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Police in Gainsborough are taking action to restore peace and keep motorcyclists away from wooded areas.

They say those using bikes noisily and anti-socially risk having them seized.

Police field a dozen calls each weekend from residents near Norbury Hills wood near Knaith, Lea Park, Laughton Forest and Trent Bank, Morton.

Insp Maria Staniland said: “Bikers use the woods as though they are race tracks, scaring those enjoying a walk or taking their dogs out.”

She said police were to take action under the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act.

‘Peace and quiet’

Insp Staniland said: “Everyone has the right to live their lives peacefully and without fear.

“Residents whose homes back onto the wooded areas say they are desperate for peace and quiet at weekends to relax in when they’re not working.”

She asks motorcyclists to consider joining Gainsborough and District Motorcycle Club at Blyton Airfield.

Police said the motorbikes in the woods are often ridden without tax and insurance.

Officers are to give bikers one warning but those who carry on will have their bike seized.

Two second-half strikes from Danny Invincibile ensured nervous Kilmarnock’s passage to the third round of the CIS Insurance Cup.

Killie had not scored in the competition since their 3-1 semi-final defeat of St Mirren in 2001.

And both sides missed chances before Invincibile finished Allan Johnston’s cross after 63 minutes.

Gary McDonald drove the second in off the post before setting up Invincibile to hammer home the third.

Kilmarnock had been beaten by Ayr United, Airdrie United and Brechin City in recent years.

And spirited Accies came close to causing another upset when striker Brian Carrigan had a fine volley from the edge of the box that went wide of the post.

The Ayrshire men should have taken the lead in the 55th minute when Invincibile’s header back across the goal gave MacDonald a seemingly easy chance.

But the midfielder’s header from around four yards out was well saved by goalkeeper David McEwan.

Accies should have scored a minute later when a defensive mix-up in the box between James Fowler and David Lilley gave Mark Corcoran a gift, but somehow the striker screwed the ball past the post from 10 yards.

The home side eased some nerves when they stole into the lead after 63 minutes.

A flighted cross from the right by Johnston found Invincibile at the back post and the Australian made no mistake from close range.

Killie looked sharper now and scored a well-worked goal in the 70th minute to compound their newly-gained superiority.

The lively Johnston worked a neat pass to Boyd and, when the big striker slipped it to McDonald inside the Hamilton box, the midfielder drove his angled shot past McEwan and in off the far post.

Hamilton were out on their feet now and, in the 86th minute, Invincibile made it three when he hammered an angled shot past McEwan from 16 yards after good work by McDonald.

Kilmarnock: Combe, Fowler, Lilley, Dindeleux, Hay, Invincibile, Locke (Joly 80), McDonald, Johnston (Dodds 86), Dargo (Murray 59), Boyd.
Subs Not Used: Greer, Smith.

Goals: Invincibile 63, McDonald 70, Invincibile 86.

Hamilton: McEwan, Walker, Thomson, McLaughlin, Waddell (McPhee 78), Hamilton, Aitken, Tunbridge, Corcoran, Carrigan (Hodge 74), Keogh (Convery 66).
Subs Not Used: Blackadder, Jellema.

Attendance: 3,375

Referee: K Clark

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Ann Green’s experiences help to reveal why.

They highlight some of the biggest obstacles to women receiving a full state pension.

Ann is now 69.

She got married at 18, stayed at home for several years to look after her three children, and spent many years working either part time or full time in about 10 different jobs.

By the time she retired, eight years ago, she had paid National Insurance contributions for fewer than the 39 years needed to qualify for the full state pension.

Like many women she had also paid reduced National Insurance contributions, known as the “married women’s stamp”.

Even if they had said years later your pension will be a few pounds more, I couldn’t have done it because we needed the money to live on Ann Green

Under this arrangement, married women could opt to pay lower contributions, in exchange for receiving a reduced pension on retirement.

This was abolished in 1977.

Even if the consequences had been fully explained at the time, Ann doubts she would have done anything differently.

She and her then husband simply needed all their money to raise their family.

“We needed the money there and then,” she says.

“You can’t save, it’s impossible.

“Even if they had said years later your pension will be a few pounds more, I couldn’t have done it because we needed the money to live on,” she adds.

Pension credit

One government policy designed to improve this situation is the pension credit.

Help is available from the Pension Service web site

This was introduced in 2003. It is supposed to ensure that everyone aged 60 or over gets at least 114.05 a week.

Nearly 3.3 million pensioners now receive it.

The money doesn’t arrive automatically though. People have to claim it.

Ann found the process was very off-putting.

“I didn’t want to do it. You feel kind of ashamed that you are having to do it, telling people all about your personal financial income.

“They said it wasn’t means testing but it was.

“I rang the free phone number and it was an awful thing to go through, talking about your personal finances, horrible. You are exposing yourself. The whole process was intrusive.”

That may be one reason why around 20% of pensioners have still not claimed any of the new credit.

Poor take-up

Ann’s weekly pension is now 110 a week.

There are a lot of women who shock me. There are a lot whose income, a year ago, was 40 a week, now it’s just under 50 a week. If they went for pension credit they would get more Ann Green

She says getting the credit has been a real benefit.

“At first it got me 11 a week, which probably sounds like nothing, but when you are on a low income it makes a big difference. And now it’s 16 a week. And I don’t have to pay the full council rent and council tax.”

But each week she meets other women who seem to be living on pitifully small amounts of money.

They are among the women who come up to the stall which she runs in Leicester market on behalf of the Leicester Pensioners Rights campaign.

Ann hears stories from some women that astonish her.

“There are a lot of women who shock me. There are a lot whose income, a year ago, was 40 a week, now it’s just under 50 a week. If they went for pension credit they would get more. ”

It seems either they still don’t know about Pension Credit or just won’t apply for it.

Divorce

One piece of advice Ann gives to some of the women is to get a formal divorce if they have already separated from their husbands.

Ann did this herself a few years ago and as a result her pension went up significantly.

That is because the rules allow divorced people with fewer than the maximum NI contributions to claim an increased pension, based on the contributions made by their former spouses.

She says many women aren’t aware of this and are reluctant to jump through that hoop anyway.

“There’s a look of resignation on their faces. Maybe some go away and do it. But there’s a lot who aren’t.”

Ann Green’s preference is straightforward: a flat rate, non-means tested pension, of at least 114 a week.

“If we had a reasonable state pension that allowed us to do the things we wanted to do we wouldn’t have to go through those hoops. They should do away with means testing. I’d rather have a decent state pension so I could pay my own way.”

Ann said paying higher pensions was affordable.

“There are billions of pounds in the national insurance pot doing nothing, it could be used to give pensioners a better standard of living in retirement.”

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A man accused of killing his wife after trying to take out life insurance for her has been found guilty of murder and jailed for life.

A jury at Bristol Crown Court took just four hours to convict Randle Williams, 43, of strangling and drowning his wife Natalie.

The 33-year-old’s body was found submerged in a river near their home in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, the day after her husband reported her missing.

Williams had denied having anything to do with her death, claiming that on the night his wife disappeared in April 2002, everything had been fine between the pair.

Financial difficulties

He said he had called in police after Mrs Williams went out to walk the dog - the animal returned wet and muddy, but his wife did not come back.

Sentencing Williams, Mr Justice Brian Keith said: “Why you killed her and what led up to it, we shall never know.

“Natalie knew but she has taken her knowledge of it to the grave.

“All we do know is that you clearly brought the life of this lively and attractive young woman to a premature end.”

Natalie Williams was strangled and drowned in a river near her home

The prosecution had alleged Williams was in financial difficulty at the time of his wife’s death.

Williams had also been trying to arrange a 665,000 life insurance policy to be paid to the surviving spouse.

Days before her death, Mrs Williams’ application had been turned down, but Williams still tried to claim on an accidental death benefit worth 500,000, without telling the company he had been charged with her murder.

Earlier, Wiliams had told the jury about problems between him and his wife, who he said suffered “Jekyll and Hyde” mood swings and had a number of affairs.

Mrs Williams, who suffered from depression and an eating disorder, had been arrested in January 2002 after threatening to kill her husband.

‘Depraved character’

Outside the court her sister Nichola Laverton read a statement on behalf of her parents, Robert and Muriel Hussey, who said they were happy with the verdict, but that it could not bring their daughter back.

She said: “The most horrible nightmare imaginable became reality the day police told us our youngest daughter, Natalie, had been murdered.

“No words can describe the pain we feel at losing our darling daughter - she was a stunningly beautiful, warm, caring and loving person - full of vitality and laughter.

“We will never come to terms with the loss of Natalie and we miss her every hour of every day.”

She added: “Randle Williams created a profile of lies about Natalie to discredit her and other innocent people and in doing so, he has revealed his true depraved character.”

She thanked police for their work which led to the conviction of Williams, who she described as an “evil, deceitful person”.

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