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A TEEN has pleaded guilty to murdering his mum and two siblings who were found dead after gunshots were heard.

Juliana Prosper, 48, was discovered alongside her son Kyle Prosper, 16, and daughter Giselle Prosper, 13, at home in Luton in September.

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Nicholas Prosper has admitted murdering his family[/caption]

Nicholas Prosper, 18, appeared at Luton Crown Court today where he admitted three counts of murder.

The teen also pleaded guilty to a number of other offences during the hearing.

This includes purchasing or acquiring a shotgun in Luton without holding a certificate on September 12.

He is also accused of possession of a shotgun on September 13, as well as possession of a bladed article, a kitchen knife, in a public place on the same date.

The massacre unfolded on September 13 at a flat on Wauluds Bank Drive.

Police swarmed the home at around 5.30am following “welfare concerns”.

Horrified neighbours claimed they heard “loud bangs” that sounded like shots being fired.

Officers discovered Juliana and two of her four children dead inside the flat.

Tributes have flooded in for the tragic family from their heartbroken loved ones.

The family said in a statement: “Julie was a strong, loving mother to her four beautiful children, who were her absolute world.

“In her spare time, she was a keen athlete and enjoyed raising money for charity – she was always putting others first.

“Kyle was a kind and funny young man who loved football and boxing.

“He was creative and thriving on TikTok, a big talent with massive potential.

“Kyle’s friends were his everything.

“Giselle was a beautiful soul and caring young girl; she liked to laugh lots and loved her family and big brothers.

“She was so loveable with an infectious smile.

“She was also an exceptional pupil at school and was loved dearly by her friends in Year 9.”

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Juliana was found at home in September[/caption]

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Daughter Giselle, 13, was among the victims[/caption]

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Son Kyle, 16, was also found dead[/caption]

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Police had been called to reports of welfare concerns[/caption]

A POPULAR car dealership has permanently closed its doors as part of a major group’s decision to shut six locations across the UK.

Vauxhall Portsmouth has recently ceased operations, along with five other dealerships, as owner Evans Halshaw implements cost-cutting measures that have led to approximately 250 job losses.

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Evans Halshaw have closed a string of dealerships across the country, including this Vauxhall dealer in Wolverhampton[/caption]

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Another Vauxhall in Portsmouth shut its doors too, having been at its London Road site for decades[/caption]

According to Portsmouth News, Vauxhall Portsmouth was a staple of the city and had been at its London Road site in Hilsea for decades.

But its closure comes as the brand’s American owner, Lithia, continues to downsize its UK operations that have seen the end of other Vauxhall dealers in Wolverhampton.

Operations have also halted at St Albans, Hanworth, and Orpington, while a Renault and Dacia showroom in Doncaster will also close its doors.

Lithia, which completed its purchase of Pendragon, Evans Halshaw’s parent company, in February 2023, already cut around 250 jobs last April with the closure of the CarStore used car supermarket brand.

A spokesperson for Evans Halshaw said: “The closure of these stores aligns with our wider strategic network plans, in conjunction with our OEMs and network partners.”

It’s perhaps slightly better news for those who work for the Evans Halshaw-owned Vauxhall dealership in Edinburgh, who recently confirmed the sale of the business to rival group Arnold Clark.

The site has reportedly already begun trading under the Arnold Clark banner – going against rumours the deal might fall through.

As reported by Car Dealer Magazine, an Arnold Clark spokesperson said: “Arnold Clark can confirm the takeover of the Evans Halshaw Vauxhall dealership in Edinburgh and will begin trading this week.”

Mystery surrounded the sudden closure of another Evans Halshaw branch back in October, when a Ford dealership shut down.

The site in Northwich, situated on Chester Way, Cheshire, confirmed the shutters had come down on the site for the last time via its Facebook page, but no explanation was given.

Bizarrely, when Sun Motors called the Northwich branch’s telephone, the line was redirected to the Altrincham dealership.

This comes as BMW slammed the brakes on its multi-million-pound investment in the Mini plant in Oxfordshire – as demand for electric vehicles plummets.

The assembly plant in Cowley is one of the nation’s most vital and historic car factories, but it is facing turmoil after a £600 million investment has been halted.

BMW announced in 2023 that it would invest in the factory built in 1913 to improve its operations, allowing it to manufacture electric vehicles.

It was hoped that by next year, the plant would be pushing electric Mini Coopers and electric Mini Aceman SUVs off the production line.

And elsewhere, the DVSA has revealed the centres with the lowest driving test pass rate across the country – and it’s bad news for those learning in two major cities in the south west.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, which conducts driving tests in the UK, including theory tests, recently shared their driving test and theory test data for September 2024.

It showed some centres have stark differences to others, with a clear sign that many learners are facing challenges in securing a pass.

In the list of the top 10 lowest pass rates, the Plymouth LGV test centre in Devon had the lowest pass rate, just 27.3% – meaning just over a quarter of the drivers who took their test were going home disappointed and out of pocket.

Of course, the LGV centre specialises in large goods vehicles – those who want to get behind the wheel of a lorry or bus.

Second on the list was the test centre in Watnall, Nottinghamshire, with a 29.4% pass rate.

PETER WRIGHT and his wife Jo have revealed the remarkable love story behind them becoming darts’ biggest power couple.

The duo split for 13 years after the birth of their first daughter Naomi in 1993.

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They split in 1993 after the birth of their daughter Naomi[/caption]

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But they reconciled after a 13-year separation[/caption]

Just under a decade later, the youngster wanted to get in touch with her darting dad and it prompted Jo to search for him on the Professional Darts Corporation website – and then knock on his door out of the blue.

Once reunited, Wright’s career boomed. Their daughter Naomi came up with his multi-coloured mohican hair idea before he played in his first UK Open in 2005.

Hairdresser Jo then continued his wacky designs and has been by his side as a manager throughout his rise to the top of the sport, as one of the most recognisable players of all-time.

Jo revealed on the ‘Tops and Tales’ podcast: “So when I was 18 and Peter was 22, we worked in a holiday camp in Lowestoft called Gunton Hall.

“That’s part of Warners. I was a waitress and Peter worked in the kitchen.

“I found him sitting under a tree when I came out from work one day, kind of waiting for me.

“We had our first daughter in 1993 and then we split up for 13 years. Well, we kind of had like three on-and-off relationships back then.

“We had no contact, nothing. I found him when the daughter was nine on her laptop, she’d been looking for him and searching for him.

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“So obviously you keep an eye on your kids, especially at nine-years-old, what they’re doing on social media and stuff like that.

“It’s nothing like it is nowadays. It was just, you just Google it online.

“I thought, well, I better go and find him before she did, just in case he doesn’t want to see her and stuff.

“But it took me four years to find him. When I did find him, I had my own salon by then.

“So I was sitting in the salon and I found profiles from the PDC, a picture of him on there and then there was like some details on, a couple of telephone numbers.

“I found the first one, no luck, found the second one, which was actually someone in the PDC office at the time, deleting all the old profiles, which was, he was one of them.

“So if I hadn’t have found him on there that night, I wouldn’t have found him.

“So from there, the lady from the PDC, don’t even know what her name is or who she was, gave me his last known address.

“I went and knocked on the door. And I’m guessing, if you don’t mind me saying, Peter, that was probably the last thing you were expecting.”

Peter replied: “Yes. Just a bit.”

Jo even watched Peter play on TV in the 1995 Lakeside Championship.

He then sported his natural brown hairstyle and even as an Englishman, not a Scot which he later chose as his nation in the PDC due to his mum being from Scotland.

Jo continued: “Well, there was big confusion to go with it all because I was married and Peter had a girlfriend.

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Peter and Joanne Wright had to ditch their respective partners to reunite[/caption]

“And a month later, I had no husband and Peter had a new girlfriend – me.

“We knew how good Peter was at darts as well.

“So like getting back together again, and like you think, over all these years.

“Because I actually did watch him at home with my family when he was in the Lakeside, 1995.

“So we were watching him. Even his daughter was like crawling in front of the TV watching him, and we were all talking about him. So that’s as close as we actually saw to him.

“And then when we got together and stuff, it’s like you could have been so much more if we’d have stayed together. You know, he had all the support then as well.

“But he was kind of a bit defiant back in the day. So it was his way or no way.”

Peter added: “Yeah, I think I’m, well, I suppose I think I know everything, but I don’t.

“So we kind of think that although what we’ve done now and what we’ve got, but we missed all them years where we could have had more.

“I could have been challenging Phil Taylor at that time or something like that. I could have been there with Dennis Priestley, Phil Taylor.”

After Wright’s second World Championship win in 2022, just a few days later he walked daughter Naomi down the aisle with the Sid Waddell Trophy proudly placed on the head table.

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