of failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a Seat who was alleged to have committed a driving offence in Cumbria. He pleaded not guilty, but was found guilty at Carlisle Magistrates' Court on May 2. Barton was fined £300 and was ordered to pay £325 in costs and a £120 surcharge. He also had six points added to his licence. JAMIE WHITE, 34, of Freystrop, has been ordered to pay almost £500 after not identifying a driver. White was accused of failing to give Gwent Police information relating to the identification of the driver of a Volkswagen Caddy who was alleged to have committed a motoring offence. He pleaded guilty using the single justice procedure, and was hit with a £278 fine at Cwmbran Magistrates' Court on May 8. White must also pay £90 in costs and a £111 surcharge, and had six points added to his licence. He avoided a driving ban for accumulating too many points due to the mitigation given to the court.
