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Somerset clergy couple raise more than £175,000 for COVAX vaccine relief scheme “We dont deserve the vaccine more than other people around the world and everybody needs it" Updated Rowan and Scott Paterson started their ‘Twin My Vaccine’ scheme to donate to UNICEF GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsl...

TODAY is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent, traditionally a time of self-examination, penitence, self-denial, study, and preparation for Easter. But given that this Lent begins in a time of lockdown and in a year when so much has been marked by being denied the opportunity to do so many of the normal things we take for granted, what does Lent observance look like in 2021 – in such a time as this? One of the other aspects of Lent usually honoured over these six weeks before Easter is that...