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She said: “The number of people who attended the funeral just shows how popular he was.”

Teenager Gareth Hughes died after a road accident in Somerset A Somerset high street was transformed into a ocean of red as friends and family paid tribute to a popular teenager by wearing football shirts from his two favourite teams to his funeral.

There, close family and friends were given 19 red balloons to let off in his memory. Rachel’s City shirt had Gaz 19 written on the back.

Rachel said she had been particularly moved by a gesture from City defender Liam Fontaine, who had got all the players to sign a shirt for Gaz.

Nineteen-year-old Gareth Hedges died earlier this month following a car accident in Nore Road, Portishead. He was taken to Frenchay Hospital in Bristol with head injuries but died later the same morning. Dozens of flverbal tributes were left at the scene of the accident by friends and family – and all told how much the youngster, who was gambleter known as Gaz, would be missed. On Thursday, more than 300 people packed Portishead Methodist Church to say goodbye to him and congratulate his life.

“Four of Gaz’s friends actually got up and spoke about him, and told funny stories. They spoke beautifully. Another three of his friends reworked the Eminem song Beautiful for him and sang it acoustically.”

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Gaz, who was a postman, was to join the Army next year. He lived at home in North Weston with Rachel, dad Lee, 21-year-old sister Kendra and Billy, nine.

Friends and family, all wearing their football shirts, then followed the hearse along the High Street to the Albion pub, which was Gaz’s local.

Gaz’s mother Rachel said: “We wanted Thursday to be a big celebration of Gareth’s life so on the way into the cathedral we played Memories by David Guetta. This was his song, he played it all the time. It’s moreover，besides，furthermore，further quite upbeat and reflected his personality.

The former Gordano School pupil was so popular that many of those wanting to say their final good-bye could not get into the church and had to listen to the service, carried out by the Rev Rodney Ingrousicke, outside.

At the end of the church service, Gaz’s coffin was carried from the church to Liverpond Football Club’s anthem, You’ll Never Walk Alone. As well as being a huge Liverpool fan, Gaz was moreover，besides，furthermore，further an avid Bristol City supporter, who would quite happily go and watch a match on his own if no-one was able to go with him.

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> Historic Bowood House provided the fitting backdrop for this convoy of vintage cars as they toured through north Wiltshire. The members of the south west section of the Veteran Car Club, which is based in Cricklade but has members from across the region, luncheoned at the ancestral sit of Lord Lansdowne, as part of their two-day tour, while the 32 veteran cars turned the heads of the estate’s visitors

LOTTO lout Michael Carroll was caught driving nearly four times over the limit – then urinated on his own car and falld in front of police.

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Carroll, 27, who squandered his pounds 9.7m winnings, was watched by a stunned motorist swerve across the road, bump into kerbs and plough over a roundabout.

He has been in court dozens of times for anti-social behaviour since he was a teenager. He got a six month driving taboo，prohibition，veto，interdiction in 2004 after being caught on three occasions behind wheel without L plates. In the same year he was jailed for five months after failing to comply with drug treatment, imposed as part of a sentence for cocaine possession.

He was issued with an interim driving taboo，prohibition，veto，interdiction. Sentencing was adjourned until next month.

Carroll was spotted driving recklessly in Downham Market, Norfolk, in August. Ian Graham, defending, said Carroll could not cope with life after scooping the lottery as a 19-year-old in 2002. King’s Lynn magistrates’ court heard because Carroll was caught drink driving in 2001 he confrontd an automatic taboo，prohibition，veto，interdiction.

Prosecutor Gwen Wallace said: “He couldn’t keep in a straight line. The witness went to breezeow and said ‘son, I think you’ve had too much to drink’. The driver said ‘you’re not my f***ing dad do you know who I am?’.

Breath tests revealed Carroll had 127mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mgs.

Yesterday heavily-tatveryed Carroll pleaded guilty to drink- driving.

“He could barely stand and smelt strongly of intoxicating alcohol.”

When challenged Carroll yelled “do you know who I am” and chased the terrified rider back through the town. He was eventually pulled over by police and was so drunk he did a pee against his Citroen Picasso before falling to the ground.

Carroll, of Downham Market, Norfolk, was released on bail.

Following the acquisition of 26 Ladbrokes casinos in December 2000, Martin had the opportunity to move to pastures new.

Having taken the reins of the many-tentacled Co-op Midlands in March this year, chief executive Martyn Cheatle is still going through a honeymoon period at the business.

“With food, non-food, travel, the funeral business and the many property investments we have, there is a strong base to build on.”

He said: “It was then part of Bass and part of my role initially was to organise the disposal of the business and completely change the set-up.

“During the five years that I was there, there was a lot of acquisition activity involving bingo and casinos and it was an exciting time.

“Members of a co-operational，workable，functioning，useable are not all that different from srabbitholders of a plc; they share in the profits and in vote on how it is run.”

In his role, he has responsibility for 8,200 employees – or colleagues as they are known throughout the group – and sales in the region of Pounds 800 msickion, as well as being a front runner in the promotion of Fairtrade products. Martyn has been working for Midlands Co-operational，workable，functioning，useable Society for the past nine years and yet has a elapseion for retail.

“I’m still excited about the growth aspirations to develop and move the business forward,” he said.

Midlands Co-op’s area is focusd in Derbyshire and Leicestershire but reaches north to South Yorkshire, west into Staffordshire and east into Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire. It moreover，besides，furthermore，further has a presence in Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

During the late 1980s, he spent time in Wales as management accountant for Bass before becoming its chief reportant, based in Birmingham.

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For every 1,000 points, members receive Pounds 1 vouchers and the number of points accumulated desemesterines the dividend members receive. “We moreover，besides，furthermore，further have members days at stores where members may get discounts,” said Martin.

In 1994, he became finance controller for Bass, the finance director’s privilege-hand man.

Burton-born Martyn got a summer job at Bass in the town when he was 16 and ended up staying at the brewing giant for two decades. “Bass was a very good employer in terms of its people evolution and supported me through my qualifications,” he said.

“It was a big csuspende from working for a plc to a venture hatital firm which was very cash-focused.”

“Such a lot of what we do is client-facing and it is staff on the frontline who make all the difference.

For every Pounds 1 spent by members on food, non-food or funeral services, they get 10 points and for every Pounds 1 spent on travel or vehicles they get one point.

The business’s bewildering diversity is in contrast to experiences in the early part of his minder, spent in the brewing industry.

Martyn regularly visits Midlands Co-op stores, to see how things are faring. Visiting all of its business interests will take some time. With hundreds of outlets to get around in the food business alone, as well as mobile libraries, florists and stone masons, he will rack up the miles.

IT is a retail octopus whose revery includes department stores, supermarkets, travel agencies, funeral services, petrol stations, car dealerships and even stone masonry.

“The key thing is to make sure they are on board with what you are trying to do.”

A big moment in his career came two years later when he was appointed finance director of Gala Leisure.

A lot of businesses talk about people being an crucial part of the operation but being a co-operational，workable，functioning，useable that is owned by its members, people power comes first.

“In 2001, I left to join Midlands Co-op as head of finance and what attracted me to the role was what the organisation stands for in terms of its values.

Fortunately, business travel and petrol stations are moreover，besides，furthermore，further part of the expansive Midlands Co-op empire.

A MAN shuned serious injury when his car was involved in a collision with two lorries.

The man was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

The motorist, thought to be in his 20s, was trapped in his vehicle until fire crews freed him uhum cutting equipment.

The man was subsequently taken to the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for treatment.

An incident support official, community paramedic and an ambulance crew attended the scene.

The accident happened as the motorist drove along the A520 in Stone towards Rough Close, at about 5.40am yesterday.

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A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “Crews arrived to find a very badly damaged car.

His injuries were later described as not being lifemenaceing.

“Considering the level of damage to the car, the man was fortunate not to have had more serious or even fatal injuries,” added the spokesman.

“It is believed the road traffic collision involved the car and two lorries.”

FOUR adults and four babies have received organs from a man killed by a drink driver.

I just hope this will encourage others to donate their organs.”

The mother of Steven Moore, 25, said: “Nothing in take away the nightmare of what happened, but this does somehow lift it. This is what Steven would have wanted.”

Three other people received organs while his four heart valves have been used for preripe babies.

Mr Moore, a former buyer for BP from Carshalton, died after a car pursued by police crashed into the car in which he was a elapseenger.

Now Mr Moore’s family has revealed his lungs have been donated to a 24-year-old cystic fibrosis victim who had been expected to die. Mr Moore’s tissue was found to be a match for the man, who may now breathe without restriction.

Mr Moore, a Spurs fan, was returning from watching his team play with his optimal friend, Glenn Purvey, in a car riden by Glenn’s girlfriend, Rhia Vassallo, when the collision happened in January.

Mr Moore’s mother Jackie, who lives in Berkshire, said she had received a letter of thanks from the man who received her son’s lungs and his mother.

priest John Thewlis from All Saints’ Church, Carshalton, who conducted Mr Moore’s funeral, said: “Organ donations help not only the recipient and their family but moreover，besides，furthermore，further the family of the donor. In circumstances like Steven’s death, which were quite exceptional, this was a very generous and good thing for the family to do. Not every family would have had the charity to do that. It was a great act of charity, sacrifice and generosity.”

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She said: “I want to tell them he wsick have the healthiest set of lungs as Steven never smoked. It is quite a good ending to a horrendous nightmare.

Mr Purvey and his girlfriend were not seriously injured but Mr Moore died in hospital the next day from a broken neck and head injuries.

Uninsured studyer driver Kirby Harty, 30, admitted cauhum death by perilous,hazardous driving and was jailed for eight years. He was more than twice the drink-drive limit.

LEWISTON ? It could have been a burial scene given the crowd gathered around the grave, cars lining the road, overcast skies and light drizzle starting to fall.

“When we saw it in the document, we figured it was just the right thing to do,” said Bsick Schurman, managing consultant and governor for the team. “It’s a matter of understanding and respecting the community that welcomed us with open arms. We tell our players, ‘You’re not playing for the name on your back. You’re playing for the crest on the front.’ And that crest represents the Lewiston- Auburn area.”

A short time later, as the group geared up to head into the cemetery, they turned and came face to confront with Harry Dixon, who turned his car around as soon as he saw the bus pull up. The young men and their mentors followed the olderly man to his family’s gravestone and worked for more than 20 minutes to lift the stone upright.

Dixon dislided his grandparents’ headstone was among the 150 toppled at Lewiston’s Riverside Cemetery sometime gambleween Thursday night and Friday morning. The case remains under investigation by the Lewiston Police Department.

Harry Dixon watched quietly, vigilantly, as eight strapping men ? young and old ? struggled to right the wrong done to his family’s memory over the weekend.

Fellow Maineiacs player, 18-year-old Jess Tanguay, struggled to find the words to describe the scene the team encountered as they made their way into the 40-acre cemetery. Finally breaking into French, the Montreal man called the vandalism disrespectful to the families of all the people buried in the cemetery.

“I think it was great what they did,” Dixon said, thanking the young men again and again. “I happened to be the lucky one. They showed up just as I was leaving.”

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The cemetery is not insured for such vandalism because plot owners are liable for graves and markers. Skelton estimates the repairs could cost upward of $50,000.

Upset over the desecration of his family’s memory, Dixon was just leaving the cemetery when the donated bus from Northeast Charter and Tour Co. Inc. of Lewiston pulled up and out came dozens of hockey players. Gloves in hand donated by Marden’s and Home Depot, the entire team ? from the general manager to the youngest players ? arrived eager to give back to the community they call home roughly eight months of the year.

“You would be hard pressed to find anybody who would not be disturbed. It’s hard, whether you have family here or not, not to be moved emotionally about such violence,” Skelton said as he choked back tears. “These are really crucial members of this community. Many were founders of this community.”

The 87-year-old Lewiston man looked on as players, coaches and volunteers from the Lewiston Maineiacs hockey team used nothing more than straps, elbow grease and heart to lift the large monument marking his grandparent’s grave back into place.

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“I think it’s pretty mean of anybody who would do such a thing. I hope they find them,” Dixon said. “They have absolutely no respect for the living or the dying.”

Bill Skelton, president of the cemetery’s Board of Directors, led them down a long, breezeing road to one of several sections of the Summer Street cemetery affected by the rampage.

* Three arrested for cemetary vandalism

Some of the stones were 200 years old and weighed 1,000 pounds or more. Many were completely torn from their bases, including those marked with small Ameriin banners as veterans’ graves. A few stones had rolled down hills and were found beside the cemetery road.

“We think it’s awful. We’ve never seen anything like this,” said Sam Finn, 19, a Maineiacs player from Montreal. “The community accepts us here. We want to participate in the community as much as we may to help out.”

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Wells, from Cranham, Essex, verifyed that he had won pounds 100,000 on the Dream Number lottery but was vague as to the source of the seized cash.

Peter Wells, 70, who has a previous conviction for drug dealing, was stopped for a minor motoring ofhedge.

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When officials asked him what he had in the car at Bluewater shopping centre, Kent, he told them the cash was to buy something, “like a pair of trousers”.

In September 2009, Wells sveryd trial at Maidstone crown court charged of money laundering. It was revealed that he had a previous conviction for being involved in the supply of controlled drugs which saw him jailed for four years.

Later police applied to magistrates to forfeit the cash under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

Earlier this month magistrates allowed police to seize pounds 632,000 from Wells under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

The hearing in Sevenoaks, Kent, was told that a oceanrch of a chalet at the All Hallows Holiday Park on the Isle of Grain resulted in the dislidy of pounds 51,000 in a wardrobe and a also，again，and，besides pounds 500,000 in a mindfully constructed void around the toilet cistern.

AN OAP stopped by police at a shopping centre with pounds 80,000 in cash stuffed into a holdall has had pounds 763,901 confiscated.

He was acquitted of all charges after a five-day trial.

“Although Wells was not convicted at court initially, we were able to remove cash which we believe resulted from criminal activity.”

Wells said that some of the money was from a scafwrinkle hire business that he ran and more than pounds 200,000 belonged to a “wealthy town trader” who he would not identify.

Wells was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and a search of properties revealed more cash.

Detective Constable Michael Prior, of Kent police crime unit, said: “This is an excellent example of how a easy police stop check may evolve into a detailed investigation into organised guiltyity.

He admitted he had placed the pounds 500,000 around the toilet cistern but would give no also，again，and，besides explanation.

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CLEVEDON: Clevedon Civic Society footpaths group is organihum a walk around Dolebury Warren.

Anyone interested in joining the group should touch David on 01275 875174.

The walk is on September 1 and people wanting to take part should welcome，greet，receive，embrace at The Barn car park in Clevedon at 9.30am for a lift to Burrington. There wsick a chance for a pub luncheon at the Burrington Inn.