Passing Post

๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ

Archaeologists are searching for the ashes of 15 York City fans scattered at the ground where they played for 89 years. The ashes are to be reburied in a special memorial built as part of the new housing development. Redevelopment of football grounds havenโ€™t always been so sensitive to relatives. When Sunderlandโ€™s Roker Park was

๐…๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ Read More ยป

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘ต๐ŸŽƒ

In days of yore โ€˜soulersโ€™ (mainly children or the poor) would go from door to door on All Hallows Eve to be given soul cakes (think shortbread with spices) to commemorate the dead๐Ÿฅฎ Soulers would carry hollowed out turnip lanterns to represent a soul trapped in purgatory (the place you hang out before going to

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐€๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ค ๐จ๐ซ ๐“๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ‘ต๐ŸŽƒ Read More ยป

The Death of Pets

I never forget when I was 8 years old my budgie (George) fell off his perch๐Ÿฆœโ˜ ๏ธ The death of Snowy, Spot or Fluffy is always a traumatic time in a childโ€™s life๐Ÿ˜ญ Do pets help teach children about death โ€“ or does it just increase fear and worry about what will happen to Grandma or

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๐๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ง๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ

Roots that look and smell like parsnips are washing up on beaches in Cumbria. Coastguards have warned people not to touch Oenanthe crocata (or Hemlock Water Dropwort to its friends).The poison attacks the nervous system causing death and seizures in humans and animals. It was fed to elderly pre-Roman Sardinians when they became a burden,

๐๐จ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ง๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐š ๐๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ Read More ยป

๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ž?

A man was attached to an electroencephalogram โ€“ a device that records brain activity โ€“ during a project to study epilepsy. Sadly, during the study โ€“ published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, the man had a sudden heart attack and diedโšฐ๏ธData was collected during his death โ€“ and showed that 30 seconds either side of

๐Œ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ก ๐›๐ž๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ž? Read More ยป

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ – ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ณ๐ž๐ซ

When Charlene McGregor sadly died at the age of 41 in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, she was taken to the morgue. The family were told it would take a bit longer than normal to release her body because of covid. When they contacted the hospital 6 weeks later, it was found Charlene was

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ – ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ณ๐ž๐ซ Read More ยป

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ – ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š

Assisted suicide โ€“ where someone is given the means to end their own life, is now legal in Austria ๐Ÿ’Š๐Ÿ’Š There are very strict criteria:โ€ข Adults must be terminally ill, or have a permanent debilitating condition.โ€ข Two doctors must assess the case ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โš•๏ธโ€ข Minors and people with mental health conditions are excludedโ€ข Patients must wait

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ – ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐š Read More ยป

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ

Socrates is considered the founder of Modern Philosophy. He was a marmite figure in Athens in 399BC and those against him had him charged with corrupting the youth of the city, along with worshiping the wrong gods. After a trial lasting a day he was found guilty, and asked to choose his own punishment. He

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ โ€“ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ Read More ยป

The Passing Post: Poisonous Parsnips Coming To A Beach Near You

Roots that look and smell like parsnips are washing up on beaches in Cumbria. Coastguards have warned people not to touch Oenanthe crocata (or Hemlock Water Dropwort to its friends).The poison attacks the nervous system causing death and seizures in humans and animals. It was fed to elderly pre-Roman Sardinians when they became a burden,

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