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An appeal to find a missing teenager has been launched.Paige Ripley from Dartford has been missing since Saturday evening (August 3).Paige Ripley, 17, has been missing since Saturday evening. Picture: Kent PoliceThe 17-year-old has links to Medway and was last seen in Beresford Road, Gillingham.She also has links to Bexleyheath, Crayford, Gravesend, Margate and Sidcup, and uses public transport.Paige is around 5ft 1, slim and has brown eyes.When she left home she was wearing white denim shorts, a white bikini top and gold sandals but at the time of her last sighting had blue cycling shorts on and a blue…

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A 27-year-old man was hospitalized with severe injuries following a motorbike crash in Adversane Lane at the Broadford Bridge Road junction in West Chiltington, near Horsham, around 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31. The incident, which also involved a white Nissan, prompted a police response. The motorcyclist remains in the hospital receiving treatment for his injuries. Sussex Police are now seeking witnesses to the accident. Anyone with information or footage is encouraged to contact the police via email at collision.appeal@sussex.police.uk or by calling 101 and quoting serial number 1314 of 31/07. Source link [Featured] [Just In]

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Sunday 04 August 2024 9:26 pm |  Updated:  Sunday 04 August 2024 9:30 pm Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Email American Noah Lyles secured the Paris 2024 100m gold medal, edging out Kishane Thompson by a mere 0.005 seconds in the most iconic race of the Olympic Games. Lyles finished first in a final where the top eight runners were separated by just 0.12 seconds – the times recorded for fourth through eighth positions were world records for those spots in a major championship final. Fred Kerley, 29, who took silver in…

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The family name is tied to a legacy of transforming the area’s fortunes and the wider city, yet they remain relatively obscure. Glasgow City Archives contain records stating: “The Houldsworths had a knack for adapting to changing times, always staying open-minded. If a trade seemed to falter, they abandoned it. If it showed promise, they pursued it vigorously. Their wisdom and enterprise paid off.” Henry Houldsworth (1774-1853) and his elder brother, Sir Thomas Houldsworth MP, were sons of a Nottingham farmer. As young men, they moved to Manchester and founded a cotton spinning company, which became one of Lancashire’s major…

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Here are the names and faces of the men and women judges have put behind bars in July 2024. Seven men from Erith, Bexley and Belvedere Top left: Enriko Spahiu Middle left: Kai Osibodu Bottom left: Jalees Selby-Gangera Middle: Bradlee Reeve Top right: Connor Brooks Middle right: Charlie Brabon Bottom right: Anthony Wallder (Image: Met Police) Seven men from Erith, Bexley and Belvedere have been jailed after 24-year-old Kai McGinley was shot dead on Pembroke Road, Erith, last February. The jury heard that around 8.45pm, Kai and two friends were driving along Pembroke Road in a Mini Countryman when a…

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A major coffee shop chain has revealed an opening date for its new Kent store inside a Sainsbury’s.Costa Coffee previously announced the new site at the Altira Business Park in Herne Bay in February, along with ten others across the country, as part of a £3m investment.Costa Coffee is getting ready to open at Sainsbury’s in Herne BayThe county’s latest branch at the supermarket giant is set to open its doors next week, on Thursday, August 8.When the move was announced, the firm’s property director, Nick Ridley, said: “We are excited to join forces with Sainsbury’s, bringing our much-loved Costa…

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