Mansfield and Ashfield Chad Morning Update 1 August, 2024

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00:00This is your morning update for Thursday the 1st of August 2024 brought to you by the Mansfield

00:07and Ashfield Chad.

00:11Strike action by private contract hospital workers in Mansfield and Ashfield called off.

00:17Strike action by nearly 300 workers employed by contracting giant Medarest had been due

00:22to downed tools at King's Mill, Mansfield Community and Newark Hospitals.

00:30Jail for Sutton man who fleeced employer out of pound 500k to pay off gambling debts.

00:36Lee Bird was employed at CDW UK as a senior account manager when he began placing false

00:42orders for IT equipment in January 2020 Nottingham Crown Court was told before a customer began

00:49querying invoices in December 2021 Bird had placed 30 orders for goods like smartphones

00:57totalling £483,523 to be delivered to his or linked addresses.

01:05The court also heard he and another man bought £160 of tobacco, alcohol, scratch cards and

01:11snacks from Eastfield service station with bank cards that had been stolen 40 minutes earlier

01:17in a burglary on March 23rd this year.

01:20He was arrested the next day with mobile phones that were also stolen in the raid.

01:25The court heard he has five previous convictions for 15 offences.

01:29Daniel Scoven mitigating said Bird presents as a bright and intelligent man which begs

01:36the question how he finds himself sat in the dock today.

01:40The reason is not an excuse but an explanation he said describing how the pandemic affected

01:46Bird in a severe way.

01:48Previously he had travelled around the world to meet new clients but struggled with the

01:52isolation and boredom of lockdown and became addicted to online gambling.

01:57He says he would stay up for days on end and he describes that he kind of went mad,

02:02said Mr Scoven.

02:06Jail for homeless Sutton thief who stole £20k car and sped away from police.

02:11The Audi e-tron was taken from outside an address on Ashfield Rise,

02:16Sutton after keys, bank cards and mobile phones were stolen in a burglary at 1.50am on March 23rd,

02:24Nottingham Crown Court was told.

02:26Jamie Hill accelerated away when police saw him driving the Audi on Hamilton Road, Sutton

02:32and he reached speeds of 70mph in a 30mph zone as he fled through an industrial estate.

02:39The court heard he crossed junctions blindly and without reducing his speed before bailing

02:45out on Leibrooks Avenue where he was found with the assistance of a police dog.

02:50He then told officers he was likely to collapse because of epilepsy.

02:54Within 40 minutes of the burglary two other men used the bank cards to buy £160 of tobacco,

03:01alcohol, scratch cards and snacks at Eastfield service station.

03:05The court heard Hill has 28 previous convictions for 60 offences.

03:12Mansfield parents pay tribute to Southport victims at Merseyside Vigil.

03:17Yvette Price-Muir, holder of the Order of the League of Mercy

03:21OLM award is the founder of Pet Bereavement Support

03:25and known to generations in the Mansfield area as Mrs Hooker Duck.

03:30Here's 20 Championship and League One free agent strikers who could still tempt stags.

03:36Stags have recently had two bids for a striker turned down,

03:39meaning they are now having to turn their attention to two loan targets.

03:45How online dating led to love and a kidney transplant for Mansfield man.

03:50Little did they know their relationship would not only lead to love

03:54but also to a life-saving kidney transplant.

03:57Gold medalist fighter from Sutton looks ahead to International Championship.

04:01Sutton's Millie Rae Vardy was chosen by the English Mixed Martial Arts Association

04:07to represent her country at the I'm MF MMA European Championships in 2022

04:13but she required funding for the trip.

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