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14/06/2012
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Stranded Couple Rescued After Call To Boots
An Italian couple cut off by the tide during a walk on the Somerset coast were saved after making a desperate phone call not to the emergency services but to a local chemist.
Oberdan and Patrizia Cosimi could not think what number to dial to reach the police or coastguard so riffled through their pockets and found a Boots receipt with the telephone number of a store they had visited a few days before.
They called the branch in Minehead, got through to dispenser Pat Askwith, 57, and she dialled 999 to get help for the couple, who are from Pisa.
The Cosimis and their springer spaniel Nino were airlifted to safety in a Sea King helicopter.
Westlife’s Shane Filan Declared Bankrupt
Westlife singer Shane Filan has been declared bankrupt in the UK.
It is understood that while the Irish band has sold millions of records, Mr Filan suffered enormous losses in his country's property crash.
In a statement, the 32-year-old said he had "worked long and hard" to tackle his debts and was devastated that his problems have come to this conclusion.
The pop star filed for bankruptcy in the UK which has a less onerous bankruptcy regime than the Republic of Ireland.
In the UK the period of bankruptcy typically lasts for a year but in the Republic of Ireland it is at least three years and more commonly 12 years.
Victorian Crime Records Archived Online
Details of a man who was given hard labour for stealing a donkey in Dorset are among 67,000 Victorian criminal records to be put online.
George Pill, 18, committed his misdemeanour in 1894 and was given a six-week sentence as punishment.
Details of his crime have come from the Dorset History Centre, which is digitising its archive.
The latest collection to go online includes the county's prison registers from 1782-1901 and 1854-1904.
The various crimes catalogued include trivial transgressions like those of Charles Wood, an unemployed local drunk who found himself locked up for a month in 1872 for "refusing to quit the beer-house".
The records have been digitised in partnership with Ancestry.co.uk, which charges for access.
They can be seen for free using the public computers at the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester.
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An Italian couple cut off by the tide during a walk on the Somerset coast were saved after making a desperate phone call not to the emergency services but to a local chemist.
Oberdan and Patrizia Cosimi could not think what number to dial to reach the police or coastguard so riffled through their pockets and found a Boots receipt with the telephone number of a store they had visited a few days before.
They called the branch in Minehead, got through to dispenser Pat Askwith, 57, and she dialled 999 to get help for the couple, who are from Pisa.
The Cosimis and their springer spaniel Nino were airlifted to safety in a Sea King helicopter.
Westlife’s Shane Filan Declared Bankrupt
Westlife singer Shane Filan has been declared bankrupt in the UK.
It is understood that while the Irish band has sold millions of records, Mr Filan suffered enormous losses in his country's property crash.
In a statement, the 32-year-old said he had "worked long and hard" to tackle his debts and was devastated that his problems have come to this conclusion.
The pop star filed for bankruptcy in the UK which has a less onerous bankruptcy regime than the Republic of Ireland.
In the UK the period of bankruptcy typically lasts for a year but in the Republic of Ireland it is at least three years and more commonly 12 years.
Victorian Crime Records Archived Online
Details of a man who was given hard labour for stealing a donkey in Dorset are among 67,000 Victorian criminal records to be put online.
George Pill, 18, committed his misdemeanour in 1894 and was given a six-week sentence as punishment.
Details of his crime have come from the Dorset History Centre, which is digitising its archive.
The latest collection to go online includes the county's prison registers from 1782-1901 and 1854-1904.
The various crimes catalogued include trivial transgressions like those of Charles Wood, an unemployed local drunk who found himself locked up for a month in 1872 for "refusing to quit the beer-house".
The records have been digitised in partnership with Ancestry.co.uk, which charges for access.
They can be seen for free using the public computers at the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester.
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