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• King’s Christmas message to focus on healthcare workers

  23-12-2024 17:37
  Monarch, who is undergoing cancer treatment, sought venue with strong health connections and community presenceThe king’s Christmas message will focus on the efforts of healthcare workers after a year in which Charles and the Princess of Wales were treated for cancer.Charles will also use his annual address to the nation to hail communities who came together in solidarity in the aftermath of rioting, following the fatal Southport stabbings of three young girls. Continue reading...
  
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• Locals win fight to save mysterious, medieval Spanish chapel from oblivion

  23-12-2024 09:32
  
  Home to vivid 16th-century frescoes, the Ermita de San Jorge is on the brink of being saved from centuries of decayA mysterious, dilapidated and exquisitely painted Spanish chapel into which knights on horseback may have ridden centuries ago to receive a wet and most unusual blessing could be on the verge of salvation after a decades-long campaign by local heritage groups.No one knows much about the crumbling and semi-subterranean Ermita de San Jorge, which sits in a hollow 7 miles (12km) from t
  
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