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Times
17-05-2025
- Times
Clock is ticking in the hunt for Assad's stash of chemical weapons
Abdul Hamid walks slowly in a black Adidas tracksuit, head bowed, through a dusty graveyard. The cemetery, ringed by the remains of bombed-out buildings, bears silent witness to what unfolded in Syria. The 36-year-old tradesman stops, murmurs a prayer and begins pulling weeds from the earth around the sun-bleached gravestones. He points to them one by one: 'My cousin, my wife Sana, both of my children — the twins — another cousin and his daughter, two more cousins and one of his sons, both of my brothers Yasser and Abdul Karim and their children.' The list continues, an unrelenting rhythm of grief. Not a mass grave, but a mass death, all felled by a single, silent killer. On April 4, 2017, a sarin-laced rocket dropped
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Plans to convert former church within a graveyard into offices
Plans to convert former church within a graveyard into offices A disused church building could be converted into offices. Plans have been submitted to change the use of the the former New Jerusalem Church, Stand Lane, Radcliffe. A church and adjoining graveyard has stood on the site for centuries and the current building was constructed in the 1970s. READ MORE: She was enjoying an afternoon with friends but soon doctors told them to say their goodbyes READ MORE: Update issued after reports made of attempted child abduction in Greater Manchester town A planning statement in support of the plans has been submitted by Cockwill & Co Ltd on behalf of the applicant, Hotspot Heating Ltd. ADVERTISEMENT It said: 'The applicant considers that the proposal is sustainable and acceptable and would not cause a detrimental impact on the neighbouring residential area or the strategic green space and would provide a contribution towards the office requirements and make good use of a previously empty building. Dozens of graves surround the church 'The configuration of the existing property is such that the business can operate under one roof. ' The application states the hours it will be used for general business will be between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday only.' The development provides for 10 parking spaces at the site and the supporting documents said there are planned to be eight full-time and two part-time staff working there if the plans are approved. The applications says there are no external structural alterations to the building planned. The use of the site for a church, including the Baptist New Jerusalem dates back to 1783. ADVERTISEMENT There are dozens of gravestones surrounding the church building, many of them dating from the 19th century. The website lists 67 memorials at the site. Planners in Bury will decide on the proposals in the coming weeks.
