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TV legend camped in King Charles’s Cotswolds garden
The famed cook was a judge on the show whilst it was broadcast on the BBC between 2010 and 2016 before it left for Channel 4.
She has lived in the town of Henley, in the south of Oxfordshire, with her husband, Paul Hunnings, since 2019.
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Now, the 91-year-old has revealed that she once camped out in the garden of Highgrove House, over the Oxfordshire border in the Cotswolds.
GB News’ Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker was recently speaking to the baking icon, and among the topics spoken about was the royal residence.
The Gloucestershire home was purchased by the then-Prince in 1980, and over more than four decades, he has carefully transformed its grounds into renowned, sustainable, organic gardens.
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Mr Walker wrote: “Long before King Charles acquired the estate, Dame Mary and a friend were permitted to camp in the grounds in the early 1950s.
“Dame Mary remarked that the bathtub was gigantic and brass, and needed a heavy plunger to operate the drain.
“She wondered whether the now King and Queen still own the luxury item, and whether the tub is still in use today.”
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Witney traffic chaos amid report of 'major incident' at junction
A reported incident at a junction in Witney is causing traffic chaos in the town, with drivers coming off the A40 and elsewhere stuck in long queues.
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Major emergency response in Oxford as paramedics on scene
An incident occurred in St Aldate’s, outside the entrance to Christ Church Meadows, at about 4pm on Tuesday, June 2.
At least three ambulances were responding to what appeared to be a medical emergency on the pavement.
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An individual was scene on a stretcher being cared for by paramedics.
At least three ambulances responded to what appeared to be a medical emergency in St Aldate’s, Oxford (Image: Contributed)
An eyewitness said the incident occurred opposite the Alice Shop, and the medical teams ‘evacuated’ the person.
Apart from the pavement briefly being blocked while the first responders dealt with the emergency, it did not appear to affect traffic or block the road in busy St Aldate’s.
South Central Ambulance Service has been contacted for comment.
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Oxford – Faces of three jailed for drug operation revealed
Daniel Kaveh, 24, Justin Hughes, 25 and Kailan Chadbone, 20, were each sentenced to years in jail at Oxford Crown Court on Friday, May 29 for supplying and dealing drugs on the streets of Oxford.
Kaveh, of Lambourn Road in Oxford, and Hughes, of Woodperry Road, played ‘significant’ roles in an ‘open line’ class A drugs operation in Blackbird Leys between November 2024 and last November, the court heard.
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Kaveh was previously in court in 2021 after pulling out a ‘Rambo’ knife in a stabbing incident in Lambourn Road in Rose Hill in November 2020 which resulted in a 12 month jail sentence suspended for two years.
Daniel Kaveh, 24, jailed for seven years and six months (Image: Thames Valley Police)
Between them, they supplied around 4.6kg of crack cocaine and heroin to the drugs line.
Police raids on Hughes’ home also found 232g powder cocaine and 2.338kg of cannabis, for which he was sentenced for possession with intent to supply, along with a quantity of cash, drugs paraphernalia and weapons.
Justin Hughes, 25, jailed for six years and nine months (Image: Thames Valley Police)
Raids on Kaveh’s property found similar equipment and drugs like heroin and diamorphine, with a total street value of more than £100,000.
It was established the two dealers worked for Emman Riasat, who ran his own drug line in Oxford and wholesale supplied drugs to the line operating out of Blackbird Leys.
Hughes received a jail sentence of six years and nine months for two counts of class A drug supply and two counts of possession, while Kaveh was jailed for seven years and six months for two counts of class A drug supply.
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Kailan Chadbone, 20, jailed for 45 months for drugs running (Image: Thames Valley Police)
Also working for Riasat was Chadbone, of Bernwood Road, who worked lower down in the operation as a drugs runner.
He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of crack cocaine and diamorphine between August 1 and November 19, 2025, committed while he was serving a suspended sentence for affray.
Chadbone received a total of 45 months in jail for two counts of drug supply and the breach of a previous suspended sentence.
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