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Tony Martin, the farmer whose killing of burglar sparked national debate

Martin served three years in prison after shooting Fred Barras, 16, at his home in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, in 1999.

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025

Farmer Tony Martin, who shot dead teenage burglar in 1999, dies aged 80

Case sparked nationwide public debate about whether his actions were proportionate

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025

Farmer Tony Martin, who shot and killed teenage burglar, dies aged 80

Martin served three years in prison for shooting Fred Barras, 16, at his home in Emneth Hungate, Norfolk, in 1999.

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2025

A year in numbers: The statistics that defined the 2024 road cycling season

Statistician Cillian Kelly lifts the lid on the key figures that shaped this season

Cycling News · Nov 16, 2024

"I was left standing alone in the dark,trying to match up to these iconicsingers that had gone before": The chaotic tale of Black Sabbath's Tony Martin era

Dio was out, Gillan was gone, Geezer had given up, and Ozzy had declared war. Light came in the shape of Tony Martin, and the next chapter in Black Sabbath's story

Metal Hammer · Jul 24, 2024

"Tony Iommi should have dropped the name and called the band something else": Black Sabbath's least-loved album re-examined, four decades on

What happened when Tony Iommi brought two familiar faces back on board for Forbidden, an album produced by an extremely unexpected choice

Louder · Jul 1, 2024

"Anything that comes in the future, I always give it a thought." Tony Iommi suggests he'd be open to writing with Ozzy Osbourne in future and picks out the 'special' Black Sabbath riffs - including Eddie Van Halen's favourite

It's fair to say Tony Iommi knows a thing or two about brilliant riffs

Metal Hammer · Jun 5, 2024

“I picked him up and we drove by a music shop. I said, 'Do you want to pick a guitar up?' and we did – one of his Eddie Van Halen ones”: Tony Iommi on that time Eddie Van Halen helped co-write a Black Sabbath song – but didn’t get a credit

Van Halen joined the band for a rehearsal in Birmingham, England, and ended up contributing a solo to a track

Guitar World · May 28, 2024

“You could have anyone from Dio to Pavarotti, and it will never be Sabbath. Don’t belittle that band, Tony, move on”: the furious open letter Ozzy Osbourne sent to Tony Iommi telling him to end Black Sabbath

In the brand new issue of Classic Rock, Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi looks back on the band’s late 80s ‘wilderness period’ – and a war of words with Ozzy Osbourne

Metal Hammer · May 26, 2024

Tony Iommi remembers co-writing a Black Sabbath song with Eddie Van Halen: “I said, ‘You’re playing that wrong’”

Van Halen’s record label stopped him from getting a Black Sabbath songwriting credit in 1994

Metal Hammer · May 24, 2024