'Potentially dangerous' man jailed for Nowak protest violence
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'Potentially dangerous' man jailed for Nowak protest violence
• Peter Black previously served a jail sentence for trying to buy a handgun on the dark web.
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 | Hampshire Chronicle · yesterday ‘Scandalous cover-up’ claim sparks Hamble quarry row• A war of words has erupted between two senior Hampshire politicians after a legal bid to stop a controversial quarry was thrown out by the High Court. |
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 | Southern Daily Echo - News · Local news · today New rules for busy city centre road would 'make life harder'• Proposals for strict new ‘no stopping’ restrictions on a major route in Southampton city centre have sparked opposition from taxi drivers. |
 | BBC News - Hampshire · Local news · yesterday Domestic abuse perpetrators 'don't fear the system', says Commissioner• Skye Nicholls' sister says she believes domestic abuse was a factor which led to her death. |
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A Bristol University study of Winchester Cathedral's mortuary-chest bones concluded that a single female skeleton most likely belongs to Queen Emma, wife of two kings.
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