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Police
Woman whose tent was
run over by a car diesPrisons
Warning over rise in
violence at PentonvilleA woman critically injured last week
when a car was driven into tents on
a campsite in north Wales has died.
Four campers were injured when
the vehicle was driven on the Rhyd
y Galen site near Bethel, Caernarfon ,
in the early hours of 19 August.
Anna Evans (below), 46, from the
Aberystwyth area, was left fi ghting
for her life in hospital in Stoke-on-
Trent. Yesterday, north Wales police
said she had died.
D I Andy Gibson said: “Our
thoughts are with Mrs Evans’s
family and friends at this very sad
and distressing time for them. The
investigation continues and we
are liaising closely with the Crown
Prosecution Service.”
The three other people injured
were later released from hospital.
Driver Jake Waterhouse, 26,
from Partington, Manchester , was
remanded in custody and is due to
appear at Caernarfon crown court
next month. PA MediaGovernment neglect has “directly
contributed” to an “alarming rise”
in violence and drugs at one of the
country’s busiest jails, it is claimed.
The Independent Monitoring
Board (IMB) at HMP Pentonville
has called on the justice secretary,
Robert Buckland , and prisons
minister, Lucy Frazer , to fund
improvements “as a matter of
urgency”. It asked the ministers to
visit the prison so they could see the
conditions for themselves.
Concerns were raised a week after
the chief inspector of prisons, PeterIn brief
Television
ChuckleVision voted
best ever CBBC seriesChuckleVision has been named
the greatest CBBC series of all time
in a poll of TV viewers, after the
show was snubbed by the children’s
television channel it aired on.
The slapstick children’s show
introduced the world to Paul
and Barry Chuckle and their
catchphrase , “To me, to you”. Over
two decades , the brothers took on
myriad jobs and adventures, until
the show ended in 2009. Barry
Chuckle, whose real name was Barry
Elliott, died at the age of 73 last
August.Funerals
Trend for cremations
without any mournersJust one in 10 people wants a
traditional funeral, according
to a new report, which also says
that “ direct cremations” , where
no mourners are present, are
increasingly popular.
The UK’s largest funeral director,
Co-op Funeralcare , says its study is
based on feedback from more than
500,000 funerals in the last fi ve
years and the views of 4,000 British
adults, and refl ects changing trends
and attitudes towards death.
One in 25 funerals arranged by
the Co-op is a direct cremation – a
cheaper and more basic option ,
which costs £1,395 in England. On
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Rebecca SmithersIt’s a boy ...
and a girl
Chester zoo
shows off one
of its two new
red panda
cubs, at their
fi rst check-up.
The twins,
nine weeks
old, had been
kept hidden by
parents Nima
and Koda.PHOTOGRAPH:
CHESTER ZOOClarke, warned that violence fuelled
by gangs, drugs, debt and “volatile
young prisoners” ha d “increased
markedly” at the north London
jail. In the past six months there
have been 264 assaults on staff and
inmates , compared with 196 during
a previous inspection, according to
Clarke’s report. The IMB called for
equipment to tackle drugs and carry
out searches, saying the Victorian
prison’s age made it impossible to
install a full body scanner.
Pentonville’s four wings – largely
unchanged since it was built in 1842- now hold up to 1,310 adult men,
with nearly 10% being under 21.
The Ministry of Justice said it
would respond to the IMB in writing.
PA Media
In a poll of 3,000 people by
Radio Times, ChuckleVision was
named the greatest CBBC series of
all time, followed by The Story of
Tracy Beaker and Dick and Dom
in Da Bungalow.
The result comes days after CBBC
rated ChuckleVision “mid tier” in a
ranking of its own shows posted to
Twitter. After publishing the list, the
channel asked: “Did we get it right?”
Paul Chuckle replied: “No
actually you didn’t in my opinion.
Chuckle Vision 294 episodes over
21 years.”
Other shows in the magazine’s
top 10 include Horrible Histories,
The Sarah Jane Adventures, Blue
Peter, Byker Grove, Grange Hill and
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