Harvest Festivals and Michaelmas
In Britain, thanks have been given for successful harvests since pagan times. Harvest festival is traditionally held on the Sunday near or of the Harvest Moon. This is the full Moon that occurs closes ...
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International Longevity Centre-UK investigates cancer’s cost to the UK economy
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Sickening theft
A family claim that a 94 year-old widow’s wedding ring was stolen from her finger as she lay in hospital recovering from a stroke. Marguerite Sanderson had worn the gold band constantly since th ...
Invest an extra £1 in social care for every £27 spent annually on the NHS
New analysis by Age UK reveals that Government investment of an additional sum equivalent to less than four per cent of the annual NHS budget of £112bn per annum would address the unmet care needs of ...