What fewer people know is that the origins of its name derive from an eighth-century Anglo-Saxon clan leader called Snot, a word which doesn't have quite the same ring in tourist brochures. But to Romany culture, it is a county known only for one particular dish - which is why they call it Guyo-mengreskey, which means "pudding eaters," which includes both meat and batter varieties.Such absorbing trivia are among many to be found in a new "phrase and fable" gazetteer on the linguistic and historical background of more than 7,000 places in Britain and Ireland.

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A widow today lost her bid to sue Imperial Tobacco in a landmark case following the death of her husband from lung cancer in 1993. Another is the Serbian warlord Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic, a friend who made him an honorary general in his militia before dying in a hail of gunfire in a Belgrade hotel.Mr Di Stefano has also claimed he was one of the former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic's legal advisers He has said that he met Osama bin Laden in Baghdad in 1998 "He had a handshake like a woman He had a soft voice. He spoke like a priest."In 2003, Mr Di Stefano was involved in the controversial property tycoon Nicholas van Hoogstraten's successful appeal against his conviction for the manslaughter of a business rival in 1999.Mr Di Stefano was convicted of fraud at the Old Bailey in 1986 and jailed.. "I have never said I'm a solicitor or barrister," he told The Independent.In Britain he has said that he only acts as a legal representative for his clients - a title anyone without any qualifications can use.A spokesman for the Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, said: "We have no evidence that he has any legal status whatsoever."The colourful character, who is a convicted fraudster, has linked himself with a string of high-profile cases.Most recently he appeared on American television to speak for the rights of Saddam Hussein after The Sun newspaper published a picture of the former dictator in his underpants in prison.The current inquiry has also examined a dispute last year involving Mr Di Stefano at the Court of Appeal. Questioned about his qualification, Mr Di Stefano, 50, would only say that he was an "Italian lawyer".

Detectives have been investigating whether Mr Di Stefano has broken the law by allegedly claiming to be a British accredited solicitor or barrister.The police have also been examining claims by some clients of Mr Di Stefano that the legal adviser misrepresented himself - something he strongly denies.It is a criminal offence under the Solicitors Act 1974 to describe yourself as a solicitor if you are not properly qualified and on the roll of solicitors.Mr Di Stefano's qualifications remain a mystery to many. The most important thing for us is to piece together what happened to help the grieving process for the families."The three boys killed were Josh Bartlett, Liam Hastings and Marshall Haynes, all aged 13 and from Oxford. Fraud charges are being considered against an Italian lawyer acting for a series of high-profile offenders, including the killer Kenneth Noye, the timeshare conman John Palmer and the multiple murderer Jeremy Bamber. The Crown Prosecution Service is examining the findings of an inquiry by the City of London Police's fraud squad into the millionaire lawyer, Giovanni Di Stefano. This means that 'Sandra' often puts Ms Edwards in very dangerous situations."Being Pamela will be screened on Channel 4 at 9pm on 8 June.. The characters relate to each other in different ways so that it appears that she is hugging herself or deliberately pulling her own hair out."One of Ms Edwards' characters, whom she calls Sandra, can be very controlling and appears to know what she is doing, says Mr Modell."But in reality she has just as little understanding of the outside world. She has developed these personalities to disconnect herself from her body so that she can believe the abuse is happening to someone else."But this can be extremely disabling for her.

One of the most disturbing features of the condition is when the characters fight among themselves, causing Ms Edwards to harm herself.Last week the Official Solicitor, who represents the interests of those who cannot represent themselves, and the local authority tried to block the film on the grounds that Ms Edwards lacked the capacity to give permission to take part in the filming and that it amounted to a breach of her privacy under article 8 of the Human Rights Act.But in a landmark judgment Mr Justice Munby, who has watched the documentary, set aside these concerns and instead gave greater weight to the right to freedom of expression.In his judgment the judge will set out his reasoning in full. The left wing of the party is trying to persuade the former chancellor to take David Cameron as a deputy, to produce a "dream ticket" that could stop David Davis winning. His refusal to tone down his enthusiasm for Europe has ensured some parts of the party would not elect him, but the issue is no longer at the centre of the political agenda.. A woman who suffers from a disturbing condition in which she lives her life as four different characters has won the right for her story to be told. His allies in the Cabinet are keen to protect him from any attempted putsch, however.