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Britain’s largest Christmas Tree Festival has returned to Beverley Minster for its 17th year.This weekend is your last chance to visit and find out the story behind every bauble hanging on the 150 trimmed and twinkling fir trees on display at the medieval church.Community groups, schools, businesses and charities each trim a tree displayed along the Minster’s walls, showcasing unique and creative decorations, with some trees telling specific stories or raising awareness for local causes.Bob Farley, Co-Ordinator of the Beverley Christmas Tree Festival, said: “Entering the building, the first thing you’ll be aware of is this strong scent of pine,…

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Katie YatesKatie Yates met Jason Smith on a dating app before he subjected her to relentless physical and mental abuseHandsome, charming, a “gentle giant” – Katie Yates believed Jason Smith was a real catch after meeting on a dating app.But within months he had subjected her to relentless physical and mental abuse before raping her and attempting to drown her in the bath just before Christmas.Katie, 42 and from Cardiff, has waived her anonymity as a victim of sexual assault to warn women to be wary of strangers they meet on dating apps who may pose as nice guys in…

Warriors started their European campaign with an impressive bonus-point victory away to English Premiership side Sale last weekend, but Toulouse represent a significant step up in class.”I don’t think there’s a bigger challenge in rugby at the moment,” added Smith.”I think when you look at their team, there’s internationals and stars across that pitch. It’s a game you kind of bookmark when you see the fixtures, Toulouse coming to Scotland. I think it’s going to be a pretty awesome occasion.”Glasgow head coach Franco Smith says his team have made no special plans to try to limit Dupont’s influence, not least…

Charlie Buckland WalesClare Jones, 47, has received thousands of Christmas cards after a Facebook plea to make her last Christmas “special” went viralWhen Clare Jones put up a Facebook post asking for extra Christmas cards to make her last Christmas “super special”, she never expected thousands of responses.The mum-of-three was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May 2022 but was recently told her chemotherapy was no longer responding and she has about 10 months to live.”I’m a simple person who likes simple things,” Clare said in her post, adding: “I love Christmas cards. I would love to have lots of cards…

Former pro-basketball player Jason Collins, the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport to come out as gay, has announced that he has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer.Collins was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma, he wrote in an article for sport broadcaster ESPN on Thursday, and is currently undergoing treatment to stop the spread of his inoperable disease.The brain tumour, he says, is like “a monster with tentacles spreading across the underside of my brain the width of a baseball”.Without treatment, he would be dead within three months, doctors told Collins.Collins, who…

A Sudanese migrant has been jailed for attempting to kidnap a 17-year-old girl as she was walking home from work at night. Abdulmawal Ibrahim Adam, 28, grabbed the teenager before dragging her across the street “against her will”, Swindon Crown Court heard. The attempted kidnapping occurred on March 6 this year in Swindon, Wiltshire, at around 9pm.CCTV footage of the incident showed Adam running towards the girl as she was walking in front of a set of traffic lights, before grabbing her from behind. Abdulmawal Ibrahim Adam, 28, grabbed the teenager before dragging her across the street ‘against her will’…

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Annika Grosser England Data UnitKlarisse SmithKlarisse Smith went on to study social work after being in the care systemWhen Klarisse Smith started living in a homeless hostel in Birmingham at the age of 16, she had been in the care system for two years.She had spent that time moving between her foster carer, her aunt and her partner’s family.”I felt like my social worker just kind of washed her hands of me when I went to my auntie’s,” she said. “I didn’t really have much contact with anyone. They just left me to my own devices and at the time…

Palmer’s injury concerns come in a World Cup season, with fierce competition for a place in England’s squad, let alone for the number 10 role.During the last international camp, Three Lions boss Thomas Tuchel said he will only call up two players for that position.Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers started in the World Cup qualifying wins over Serbia and Albania, while Phil Foden came off the bench in both games and Eberechi Eze played out wide.Chelsea captain Reece James, usually a right-back and previously used there by Tuchel for England, also played 90 minutes in midfield at Bournemouth and Atalanta…