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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Quinta Grande Reaches 35.3ºC

By Samantha Gannon on 16th August 2021 4:49 pm

With red weather warnings for heat and fire, its small wonder that the regions temperatures soared above 35 degrees by the beginning of this afternoon. The highest temperatures recorded at 1 pm this afternoon were Quinta Grande (35.3 ºC), Prazeres (35.1 ºC) and Monte, 35.0 °C.

According to Vitor Prior, director of IPMA’s Funchal Meteorological Observatory, “today’s temperatures are the highest recorded this year.”

Please note, that several warnings are still in force due to the heat plume that is affecting Madeira and Porto Santo.

Samantha Gannon

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