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BBC News
4 days ago
- Science
- BBC News
'We nearly shredded Alan Turing papers auctioned for £465,000'
A woman who auctioned off papers written by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing said she was stunned at the price they collection, which dates from the 1930s and included a copy of Turing's PhD dissertation, was sold for £465,400 after an auction in Etwall, Derbyshire, on Pitcher, from Newark, said the papers were discovered in an attic by a cousin at her mother's house after she had been taken into a care home, and included correspondence between the famous scientist and her uncle, fellow mathematician Norman 68-year-old said the historic documents narrowly avoided being disposed of before their value was realised. "There were a couple of boxes and a few carrier bags and they thought about just shredding it all due to how much paper there was," she said."We had a cousin reunion in November 2024 planned, so they kept hold of the papers and brought them along for us all to go through."We had a look through and my husband noticed they were Alan Turing related. I had a closer look and found a letter Alan Turing wrote to my uncle, which we knew about."However, we found more letters including one from Turing's mum to my uncle. Upon further look, we noticed one of the papers had Alan Turing's signature on, so that gave me a bit of a fizzle."My cousins then agreed I could take them away to investigate."Ms Pitcher said the family "didn't know anything" about her uncle's friendship with Turing, and had "no idea at all" how much the papers would be worth when they took them for were given an estimate of "anything from £50-60,000 to £150,000", a price comfortably cleared at the eventual Pitcher said she was "very pleased" to see the papers find an appreciative home."I'm delighted that they have gone to people who wanted them and can really appreciate them," she said."The papers are pure math - it was all maths, so it didn't mean anything to me because it was all about maths and at a level that you need to be a pretty good mathematician to understand."
BBC News
02-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Former inspector to stand trial over fatal crash in Etwall
A former detective chief inspector has denied causing the death of a pedestrian by dangerous driving in a village in Cooper, who previously worked for Derbyshire Police, is accused of killing 50-year-old James Bane while driving a Peugeot 208 in Egginton Road, Etwall, in September in the dock wearing a dark blue suit and tie, he pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving at Nottingham Crown Court on 54-year-old also entered a not guilty plea to causing serious injury to a woman, who cannot be named due to a court order. During the hearing, Mr Cooper spoke only to confirm his name and enter not guilty pleas, and was told he will face trial next Independent Office for Police Conduct confirmed in April this year that charges had been brought against the case after a 10-minute hearing, judge Steven Coupland told Cooper: "I am going to adjourn your case for a trial, which at present will take place starting on 6 July next year."You can have your bail on the same terms as now until that date. The next hearing will be on 29 August this year. You need to be back here on that date."
