The wheelchair-bound fiancee of a Black Lives Matter protester who was shot dead in Texas on Saturday night has led a tearful vigil at the spot where he was killed. Whitney Mitchell, 28, choked back tears as she led hundreds of marchers through downtown Austin on Sunday to the street were Garrett Foster, also 28, … Read more
Vigil is held for five women murdered in Doncaster in the space of two months during lockdown A vigil was held to commemorate the five women who died in Doncaster, S Yorks. More than 300 people attended and a family gave an emotional speech Police have launched murder probe into deaths of Amanda Sedgwick, Michelle … Read more
Naya Rivera’s fans planning to hold vigil for actress at Lake Piru … where authorities said she drowned at 33 By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 04:35 BST, 17 July 2020 | Updated: 04:35 BST, 17 July 2020 Fans of the late actress Naya Rivera are planning to remember her next month with a … Read more
Over seven weeks in 1989, student-led pro-democracy protests centred on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square became China’s greatest political upheaval since the end of the Cultural Revolution more than a decade earlier. Corruption among the elite was a key complaint, but the protesters were also calling for a more open and fair society, one that would require … Read more
Dozens of NHS workers take part in a candlelit vigil to pay tribute to coronavirus victims The vigil was also to mark the upcoming 72nd anniversary of the NHS on Sunday About 50 NHS staff carried a lantern to represent every 1,000 people who died They began at St Thomas’ Hospital and then proceeded to … Read more
The Pope has celebrated the Holy Saturday Vigil for Easter behind closed doors at St Peter’s Basilica as Italy’s coronavirus death toll rises by to 619 to 19,468. Francis led the Easter vigil Mass in the huge Vatican church without the rank-and-file as part of Covid-19 containment measures. It comes after the Pontiff hailed an … Read more
Police were called to a memorial service after crowds of mourners gathered to pay their respects to a crash victim, despite the coronavirus lockdown. Officers had to break up the group in Manchester yesterday, after they gathered to remember a local father who died on Wednesday. Clive Pinnock, originally from Longsight, suffered serious injuries after his … Read more