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Loved ones pay beautiful tributes to 40 Plymouth people who have died
Touching tributes have been paid to 40 people who have passed away recently
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Loved ones have paid beautiful tributes to 40 people from Plymouth who have passed away recently.
In total, between January 22 and January 28, 62 death notices were placed, with some people having multiple postings so different family members can pay their respects.
There were also ten other messages to remember loved ones who are no longer with us.
The notices, placed into the funeral notices section of PlymouthLive s sister title, The Herald, provide comfort to the loved ones of those either lost or being celebrated.
Charlene White on Loose Women, prejudice and the poppy row: ‘It still upsets me’ Ellen E Jones
When Charlene White was small, she dreamed of becoming a courageous, wrong-righting lawyer. That was until she did a week’s work experience at Croydon crown court. “I realised it’s not like it is on the telly. I kept nodding off.” Plan B soon presented itself: “We devoured Trevor McDonald on the news every evening at home, so I thought: actually, maybe journalism is the way I impact the world.”
White is speaking via a video call from a quiet corner of an ITV building. She has just finished recording an episode of Loose Women (referred to only as “Loose” by everyone at ITV), the daytime chatshow for which she was announced as the new main panellist a few weeks ago. Tonight, she will read the news on ITV News London’s evening bulletin. Since joining the channel from the BBC in 2008, she has become a familiar face on ITV’s national news, too, regular
âThey pitch Loose Women really, really wellâ . Charlene White last year. Photograph: Michael Ajibade/ITN
The broadcaster has just become co-host of the popular chatshow. She discusses impartiality, her pride in ITV â and being the first black woman to read News at 10
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When Charlene White was small, she dreamed of becoming a courageous, wrong-righting lawyer. That was until she did a weekâs work experience at Croydon crown court. âI realised itâs not like it is on the telly. I kept nodding off.â Plan B soon presented itself: âWe devoured Trevor McDonald on the news every evening at home, so I thought: actually, maybe journalism is the way I impact the world.â