[Link] English town mourning Derek the Goose to erect statue in her honour

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

A West Country harbour town famous for its links to an albatross is to erect a bronze statue in tribute to another bird – Derek the Goose.Residents of Watchet in Somerset are coming to terms with the loss of Derek, actually a female, who had lived in their harbour for more than a decade.

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[Link] A homeless man who died after being severely burned is being remembered as a gentle soul

Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Aged in his 50s, Daniel Tommerup was cooking a steak outside Milton Hall on Frederick Street in Launceston's CBD when his clothes caught alight. He suffered burns to his lower body and was flown for treatment to the Royal Hobart Hospital, where he later died.

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[Link] Tributes Paid After Stabbing of ‘Kind and Good’ UK MP David Amess

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Politicians and public figures have paid tribute to a “hugely kind and good” MP, Sir David Amess, who has died after being stabbed in a church while meeting local constituents. “I am so deeply, deeply saddened by the tragic news that Sir David has passed away,” Khan wrote on Twitter.

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