More Flights Cancelled

In Search of Hope – by Sam Gannon

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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Three dozen flights were cancelled throughout this Wednesday at Madeira Airport, affecting both arrivals and departures, and causing significant constraints to passengers and airlines, due to the strong winds.

By 18:00, 15 connections have been cancelled in arrivals and as many in departures. The affected flights include services to and from Lisbon, Porto, Amsterdam, London (Gatwick and Luton), Zurich, Madrid, Munich, Paris-Orly, and Nantes, operated by companies such as TAP Air Portugal, easyJet, Ryanair, British Airways, Iberia, Edelweiss, Eurowings, and Transavia.

In addition to the cancellations, the wind’s intensity has caused several delays and diverted several planes to other airports, such as Porto Santo.

Still, throughout the day, ‘weather openings’ allowed some aircraft to land and move safely on the Santa Cruz runway.

According to IPMA meteorological data, the strongest wind gust recorded was 91km/h.

For other information, there is a good website called Madeira Flight Risk.

Samantha Gannon

info at madeira-weekly.com