Wednesday, 20 June 2012
The woman, who has two children, was ordered to live at a specified address nearly two years ago by a district judge overseeing divorce proceedings.
But a High Court judge lifted the restriction after ruling that the woman should be allowed to find work and support her children as she wished.
The woman compared the restriction to being under "house arrest" and complained that it limited her chances of finding work, hampered her children's relationship with relatives, and left her struggling to pay bills.
Mr Justice Charles disagreed with the "house arrest" comparison but told a High Court hearing: "It seems to me that she should have the opportunity to seek employment, and therefore to support herself and her children, as she wishes."
He heard that the restriction was part of a "prohibitive steps order" made by a district judge in 2010. The woman's estranged husband lived near the specified address and the arrangement allowed him to have regular contact with the children, the judge was told.
The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, challenged the restriction at a private hearing in the family division of the High Court in London. Mr Justice Charles gave permission for a journalist to attend the hearing and for parts of the proceedings to be reported after an application by the Press Association, which argued that coverage would be in the public interest.
The judge said the woman and her children had to remain in England or Wales - within the jurisdiction of the High Court - while legal proceedings continued. A further High Court hearing related to the divorce fight is scheduled to take place later this year.
Mr Justice Charles said he had to decide whether to continue the restriction to ease contact arrangements or allow the woman to move. He said the balance lay in allowing the woman to move. The estranged husband had argued the woman's "true agenda" in wanting to move home was to "frustrate" contact arrangements. Mr Justice Charles said the estranged husband had a right to regular contact and the woman had to comply with the provisions of a separate court order relating to access visits, regardless of where she lived.
"I'd tried to get the restriction discharged before but failed," said the woman, who was not represented by a lawyer at the High Court hearing. "I was a bit overwhelmed when it was actually lifted." She added: "It was a sledgehammer to crack a nut. I hope Mr Justice Charles' decision helps other people in similar situations."
Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
England selection for Kent spinner - News Shopper
England selection for Kent spinner
1:31pm Wednesday 20th June 2012 in Sport By Jim Palmer
KENT spinner James Tredwell has been called up to the England squad.
With England 2-0 up in the three-match one-day series against the West Indies, the selectors have called up three new bowlers and are planning to rest Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan.
Tredwell, 30, who has played five one-day internationals, is joined by Surrey’s Stuart Meaker and Warwickshire’s Chris Woakes.
He was at his miserly best on Sunday in the victory over Surrey, squeezing the run-rate and conceding just 17 runs off his four overs.
National selector Geoff Miller said: “The fact that we have already won the NatWest series means we are able to take the opportunity to rest three players ahead of next week’s series against Australia and take a closer look at players who are likely to feature in our limited overs planning going forward.”
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'Someone's after more money': Katie Price blames ex-husband Alex Reid for deliberating delaying their divorce - Daily Mail
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It looked like Katie Price and Alex Reid's brief marriage was finally over when they were granted a decree nisi in March.
However, the glamour model today complained the final divorce ruling has been delayed because her estranged husband wants more money.
Although a High Court judge initially granted the couple a divorce on the grounds of Reid's 'unreasonable behaviour' in March, they are yet to have it finalised.
Feminine look: Katie Price wears a pink top and orange skirt as she arrives at ITV studios
Following the decision in March, it normally takes between five to six weeks for a divorcing couple to be given a decree absolute.
However, appearing on Loose Women today, Katie bemoaned the fact she was unable to move on properly with new fianc Leandro Penna because she was still wed to Alex.
The 34-year-old said: 'I'm still married.
'It would have been quicker, but obviously someone's after more money.'
Holding things up? Alex Reid, pictured outside his Essex home yesterday, has been blamed for delaying the divorce
Katie and Alex famously split in January 2011 after just 11 months of marriage.
The mother-of-three ended up marrying Alex in Las Vegas just nine months after she was dumped by first husband Peter Andre.
On reflection, she concedes she was on the rebound from Peter when she started dating Alex eight weeks later.
Speaking on Radio 4's Woman's Hour today, she admitted: 'The public was right about Alex, I was on the rebound.
Glam: The glamour model is promoting her new novel In The Name Of Love
'Yes, I know I was on the rebound and I'm not rushing into getting married again. Yes, I'm engaged, but I've actually grown-up and thought there's no rush for anything.'
For her appearance on Loose Women, it was quite a surprise to see the former glamour model looking demure in a pink top and flowing orange skirt today.
However, it was only when she turned around, she was given a cheeky flash of bra, which she had co-ordinated with her top.
On Woman's Hour, she praised her 'intelligent' Argentine fianc for learning English, admitting it was difficult when they first started dating.
Pink to make the boys wink: Katie flashed her pink bra in the partially-backless top
She explained: 'I said, "yeah, yeah, I'm gonna learn Spanish" but you just don't. I think, "everyone speaks English, he'll end up speaking English." And he does.'
When Jenni asked if she had tried to learn Spanish, Katie replied: 'I haven't had the time. That's awful isn't it?
'He's made the time and the effort and we can actually have a conversation now. He went to English school and properly learned English. In fact, he speaks it better than me.'
Addressing her split from Peter, she added: 'I never wanted to split from him. Its just unfortunate he thought I was having an affair with my riding instructor.
English lessons: Katie said her Argentine fianc Leandro Penna spoke better English than she did
'He always says "I can never say why", because he knows he's married with his family and if he does say it, we'll all jump on the bandwagon and say, "prove it."
The mother-of-three is currently promoting her new novel In The Name Of Love, which tells the story of a holiday romance between sports presenter Charlie and Spanish Olympian horse-rider Felipe.
The book is her eighth novel and has been ghost-written with author Rebecca Farmsworth.
Speaking about their partnership on Woman's Hour, she said: 'I feel sorry for Rebecca. I speak into the Dictaphone. You've definitely got to have a talent to sit there and write the book and she's amazing at it.
'I come up with the plot and we go through each chapter together.'
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
A-level student predicted to achieve top grades is escorted from college by police after 'refusing to stop REVISING' - Daily Mail
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Barred: Jamie Gagliardi claims he had 'nowhere else to revise' and did not have a computer at home
An A-level student who was 'obsessed with revising' had to be escorted from school by police after ignoring a classroom ban.
Jamie Gagliardi, 18, had been told to stay home from Ifield Community College in Crawley, West Sussex, for one day after interrupting the headteacher during a meeting on Wednesday.
But he went to the college - whose students notched up a 100 per cent A-level pass rate last year - the following morning, claiming he had 'nowhere else to revise' for his psychology A-level on Monday and he did not have a computer at home.
He was asked to leave but began 'causing a nuisance and a disturbance'.
At 8.45am college officials decided that the only option was to call in the police after the teen refused to leave the premises.
The pupil, who is also taking A-level law, English and history, was escorted from the college and his mother was called to pick him up.
Police confirmed that the teenager would not be charged with any offence.
Speaking this week, Jamie said he was given a one-day ban from the college last Wednesday for interrupting the headteacher during a meeting, meaning he was not allowed in the school the following day.
He said: 'I have been punished for wanting to do well.
'I am a hard-working and dedicated student and this could have such an impact on my future.
'The college has overreacted in what is probably the most important week of my school life.
Ban: Staff at Ifield Community College (pictured) called police after Jamie Gagliardi refused to leave the premises
'I have told teachers many times that I do not have a computer at home so would not be able to work at home.'
Bosses at the 1,090-pupil college - rated good by Ofsted in February this year - said the teen is ‘obsessed’ with after-school tuition and the police were called because he was ‘causing a nuisance’ by refusing to leave the premises.
Marilyn Evans, the school’s director of administration, said Jamie was a 'very bright boy', but added: 'He became vociferous and irritated that he couldn't have after-school revision.
'The teacher has already given up her time to give extra revision in half term and during the school day, when she was meant to have free time.
'On Thursday, he was causing a nuisance and a disturbance on the premises.
'He is obsessed with doing after-school revision.'
She added: 'He probably feels that without those extra sessions he won't get the grade he wants, but he will. He is a top student.'
A spokeswoman for Sussex Police confirmed today that officers were called at 8.45am on June 14 to remove a 'disruptive' pupil who was refusing to leave the premises.
Splash: How the Crawley News reported on Jamie Gagliardi's removal from the school by police
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Sellers’ lies, adolescent estate agents, naff hot tubs, and remote controlled garages: Lessons from a househunter in Kent - Daily Mail
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Wanted: one family home, detached period (no low beams), preferably Georgian, within a village setting or rural, quite road, no traffic noise and that is realistically priced … stop there, and there’s the rub – the ‘realistically priced’ tag.
I’m house hunting and getting a little dispirited to say the least. I decided to dedicate the last three weeks to finding a house, moving out of London and into Kent. We know exactly what we want and both of us have owned over the years a number of properties in Kent. We think we know the market a little.
Dealing with the agents is frustrating. There are two types of estate agents – the fly-by-night boys, with their aggressive sales arm with the barrow boy attitude and ill-fitting suits to match who take to using your first name rather than affording you the courtesy of attaching your title and surname and have no interest in your requirements, but to hit their sales targets. Then there is the old-fashioned, courteous, land agent, qualified surveyor, whose company has been around for donkey’s years and survive on their reputation and knowledge. Although, one of the latter-type of agents did call me the other day and asked, 'Perchance, would this be Mrs. Atkinson?' (really!). I am told by the grown-up agents in Kent that there is little stock, but what is on the market is vastly over-priced with sellers having a very over-inflated view of what their properties are worth. Coupled with that their competitors are overvaluing and undercutting fees and this seems to be the norm outside of the London property bubble.
Wanted: one family home, detached period (no low beams), preferably Georgian, within a village setting or rural, quite road, no traffic noise and is realistically priced
I asked the same question to a couple of grown-up agents, why are the properties not selling and why are they over-priced? They both said that vendors are frightened of interest rates rising because they have overstretched themselves financially by borrowing more for new kitchens, cars, holidays and, in some cases, school fees. This confirmed my view and since 2004 I have written extensively about this - the middle-classes are like frightened rabbits waiting for the bubble to burst.
Before I spoke to these two agents I had viewed a number of properties and none of the stories of why the vendors were moving added up. It also seemed very odd that there were very few chains.
Too many were ‘downsizing’, or ‘looking to move into rented accommodation before we decide what we want’ (they all had numerous kids or grannies in tow, so that was an unlikely truth), hence no chains. The truth was that they had spent vast sums on getting the properties to look like a feature from House and Garden or Channel 4’s Grand Designs and had unrealistic ideas about the price tag.
One woman had a son at a grammar school quite a few miles north but had two little ones who attended a very local prep school. Her excuse for moving was that they wanted to be nearer the grammar school. As the boy got the bus and she drove the other two the story was very unlikely.
Overvaluing and undercutting fees seems to be the norm outside of the London property bubble
No, she just wanted someone to pay her inflated price so that she could cash in on what she thought was a continuing property boom and she could ‘downsize’ on others' willingness to pay the price. It won’t happen.
Some have annexes or small detached cottages. Usually they have installed the granny who has sold her own home to move in with the offspring. The reality is that it is cheaper than a nursing home and the kids can get their hands on the inherited cash quicker and avoiding capital gains tax.
The grannies were all a bit bewildered as I am sure they all thought they would be, living in the annexes until their demise. Not so. The other problem for us was that our teenage children might want to move back in or elderly relatives might come to stay for the weekend and not leave. My husband shies away from annexes.
Many looked like the interiors of five star hotels with mood lighting, fires, music and shutters controlled by remote controls. These controls were by the bed, in the kitchen and sitting rooms, God know what would happen if they lost the damned things, presumably they would be forced to live in darkness with the piped music forever set on Robbie Williams? The carpets were so rich, cream and deep piled that levitation was the best option so as not to spoil them. If the bedroom furniture was fitted it had been ordered from the back of the up-market Sunday supplements and truly horrid. Three had installed hot tubs and when I asked would they be taking them with them I was met with pitying looks that said why didn’t I want to spend my time getting wrinkly in a smelly tub and feeling sick with the jet propelled bubble system. And it’s very naff.
One agent had sneaked in an extra viewing on a very delightful 16thc low-beamed cottage. I said no low beams. Again the cottage had been ‘Farrow and Balled’ in every room with mushroom deep pile carpets galore. My husband is 6’ 1” and would bang his head ten times a day and develop a hump but the owner gaily said oh, my husband’s 6’ 3”. I wondered whether they lived in separate houses or had bashed his head so many times that he was gaga.
Then there are the descriptions. One had described the house as ‘New England style’. Untrue – it was a sloppily built, timber framed, weather boarded house that were thrown up in north Kent during the 1920s. Several houses had set the dining room or kitchen tables for formal dining, including linen napkins, silver napkin rings, polished glass and silverware. It’s not real life or they have got too much time on their hands.
One barn conversion had a Persil white Range Rover and matching white Porsche outside – very ‘My Fat Gypsy Wedding’ and the owners matched the cars. All very fit, pumped up with black and white photographs of them all around the house. He opened a cupboard that contained a few novels – ‘we don’t like to have our books on display’. Quite – all Jackie Collins and body-pumping stuff, and ‘books create dust’! The house was all black, white, brown, chrome and …. cold. Think boutique hotel, very clinical and spotless. His pride and joy was the gym which was better fitted than my local David Lloyd, again with matching pictures of pumped and primped him and her. I left him saying ‘...and the garage can get me Bentley in too, no trouble love’. Another one bites the dust.
Many have spent vast sums on getting the properties to look like a feature from House and Garden or Channel 4's Grand Designs and had unrealistic ideas about the price tag
Then there are the retiring couples in their 70s who genuinely want to downsize. And if they were just doing that, there wouldn’t be a problem. Two openly admitted that they would be using some of the money to give to their thirty year old children ‘to help them out’. Again, the purchaser is expected to fund the lifestyles of the kids that are in debt or just haven’t made it yet. And this attitude is partly fuelling the over-priced property boom in London.
Some are marketed as having lakes (or very big, man-made ponds) in the garden. Some have little Japanese bridges over them (naff) and large Japanese koi and sturgeon (equally naff). They are horrid, the great things come up to the surface opening their wide, silent, toothless jaws and it’s all very eerie and clinical. I like the idea of water with fishes and lily pads and frogs. But unfortunately my husband thinks that fish comes in 4 ways ... in batter, as sashimi, in a pie or in a tank.
I do wonder at these grand design projects. Looking at the cream carpets I thought about my naughty Burmese cats bringing in the local wildlife and depositing blood and guts over all that cream.
We currently rent in London and are looking to move back out to Kent within a few miles of either Ebbsfleet or Ashford International stations so if you know of a property that is detached, period (no low beams), preferably Georgian, within a village setting, quite road, no traffic noise and is realistically priced, get in touch, even if you’ve got cream carpets or hot tubs.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Doctors solve mystery of a man who 'died from laughter' while watching The Goodies after his granddaughter nearly dies from same rare heart condition - Daily Mail
- Mother-of-two diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome following cardiac arrest
- Syndrome is a genetic condition that causes an abnormal heart rhythm probably inherited from grandfather
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Doctors have solved the mystery of a man who famously 'died from laughter' while watching The Goodies, after his granddaughter's heart stopped for 55minutes.
Mother-of-two Lisa Corke, 23, suffered a near fatal cardiac arrest and was clinically dead for nearly an hour when she collapsed in her home on May 4.
But the young mother from Minster, in Kent, was saved by her 'heroic' quick thinking husband who administered CPR for 15 minutes before the ambulance arrived.
Lisa Corke is recuperating (left) after she suffered a near fatal heart attack. Doctors believe it was caused by Long QT syndrome - a condition they believe killed her grandfather (right) in 1975
Lisa was rushed to hospital, put into an induced coma for 36 hours and diagnosed with the rare Long QT syndrome.
Amazingly, doctors looked into Lisa's medical history and discovered her paternal granddad was Alex Mitchell who famously died laughing while watching an episode of The Goodies in 1975.
Mr Mitchell, a brick layer from Kings Lynn, Norfolk, was watching the episode "Kung Fu Kapers" when he had a laughing fit and collapsed in front of his distraught wife.
During the episode Tim Brooke-Taylor uses a set of bagpipes to defend himself against Bill Oddie who is hurling black puddings.
It had always been a mystery why Mr Mitchell died but doctors quickly realised he too must have had LQT syndrome, which is hereditary.
Kung Fu Caper: During the episode Tim Brooke-Taylor uses a set of bagpipes to defend himself against Bill Oddie who is hurling black puddings
Lisa, who is currently living with her parents as she makes a full recovery, said: 'My granddad died from one of the most famous strange deaths.
THE BATTLE OF ECKY THUMP
In this 1975 episode of The Goodies called Kung Fu Kapers, Bill Oddie demonstrates the made-up Scottish martial art of 'Hoots-Toot-Ochaye.'
This consisted of fights with various assailants played by the other two Goodies, including two boxers, a French stick fighter and an Australian with a boomerang. He wins by cunningly hitting them over the head with a black pudding.
He meets his match when Tim Brooke-Taylor takes him on armed with the bagpipes. However, Tim loses after he is hit over the head by the returning boomerang thrown earlier by the Australian. Oddie celebrates his victory after it's announced by the umpire.
'I think at the time they probably thought he suffered a heart attack caused by the laughter but doctors realised he died from a cardiac arrest caused by LQT syndrome after examining me.
'His death has been talked about for years and made all the papers at the time - I never knew him but it is strange to think we both had this life threatening condition.
'It's amazing really, I never knew I had LQT and we did not know it was in the family. It apparently runs on my father's side.
'But luckily for me my husband was there who amazingly administered CPR and saved my life. He really is my hero.'
Lisa had just put her children to bed and was settling down on the sofa with Mick, 33, when her words began to slur and she suddenly slumped forward.
Mick quickly sprang into action, laid his wife on the floor and phoned 999.
Taking it easy: Lisa Corke with her husband Mick and her children Ellie (right) and Amelie. She can no longer do any strenuous exercise
He was told to put her into the recovery position, but when the operator listened to her breathing, he was told to start CPR immediately.
Mick did this until the ambulance arrived and they were working to try and stabilise Lisa at her home and all the way to Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent.
LONG QT SYNDROME - A DISORDER THAT STRIKES WITHOUT WARNING
Long QT syndrome is an inherited disorder of the heart's electrical rhythm that affects around one in 10,000 people.
Usually symptoms appear in the teenage years but it may not be picked up till later in life.
A sufferer can experience short episodes of having a fast, abnormal heart rhythm which can lead to other symptoms such as fainting.
These episodes can be triggered by intense exercise, emotional excitement or fear.
There is often no warning before an episode but most people 'come round' again after two minutes as the heart rhythm returns to normal.
However, very occasionally the disruption can be life-threatening.
Medication can control the symptoms, although some patients need a pacemaker to regulate the heart.
If you have experienced fainting associated with exercise or strong emotions, and especially if there is a history in your family of the same problem, it's important to discuss it with your GP. Source: gosh.nhs.uk
For more information visit www.c-r-y.org.uk
When she arrived in A&E, Lisa was put into a medically-induced coma to try to reduce the risk of brain damage.
Lisa, who lives in the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was in the coma for 36 hours and had her heart stopped again two days later, but medics were able to bring it under control.
She has since been fitted with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and has to take medication everyday for the rest of her life.
Lisa, who also has a seven month old daughter called Amelie, added: 'My whole life has changed and it's really hard not being able to pick the girls up or bath them.
'It's very unusual to survive an out of hospital cardiac arrest so it makes me feel very lucky.
'The doctors said Mick saved my life - it's incredible to think how lucky I have been that he was there and didn't go to pieces. Someone must be looking over us.
'I would like to thank everybody - the paramedics for not giving up - it's a long time for someone to be down. Everyone was fantastic.
'But I have to get my daughters checked for the gene to see if they too have a risk of developing LQT syndrome.'
Mr Mitchell, who was originally from Edinburgh died in front of his wife Nessie, who is now 86 and daughter Xia Mitchell, who is now 57.
He had two other children Liz Mitchell, 62 and Lisa's father Alex, 54. Alex senior is survived by eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Lisa's father Alex, who works as a mortgage consultant said his father was a 'laid back' and 'cheerful man'.
'It was hard for us to deal with at the time but we took comfort in the fact he passed away laughing.
'It is amazing that after all these years we have finally found out what caused his death.'
The family are planning to raise money for the charity CRY and will all be taking a two-hour CPR course through the British Heart Foundation.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
This woman actually has the worst dress sense in the celebrity world. An acceptable outfit ruined by a pair of awful cowboy boots. The only people who should be wearing cowboy boots in 2012 are cowboys.
- Hl, England, 20/6/2012 14:51
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