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Yahoo
a day ago
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Wedding show celebrates 900 years of church
A church has been "buzzing with laughter and memories" with the arrival of a wedding show to commemorate its 900th year, its organisers have said. St Andrew's Church in Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington, had its first recorded marriage in 1569 and is one of the oldest churches in Darlington. Organiser Carol Atkinson said she got the idea for the show, which runs until Sunday lunchtime, "many years ago" after both her grandmother and mother got married at the church. Sarah Beavis, who was among those to share her wedding attire, said she also had "strong ties" to the church, as she got married there in 2010 and her parents did in 1979. The exhibition includes more than 30 wedding garments, photos and snippets of memories of marriages at St Andrew's. Mrs Atkinson said the show had been a "wonderful success" at "our beautiful church". She said St Andrew's had been "buzzing with laughter and memories, with many visitors bumping into friends they haven't seen for decades". Mrs Beavis, from Darlington, said the church was "the centre" of Haughton-le-Skerne. "I chose the church because my parents got married there on 11 August 1979." The 40-year-old said she "couldn't have asked for better" of her special day on 29 May 2010. "My husband, Michael, is in the navy and it was a semi-military wedding with a mix of lads from the SAS and royal marines," she continued. "It's meant be good luck to have a sailor at your sure what it means to marry one though." She added everyone was "quite shocked" by her dress, because she had "always been a bit of a tomboy but I chose a 'Disney princess' was the polar opposite to my personality". Meanwhile, a group of knitters picked up their needles once again to add to the celebrations. The Haughton Ladies Who Knit group stitched a range of wedding-themed characters for the exhibition and decorated parking bollards in the village green. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram. Festive knitters return with Dickens theme
BBC News
a day ago
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Wedding show celebrates 900 years of Darlington church
A church has been "buzzing with laughter and memories" with the arrival of a wedding show to commemorate its 900th year, its organisers have Andrew's Church in Haughton-le-Skerne, Darlington, had its first recorded marriage in 1569 and is one of the oldest churches in Darlington. Organiser Carol Atkinson said she got the idea for the show, which runs until Sunday lunchtime, "many years ago" after both her grandmother and mother got married at the Beavis, who was among those to share her wedding attire, said she also had "strong ties" to the church, as she got married there in 2010 and her parents did in 1979. The exhibition includes more than 30 wedding garments, photos and snippets of memories of marriages at St Andrew' Atkinson said the show had been a "wonderful success" at "our beautiful church".She said St Andrew's had been "buzzing with laughter and memories, with many visitors bumping into friends they haven't seen for decades". Mrs Beavis, from Darlington, said the church was "the centre" of Haughton-le-Skerne."I chose the church because my parents got married there on 11 August 1979."The 40-year-old said she "couldn't have asked for better" of her special day on 29 May 2010. "My husband, Michael, is in the navy and it was a semi-military wedding with a mix of lads from the SAS and royal marines," she continued."It's meant be good luck to have a sailor at your sure what it means to marry one though."She added everyone was "quite shocked" by her dress, because she had "always been a bit of a tomboy but I chose a 'Disney princess' was the polar opposite to my personality". Meanwhile, a group of knitters picked up their needles once again to add to the celebrations. The Haughton Ladies Who Knit group stitched a range of wedding-themed characters for the exhibition and decorated parking bollards in the village green. Follow BBC Tees on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.
BBC News
25-02-2025
- BBC News
Baby Elsa: Abandoned girl's progress 'astonishing', court hears
A baby girl who was abandoned more than a year ago in east London is thriving, a Family Court has Carol Atkinson said it was "astonishing" that Baby Elsa was doing so well. The baby was found on the coldest night of the year in 2024, and hospital staff named her after the character in the film June, the BBC revealed that Baby Elsa is the third child of the same parents to be abandoned within seven years in the same area of London. Baby Elsa was left inside a Boots carrier bag near the Greenway footpath in east London, on 18 January 2024. She was discovered by a dog walker. Doctors could not take her temperature for three hours because she was so cold, although she was crying and estimated she had been abandoned at about an hour this very difficult start, Elsa is doing well and is currently in foster care. Her name has since been changed. East London Family Court heard earlier this month that she is "meeting all her developmental milestones" and taking her first court also heard that Elsa's social worker, from the London Borough of Newham, described her checks on the baby as "the best visits ever". One of her siblings, Roman, was found in similar circumstances in a play area off Roman Road, Newham, in late January other sibling, Harry, was found wrapped in a white blanket in Balaam Street, Plaistow, in September Elsa, both were abandoned very shortly after birth. They have both been adopted and their names local authority cannot register Elsa's birth while the police investigation is active. Without that, the local authority cannot complete its evidence before the family court and seek its approval for her court previously heard that officials were "very concerned" about the delay. The police search for the babies' birth mother and father from the Metropolitan Police have been working with subject matter experts at the National Crime Agency. Last month they made a new appeal for Insp Jamie Humm said police "have serious concerns for the wellbeing of the parents, especially the mother".He urged people to contact the police if they had any information, however small.A reward of £20,000 is being offered by Crimestoppers.
