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Ripon workhouse museum reveals desperate stories of poor

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“More!?!” bellows the incredulous, pompous Mr Bumble, and a chase ensures through the dining room, Oliver running along the wooden trestle tables and scrabbling among the legs beneath them. “Catch him, snatch him, pick him up and bounce him…”

Mr Bumble, the workhouse master, marches Oliver through the dining room after he asked for more

It is a scene that could have played out in the dining room of the Ripon Workhouse Museum which reopened this week after a £2.8m redevelopment.

Dining room, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

With “God is Good” shouting down from the Ripon walls, there are wooden tables on the echoey flagstone floor, and separate doors through which the different classes of paupers entered – old male paupers, young male paupers, old women paupers, young women paupers.

Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

While they shuffled gratefully in from their doors on the side walls, in the middle of the longest wall is the most important door: the one with “master” and “matron” marked on it. You can imagine Harry Secombe regally entering through it, cane in hand, and looking down on the poor, the sick, the widowed, the orphaned, the elderly and the poverty-stricken on the tables before him.

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Dining room, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

A plate in the museum’s display tells what an old woman (that’s over 60 years of age) would have tucked into: one pint of tea and four ounces of bread for breakfast; one pint of soup and six ounces of bread for dinner, and one pint of porridge and four ounces of bread for supper.

“We want people to go round and imagine what it would be like to live here,” said community curator Dr Laura Allan.

“The stories of the real people who lived through extraordinary hardship challenge us to think about fairness, dignity and opportunity, both in Victorian Britain and today,” said Alexa Vernon, director of Ripon Museums Trust. “This was the Victorian solution for poverty: you worked 10 hours a day for no pay and were separated from your family in the hope that you would prefer to live a fine upstanding life outside.

“This is one of the most complete surviving workhouses in the country, and it is not just a local story: there were workhouses up and down the country.”

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The gatehouse, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

From the late 16th Century, parishes were given the responsibility of looking after the poor, and Ripon’s first workhouse was built on the Allhallowgate site in 1776, with room for 30 people.

In 1834, the New Poor Law encouraged parishes to band together to create “union workhouses”, but Ripon refused to have anything to do with the new ideas from London until some extraordinary events in May 1852. In drink, John Adams, the master of the workhouse assaulted his wife, Jane Mary, the matron, and threatened to kill her.

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He was locked up in the House of Correction and she was ordered to leave their home in the workhouse grounds. She refused, and resisted when two Overseers of the Poor and the parish constable tried to evict her.

According to several Yorkshire newspapers, there were “disgraceful” scenes as her supporters gathered outside the workhouse gates. After 90 minutes, Jane Mary was physically thrown out but as she suffered injuries to her arm and neck, she prosecuted the three officials for assault. After a lengthy hearing, magistrates let the three men off but also dismissed the charges of violence against two of her supporters.

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With the workhouse in chaos, Ripon had to adopt the new model of workhouses and built the institution that is now the museum – “erected AD1854” shouts the brickwork on the gatehouse at the visitor as they arrive.

The gatehouse also greeted the poor who, unable to cope in the outside world, threw themselves at its door in hope of relief.

“This was a place of last resort,” said Dr Allan. “To come here was utterly shameful. Only people who had no choice came here because it was the only form of government support.”

They were divided into paupers, who were local people who had fallen on hard times, and “vagrants” – the poor from elsewhere who lived their lives on the road.

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The vagrants’ bathroom, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

Vagrants were given a bath (water changed every third wash) and two nights in a cell, overseen by a Tramp Major, with gruel and labour, before being turfed out to wander onto the next workhouse, possibly Northallerton.

The vagrants’ cells, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

Local paupers were admitted to the workhouse. They were held in quarantine for several days, to prevent them passing on germs, and passed through the “deinfestor”: they were washed and scrubbed, and their clothes were “stoved”, or baked, to kill off any lice.

Then they were separated into their classes, by age and gender, and sent to their wing.

Workhouses were there for the “deserving poor” – children, widows, orphans, disabled – but conditions were so tough that the “undeserving poor” – the able bodied who didn’t work for reasons including alcoholism, mental problems, learning difficulties, army veterans or “moral degeneracy” – would not want to go in.

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They were overseen by a board of guardians, composed of local male bigwigs, and as the cost was borne by local ratepayers, who were largely local male bigwigs, budgets were meagre.

“They wanted to spend as little money as possible and it was about managing the problem rather than helping people escape from poverty,” said Dr Allan.

A woman’s work, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

For 10 hours a day, they did their tasks: breaking stones for road-mending, chopping wood, picking oakum – taking the strands out of old rope so they could be re-wound into new. Men worked in the garden and the piggery while women helped in the laundry and mended uniforms.

They came together at mealtimes, entering the dining room through their different doors, but even families were not allowed socialise.

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The master’s house flanked by the wards and dormitories of the residents at Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

In the middle of the workhouse complex was the master and matron’s house – a comfortable middle class abode with its own garden and a piano (which museum visitors are encouraged to play). It’s rather when the contestant has lost at the end of the TV quiz show Bullseye when the curtain is pulled back to reveal the star prize that they could have won had the lottery of life dealt the cards differently – the happy notes of someone else’s piano drifting across the oakum-pickers in the day yard must have been especially galling.

An accident of history has meant that Ripon’s workhouse has survived almost intact – although £2.5m from the National Lottery and other grants have been necessary to save its fabric and interpret its stories – and also its registers survive, allowing tantalising insights into the lives of the working class people who used it.

“Workhouses are complex places, they are not all good, they are not all bad,” said Dr Allan, who hails from Spennymoor. “There are stories of hardship and poverty but there are also stories of resilience and hope.”

The classroom where children got three hours of education a day before going to work at Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

In July 1900, most newspapers, including The Northern Echo, told the story of Hannah Wade who had died aged 95 after spending 60 or so years in the workhouse.

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Research suggests that she was actually born Ann Wade in 1803, and she regularly features in the registers, where she is described as an imbecile or a lunatic who costs three shillings a week to maintain.

The 1864 register describes her as “an idiot, not dangerous to herself or others, not of dirty habits, and has been of unsound mind from birth”, although the D&S Times’ obituary in 1900 is more kindly, saying “she had a retentive memory, and being bright and cheerful, was always ready to entertain visitors with old stories of Ripon”.

The workhouse archives also show how they evolved over the course of the 19th Century.

“In the 1880s, the first women were allowed to become guardians and we can see a change,” said Dr Allan. “In the 1890s, the children said they were sick of eating porridge and Mrs Lee proposed giving them bread and jam. The male guardians said no but the other female guardians voted for it.”

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Ripon Union Workhouse female inmates

Workhouses faded out in the 20th Century as the first pensions were introduced and labour exchanges were set up to help people find work.

“These changes meant the only people in here were elderly and sick, especially as workhouses were seen as not the right place for young children who were sent to orphanages, and so conditions begin to soften with more leisure time and central heating,” says Dr Allan. “In 1930, the board of guardians was abolished and the workhouse became known as the ‘public assistance institution’. It becomes more like a care home, although it is still run by a master and matron until 1948 when the NHS is introduced.”

In the kitchen, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

Ripon’s workhouse was council offices until in 2017 it was bought by the Ripon Museum Trust and this week’s reopening marks its transformation into a visitor attraction. The independent trust also runs the police and prisons museum and the courthouse museum, which volunteers saved when the working lives of the Victorian buildings came to an end.

In the cellar with the carcase drop and the butchery table, Ripon Workhouse Museum, by Sarah Caldecott

This means the city has a unique triumvirate of museums that tell the story of poverty, crime and punishment which is to be found in the family tree of nearly all of us, and many of the inhabitants of the workhouse would also have been familiar with the courthouse and the prison.

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“People are really interested in these stories of ordinary people,” says Dr Adams. “Dickens brought these stories to life in Oliver Twist – they are a bit grimy and dark in places but they fascinate people.”

  • The museums of Ripon are open from 10am to 4pm daily. Admission to all three for a year is £19 for an adult, or to just the new workhouse is £11. Full details at riponmuseums.co.uk

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Berlin Pride live: One dead and several injured after vehicle ‘drives into crowd’

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Florian Nath, spokesman for Police Berlin, said “numerous” people were injured, including several with life-threatening injuries.

Some are being resuscitated at the scene, according to Nath.

Regarding how the people were injured, he said a white car was driven into the Tiergarten and hit several people along the Ahornsteig, a road through the large park.

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Police are searching for one or several suspects, Nath added.

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Freddy Brazier says he is desperate to get his dog Pablo back after he ripped a hole in his arm but his family have refused to house him

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Freddy Brazier has shared his devastation that his dog will be taken away after leaving a hole in his arm as he declared 'he's like my son' (pictured in 2025)

Freddy Brazier has shared his devastation that his dog will be taken away after leaving a hole in his arm as he declared ‘he’s like my son’.

The son of the late Jade Goody and Jeff Brazier, 21, received emergency hospital treatment after his dog Pablo ‘hooked onto his arm’ during an attack.

But now Freddy fears the animal – a pocket bully breed – could be destroyed after it was seized and taken away by police.

Freddy told The Sun that he was mauled by the dog when he went to collect him from his grandmother Jackie Budden’s home.

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Sharing details of the attack, he said: ‘I couldn’t feel anything in my right arm. But then I saw blood coming out of my tracksuit. I opened it to see a 3cm hole in my arm. It was terrifying.’

Freddy Brazier has shared his devastation that his dog will be taken away after leaving a hole in his arm as he declared ‘he’s like my son’ (pictured in 2025) 

However, despite the ordeal, Freddy said he doesn’t want to lose Pablo. 

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He said: ‘I want my dog back, but my nan has told me that he can’t go back to her house, and my dad won’t have him at his house. 

‘I have never seen him as my dog — he’s like my son. He’s in police kennels and I’m probably not going to see my dog again.’

Jackie was also attacked by Pablo and her neighbours called the police days before he was mauled by the animal.

He spent eight hours in hospital getting stitches on Monday after his dog savagely bit him at his nan’s London home.

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‘Jackiey was injured while attempting to pull Pablo off of him. Freddy was shocked when it happened and was left in a lot of pain,’ reported The Sun.

It was later revealed that it is not the first time the bulldog has attacked with emergency services attending the scene to help last week. 

Police and the fire brigade were called on July 16 by a concerned neighbour who heard screams of agony as the dog gripped onto Jackiey, which left her needing medical treatment. 

Four days later Pablo attacked again leaving both Freddy and Jackiey injured and requiring hospital treatment. 

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Jackie was also attacked by Pablo and her neighbours called the police days before he was mauled by the animal.

Jackie was also attacked by Pablo and her neighbours called the police days before he was mauled by the animal. 

A source told The Sun: ‘It’s been a shocking few days. During the first incident Jackiey was home alone and she was mauled – on this occasion one of her panicked neighbours raised the alarm.

‘Both the police and the fire brigade attended, but fortunately it wasn’t too serious – and they agreed not to pursue criminal charges.

‘But a few days later the incident was repeated, and this time it was worse. Freddy came back to take Pablo but caught up in it all as the dog was clearly still frenzied.

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‘Freddy went to A&E immediately, but discharged himself after complaining that the waiting time was too long.  But yesterday he was forced to return and his injuries couldn’t be ignored. He was still in hospital at night receiving significant treatment. 

‘It’s been an awful few days and Freddy is devastated as he absolutely adores that dog and Pablo is a huge part of the family.’

It comes after Freddy dumped his ex-girlfriend Holly Swinburn, 22, following a huge row about the dog in July last year.

The Daily Mail reported Freddy broke off the relationship when Holly, who is the mother of his daughter, tried to take his dog from him in a furious argument.

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The couple welcomed their first child together in March, naming her Isla Jade Brazier in honour of his late mother Jade Goody.

Last year, Freddy admitted he doesn’t like people because he finds them ‘draining’ as he helped out at dog daycare centre London Dog Club.

He looked in his element as he shared snaps of himself surrounded by pups, doing dog agility and playing in the field.

But his caption raised eyebrows as he wrote: ‘Do you prefer dogs or people? I personally at this moment in time prefer dogs.’

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His brother, EastEnders star Bobby, shared laughing faces under the post, to which Freddy replied: ‘People are draining, dogs are healing!’

The incident comes after Freddy moved out of the home he shared with girlfriend Holly and their newborn daughter in April 2026 following a row over his grandmother, Jackiey.

Freddy dumped his ex-girlfriend Holly Swinburn, 22, after their on-and-off relationship ended in a row involving his dog; pictured together in 2025

Freddy dumped his ex-girlfriend Holly Swinburn, 22, after their on-and-off relationship ended in a row involving his dog; pictured together in 2025

It was claimed that tensions escalated between the couple after Holly allegedly refused to allow Jackiey to meet their daughter.

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According to reports, Freddy left the family home and is now staying with his grandmother.

He was spotted days later carrying bags into Jackiey’s south-east London property, in images obtained by The Sun.

Holly is said to have concerns about Jackiey’s lifestyle, reportedly believing she has been a negative influence on Freddy.

A source told the publication: ‘He has packed his bags and disappeared without telling Holly where he is.

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‘Holly loves Isla Jade and is taking motherhood really seriously, but Freddy is not the same — despite all the ‘happy family’ pictures they posted together on social media.’

The Daily Mail has contacted Freddy’s representatives for comment, but they have refused to comment.

In June last year, Freddy and Jackiey were spotted smoking suspicious cigarettes after their recent reconciliation, despite his dad Jeff’s war to block contact.

Freddy was seen puffing with his gran in front of tourists near Tower Bridge in South London.

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He cut a casual figure in a burgundy top and beige shorts while Jackiey wore her own joggers rolled up to her knees and sported bandages on her hands, with onlookers telling The Sun that she was ‘acting erratically’.

They told the publication: ‘The pair were puffing away in the open, in full view of tourists passing by and there was an aromatic smell in the air. It didn’t seem to be normal tobacco they were smoking’.

Meanwhile Jackiey said: ‘As long as Freddy smokes with me he’s safe. At least I know what he’s smoking as it’s nasty out there.’

Freddy previously claimed that he had come to the realisation his grandmother had been lying to him in an explosive TikTok video.

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However, in December he appeared to have patched things up with her just in time for Christmas.

In November, Freddy told his followers that he ‘tried to end it all’ by crashing his car before his 18th birthday during a manic episode.

During the tell-all TikTok video he also shared a photo of his grandmother Jackiey and penned: ‘Prioritised my relationship with my mum’s mum not knowing she has been lying to me for years!’

It’s no secret that the duo have had a tumultuous relationship in recent times.

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Last year, Freddy’s father, Jeff tried to instil a court order to prevent Jackiey from having contact with his son, as he feared she was a negative influence on him.

Since her death, Jeff has looked after Freddy and his older brother Bobby.

Jackiey helped raise Bobby and Freddy following Jade’s death but she and Jeff have clashed multiple times over the years.

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Wales breaking news plus weather and traffic updates (Saturday, July 25)

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Postcode Lottery players living in 26 Welsh streets are £1,000 richer this month.

The latest batch of results from July 4 to July 24 shows wins for people living in Bridgend, Carmarthen, Cardiff, Gelligaer, Laugharne, Neath, Newport, Milford Haven, Swansea, and Wrexham.

People in Prestatyn, Rhyl, Llanelli, Llanharry, Llangefni, Llantwit Major, Caerphilly, Tregarth, Llangadog, Pwllheli, Porth, and Pentre were also lucky.

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Joshua vs Prenga LIVE: Result, updates and reaction after dramatic early knockout

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He is an overwhelming favourite to stop little-known Albanian challenger Prenga, though may need to be careful with an opponent who has a reputation as a knockout artist. On the undercard, Hamzah Sheeraz successfully defended his WBO super-middleweight title against Simon Zachenhuber after Josh Kelly retained the IBF super-welterweight belt in a brutal battle with Caoimhin Agyarko. Follow Joshua vs Prenga live below!

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Anthony Joshua vs Kristian Prenga LIVE: Fight updates and results from warm-up for Tyson Fury clash

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Joshua vs Prenga: Joshua knocked down inside 30 seconds

Prenga has made himself known – sending the favourite down to the canvas inside 30 seconds. AJ already looking to survive.

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Joshua vs Prenga: Formalties concluded

We’ve had Michael Buffer’s pre-bout ramble, we’ve had the anthems, meaning it’s time for the main event.

Anthony Joshua (29-4, 23 KOs) takes on Kristian Prenga (20-1, 20 KOs). Victory for Joshua should finally set up an all-British heavyweight clash with Tyson Fury. A loss would be arguably the biggest shock of AJ’s career, and throw a huge spanner in the works.

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Joshua vs Prenga: National anthem time

Before the punching gets underway, first the singing. The host nation of this event, Saudi Arabia, has their anthem played, followed by challenger Prenga’s national song of Albania.

God Save the King is played to round off the anthems.

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Anthony Joshua makes his way to the ring

And now it’s time for the real main event – Anthony Joshua. The screens flash ‘He’s back’ before a lion follows Joshua’s name. Will AJ find the 30th win of his professional career and finally set up a clash with Tyson Fury?

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Michael Buffer begins the introductions

You know it’s time for the main event when they wheel out Michael Buffer. He announces that Kristian Prenga is en route to the ring, prompting a big graphic with the Albanian flag to fill the screens.

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Joshua-Prenga ring walks imminent

We’re not waiting around in Jeddah – we’re expecting the ring walks for the main event in the next 10 minutes. Can AJ make quick work of the unknown Prenga?

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Spencer Brown: Fury will not be in attendance

Spencer Brown, manager of Tyson Fury maintains that his fighter will not be physically in attendance – but he will “be here in spirit.”

No face-off after the main event?

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Sheeraz found it hard to stayed switched on against Zachenhuber

WBO super middleweight champion Hamzah Sheeraz speaks to DAZN – stating that he was unmotivated by the calibre of opponent he faced.

He shared: “I got the win and that’s all that matters. I could make a million excuses. I just need to step up. I was switching off at times. I was getting too comfortable. Hopefully we can get a big fight. Any of the champions. Jacob Bank deserves his shot at the title.”

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Sheeraz vs Zachenhuber: Sheeraz clings onto world title with majority decision win

And the judges have it at: 114-114, 115-113, 116-112. Hamzah Sheeraz is your majority decision winner, but the judges must have been impressed by Zachenhuber’s intent and ability to find a second wind every round.

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Sheeraz clings onto his WBO super middleweight world title.

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Sheeraz vs Zachenhuber: Subdued Sheeraz looks likely to retain his crowd

And that’s the end of the co-main event, the chief support. Hopefully Anthony Joshua and Kristian Prenga produce more action than Sheeraz and Zachenhuber.

Zachenhuber never looked properly troubled, even if at times outclassed. After two strong performances following his controversial draw with Carlos Adames, this was Sheeraz slipping back to his tamer ways. To the judges’ scorecards we go.

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Treasure hunter discovers WW1 medal at bottom of River Cam

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The man hopes to reunite the medal with the owner’s family

A keen treasure hunter discovered a First World War medal at the bottom of a Cambridge river. Treasure hunter and magician Harvinii Richards was out near the River Cam near Jesus Green on July 18, when something caught his eye.

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He saw some circles in the water and with the help of his polarised glasses, he saw a wristwatch. He said: “I took my t-shirt off and it was literally at the bottom, I could just about reach it with my fingertips”.

Harvinii pulled out a woman’s Rotary wristwatch, silver bangles, and other items. Then something else “glinted”.

Harvinii said: “I thought there’s another watch down there. I put my hand down, pulled it out and realised it was a medal.

“It was in really good condition.” The medal was from the First World War and inscribed with A.M. Schoefield.

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That night, Harvinii went home and stayed up until 1.30am to do some research. His research guided him to find an Alfred M. Schoefield who was part of the 2807 Essex Regiment.

Harvinii found out Alfred died in 1915. Harvinii said: “His death was during the First World War and somehow these medals have ended up here.

“The first thing I wanted to do is try and reach out in case it has been taken in a burglary. It gives the opportunity for the owner to get the medal back.”

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Harvinii was in the army cadets growing up, and he is keen to reunite the medal with Alfred’s family. He added: “You always hear about people that went off and fought for their country.

“I’m interested to find out the story behind this person. This would be the first time I’ve found something and reunited it with someone.

“It’s probably the oldest thing I’ve ever found and it’s also probably one of the most touching things as well. Knowing this person died serving our country, you almost have a responsibility to do the right thing.”

Anyone who may have details on the appropriate owner of the medal can contact Harvinii by email on Harvinii.Richards@gmail.com.

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The Rapture full cast list for BBC psychological thriller

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The Rapture is based on Liz Jensen’s 2009 novel of the same name, and the five-part series was filmed in Wales.

Bryony Kimmings and Rebecca Manley adapted the book, while Eva Sigurđardóttir took on directing duties.

In a synopsis, the BBC shared: “Set in a heatwave, with protestors on the streets, forensic psychologist Gabs Fox (Madeley) starts a new job at a high-security psychiatric hospital where she meets 17-year-old Bethany Krall (India Amarteifio).

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“Bethany was convicted of murdering her mother but claims she is innocent.

“She is estranged from her father Leonard, who is the charismatic leader of an influential religious movement.

“Bethany tells Gabs that she has psychic powers and can predict the future – but what will it take for Gabs to believe her?

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“And if Bethany didn’t kill her mother, then who did?”

Discussing what drew her to the project, Ruth Madeley shared: “When The Rapture first came to me, I fell in love with the character – her story, her grief, her flaws.

“Seeing a disabled lead is always really exciting and knowing I can play that well and be the right person for it is even more exciting.

“I love her flaws. I never want to play a character who’s too perfect.

“It’s not real.

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“The book has been around for a while, but the way Bryony Kimmings and Rebecca Manley have written the script makes it feel really relevant to the world today.

“If I wasn’t in it, I would absolutely be all over this as a viewer.”

The Rapture full cast list

  • Ruth Madeley as Gabrielle Fox
  • India Amarteifio as Bethany Krall
  • Sam Hazledine as Leonard Krall
  • Jack Farthing as Frasier Melville
  • Iwan Rheon as Dick Carwin
  • Simon Armstrong as Sam Duval
  • Stephen Campbell Moore as Max Leland
  • Naby Dakhli as Rafiq Khemiri
  • Ruth Jones as Mel Thomas
  • Richard Elis as Ed Blanchett
  • Siena Kelly as Anika Drake
  • Dean Rehman as Dr Ehmet
  • Robert Rhodes as Simon `Sonic” Keegan
  • Gaby French as Gail Pritchard
  • Margaret Clunie as Christina Lawson
  • Frankie Williams as Susie Wilcox
  • Ferosa Mackenzie as Emily Baxter
  • Judith Humphreys as Joy Morgan
  • Lisa Palfrey as Caroline Wren MP
  • Mark Strepan as Alex Fox
  • Robinah Kironde as Carys Krall
  • Katie Clarkson-Hill as Daisy Stokes
  • Anna Tolstoy as Tara Walsh
  • Ben McGregor as Sion Davies
  • Anita Reynolds as Nadine Clarke
  • Morgan Watkins as Rob Lowden

Recommended reading:


When will The Rapture be on TV?

The first episode of The Rapture will air at 9pm on BBC One on Sunday, July 26, with the second following a day later on Monday, July 27.

The third and fourth episodes will air in the same timeslot on Sunday, August 2 and Monday, August 3.

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After that, the final episode should air on Sunday, August 9.

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Manhunt after driver ploughs into crowd during Pride parade in Germany’s capital Berlin – with at least one person killed and multiple injuries

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A driver has ploughed into a crowd of people near Berlin‘s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, leaving several people injured, Berlin police said. 

The incident happened just hours after the event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community had begun, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital.  

Berlin Police said they, alongside emergency services, were responding to an incident in the city’s central Tiergarten Park, near the Brandenburg Gate.

‘Numerous’ people have been injured, including several with life-threatening injuries, the force’s spokesperson Florian Nath said. It is not clear how many are injured. 

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One person has been killed in the incident, Bild reported. Meanwhile, some continue to be treated, with some being resuscitated at the scene, Mr Nath said. 

A manhunt has since been launched for the suspect as the force deployed ‘a lot of police’ to the scene. It is not yet clear if there is one or several suspects.

The motorist, who is said to have struck down several people on the Ahornsteig in the park shortly before 10pm (local time), was driving a white vehicle.

‘We are conducting an intensive search for possible suspects,’ a police officer said on a short video released on the Berlin police account on X.

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‘We are currently deployed with numerous police forces as well as rescue units from the Berlin Fire Department in the Großer Tiergarten. 

A driver has ploughed into a crowd of people near Berlin’s Pride celebrations on Saturday evening, leaving several people injured, Berlin police have said

Emergency service workers wheel a person who has been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd in Germany on Saturday

Emergency service workers wheel a person who has been injured after a car ploughed into a crowd in Germany on Saturday

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The incident happened just hours after the event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community had begun, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital

The incident happened just hours after the event celebrating the LGBTQ+ community had begun, prompting police to call off the event in the German capital

A firefighter kneels on the floor as emergency services respond to the incident. One person has been killed, Bild reported

A firefighter kneels on the floor as emergency services respond to the incident. One person has been killed, Bild reported

'Numerous' people have been injured, including several with life-threatening injuries, the force's spokesperson Florian Nath said. It is not clear how many are injured

‘Numerous’ people have been injured, including several with life-threatening injuries, the force’s spokesperson Florian Nath said. It is not clear how many are injured

‘It is suspected that a vehicle has driven into the Tiergarten here, has struck and injured several people. The injured are currently being treated by rescue personnel.’

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Firefighters, ambulances, as well as other emergency services were at the park attending to victims. 

It comes as hundreds of thousands of people arrived in the capital city to celebrate at Berlin’s Pride parade, known in Germany as Christopher Street Day.

The pride event, which is one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations, was called off at around 10:15 pm (local time) amid celebrations. 

People were urged to go home and to avoid taking the route through the Tiergarten park.

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Before the incident, people had celebrated peacefully, marching through the city, dancing, and cheering as around 80 floats participated in the parade.

This is a breaking news story. Updates to follow. 

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ITV apologises after accidentally airing sweary Gordon Ramsay rant just after 8am

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ITV has issued an apology after accidentally airing an unedited clip of Gordon Ramsay swearing on a repeat of Food Stars USA more than 12 hours before the watershed

ITV has issued an apology after accidentally airing an unedited clip of Gordon Ramsay swearing on a repeat of Food Stars USA more than 12 hours before the watershed. The TV chef, 59, is well known for his use of profanity but in an edition that was broadcast at 8:25am on ITV2 in May, a blunder with the subtitles saw that the bad language had not been edited out and appeared in text form on the screen.

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The swearing had been removed from the audio of the programme and replaced with the typical bleep sound but the censoring had not made it as far as the closed captions, The Sun reports.

The channel claimed that the subtitles were created before the “the implementation of new checking processes,” which now includes “steps to ensure that any mismatch” between versions within the scheduling system is “apparent and corrected” ahead of broadcast.

According to the outlet, the mistake was found to be “a clear breach” of Ofcom guidelines, which strictly prohibits the airing of swearing before 9pm. Viewers with the subtitles on would have realised that heavy use of the F-word from Gordon, and the Ofcom had to take into account that ITV2 did not apologise after the programme has finished.

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A ruling from the broadcast read: “In this case, the broadcast of the words at 08:25 was a clear example of the most offensive language being broadcast before the watershed.

“This was a pre-recorded programme, which ITV2 would have had the opportunity to check prior to broadcast, and that it included two instances of the most offensive language before the watershed.

“Further, we considered there was no on-air apology made by ITV2 following the broadcast. Ofcom took into account the steps that the Licensee said it had taken since being notified of the incident to prevent future recurrence.

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“However, in Ofcom‘s view, these steps would not have impacted on the offence caused to viewers as a result of this particular broadcast.”

Earlier this year, This Morning’s Ben Shephard had to issue an apology after Gordon swore during a live cooking segment while bickering with his daughter Tilly on the set of the ITV Daytime show.

The chef had been talking about his daughter Holly’s wedding to Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty and arguing with his eldest Tilly on This Morning when he knocked over a container of soy sauce.

“Oh s**t,” he said, while Ben quickly jumped in: “Just in case that spilled into the classic Ramsay work, apologies. We are live. I’m just pre-empting a strike.” Gordon argued back: “I said shoot! Ben – come on, Ben!”

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The Mirror has contacted ITV for comment.

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For many, the perfect garden centre offers far more than plants alone, but a sense of community. Whether meeting friends over coffee, browsing for gifts or attending an event, readers say it is the whole experience that keeps them coming back.

Jay, 48, from the West Midlands, perfectly sums up this sentiment, as he “always feels happy and relaxed” after visiting his favourite garden centre, Dobbies.

“It is a nice and peaceful place to visit,” he says. “There are many lovely plants, flowers and garden items to look at. I enjoy walking around, getting ideas for the garden and seeing colourful seasonal flowers.”

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It’s not just for shopping, Jay adds: “It is a place where you can spend a quiet afternoon, have a cup of tea and enjoy time with family.”

Speaking of tea, reader Mike, 79, from the North East, says Heighley Gate Garden Centre near Morpeth, Northumberland, has been his “go-to” for garden products, having seen it develop over the last 50 years. Most notably, “it provided the space and the surface for [his] wife when she was recovering from her knee replacement operations”.

“We are usually there at least once per week for refreshments,” he adds.

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