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Shocking moment girl, 14, ‘stabs two teachers and pupil during ‘knife attack’ on school playground
THE tragic moment a schoolgirl, 14, stabbed two teachers and a fellow pupil has been shown in court.
Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz Hopkin, were knifed alongside another girl on April 24 earlier this year at Amman Valley School, in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire.
Mrs Hopkin, 53, who works with special needs students, was stabbed four times.
While drama and Welsh teacher Ms Elias, who is head of year, was rushed to hospital after being knifed in the neck.
Jurors at Swansea Crown Court were shown shocking CCTV footage of the 14-year-old defendant with the knife.
The schoolgirl appeared in court today as the video was played.
It showed her launching an attack on Ms Elias while Ms Hopkin bravely tries to hold her back, before she is stabbed in the neck.
The defendant, who can’t be named for legal reasons, then wounded another student before staff members manage to restrain her.
An edited version of the CCTV footage was released by the Crown Prosecution service.
It shows the defendant scuffling with the teachers right before and after she attacks them.
In the lead up to the horror, the schoolgirl walks into the lower school hall where she sits behind a curtain next to a stage for around half an hour.
Here cameras capture her using the knife to stab the floor – the same weapon used in the attack.
She later returns to the hall to join her friends before Ms Elias comes in and tells her to leave as she did not have permission to be in there.
The girl goes into the corridor to continue talking to Ms Elias, following her around before returning to the hall.
She then reveals the knife to other pupils and shared a can of drink with a boy before walking outside after Ms Elias.
Initially she walks past the teacher, who was speaking to Ms Hopkin, before turning around and talking to the pair.
For around two minutes she holds conversation, with her hands in her pockets, before pulling the knife out.
She attacked Ms Elias at about 11.17am, and Ms Hopkin tried to restrain her before being stabbed in the leg.
While Ms Elias managed to flee, Ms Hopkin was knifed once in the neck and then in the back.
The teacher scrambled away and fellow staff members Steven Hagget and Darrel Campbell tried to calm the teen down.
But she then approached another group of pupils, shouted at a girl and ran towards her before striking her with the knife.
Mr Campbell can then be seen restraining the girl.
The defendant previously accepted charged of wounding with intent and possession of a bladed article on school premises, but denied attempted murder.
Prosecutor William Hughes KS previously told the court how Ms Hopkin suffered the most brutal injuries after being stabbed in her neck, knee, lower leg, chest and under her shoulder blade.
She was flown to Cardiff by air ambulance.
Meanwhile, Mrs Elias and the pupil were transported to hospital in Swansea, where they were also treated for stab wounds.
All three victims have now been discharged from hospital after suffering non life-threatening injuries.
The trial continues on Monday.
Strictly viewers may not know my history but I’m warrior queen of punk & I’ll prove doubters wrong, says Toyah Willcox
BACK when young punk Toyah Willcox was putting safety pins through her nose, her Strictly dance partner Neil Jones was still wearing them in his nappies.
But despite the age gap, this 66-year-old rocker isn’t about to do an Ann Widdecombe and get dragged round the stage by her pro dancer — she’s attacking every routine.
Toyah is determined to shatter the stereotypes about older people held by quite a few of her younger counterparts — starting on last week’s Strictly when she saw off 24-year-old Tom Dean.
She said: “Everyone was completely shocked. Tom is an Olympian, but when it comes to a dance-off I’m going to give my best against anyone.
“They look at a tiny little 66-year-old who is either the same age as their mother or their granny — I fully understand that to young people I’m incredibly old, but I don’t behave like that.
“I also like that some younger people might not know who I am, because they might not know how strong I am.
“They don’t know my history, and my history is pretty good as a performer.”
‘Do whatever you want’
There was some controversy online last week when viewers claimed the judges had saved Toyah in the dance-off just to “level out” the genders as there are just six female celebrities taking part compared to nine men.
But Toyah brushed off the claims, saying the real reason she was saved was because she performed well doing the jive, which is one of the trickiest dances on the show.
Although she’s the favourite to get kicked off this weekend, Toyah isn’t about to go down without a fight.
She said: “When young people see me perhaps there is going to be ridicule — but that gives me a fabulous position to prove them wrong.”
Toyah, best known for her anthem It’s A Mystery, was a bona fide movie star and singer back in the early Seventies and early Eighties.
Along with a handful of other female performers at the time, she blazed a trail for women with her punk rock look and attitude.
And she points towards a particularly poignant moment in 1981 when she performed in Drury Lane with an incredible shock of bright orange hair and dragon make-up.
The costume team had done their research on me. They still treat me like a rock chick too which is really lovely — and I just say, ‘Do whatever you want with me’.
Toyah said: “It was powerful, it was so ahead of its time for a woman to look like that when you consider most of the world were idolising Farrah Fawcett and Olivia Newton-John.
“There I was like a warrior woman. I think I was another side of femininity — I wanted to be strong and a woman of independence.”
Unlike with so many other contestants on Strictly, the costume department know there aren’t many wild looks they can throw at Toyah which are likely to shock her.
Which is perhaps why, when she dances tonight as part of the annual Movie Week, she’ll be dressed as Ursula the sea witch from The Little Mermaid, dancing to Poor Unfortunate Souls.
Toyah said: “The costume team had done their research on me. They still treat me like a rock chick too which is really lovely — and I just say, ‘Do whatever you want with me’.
“They think it’s open season and I appreciate that. But I’d like to see them try to make me look ladylike!
Toyah admits she had no desire to live the life of a lady in the heady days of punk, particularly when she was starting out and forced to sleep in a second-hand coffin because she didn’t have a bed.
Back then, the lifestyle was all about adopting an unconventional approach and rebelling. She had a lisp, is dyslexic, got bullied at school and left with a single O-level, and was keen to turn a page on her past.
That made her more determined to succeed — and she went on to have eight top ten singles, bagging a Best British Female Artist nomination at the 1982 Brit Awards.
Music also helped her find love, in the form of King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, who has worked with everyone from David Bowie to Blondie.
The couple have been married since 1986 — and in 2021, Toyah caused a sensation when she wore a wafer-thin top with no bra while singing with Robert during a live-streamed performance.
So will Strictly ever embrace her heritage with outfits and a performance that reflects her punk past?
She teases: “If I get through this week, the dance I will do next Saturday I have been waiting to do — it’s going to have visuals that are utterly outrageous. I can’t wait.” As well as modelling for Vivienne Westwood, Toyah’s early experiences include hanging out with music royalty, including her time filming Quadrophenia in 1979.
The cult Brit flick had an incredible line-up including an up-and-coming star called Sting, who’d just quit being a teacher to pursue a career with his band, The Police.
‘Sailing ship in a storm’
Toyah said: “Sting was so sweet. We were all in the same hotel when we were shooting in Brighton.
“Myself and another actress would meet with Sting in his bedroom and he’d be teaching us the backing vocals to Roxanne.
“He’s always been outstandingly beautiful, physically, but his ego at that time did not reflect that.
“He found it quite hard to be the [film’s] pompous bell boy then. I adored him, and I was close to him for almost 15 years after that.” Is she conscious of how many women would kill to be invited to Sting’s hotel room every night?
What Strictly has that is very punk is that, under a lot of pressure, it delivers one of the BBC’s flagship programmes — and it is live, so anything could happen.
“I was a punk rocker,” she said. “I just didn’t even think about it.”
As part of the Quadrophenia cast, Toyah was asked to help punk legend John Lydon rehearse for his screen test as the central character of mod Jimmy Cooper.
The role eventually went to Phil Daniels, but Toyah got to make a friend of the Sex Pistol — and he turned out not to be rotten at all.
She recalls: “Johnny was surprisingly lovely, an absolute gentleman.
“I first met him at his apartment just off the King’s Road.
“I arrived at ten in the morning, went into the living room, and there were members of the Sex Pistols unconscious on the floor.
“We had to step over them and went into the kitchen to rehearse. So we ran the scene and he knew all his lines already.
“The biggest problem was that no one would finance the film with him in it. But it turned out to be a blessing because Phil Daniels gave an award-worthy performance.”
But Toyah insists she won’t just be bringing some of her punk ethos to the show, because Strictly already has a similar attitude.
She said: “What Strictly has that is very punk is that, under a lot of pressure, it delivers one of the BBC’s flagship programmes — and it is live, so anything could happen.
“But the team is incredible, because all of us are sailing a ship that is in a storm from 6.20pm to 8pm — and it’s about survival at that point.”
Here’s hoping she survives this weekend so we can see that sensational punk routine next Saturday.
- Strictly Come Dancing is on BBC One tonight at 6.25pm.
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Gardening addict Liam Gallagher builds huge shed bigger than a swimming pool at £4million mansion after neighbour row
GARDEN-LOVING Liam Gallagher’s having a massive garden shed built – bigger than his swimming pool.
The 52-year-old is already splashing the cash made from his and brother Noel‘s sell-out Oasis reunion tour.
Liam has submitted plans to build a new shed at the back of his £4m property in Highgate, north London.
The plans are under lawful development so they don’t need the council’s green light, he just needs a certificate.
The shed will be approximately eight metres wide – and 21 square metres – which is bigger than a standard lounge.
It will also be larger than the swimming pool he recently got planning permission for
But Liam has had to tone down plans for high security fencing, claiming a lack of privacy, after the council said no.
The Sun revealed last month that Liam’s plans for a new pool had been approved – despite neighbours trying to block it.
The Highgate Society complained the rocker’s application would “create a most unfortunate precedent” and claimed they could be “seriously affected by any ground water diversion”.
But he was given the green light to go ahead with the project, which will also include a patio, pool plant and air source heat pump.
He got knocked back by Haringey Council for his plans for a huge security wall and gates, but a local residents group said his case of lack of privacy was ‘irrelevant’.
The singer’s roughly 24ft by 12ft swimming pool will come with a cover system and feature “bullnosed edge” detail, with “buff natural stone steps”, according to plans submitted to the council.
Development plans also include a new gravel drive and natural stone paving, as well as luxury Hadley Rose Barcelona furniture – including daybeds, loungers and outdoor seating, with a single outdoor chair costing upwards of £2,000.
Liam will also splash out on new fencing, a boundary wall, pebble border and a premium Gozney Dome Pizza Oven, which retails at £1,800.
The development must begin within three years, Haringey Council said in their decision notice, and is expected to follow planning conditions.
The plans were listed under the name of his fiancee, Debbie Gwyther, who he moved in with earlier this year.
People with hobbies like building model railways or collecting figurines are much happier
PEOPLE with geeky hobbies such as building model railways or collecting figurines are much happier, a survey found.
Gentle pastimes were linked to better mental health, with an overall greater life satisfaction.
Four in ten Brits have at least one current hobby, with people dabbling in an average of five.
Model maker Hornby found 42 per cent of all hobbyists had good life satisfaction, compared to 34 per cent without a regular pastime.
Satisfaction increased to 46 per cent for those who got mates involved and 53 per cent if their partner had the same hobby.
Researchers reckon enthusiasts, like musicians Jools Holland and Rod Stewart, are 85 per cent happier than those without hobbies.
The celebrities, aged 66 and 79 respectively, have an interest in model trains.
Other pastimes in Hornby’s poll included being outdoors and playing sports.
These were the most popular, with 30 to 40 per cent of Brits spending their free time on them.
Some 22 per cent enjoy arty activities, like model making.
And more than two fifths said interests like model aeroplanes or fantasy role-playing board games had become more socially acceptable.
Hornby said in its report: “We have always been a nation of hobbyists, from Churchill and his passion for painting, Queen Victoria and her tiny wooden dolls, to Tom Daley’s knitting.
“We believe that hobbies can be a force for good.”
Research has shown that keeping the mind engaged with hobbies reduces the potential risks of cognitive decline and dementia.
Good mental health can also protect against serious physical illness like diabetes and heart diseases.
The Hornby research questioned 2,000 Brits about their pastimes.
CEO Olly Raeburn said: “The benefits of having a hobby cannot be overstated.
“Our research underscores how hobbies contribute to mental wellbeing, happiness and social connectivity.”