Bill Bowkett
16 articles on New Dispatch

Metal detectorist flabbergasted after uncovering 17th-century gold ring with mysterious motif
Amanda Parker discovered the precious item while searching farmland near Preston

British zoo 'defies the odds' and celebrates birth of SECOND pair of Sengi pups
The tiny newcomers weighed merely 30 grams at birth — equivalent to a standard first-class letter

Manchester synagogue attack associate pleads guilty to preparing acts of terrorism alongside knifeman who stabbed two people to death
Mohammad Bashir today admitted to preparing terrorist acts after giving Jihad al-Shamie a lift to the secure 600-acre site in Oxfordshire

Teenage rapists who filmed attacks on girls, 14 and 15, fined just £26 each
The case has prompted outrage from victims and campaigners demanding urgent reform of youth sentencing

Benefits fraudster who hid improvements in health from DWP pleads guilty to cheating system
Tony Paul Rose made the admission before magistrates

Two teenager girls 'raped on Norfolk beach' as police release description of wanted man
The alleged attacks on two teens in Great Yarmouth have prompted a significant investigation

Retired schoolteacher scoops life-changing National Lottery win: 'Love to see it!'
The woman claimed her windfall through the National Lottery's Set For Life game

Farmers fear for livestock as Britain's largest bird of prey to be released in Exmoor
The project will see up to 20 white-tailed eagles across a three-year period

Lottery winner risks missing out on life-changing jackpot win after failing to claim £1million prize
The winner purchased their ticket somewhere in County Tyrone

Woman stole £300,000 from holidaymakers to pay children's private school fees
Shelley Simpson entered a guilty plea at Portsmouth Crown Court

Teenage Boots shoplifter spared jail after stealing £100,000 of goods from pharmacies
The 17-year-old previously entered guilty pleas to 15 theft charges

Third British national has suspected hantavirus after deaths on Atlantic cruise ship
The British patient is currently on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha

Oxford physicists achieve world-first breakthrough in quantum physics
Researchers at the university have accomplished a landmark achievement

Migrant boy from Africa who raped teenage girl, 17, in park is jailed for five years
The defendant cannot be identified due to his age

Hedgehogs found to have mysterious superpower that exceeds human perception
The research opens up the possibility of fitting vehicles with ultrasound-emitting devices

Archaeologists uncover earliest known use of poison-laced weapons dating back 60,000 years
The breakthrough comes from analysis of arrowheads excavated from rock shelter in South Africa