Seconded to the parish of Tililngdon, the Reverend Dolores has been presented with a challenge.

She’s living in an antiquated house and she’s cold. Furthermore, her new Bishop, Bishop Alice does not approve of ‘showgirls in dog collars.’

Determined to prove the Bishop wrong, she sets about warming her house – who cares if it smells of horse! There is the crochet club, jumble sale, and soup run to organise. And this year, the church bells will ring, no matter what threats are made. Even more so, the newly formed choir will spread a little joy this Christmas, even though they can’t sing – yet! And with a little help from Phil, her bassist, this year could be full of magic.

However, she has a fight on her hands as the townies out in Knob Hill – she must stop calling it that, are trying to stop her from ringing her bells. When Krystal with a K decides to do some volunteer work, Dolores sets out to see just how committed she really is.

Up to her ears in granny squares and squawking choristers, Dolores is revving up for Christmas, yet a deeper darker secret is beginning to emerge!

A secret that could blow the whole parish apart and put Dolores in danger.

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21,000 Vaccines Administered So Far

By Samantha Gannon on 25th February 2021 9:41 am

According to Ana Maria Gouveia, the nurse responsible for the vaccination co-ordination programme in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, a total of 21,000 people have or will be vaccinated under the current conditions. Unfortunately, due to a restriction on the number of vaccines issued to the region the health service cannot move as quickly as it would like.

At the moment, only those registered as a priority groups can be vaccinated against Covid-19.

According to this morning’s edition of JM (25/02), another batch of vaccines are due to arrive on Saturday.

Samantha Gannon

info at madeira-weekly.com

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