Tess de La Mare

Family of Celia Marsh, (from left) Mrs Marsh’s mother Jen Gower, Mrs Marsh’s daughters Kayleigh Grice, Brenna Grice, Ashleigh Grice (speaking), Mrs Marsh’s husband Andy Marsh, and her daughter Shanaye Grice, outside Avon Coroner’s Court in Bristol following the inquest into her death (Tess de la Mare/PA)
Crime

Celia Marsh: Family criticise yoghurt company for failing to flag allergen risk

Mrs Marsh, who had an acute dairy allergy, died after eating a Pret a Manger sandwich containing a vegan yoghurt contaminated with milk protein.
22 Sept 2022
Celia Marsh, 42, died shortly after eating a sandwich from Pret a Manger (Leigh Day/PA)
Crime

Woman died from allergic reaction to dairy-contaminated Pret vegan wrap

Celia Marsh, who had an acute dairy allergy, died less than two hours after eating a flatbread from the sandwich chain.
22 Sept 2022
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre (Dan Kitwood/PA)
UK

Lying in state: Visitors take a few moments to say goodbye to the Queen

Hundreds of thousands expected to queue for many hours just to pay their last respects to Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall.
14 Sept 2022
Members of the public join the queue on the South Bank (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK

Spirits high among those waiting to see the Queen lying in state

After a damp start, the sun shone on the thousands waiting on the South Bank on Wednesday.
14 Sept 2022
Members of the public join the queue on the South Bank as they wait to view Queen Elizabeth II lying in state (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
UK

A right royal queue: Thousands brave long wait for Queen’s lying in state

The line is expected to stretch four miles up the Thames before the doors of Westminster Hall open at 5pm on Wednesday.
14 Sept 2022
Celia Marsh had an acute dairy allergy (Leigh Day/PA)
UK

Pret sandwich linked to fatal allergic reaction ‘contained milk’

Celia Marsh, who had an acute dairy allergy, went into anaphylactic shock shortly after eating a super-veg rainbow flatbread labelled as vegan

8 Sept 2022
Celia Marsh suffered a fatal allergic reaction after eating a Pret a Manger sandwich (Leigh Day/PA)
UK

Pret did not check ‘dairy free’ claims made by suppliers, inquest told

Celia Marsh, who had an acute dairy allergy, died shortly after eating a Pret a Manger super-rainbow flatbread in December 201

7 Sept 2022
The Duchess of Cornwall (left) with BBC presenter Fiona Bruce during a visit to the Antiques Roadshow at the Eden Project in Bodelva, Cornwall (Hugh Hastings/PA)
Celebrity News

Camilla visits Eden Project to take part in Antiques Roadshow episode

The duchess brought along two of her own items to be valued.
6 Sept 2022
‘Alien Baby’ by Grayson Perry (Avon and Somerset Police/PA)
UK

Grayson Perry artwork stolen from Bristol gallery

The sculpture ‘Alien Baby’ was taken from the Hidden Gallery in Clifton on August 30.
6 Sept 2022
The Health and Safety Executive are investigating after an engineer was killed at the Babbacombe Cliff Railway (Peter Byrne/PA)
UK

Investigation launched after engineer killed in tourist railway accident

The Babbacombe Cliff Railway in Torquay said the incident was not due to the operation of the 96-year-old cliffside trolley.
5 Sept 2022
Karen Edwards criticised the IOPC for its inquiry into a police force’s handling of her daughter’s murder case (Jonathan Brady/PA)
UK

IOPC ‘sugar-coated’ probe into police handling of murder case, mother says

The police watchdog criticised Wiltshire Police for its handling of the investigation into the killing of Becky Godden.
2 Sept 2022
Wiltshire Police have apologised to the family of Godden, who was murdered in Swindon in 2003 by cab driver Christopher Halliwell, after the Independent Office for Police Conduct found officers missed “significant opportunities” to bring her killer to justice sooner (Wiltshire Police/PA)
UK

Wiltshire Police apologise for failings in Becky Godden murder investigation

Taxi driver Christopher Halliwell was not prosecuted for the 20-year-old’s murder until 2016, despite leading police to her body in 2011.
2 Sept 2022
Christopher Halliwell confessed to the murder of Becky Godden in 2011, but was not prosecuted until 2016 (Wiltshire Police/PA)
UK

The evidence missed in the Becky Godden murder case

Wiltshire Police failed to follow up leads in the case against Swindon taxi driver Christopher Halliwell for many years, the police watchdog found.
2 Sept 2022
Otis, a one-year-old lesser Malay mouse-deer, is fed by keeper Dani Thatcher at Bristol Zoo Gardens ahead of its closure on Saturday (Ben Birchall/PA)
UK

Staff at Bristol Zoo bid a fond farewell to Clifton site

The zoo is closing its doors for good after 186 years, with the animals moving to a new safari-style park in south Gloucestershire.
2 Sept 2022
Staff and supporters outside the Bristol Post’s co-working space (Tess de la Mare/PA))
Business News

Dividends paid to Reach shareholders would fund 7% pay rise, union says

Employees across the newspaper group are on strike after negotiations between executives and the union collapsed.
31 Aug 2022
The Government is promoting ‘paludiculture’ – farming on wetlands – in a bid to restire the UK’s peatlands (Emily Beament/PA)
Environment

Amateur gardeners to be banned from using peat-based compost

The ban will come into force in 2024, but will not apply to professional horticulturalists.
27 Aug 2022
Fallen leaves have been a common sight all over the UK this summer (Terry Whittaker/ Devon Wildlife Trust)
Environment

‘False autumn’ caused by summer drought spells trouble for nature

Premature arrival of nuts and berries could leave animals and birds short of food when the colder months come around, a wildlife charity says.
23 Aug 2022
Anti-sewage campaigners on Fistral Beach in north Cornwall (Ben Birchall/PA)
UK

Sewage discharge at more than 40 beaches after rainstorms

The south and south west of England were the worst hit after torrential rains overwhelmed the sewage system.
17 Aug 2022
Paying farmers on low-yield land to restore nature would boost their income, cut carbon and help nature thrive, a think tank says (Ben Birchall/PA)
UK

Pay farmers to restore habitat on least productive farmland, think tank says

A system of subsidies would cut carbon, boost farmers income and would increase wild bird populations by 50% by 2050, Green Alliance says.
15 Aug 2022
Greenpeace crew heaving boulders into the sea to stop bottom trawling in an off-shore marine protected area (Suzanne Plunkett/Greenpeace/PA)
UK

Greenpeace planning ‘boulder barrier’ in Cornish marine protected zone

The organisation wants to block off South West Deeps to bottom trawlers to protect its delicate sandbank habitat.
15 Aug 2022
Massien Belguesmia (Dorset Police/PA)
UK

Nine-year-old boy missing from Bournemouth beach found

Massien Belguesmia went missing from the beach front at 9.20am, but was found just after 11.30am following an extensive search, Dorset Police said.
13 Aug 2022