Toast, Trees and a Wassailing Queen: An Ancient English Ritual Is Back
The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.
Brian Barnes faces court accused of murder of Quambatook woman Merril Kelly
A 67-year-old man has faced court accused of murdering Merril Kelly in the small rural town of Quambatook in north-west Victoria. Brian Robert Barnes faced the Bendigo Magistrates Court for a filing ...
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Council investigating ‘sinkholes’ at Blackburn Old Cemetery
The council has launched an investigation after reports of sinkholes appearing at Blackburn Old Cemetery. The council said it is “aware of some potential sinkholes” at the cemetery ...
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Carol Decker breaks silence after unmasking as Tattoo on The Masked Singer UK - as the 80s singer supports claims she was 'robbed'
Taking to Instagram on Saturday after the show aired, Carol shared a clip of her standing in front of the TV with a box over her head. In the background, the episode of The Masked Singer was on ...
The Mirror26d
The Masked Singer's Tattoo star Carol Decker breaks silence after being 'robbed' in sing-off
The Masked Singer star Carol Decker has spoken out for the first time since being revealed as Tattoo on the ITV singing show. The 67-year-old singer is best known as the face of pop band T'Pau ...
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The Masked Singer star Carol Decker had one symptom before cancer battle
The Masker Singer star Carol Decker noticed a significant change in her body when on tour - but initially thought it was nothing to worry about. During a tour of Germany in December 2022 ...
Tuko26d
Nairobi: 23-Year-Old Woman Killed, Body Found Dumped Near Lang'ata Cemetery
Nancy Boke had gone missing and her family was frantically searching for her until they were notified of her brutal murder The 23-year-old's body was found with stab wounds inside a thicket adjoining ...
The Washington Post26d
Carol Downer, a founder of the women’s health movement, dies at 91
Carol Downer, a self-described housewife turned ... medical officer described the procedure as “a regression to the bad old days” of back-alley abortions. Ms. Downer, who insisted that the ...
Reading Chronicle26d
Reading's Cemetery Junction's JAHA founder dies suddenly
JAHA' is a social enterprise with a mission to restore the historic Arch at the entrance to Reading Old Cemetery and repurpose it and the area immediately behind it as a community heritage and ...
The New Zealand Herald27d
Their 92-year-old mum died on Christmas Eve – then Work and Income asked for money
Stress piled on to grief when a family received a letter from Work and Income soon after their 92-year-old mother’s death, offering sympathy but asking for $1800 for her benefit overpayment.
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As the Living Fled, a Race to Save the Dead at an Altadena Cemetery
Workers at the Mountain View cemetery had unique concerns the night the Eaton fire broke out. The 55-acre expanse may also have spared some homes from the flames. By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs ...