Age gap couple proud of their successful marriage- despite having over three decades between them
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A devoted husband and wife who wed when he was just 17 and she was 51 are due to celebrate 18 years of marriage - despite family and friends saying it would not last.
Teenager Jay Barham and divorced, mum-of-two Linda fell head over heels in love in 2000 despite their staggering 31 year age gap.
The loved-up couple wed the following year after a whirlwind romance which shocked many of their close friends and relatives.
Now Jay, 36, and Linda, 69, are due to celebrate 18 years of marriage in July with both insisting they are 'more in love than ever.'
Jay said; "Linda has been called a child snatcher, I've been called a granny basher.
"We've been called names in the street, and sometimes people think she is my mum.
"But we don't care what people say.
"Our marriage has lasted a lot longer than many others and we are still very much in love."
Jay was a trainee youth worker when he first met council youth worker Linda.
The couple say they were instantly attracted and bonded during driving lessons she gave him and through their love of music.
Jay added: "For eight weeks she was helping me learn how to drive.
"And then one time a track just started playing and we just kissed.
"For the life of me I can't remember which one but it had to be Elton John because he's our favourite.
"It was completely unspoken up until that point, but as it happened it was like the sun just came out and it was a shock to both of us."
It took Jay, who had had three previous serious girlfriends before Linda, three days to get over the shock of the kiss before asking her out on a date.
At the time Linda, from Hardcourt, Essex, was concerned for the feelings she felt for a boy the same age as her son Simon.
She said: "I just thought: 'this is wrong', I felt awful.
"But I was divorced for five years, my children were all grown up and knew that it just felt right"
Linda's children Alan (13) and Simon (17) were "shell shocked" at the idea of the relationship but decided that "as long as mum happy, nothing else matters."
For Jay's parents, who were over a decade younger than his new girlfriend, they thought it was just a flash in the pan.
Jay said: "They were okay about it, they just thought: 'Oh well it will last if it lasts.'
"We were more worried about how my nan would react, but she was fantastic about it."
In spite of doubtful friends that were certain the relationship would never workout, Jay and Linda got married eight months after meeting in July 2001.
Jay said: "We got married at Colchester Registry office on Friday the 13th, and everyone told us that we shouldn't as it was an unlucky day.
"And then my suit didn't fit, our car broke down, the ring didn't fit and it got to the point that I'd just wear trackies and a top"
Linda said: "We were happy to get a bus to the wedding, but our family stepped in and sorted us out"
Jay and Linda have worked together for most of their married lives at an Asda bakery and are now opening a small cafe together near their home in Hardcourt, Essex.
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Jay's mother Valerie, who died in 2014, was 12 years younger than Linda but the two were still extremely close.
He said: "Linda and my mum gelled really well, there were absolutely no problems.
"My dad has a really good relationship with Linda, he actually describes her as 'the daughter he never had'.
"We all go on holiday together and we're incredibly close."
In fact, bemused onlookers always mistake that Jay's dad Stephen and Linda as his parents.
"Of course people always think I'm their child and they're my parents, but we just laugh at it.
"It's understandable, all sorts of people ask all sorts of questions.
"But I've never thought about age, I just think about the woman I love."
Jay and Linda are un-bothered by people's comments about their extreme age gap.
Jay said "People have said horrible things to us in the street.
The couple have even had their car windows smashed in what they assume to be an attack on their marriage.
Jay said: "We just got on with it, even now people frown on it.
"I always reply to people like that asking how many divorces they've had.
"Most marriages have all split up, regardless of their age."
Linda thinks there is some hypocrisy in judging older woman more so than older men that have young partners.
"If it's a man then you're doing well for yourself, but then if you are a woman then you're disgusting and frowned upon.
"We just love each other, we haven't done this for fame or for money, we just love and think about each other."
When the couple first got married, Linda was still able to have children but Jay was never keen in being a parent.
"I never wanted to be a father, I'm one of those people that just keep the toys to myself.
"I'm just not the parent type, I much prefer having grandchildren as you get to give them back."
Linda has seven grandchildren between the ages of four weeks and 18 years-old.
Jay says that he never thinks about the likelihood Linda will die before him: "I treat everyday as my last so there's no point in worrying about numbers.
"Personally the biggest positive about being married to an older woman is the civility, being able to speak about feelings and not pushing them under.
"We have adapted our lives [for Linda's age] for example instead of walking ten miles we'll go for a ride in the car."
Although they have adapted their lives in some aspects, they certainly haven't changed anything in the bedroom."
Jay wasn't a virgin when he starting Linda and he described himself as "well experienced."
"You don't just stop having sex when you reach 65.
"She still haves that drive, I don't know why people think you die sexually at 50."
The secret to a happy marriage, according to Jay, is simply about loving one another.
"I think it's spending so much time together, we love each other and we do everything together.
"The only think we argue about is the cat, and even then we never go to bed without sorting everything out."
TINY GOLFER - Talented toddler who has already been playing golf half his life has been hailed the next Rory McIlroy because of his exceptional skill off the tee
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A talented toddler who has already been playing golf half his life has been hailed the next Rory McIlroy because of his exceptional skill off the tee.
Little George Hughes can already drive, pitch and putt the ball despite only celebrating his third birthday last month.
His longest shot to date is 100 yards and earlier this year he completed an entire hole for the first time in 11 shots.
The little lad regularly takes to the course with his own set of clubs and a tiny glove but he can't wear golf shoes or clothing yet as no brand make them in his size.
George's golf mad granddad Tony Sedgwick, 48, sparked the youngster's love of the game when he bought him a set of plastic toy clubs 18 months ago.
"It's really fun going to the golf range and to the golf course with my granddad," George said.
"I love whacking the golf ball."
He added: "When I'm famous I'm going to buy my mummy a new house and granddad some new golf balls."
Business manager Tony recognised his grandson's exceptional skill early on and nowadays the two can regularly be seen together at the 18-hole Wigan Golf Club.
He said: "George just absolutely loves golf, he can't get enough of it.
"He loves going to the driving range and having a whack or even just coming to the course with me when I go for a round.
"He's definitely made me super proud."
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Image by: Lee Mclean SWNS
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Image by: Lee Mclean SWNS
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The granddad-of-two added: "At the moment it's all about him having fun but there's no doubt he has a huge amount of natural talent.
"He's my little Rory McIlroy."
Tony said George first picked a club up more than 18 months ago, when he stumbled across one of his in the back garden.
"Even at such a young age you could tell he had a natural talent for the game," Tony said.
"The clubs were obviously too big and heavy for him but he was swinging away."
Not long after purchasing the lad plastic clubs Tony went all the way and got him a set of real ones in the smallest possible size.
Within weeks George was successfully making solid contact with the ball.
His proud mum Louise Sedgwick, 26, had to ban him from using real balls in the garden after he nearly smashed the conservatory window.
But he's still able to practice everyday with light plastic ones.
Seventeen months ago Louise's husband and George's dad Dave Hughes tragically died aged 32 due to complications from a heart transplant.
Louise, who's now training to be an organ transplant nurse, said: "George was very young when Dave died but the tragedy has still definitely had an impact on him.
"Sometimes he'll cry and ask for his daddy, which is heartbreaking but we make sure we talk about Dave all the time so he's a part of George's life."
She added: "Golf has been a brilliant thing for George to focus on since his dad died.
"It's amazing to see how well he's doing despite everything he's been through."
George is so confident from the tee now he's started giving experienced adult golfers advice at the range, Tony said.
"He'll go up to people and tell them to move their legs together and keep their head still, it's hilarious," he added.
"Everyone absolutely loves George, no one can believe he's only just turned three when they see him play."
Tony hopes a major golf brand will recognise his grandson's talent and pick him up.
With golf participation numbers for youngsters in the UK at an all time low Tony believes a child star like George could be the injection of excitement the game needs.
Tony Byrom, the professional at Wigan Golf Club, said: "I've never seen such a natural golf swing from a player so young.
"Even more impressive than that is that a three-year-old actually listens to you when you show him things.
"George is a great example of how youngsters can enjoy the game, it's a pleasure to see him play."
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A three-year-old boy died from an incurable cancer - after it was misdiagnosed as a ‘sprained ankle’
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A three-year-old boy died from an incurable cancer - after it was misdiagnosed as a ‘sprained ankle’, his family say.
Logan Maclean’s family grew concerned after his right leg was sore and he started limping but medics dismissed it as a sore ankle.
He started hobbling on his right leg but his loved ones say in October 2016 a doctor from his hometown of Largs, North Ayrshire initially diagnosed a sprained ankle.
But after the toddler started losing strength in his arm, he was taken to A&E at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire.
After CT and MRI scans, it was revealed little Logan actually had intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a deadly form of brain cancer that has a zero per cent survival rate.
His heartbroken gran Fiona Govan, 49, said: “We took him to a practice in Largs where the doctor thought he had sprained his ankle, because he was walking awkwardly.
“But on his third visit to A&E they noticed weakness in his arm, which then led them to believe it was a neurological problem.
“They thought he’d had a mini stroke.
“At Crosshouse Hospital they did an MRI then he was referred to the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids in Glasgow and he got put on steroids.
“They started to think it was DIPG but they wanted a biopsy to be certain so they could give him the right palliative treatment.”
Logan had six weeks of radiotherapy from around Christmas 2016 to early February, 2017, but it soon became clear Logan didn’t have long left.
Outreach nurses visited Logan’s mother Sapphire Maclean, 29, and Fiona and some of her daughter’s close friends rallied round to help in the youngster’s final months.
Logan passed away at home on October 17, 2017, only weeks after his third birthday.
He is survived by his little brother Ezra, two, who was only seven weeks old when Logan was first diagnosed.
Fiona, a civil servant from Dalry, North Ayrshire, said: “We were like most families, we’d never even heard of it before.
“A child who developed a limp was now terminal.
“We had to come to terms with it that he didn’t have long and my daughter concentrated on making sure he did.
“We done a make a wish trip to Croatia and weekend for two trips to Calums Cabin in Rothesay.
“There’s nothing you can do, you just need to try your best and make your memories.
“Ezra was too young to have memories of his brother, but we’ve got pictures of him he can look at and we hope that one day he might do something in Logan’s memory.
“Logan was just amazing.
“He was such a gentle wee soul.
“His brother’s feisty, but he was gentler.
“It was a privilege to know him and stand with him.''
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Now the family are seeking to raise awareness of the debilitating condition, which affects 30 to 40 children each year in the UK.
DIPG is a tumour located in the middle area - or ‘pons’ - of the brain stem and is the second most common severe brain tumour among children.
Fiona said she is “angry” at the lack of funding and research put into finding a cure and has started an online petition, which has gained more than 40,000 signatures.
Fiona said: “Logan was a joy and shouldn’t have died.
“I’m sad. I wish it wasn’t him or any other child but I’m angry about the lack of research that’s been done.
“It goes wider than DIPG. Even with other children’s cancers so many other kids are left to suffer and there needs to be a lot more focus on tackling child cancers generally.”
Fiona only expected to get 10,000 signatures, but after a “rubbish” response from the government after reaching her first petition milestone, she persevered.
She has since been in contact with the House of Commons Petitions Committee who have supported her in her efforts.
Fiona now needs 100,000 by tomorrow (Mon) for it to be debated in parliament.
The gran of two added: “If there’s a way to get it to 100,000 I’m going to go all out and try anything to get the message out there.
“I do genuinely believe there are other families and MPs who won’t accept a rubbish answer and we’ll demand a better response from the government.
“I’m not going to stop.”
Joanne Edwards, director of Acute Services for NHS Ayrshire and Arran, said: “Our condolences and thoughts are with Logan Maclean’s family.
"We would encourage the family to contact us directly with any concerns about the care or treatment provided to their relative.”
Fiona’s petition can be visited at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/239638
An elderly couple were held hostage in their seaside home by seagulls - for six DAYS
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An elderly couple were held hostage in their seaside home by seagulls for six DAYS - and even ended up in hospital.
Roy and Brenda Pickard were unable to get out of their front door for almost a week after two seagull chicks slipped onto the canopy directly above their door.
The positioning of the baby gulls - just nine foot off the ground - meant any time Roy attempted to leave his home, he was confronted by two squawking adult seagulls.
At one point, 77-year-old Roy was hit so hard on the back of the head by one bird he had to be taken to hospital to treat the bloody wound.
Speaking about how difficult it has been to complete simple tasks while stranded inside, Roy from Knott End, Lancs., said: "The whole thing has been terrible.
"I've not been able to go out of the front door. If I try to get out of the door, the two adult birds are right there and I've got no chance. It's genuinely frightening."
He added: "My wife isn't well or very mobile at the moment so we're relying on me to get out.
"Thankfully, we have an integrated garage and I can get into it from the kitchen, open the garage door and drive out to get our shopping, but I have to leave the garage door open, which isn't ideal."
Retired ambulance man Roy can't bear to think what would have happened had he been injured more seriously by the seagull on his first attempt outside.
He said: "If that bird had hit me in the face instead of the back of the head, I dread to think how seriously injured I would have been.
"I had to go to Royal Lancaster Infirmary to get treatment but thankfully I could get in the car."
Frustratingly for Roy, Wyre Council revealed the gulls were Herring Gulls and are protected once nesting - which meant the couple had limited solutions available.
Frantic Roy also phoned the RSPCA, the RSPB and his local BBC radio station after the siege started last Friday (14/06).
Eventually BBC Radio Lancashire came out to the couple's home and arranged for a gazebo to be set up temporarily outside the door to provide some relief.
Roy has been left furious with the lack of help from the animal organisations.
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He said: "The RSPCA and RSPB have been no help whatsoever, they seem to put the rights of these birds above those of people, which is ridiculous.
"The public pays donations to keep these organisations going and this is what you get.
"Wyre Council sent a man down and he took a photo, and then they seemed to tell me they would bring someone else around with an umbrella to protect us.
"But they don't seem to be able to do anything about the birds - and these chicks could be there until the end of July.
"Why are seagulls protected? They are not an endangered species, they're a flaming nuisance."
A Wyre Council spokesman said: "“We sympathise with Mr Pickard’s situation, seagulls can be troublesome, particularly when nesting.
"We have visited Mr Pickard to assess the situation and have given advice on how he can deal with the gulls.
"For now, a solution is in place which will enable Mr Pickard to take his wife to her private appointment.
"The gulls in question are Herring Gulls and they are protected once nesting and so there are limited solutions available.
"We advise residents who have a problem with seagulls to bird proof their properties prior to the breeding season.
"We offer advice and support on our website on how you can bird proof you property at www.wyre.gov.uk/seagulls.”
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NO PAIN NO GAIN - Woman completes London Marathon with BROKEN ankle - after wrapping leg in bandages 18 miles from finish
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A woman ran 18 miles of the London Marathon with a BROKEN ankle - wrapping her leg in bandages to cross the finish line.
Siobhan O’Keeffe, 25, broke her ankle eight miles and ran 18 miles - for more than four hours - with her fibula bone snapped in half.
Recruitment consultant, Siobhan, incredibly managed to complete the London Marathon despite snapping her ankle less than a third of the way through the race.
She fought back the tears and battled on through excruciating pain to finish the race in just over six hours.
But that was after the plucky runner had to stop after eight miles to get her ankle bandaged up by first aiders.
“It started hurting after about four miles but it just got worse and worse”, said Siobhan, from Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey.
“I had to stop after eight miles. It felt bruised and really heavy, I thought it was sprained. I didn’t think it’d be possible to run on a broken ankle.
“The pain was unbearable but all I wanted to do was finish. I had tears in my eyes. The adrenaline just kicked in.”
Siobhan was forced to stop after eight miles when she came across St John’s Ambulance medics.
She says the lower part of her leg was swollen and red, and was advised to stop running by first aiders.
But determined Siobhan, who was running in aid of the Children With Cancer charity, says dropping out of the race was never an option.
She has raised £6,000 for the charity with her work colleague, Sarah Hopkins, 32, and with her ankle now wrapped in bandages, picked herself up and started running again.
Siobhan, who initially wanted to complete the marathon in around five hours, said: “The St. John’s Ambulance people said ‘maybe you should stop now’.
“But I needed to get to the end. All of my family were there and I was running for charity. I didn’t want to let anyone down.
“The pain was really bad. I had to walk a bit but did carry on running. I ended up running with the a pacer.
“I was in a group of people and that really helped me along. I knew I wasn’t going to get the time I wanted so I just ended up wanting to finish at all.
“I was gutted. I think I’d be able to hit my target.”
Siobhan had spent four months training her body to run the marathon on Sunday (April 28).
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Image by: Siobhan O'Keeffe
She had nailed her race preparation and was buzzing with excitement on the start line of one of the world’s most famous races.
But Siobhan’s once-in-a-life-time marathon experience has been overshadowed, she says.
“Running was just agony. I can’t explain how much it hurt.
“I joked with another runner that if felt as though I was running on a broken ankle.
“I feel like I have unfinished business with the marathon. I did say never again when I finished but I’ll never say never.”
Siobhan says the pain never went away and was only temporarily numbed by the roar of the crowds as she ran down The Mall towards the finish line.
But even after picking up her finisher’s medal - Siobhan says she didn’t go to A&E until the next morning.
Siobhan went home to celebrate with her family and even went to sleep with her ankle still broken - before waking up at 2am in “agony”.
She went along to A&E at West Middlesex Hospital in the early hours of Monday morning (April 29).
She was taken for an X-ray which revealed her fibula bone has snapped near her ankle joint - leaving doctors baffled at how she managed to complete the race.
Siobhan said: “The orthopedic surgeon said he had no idea how I ran with it. He said it was a trauma break. He couldn’t believe it.
“Everyone at hospital said I’m amazing for what I did. No one can believe it.”
Siobhan’s ankle is now encased in a cast and will find out on Friday if she needs an operation.
If not, she will need to wear the cast for up to six weeks but her recovery may go on for longer if surgery is required.
LOST AND HOUND - Dog rescued after women spend 15 WEEKS in park trying to catch her with thermal imaging, night goggles, traps and meatballs
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A dog on the run has finally been rescued after three women spent 15 WEEKS tracking her down - using spy cameras, night goggles and make-shift trap filled with meatballs.
Shelly Spiller, 32, Amanda James, 42, and Hazel Richards, 52, spent nights camping into the early hours in a desperate bid to find Bosnian rescue dog Zena.
The trio run a Facebook page called Bristol and Somerset Missing Dogs and were notified of the puppy's disappearance back in April.
After bolting through an open door at her new rescue home in Bristol, the terrier-cross wandered around the city before settling in Blaise Castle park.
After several confirmed sightings of the two-year-old pooch, the women distributed posters and set up night patrols in the park armed with meaty treats.
They had to fend off teenagers, drunks and foxes during their night shifts, which sometimes went on until 3am.
When a month passed without success, they started a GoFundMe page to raise £500 to buy a wildlife camera and chipped in a couple of hundred pounds of their own money towards night-vision goggles.
But after nearly four months on the run, Zena was finally captured after being enticed into the cage with a banquet of liver and garlic sausage, butcher's tripe, swedish meatballs and biscuits on Monday evening.
The troublesome pooch is now residing at a local animal rescue centre where she will remain until she is ready to be fostered again.
Shelly said: "I just can't believe we actually managed to catch her. But we wouldn't have stopped until we did.
"Because she is a rescue dog her first instinct was to bolt off. She had only been with her new foster family for two weeks.
"We all work during the day so we'd have our dinner and meet up in the evening.
"We kept getting pictures of her hanging around the River Avon. After a few weeks we were able to pin down a precise area of the park.
"We'd put on a disposable BBQ every night once the park became quiet and would do it around the same time so it would become routine for her.
"When we first started looking it was during the summer so there would be people hanging around the park being loud, which spooked her.
"That happened for a few weeks which was really frustrating. But we still stayed out just in case we spotted her.
"When we told the teenagers to go to the other side of the park we
"We actually had to put a sign down saying 'monitored cage' so we stopped being asked about it.
"The bad weather actually played in our favour as people stopped hanging around.
"The key was being as quiet as possible.
"At the beginning we were out there until 2:30-3am in the morning.
"But once we got the cameras installed we were able to watch the trap from one of our houses, as we live nearby.
"Sometimes we would have to do another late night as the WiFi router would run out.
"We had to keep topping that up every three or four days."
Image by: Shelly Spiller
Image by: Shelly Spiller
Image by: Shelly Spiller
Image by: Shelly Spiller
They set up the first trap but found it was too small for her to enter.
After testing that out for a couple of weeks, the trio made a longer
Shelly added: "We soon realised she wasn't a fan of things like fish, tuna, mackerel or anything fishy really.
"So we switched it to meats and fresh wet food.
"We didn't buy tinned goods.
"She was living like a fox so that wouldn't have been any good.
"It was quite expensive in the end. We must have spent about £500 which came out of our own pocket.
"But after we changed the food we had to look at changing the traps.
"The first one was too small and she just didn't enter it.
"We got a longer one which she did go in but it would take her forever to get to the back.
"We'd put a trail of food to the bowls but she just never went far back enough.
"That went on for five weeks before we decided to move onto a third one.
"She started weeing against it as a way of marking her territory which was a good sign.
"We would move the bowl an inch or two back everyday so she would go further back into the cage and eventually hit the footplate.
"The aim was for her to press on it which would then release the trap door and trap her in.
"But she's not silly.
"If we moved it back two or three inches she wouldn't go in because she knew it was tampered with.
"It was all about having a lot of patience.
"We were just behind the bushes when she was finally caught.
"It was basically a banquet in there. There was liver sausage, garlic sausage, butcher's tripe, Swedish meatballs, chicken meatballs and biscuits.
"As soon as the door was released we crept over as we didn't know if she was 100 per cent in there."
After successfully catching Zena, the trio carried the cage into a car before reuniting her with foster owner Denise on Monday evening.
The pooch has now returned to a local animal rescue home in the hope of building her confidence before she finds a long-term home.
Shelly said: "She's very nervous around people so it was probably too early for her to be fostered.
"There are going to be people who will say why did you spend months searching for her when she had only been with her foster family for two weeks but I just think animals shouldn't be dismissed.
"She came to England for a better life.
"It was just for the love of animals.
"In our eyes every animal deserves to be warm, fed and comfortable.
"We treated ourselves to a well-deserved pint afterwards but tomorrow we'll be onto the next one."
Video by: Shelly Spiller
Furious residents have slammed "disgusting" fly-tippers who dumped pile of rubbish down a public pathway - which is 50 FEET long
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Furious residents have slammed "disgusting" fly-tippers who have left a public pathway impassable - after dumping a pile of rubbish which is 50 FEET long.
The enormous mound of waste, which stands 12ft high, appeared in the early hours of Friday (19/7) morning.
Items including electrical cables, plugs, circuit boards, children's toys and even corporate waste can be seen piled up.
One container labelled 'highly flammable' was pictured lying in the litter, which appears to have been compacted.
It's thought the stinking mess was dumped out of a HGV between 12.40am and 1.40am on Friday (19/7).
Hundreds of locals in Stockport, Greater Mancs, now have to walk past the rotting pile of waste every day.
The offenders, whose identities aren't yet known, have been described as "selfish", "disgusting" and "shameless".
A nearby resident, who doesn't want to be named, noticed the mound on Saturday (20/07) when he took his dog for a walk.
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Image by: Dan Rowlands SWNS
He said: "I have walked down here everyday for years and I've never seen anything like it.
"I was completely shocked when I saw, there is such a huge amount of rubbish.
"To be honest it's absolutely disgusting.
"To dump your rubbish anywhere but a tip is wrong, but to do it on a pathway that's used by the public is awful.
"Us who live here have to walk past it and smell it everyday now.
"People have to be careful that their dogs don't go anywhere near it because who knows what's in there?"
He added: "You can tell that it's been dumped here by some sort of professional waste disposal outfit.
"This isn't just a few blokes in their cars, it's an entire lorry full of rubbish.
"The council need to put concrete barriers up to stop vehicles coming down and prevent this ever happening again."
The man said people have been fly-tipping in the area for the past ten years but that no one had ever left this much at once.
Social media user Ray Hall posted on Facebook: "Fly tipping is appalling but it will only increase until the perpetrators, when caught, are made to pay the full cost for its removal."
One person described the incident as "outrageous" and another described the offenders as "filthy".
The pile is on a pathway in Stockport called the Fallowfield Loop.
It has been reported to Greater Manchester Police, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and the Environment Agency.
Authorities hope CCTV footage will help uncover who is responsible.
Fly-tipping is defined as the 'illegal deposit of any waste onto land that does not have a licence to accept it'.
In 2016/17 more than one million incidences of fly-tipping were dealt with by councils in England, with an estimated clear up cost of over £58m.
Offenders can be prosecuted and face imprisonment or a fine of up to £50,000.
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Image by: Dan Rowlands SWNS
CCTV footage of the HGV driving towards the pathway then leaving an hour later has emerged.
The enormous lorry can be seen arriving to the site at 12.40am then driving away after dumping its load at 1.41am.
The videos were captured by a nearby homeowner who has cameras attached to the outside of her house.
A Stockport Council official has described the incident as "extremely disappointing" and assured residents an investigation is underway.
In a statement made this morning (Mon), councillor Sheila Bailey said: "We are extremely disappointed to hear of the fly-tipping incident near the entrance to the Fallowfield Loop in Reddish.
"Due to the scale of this incident we are liaising with the regulating body, the Environment Agency.
"We have already gathered evidence and will be working with the Environment Agency in their investigations to help bring this horrible act and serious criminal offence to justice."
Cllr Bailey has urged anyone with information to email district.group@stockport.gov.uk.
A four-year-old genius inventor and engineer has offered the French president his plans to rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral - which he has made out of LEGO
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A four-year-old genius inventor and engineer has offered the French president his plans to rebuild the Notre Dame Cathedral - which he has made out of LEGO.
Super-bright Thomas Nourse-Wright has been taking apart and rebuilding clocks since he was just two and can build electrical circuit boards for fun.
He loves being surrounded by Lego blocks and cogs, and at the age of just four already classes himself as an "inventor".
After French president Emmanuel Macron announced a competition to replace the burnt-down Notre Dame spire Thomas has come up with his own design.
He has now crated his version - from Lego bricks.
The youngster, from Cheltenham, Glos., has been watching news clips of the Notre Dame fire on repeat since the blaze in April, according to his mother, Julia.
Little Thomas said: "I would really like it if the President would look at my design and talk to me about the drawing that I made.
"I made the model of what I want it to look like out of Lego. I came home and I got my ruler and made a plan of what I can do.
"In my design of the spire on Notre Dame, I want to put a sprinkler in so firemen do not have to do it if it was to catch fire, and it would be easier to put a fire out."
Thomas added: "I like building things out of Lego. I have also built a phonograph out of Lego. I am an inventor. I like to invent things."
After a fire devastated Notre-Dame Cathedral in April, the French President announced a competition to replace its spire, and a flurry of designers have offered their proposals.
Thomas' mother, Julia Nourse-Wright, 33, said that she saw the window for plans to be submitted, and thought that Macron would like to see her son's ideas for the spire.
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Image by: Jon Mills
Image by: Jon Mills
Image by: Jon Mills
The mum-of-three said: "I have been in contact with the president and Notre Dame.
"But I have not heard anything back except that the presidents office suggest that I contact Notre Dame directly.
"I can't even pinpoint when he became obsessed with it. We never spoke about it at home. He just kept watching news clips over the fire over and over.
"He said, 'I wish I could make it with Lego so it won't burn down.
"When I told him about the competition, he straight away went to get a pencil and paper, and he just drew."
Julia added: "His knowledge is amazing. He has always been fascinated with anything that has a mechanism - fans, dishwashers, air conditioning units.
"He has an obsession with clocks, ever since he was about two. His bedroom wall is covered in clocks. He likes to take them apart and put him back together.
"He just seems to have a natural understanding of how things work - and if he doesn't, he'll take it apart.
"The words he uses when he's working on thing is just amazing. He knows what a magnatron is, and how it converts into energy.
"He's just in his own little world most of the time, playing away.
"We bought him toys, like the electrical circuits that were meant to be from age eight years old and up and he has been playing with them since his last birthday.
"We realised quite early on that we couldn't stop him from playing with electrical things - so we just had to teach him about safety.
"He's very clued up on safety, he's very cautious," said Julia.
Thomas often comes out of school with ideas for new inventions.
He knows what he plans to be when he grows up - already he classes himself as being an inventor and loves all things science related.
Thomas said: "I really like the towers of Notre Dame. They look good and I like the structure. The towers' structure is very good as both parts of them survived.
"I have a book of the plans that I have made and I have taken it to school."
His family are very supportive of his work and hopes and dreams.
Thomas’ father George Nourse-Wright, 34 said: "I am very proud that he has found something that he is so good at. I hope that it is something that stays with him.
"He is always asking questions and always on the go. He is wanting to know more all the time."
Kind-hearted 107-year-old donated his entire estate to a hospital to help fund an innovative scanner - which will be used to treat his great-great-niece's brain tumour
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A kind-hearted 107-year-old donated his entire estate to a hospital to help fund an innovative scanner - which will be used to treat his great-great-niece's brain tumour.
Former army-veteran David 'Stanley' Brackenbrough left a legacy gift of £245,000 when he died in 2017 which has been used to fund a third of the £800,000 machine.
The device will enable doctors to give brave seven-year-old Isabelle Smith a more detailed diagnosis of a benign tumour she was diagnosed with at nine-months old.
The growth lies deep within her brain and has so far been unable to be removed; however, the scanner may open up the possibility of it eventually being extracted if necessary.
Isabelle's mother Loran Smith, 33, said her great-uncle Stanley loved the little girl so much during the final years of his life - and knew everything about her condition.
Stanley sadly lost his two children and wife so decided to help little Isabelle and thousands of other children by gifting the hospital the extraordinary amount.
Loran believes the donation was his way of 'saying thank you' for the way the hospital had looked after her all her life.
She said: “Stanley told my mum - his niece - he might leave something to the hospital but we had no idea it would be such a large amount.
"He saw they looked after her so well, so it became very important to him to help in any way that he could."
Stanley was a high ranking officer during the second world war in the Royal Army Services Corps regular Army.
He was promoted to Lance corporal, then sergeant, Captain and Officer Commanding.
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Image by: Steve Chatterley
In his later years he lived a "humble life" as a pastry cook & confectioner and loved walking and painting.
Isabelle used to tell her great-great-uncle she wanted to be doctor - something Stanley agreed with after he saw her fighting her condition.
Loran added: "Every time she visited him, she would tell him she wanted to be a doctor and he always encouraged her.
"He looked after himself right up to the end and knew everything about Isabelle and what she was going through.
"He apparently told my mum he might leave some money to the hospital but none of us had the slightest idea of how much it would be, we never expected it.
"I am so proud of what he has done and how many people he will be able to help.
"He knew the comfort that the hospital gave us, we are so lucky to have them."
Stanley, who was born on September 8 1909, sadly passed away on February 27 2017 aged 107 in Sheffield General Hospital.
Isabelle, from Sheffield, South Yorks., was diagnosed with a tumour in December 2012.
Surgeons at the time decided removing the growth would be too risky and it remains within the core of the little girl's brain.
The current placement of the growth means it is inoperable and Isabelle attends scans every 12 months to monitor progress in case the tumour becomes aggressive.
Isabelle is due to have an annual brain scan on an older machine on May 13 this year, where results will be compared like-for-like with last year to assess any growth.
However, in the next few years Isabelle's family are hoping she will be able to use the machine to reduce the time spent being scanned and give her a more detailed assessment.
Loran said: "Sometimes Isabelle is in the scanner for a long time and comes out upset.
"The new machine is supposed to be a lot quicker so I think this would make a massive difference to her."
Self-employed Loran, who is also mother to nine-year-old brother Jack, said it was "amazing" to think her great-uncle's donation could help thousands of children in the future.
She said: "You always want to ensure your children receive the best care possible and to know he will help other families too is really very special."
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Image by: Steve Chatterley
The new equipment will allow radiologists to scan children with suspected cancerous tumours, epilepsy, painful injuries or neuro-disabilities with just one highly advanced diagnostic device.
Recalling Isabelle's diagnosis, Loran - who is married to Matt Smith, 37 - said her daughter's use of her right hand and leg was not natural.
She said: “I originally noticed the lack of usage of the limbs when playing in the bath.
"She wouldn’t grasp her hand to hold items, so I took her to our GP who referred us to a neurologist at Sheffield Children’s Hospital.
“It was such a shock to find out it was a tumour, it was a really difficult time. No-one was sure what would happen next, they said it could take her in a few weeks.”
Further scans revealed the tumour was a low-grade glioma - a benign non-cancerous growth which are the slowest growing type.
Isabelle is not affected on a day-to-day basis and does no longer has any obvious symptoms caused by her benign tumour.
Loran continued: “It’s too dangerous for them to test the tumour and we’re not sure what, if anything, will trigger it to become aggressive.
"Luckily, she hasn’t had any kind of invasive surgery and hopefully it never comes to that but we’re just constantly watching for the signs.”
The care Isabelle received from the hospital inspired ‘Team Izzy’ - a group of family and friends who have ran marathons and held events, raising over £15,000 for the hospital.
Loran added: "The care we receive is incredible, the hospital and team can’t do enough for us. We are so lucky to have such an amazing hospital on our doorstep.”
The machine will also mean less discomfort for patients, with multiple scans conducted at the same time - with enhanced imagery which will provide more certainty when diagnosing patients so they can expect more tailored treatment.
The remaining cost of the scanner was raised throughout 2017 through a series of charity events and donors.
David Vernon-Edwards, director of The Children’s Hospital Charity added: “We would like to thank David’s family and all of the generous donors from the bottom of our hearts for enabling Sheffield Children’s Hospital to offer this amazing device, which will make a massive difference for so many severely ill children.”
MOULD DEATH - A 14-year-old died after she caught a one-in-a-million fungal infection - by breathing in mould
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A 14-year-old died after she caught a one-in-a-million fungal infection - by breathing in mould spores.
Jade Owens was "full of life" just three weeks before a rare fungal infection killed off the inside of her throat, airways and passageways to her lungs.
Keen horse rider Jade was suffering from a suspected chest infection but when it wouldn't shift, medics ordered extra tests.
Initial tests revealed she had Type 1 diabetes and was put in an induced coma to save her life.
She miraculously pulled through, but just as mum Louise thought she was on the mend, Jade began coughing up blood.
Jade passed away just 20 minutes later. Tests later revealed she had mucormycosis - a fungal infection usually caused by breathing in mould spores.
The infection targets people with a weakened immune system and for Jade, led to the tissue and blood vessels in her throat to be killed off when being overrun with fungus.
For reasons unknown, people with Type 1 diabetes are especially at risk of catching mucormycosis.
It is not known where Jade came into contact with the mould spores - but her heartbroken mum suspects it could have been due to her outdoorsy hobbies like horse riding.
Mum-of-two Louise, 35, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, said: “I’m heartbroken. You never think anything like this will happen to you and I want to make sure no one else goes through what we have.
“I think about Jade every single day.
"It’s something I’ll never forget, walking into the room and seeing my daughter covered in blood.
“It was like a murder scene. The blood vessels in her throat had burst and she bled to death.
“She choked on her own blood and had coughed it up. It was horrific to see and that will never leave me.
“The infection is opportunistic. Jade caught it because her immune system was weaker with diabetes.
“We had no idea she even had diabetes. No one else in the family has it so we had no idea what to look out for.
“If only we knew about the signs then we could have done something. I feel guilty in some ways for that."
Image by: Louise Owens
Image by: Louise Owens
Image by: Louise Owens
Image by: Louise Owens
Image by: Louise Owens
Jade, the eldest of two children, took ill unexpectedly on May 20 this year.
Up to then she had been her happy, normal self, who enjoyed riding horses and spending time enjoying the outdoors with her family.
Jade had been focused on spending quality time with her family following the tragic death of her dad Paul Daniels, in 2016, whose relationship with mum Louise ended in 2007.
She started to complain about having a headache and flu-like symptoms and booked in to see her GP.
Jade, sister to Aiden, 17 and half-sister to Abley Stock, aged one, was prescribed a course of antibiotics as her doctor feared she was suffering with a minor chest infection.
But the next day, on May 21, her grandmother Charleen Owens, a nurse, suggested Jade goes to A&E after displaying rapid breathing and appearing discoloured.
Beautician Louise took Jade to Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport and a finger-prick test found she was in severe DKA - Diabetic ketoacidosis.
DKA is a serious complication of diabetes that occurs when the body produces too much ketones, effectively turning blood acidic.
It develops when the body can not produce enough insulin and leads to the breakdown of tissue.
DKA can be triggered by an infection and if left untreated - can be fatal.
Louise, who has a partner, Neil Stocks, 45, said she had no idea her daughter’s shortness of breath and frequent trips to the toilet had anything to do with type one diabetes.
It doesn’t run in the family and there is no known cause for it and Louise explains how she simply didn’t put two and two together when Jade first got poorly.
She said: “Jade looked very poorly and hadn’t been well all week. We went to the doctors and we thought it was just an infection and that was that.
"I had no idea it would turn out to be as serious as it did. I took her to A&E and they said she was in severe DKA. They said a virus can make it worse.
“Her body had stopped producing insulin and her muscles had started to break down.”
Jade was kept in hospital overnight but was transferred to Manchester Children’s Hospital on May 22 after doctors grew concerned at how she responded poorly to being given insulin.
Her condition rapidly decreased to the point where medics were forced to place Jade into an induced coma so doctors could carry out further tests.
Doctors told a terrified Louise her daughter only had a “50/50 chance of survival”.
A further scan discovered Jade had fluid on her lungs and she was given antibiotics, insulin and food via tubes whilst in a coma for five days.
And this seemed to work - when on May 27 Jade woke up - and uttered the words “I’m starving, can I have a McDonald’s"?
Louise said: “We were over the moon. We thought we were getting normal Jade back again and it was an amazing feeling.
“It was such a relief because we were told she was severely poorly and we thought we might lose her. She was moved onto a ward and taken off intensive care.
“It as great, she was up and about, was able to shower herself and everything. At this point we were quite hopeful she might come home soon.”
Louise said Jade was well in herself but still had fluid on her lungs and doctors were planning a procedure to drain the excess.
Jade spent “two good weeks” recovering in hospital, according to Louise, who recalls leaving her daughter in hospital on June 10 in “high spirits”.
But the following morning at 8.05am, Louise said she received a phone call from her mum who was at Jade’s bedside.
“All she said is that something bad is happening. I rushed down there as fast as I could.
“We were ushered into a room and the doctor said she was coughing up blood and they were trying all they could to stabilise her.
“They were working to save her. I didn’t know what to think. I was a mess. Twenty minutes later they came in and told us she had died. It was so sudden and unexpected.”
Louise said the cause of death has already been confirmed as mucormycosis, a fungal infection only found in an average of 1.7 out of every one million people.
People who go into DKA, like Jade, are placed at increase risk of developing the toxic infection that can be extremely difficult to treat if not spotted early enough.
The infection effectively invaded Jade’s immune system and ate away at the inside of her throat, airways and passageways to her lungs.
This caused the tissue to go through necrosis - the premature death of cells in living tissue - leading to the fatal bleed.
A devastated Louise said she’s still struggling to come to terms with her “angel”, and wants to speak out about the symptoms of type one diabetes to help raise awareness to others.
She said: “I miss her every single day, our lives will never be the same without her. To go what we have gone through is horrific. I wouldn’t want anyone else to go through what we have.
“She was very tired and had experienced some weight loss but she was hungry a lot, too.
“Since all this happened we have learned more about diabetes and they are symptoms of it.”
Jade's funeral, which featured a horse-drawn carriage, was held on July 10.
