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Merry Christmas Fund takes another big step

On April 16, 1912, the Los Angeles Times chronicled the sinking of the Titanic. This coverage is republished here in full, with changes only to capitalization and punctuation for ease of readability.

For the last week, paramedic Melissa Peddie has fielded them back-to-back for cases of COVID-19. Peddie  runs the only ambulance in Liberty County, a sprawling, sparsely populated community in Florida’s rural Big Bend,   where as of last week just 23.9% of residents were fully vaccinated. The county has seen a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases during July, mirroring  other communities across the nation where many people  have not gotten the shot.  Peddie, 51, is among the small minority. For her, vaccination was a “no-brainer.” “I knew I would get the vaccine,” she said...

A 100-year-old Northwich Grandma was given a lovely festive surprise when she received Christmas cards sent to her by two local schoolchildren. Enid Roberts, who turns 101 in February, has had plenty to cope with this year, including a broken hip following a fall in June, so the gesture by Kingsmead Primary School pupils Orla and Magnus has really helped lift her spirits. Granddaughter Pippa Watson-Peck said: "I just found them in the letterbox when I went around yesterday (Monday, December 21) and I just thought how sweet they were. "I've seen it being done at other schools around th...