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The annual Dun Laoghaire RNLI Christmas Eve ceremony was held this afternoon to honour the memory of 15 lifeboat volunteers who died on service 126 ye...
Don’t let Christmas tree needles go to waste Precious pines: a woman in Brighton carries her tree to a recycling centre Credit: simon dack/alamy SIR – Felicity Cloake says we should eat our Christmas trees rather than throwing them away. I would add that pine-needle culinary delights are best enjoyed while soaking extremities in a needle-infused footbath. Peter Saunders SIR – On the question of when to take festive decorations down (Letters, December 30), many years ago, when my three sons were fairly young, we visited my house-proud mother-in-law on Boxing Day. Shortly after we had ...