Incident In Redhill Today: Located in the Reigate and Banstead borough, Redhill is a small town. Located just south of Croydon, the town is part of the London commuter belt and adjoins the town of Reigate to the west. Tap water in thousands of homes has been issued with an E.coli contamination alert. Residents of portions of Kent and Surrey should boil their water before using it, according to Sutton and East Surrey Water.
A water utility has warned that thousands of homes may have been poisoned with E.coli. Precautionary measures have been taken by Sutton and East Surrey (SES) Water after a routine test indicated a probable breakout of the bacteria. The bacteria, which may cause severe stomach discomfort, bloody diarrhea, and renal failure in humans and animals, might disrupt water supplies at 6,500 residences, according to the business. Homes in Oxted, Redhill, Horley, Biggin Hill, and Tonbridge are among the 443 impacted postcodes. A water sample from Westwood Water Treatment Works tested positive for E.coli the day before, but subsequent testing over the past 24 hours indicated no trace of contaminated water leaving the site.
Guildford pub bombing inquest timeline
Unhappy family members feel the 1974 Guildford pub bombings were a “fatal” beginning to an IRA terror campaign. According to the inquest, the bombings were “the first of a new wave of Provisional IRA operations” in England, which was based on a 1990s investigation’s findings. Since 1973, the IRA bombed Army installations, Cassandra Hamilton claims, her sister may have been saved. Richard Travers, Surrey Coroner, has been contacted for comment.
On October 5, 1974, bombs detonated in two pubs, killing four troops and one civilian and injuring 65 others. Before the IRA claimed responsibility, the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were found guilty of crimes they did not commit. As the IRA threat grew, so did the family’s desire to discover why the system was unable to protect their loved ones from a brutal campaign. “Was this failure to act an intentional decision or a catastrophic omission?” argued lawyer Christopher Stanley. Previously, Ms. Hamilton had inquired as to why her sister’s barracks had not been put on lockdown.
“Ann…was serving in the British Army and was murdered in an IRA bombing which was the culmination of a bombing campaign which had targeted military objectives since 1973,” said Ms. Hamilton, whose demands for legal assistance and a jury were declined. Not the beginning of an IRA bombing or incendiary campaign. Because of this, this investigation is doomed to failure.” Lacking access to legal aid has prevented KRW Law from attending proceedings, but they’ve assembled an attack history that includes military targets from before Guildford. Union Jack Club; Royal Naval Association; and Household Cavalry Camp in Surrey are all included. The M62 coach bombing on the M62 is also included in this list of incidents. They also unearthed a memo between Home Secretary Robert Carr and Prime Minister Edward Heath on November 1, 1973, indicating the seriousness of IRA threats, according to lawyers
The BBC, meanwhile, has viewed military security papers from 1974 at the National Archives. When Peter McMullen joined the IRA in 1972, the Army’s Southeast District was warned on 23 May 1974 about his threat, according to documents. Map of Aldershot barracks obtained in Liverpool safe house was not considered to merit a higher level of security alert, a letter stated. IRA member McMullen later admitted to the 1974 bombing of Claro Barracks, Yorkshire, along with another IRA member, according to a collection of documents. He told authorities he had left the IRA and hadn’t carried out any further attacks in the UK in interviews. 1996 saw his trial and conviction. As soldiers returned home for the holidays, the IRA planted bombs at a soldiers’ bar in Warminster and Aldershot railway station.
Chessington bus driver jailed for murdering wife
A bus driver from Chessington has been sentenced to prison for the murder of his wife. A former bus driver suffocated his wife after ridiculing and bickering with her for weeks. He was sentenced to life in prison. It was on Halloween of 2020 that Ildiko Bettison, 48 years old, was stabbed to death by Keith Bettison, 73. Although the judge rejected Bettison’s claims of self-defense, the judge was “confident you were annoyed by her behavior that night” and concluded it was not obvious he had intended to murder her. He was condemned to a minimum of 14 years in jail at the Old Bailey. Judge Simon Mayo QC described Bettison’s callous teasing of his Hungarian-born wife in sentencing him.
“This was a murder committed in the heat of the moment,” he continued. It didn’t require a lot of forethought or planning. When you strangled her to death, you acted out of rage because of her erratic behavior, I’m sure of it. Mrs. Bettison showed up at Debbie May’s door in her nightgown and a glass of gin and tonic hours before she died. At around 23:30 GMT, she arose and left the house, showing Ms. May bruising on her arm and leg, claiming, “It was him,” the court was told.
He called his daughter 90 minutes later and stated, “I’ve killed her.” “It was too much for me to bear.” Ms. May, through her attorney, said in court that she had overheard the defendant “tormenting” his wife “by impersonating her in a squeaky Punch and Judy-type voice” and calling her a “fat cow. Jurors had been told that Mrs. Bettison “idolized” her husband and would do anything for him, according to the prosecution. By the time he might be fired in June 2020, the defendant had already left his work, jurors were told. The Old Bailey was informed that the pair began drinking heavily and squabbling around that time. Prosecutor Kate Bex QC described the situation as “extremely problematic” because of the pandemic.
Coronavirus outbreaks and vaccination locations
It’s estimated that there have been more than 15,389,600 coronavirus-related deaths in England so far this year. You may get information about vaccines in the South East by clicking here for Kent and Medway, here for East Sussex, here for West Sussex, here for Brighton and Hove, and here for Surrey. The number of people who tested positive for coronavirus in the week preceding the 4th of February is shown in the table below for the three local authorities in Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.
Bettison’s daughter pointed out that her mother was the primary breadwinner, and Bettison withdrew her police report, jurors were informed. Attempted robbery in Lingfield left the van driver with serious injuries. An injured van driver was trying to stop his vehicle from being taken. Around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, it occurred in Ray Lane, Lingfield, Surrey. The driver of the blue Ford Transit was sent to the hospital after the vehicle sped away from the scene. Redhill police suspect that car had been driven recklessly down the A25 through Blindley Heath and South Godstone with its side door open.
