YEOVIL Town captain Lee Collins was found hanged in his hotel room aged 32, an inquest heard today. The footballer's body was found at the Lanes Hotel in West Coker, near Yeovil, on March 31. An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned during a hearing in Taunton, Somerset, today. In a statement read to the court, coroner's officer Ben Batley said Mr Collins, from Newport, Gwent, was confirmed dead at the hotel on March 31. "Lee was a professional footballer with Yeovil Town Football Club," Mr Batley said. "It was identified that when Lee did not attend for training on March 31 enquiries were made at the hotel where he was staying, and he was found in his room hanging. FOOTBALLER TRAGEDY "Also admitted into evidence was an interim post-mortem report from Dr Adams, pathologist at Yeovil District Hospital, confirming cause of death as 1a hanging - subject to blood analysis. "The coroner resolved that it will be necessary for further statements and reports … [Read more...] about Yeovil Town captain Lee Collins was found hanged in his hotel room aged 32, inquest hears
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Travelodge currently has family rooms in Cornwall from £20pp in July and August
Families looking for a cheap Cornwall holiday this summer may want to check out Travelodge's latest deals. The budget hotel chain currently has heaps of cheap rooms going in Cornwall over the summer. In fact when we took a look we could find family rooms from £20.75pp - and that's based on a family staying over the school holiday dates in July and August. For example we found stays at its St Austell hotel from £83 a night, stays at its Newquay seafront from £117 a night, and stays at its Hayle hotel from £104 a night (the hotel is about a 15-minute drive from Penzance). We found the deals using Travelodge's price finder tool and there were plenty more stays around similar prices available, also for the school holidays. It's not just families who can bag cheap stays during the summer. There were heaps of rooms going for £29 a night - that's £14.50pp a night - for those who can travel slightly outside of the peak summer seasons, or just need a double room rather … [Read more...] about Travelodge currently has family rooms in Cornwall from £20pp in July and August
Families struggle in poverty miles from luxury Cornwall hotel hosting wealthy G7 leaders
In just three months, US President Joe Biden, French premier Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will descend on Cornwall for the G7 summit hosted by Boris Johnson . The world's most powerful leaders will be in the duchy to thrash out plans to tackle climate change and plot their fightback from the coronavirus crisis. Their private planes are expected to touch down at Newquay Airport – the former RAF St Mawgan base – and they will be whisked to the splendid isolation of the Carbis Bay Hotel, surrounded by steel and police on one side and the North Atlantic on the other. Announcing the location in January, the Prime Minister said: “Cornwall is the perfect location for such a crucial summit. “Two hundred years ago Cornwall’s tin and copper mines were at the heart of the UK’s Industrial Revolution and this summer Cornwall will again be the nucleus of great global change and advancement. “I’m very much looking forward to welcoming world leaders to this great … [Read more...] about Families struggle in poverty miles from luxury Cornwall hotel hosting wealthy G7 leaders
Swastikas, salutes and Hitler speeches: Inside Nazi school for girls in England that inspired Six Minutes to Midnight
IN a quiet seaside resort full of independent schools, the girls from Augusta Victoria College were barely cause for a second glance as they played catch on the beach. But these students were at a very different kind of finishing school to the sort you’d normally find in Britain - it was designed to produce perfect Nazis . The German pupils aged 16 to 21 performed Seig Heil salutes, listened to speeches from Adolf Hitler and prepared for a fascist future. Founded during the early 1930s, the school taught English to daughters and relatives of the Nazi high command and aristocrats. Germany hoped that these polite, well-bred girls would show Britain that we had nothing to fear from Hitler’s regime. Instead everyone at the school was put under suspicion of being spies. Even as Britain was heading towards war, the school in Bexhill-on-Sea on England’s south coast did not hide its allegiances. Their light blue blazers had a badge with the Union Jack in one corner … [Read more...] about Swastikas, salutes and Hitler speeches: Inside Nazi school for girls in England that inspired Six Minutes to Midnight
Try our 10-minute energy switch challenge to cut your bill by up to £250
THIS Thursday, millions of us will be feeling foolish as our energy bills soar by £100. To make sure the April Fools Day joke isn’t on you, take our Sun Money ten-minute switch challenge and save up to £250. Half the population are overpaying for gas and electricity — as a quarter of us have never switched supplier and another 25 per cent of people’s discount deals have ended. Many are too lazy to change provider or wrongly believe they will not save money. Customers being hit by £96 price cap increases next week can switch in minutes and beat the increase. The average standard tariff annual bill will be around £1,138, the level of the price cap, as most suppliers ramp up prices blaming wholesale energy costs. But the cheapest discount deal is £916, with Outfox The Market. It can take less than ten minutes to fill out a switching form online — and you will get moved to a new supplier within four weeks or receive £30 compensation. Also, set up autoswitch and get … [Read more...] about Try our 10-minute energy switch challenge to cut your bill by up to £250