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SWLSpolice – By Izzy Hawksworth and Dylan Connell The husband of an off-duty police officer who died after being hit by a lorry when she stopped to help at a crash scene has spoken ahead of her funeral today (Thursday). Chris Prior’s wife PC Rosie Prior, 45, killed after she stopped to help Audi driver Ryan Welford, 41, on the A19 near Bagby, North Yorks., on January 11. The pair were struck by a passing lorry and were killed in the collision, while a teenage boy suffered serious injuries. More than 800 people – including PC Prior’s family, fri and…

SWLNhope A grieving community in Scotland are lining the streets today to honour the passing of a schoolgirl on ‘Hope’s Day’. Hope, 6, was tragically found dead alongside her father, Mark, 36, at a house in West Calder, West Lothian, on 20 January. Police have announced they are treating her death as murder, but that her father’s is ‘not being treated as suspicious’. The grieving family, who have named the day ‘Hope’s Day’, have called on their community to ‘line the streets’ of ­Livingston leading to the town’s Adambrae Cemetery as Hope passes by in a horse-drawn carriage. A fundraising…

SWLSbees – by Abygail Fossett and Faye Mayern A master bee whisperer had a very special send-off with mourners forming a funeral ‘guard of honour’ – donned in their beekeeping suits. The funeral of Barrie Powell, who died aged 89, was held on Monday (Feb 3) with attendees clutching lit smokers in a nod to his beekeeping. Mr Powell, of Shotley, Suffolk, had been keeping bees continuously for 78 years – dating back to 1946. The beloved grandfather died on December 29, five days shy of his 90th birthday. His family was joined by members of the Ipswich and East…