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The Sun
19 hours ago
- The Sun
Former ITV presenter ‘punched boyfriend and chucked her chips at him during bust up at train station'
A FORMER ITV journalist punched her boyfriend and chucked chips at him during a row at a train station, a court heard. Victoria Mayo who also worked for the BBC, is accused of assaulting Edward Royall at Oulton Broad North railway station on February 22. 6 6 The 41-year-old appeared at Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court where she pleaded not guilty to the charge. JPs heard Mr Royall, who supported Mayo in court, had called police and also claimed his hair had been pulled. He has since written to magistrates asking for the assault charge to be dropped, Mayo's solicitor said. Rob New also claimed the behaviour is "consented" to in their relationship. He added: "Miss Mayo's partner will be a witness [for the defence] at the trial, so the dispute is whether a crime has actually taken place. "There is said to have been an incident at the train station. They had a disagreement, which resulted in her throwing things at him, chips at him." Prosecutor John Cooper said the alleged attack had been recorded on CCTV and the footage would be played at the trial. It shows Mayo allegedly "pull his hair, punch him and throw chips at him". The prosecutor also said photos of Mr Royall's injuries will also be presented to the court. Mayo was released on unconditional bail ahead of her trial at Great Yarmouth Magistrates Court on September 12. The journalist worked for 13 years at ITV Anglia before leaving to last year to focus on her PR business. Mayo also carried out freelance work for the BBC and Global. 6 6 6 6
Daily Mail
19 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Ex-TV presenter denies punching and throwing chips at her boyfriend in row at a train station
A former ITV and BBC reporter punched her boyfriend and threw chips at him during an argument at a train station, a court has heard. Victoria Mayo, 41, who was employed at ITV's regional Anglia News until recently and has also worked as a freelancer for the BBC, is also said to have pulled Edward Royall's hair during the 'disagreement'. Great Yarmouth Magistrates' Court heard that Mr Royall called police about the alleged assault at Oulton Broad North railway station in Suffolk on February 22. Mayo's solicitor, Rob New, told magistrates the defendant's partner - who supported her by accompanying her to court yesterday - had asked for the assault charge to be dropped against her. He has also stated that he will be acting as a witness for the defence at her trial. Mr New also queried whether the incident should have come before the court at all because the couple 'consented' to what allegedly happened. 'This behaviour is consented in their relationship, so is it an assault?' he said. 'Miss Mayo's partner will be a witness [for the defence] at the trial, so the dispute is whether a crime has actually taken place. 'There is said to have been an incident at the train station. They had a disagreement, which resulted in her throwing things at him, chips at him.' Prosecutor John Cooper said the alleged attack had been recorded on CCTV and the footage would be played at the trial. It showed Mayo 'pull his hair, punch him and throw chips at him', he told the magistrates. Mr Royall was 'on the telephone to the police immediately after the incident', he added. The prosecutor said photos of Mr Royall's injuries will also be presented to the court during the trial. However, Mr New claimed police had been at the station for 'a different matter' and 'came across the scene'. Mr Cooper responded by requesting that the phone call between Mr Royall and the police, shortly before their arrival, be heard during the trial. Mayo, of Lowestoft, denies the assault charge. The University of East Anglia film and television studies graduate spent 13 years at ITV's Anglia News until June last year. She was also a freelance broadcast journalist and travel presenter for the BBC and Global, according to her LinkedIn account. Chairman of the Bench Paul Hinson released Mayo on unconditional bail and told her would have to return to the court for her trial on September 12.
BBC News
19 hours ago
- BBC News
In pictures: Great Yarmouth's Britannia Pier refurbishment
One of the biggest tourist attractions on the Norfolk coastline has undergone a £1.8m original wooden Britannia Pier was built in Great Yarmouth in 1858 but was demolished in 1899. A new steel and timber frame was constructed in 1901 - but reopened in its current form in 1958 after a series of devastating fires destroyed the was bought by Triangle Amusements in December 2022, with the group applying for planning permission to upgrade the site a year later. A new amusement arcade and a new facade have been part of the refurbishment, with a second phase of work expected to start in October on the food stalls and cabin. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Guardian
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Glastonbury 2025: post your questions for drag legend Bimini
Roll up, roll up! This year you can find the Guardian's ringleaders – OK, interviewers – from Friday through to Sunday at noon on the Astrolabe stage, with cracking conversation between culture's most exciting minds and our journalists Zoe Williams and Miranda Sawyer. On Saturday, get up close and magical with the illusionist formerly known as Dynamo, AKA Steven Frayne, fresh from his 47-date residency in Soho. Here's hoping he can magic away any lurking rain clouds. Then on Sunday, it's garage-rock rapscallions Pete Doherty and Carl Barât of the Libertines, who'll be talking to us before they dash off to their Pyramid stage performance. Kicking things off on Friday, Bimini will be charting their rise from their breakout moment on RuPaul's Drag Race in 2021 to being a multi-hyphenate punk-drag storyteller – pop artist, podcaster, published author, you name it. The Great Yarmouth-born, non-binary fashionista has become a key advocate of activism through drag and for the LGBTQIA+ community. Expect a frank conversation featuring their trademark wit, as they discuss anything from the power of drag and life outside the gender binary to how to pull off the best festival fit and look fierce in the shower queue. Want to hear their hot takes? Let us know! Please post your questions in the comments section below and the best will get asked on stage. And if you can't be on the front row this year, you'll be able to read what happened – and what our guests got grilled with – later on the Guardian's website.
BBC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Pilgrimage remembers women condemned as witches
Two artists are to undertake a riverside pilgrimage in period dress to remember women persecuted as witches in the 17th Dillon and Eleanor Dale are following the River Yare from Limpenhoe, near Norwich to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Saturday as part of a broader art project called We Are 10-mile (16km) walk aims to highlight the miscarriages of justice in 400-year-old cases from East Anglia, while exploring contemporary issues of oppression, freedom of speech and feminism. The journey would offer a "unique opportunity to connect with people and place", Ms Dillon said. "I am interested in modern pilgrimage as an act of honouring and devotion. "Walking was central to the lives of people in the 1600s and to the trials of the women persecuted as witches. "In making and wearing period clothing, we hope to embody something of their stories and lives through cloth and stitch. "Using clothing as a portal for connection allows us to share the project more widely with people we meet along the route." The walk sets off from Limpenhoe village church - St Boltolph's - as he was the patron saint of will culminate in a ceremony at North Denes beach in Great Yarmouth, which held several 17th-Century witch trials. One of the most notorious was in 1645 when Matthew Hopkins, the so-called Witchfinder General, was invited to the town and 11 people, including two men, were tried in the court in the Tolhouse. Several of the defendants were acquitted but five women - Alice Clisswell, Bridgetta Howard, Maria Blackborne, Elizabeth Dudgeon and Elizabeth Bradwell - were found guilty and hanged."These women were killed at the height of the trials in East Anglia," said Ms Dillon."It is hard to comprehend the fear that must have been present in communities where every woman was at risk."The project is called We Are Witch in recognition that if any one of us was born at a different time, we could have experienced the same fate; when women were singled out for being different, poor, single, disabled or for speaking their mind."The project is also producing a quilt, expected to be exhibited later in the year, featuring the condemned Sunday, Ms Dillon and Ms Dale will be at the Tolhouse Gaol and Great Yarmouth Minster to discuss their walk and the project. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
