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| UPDATED: 10:48, Thu, Feb 4, 2021 Link copied Iceland: Expert discusses the 1944 SS Godafoss shipwreck Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. The ship found was named The Rooswijk, owned by the Dutch East India Company. The vessel was bo...

High Carntyne Parish Church was given a cash boost A CARNTYNE church has plenty to rejoice and be glad in after receiving a bumper cash boost.  High Carntyne has been given £10,000 from the National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grant to fund repairs to rainwater goods.  The work will make the Grade B listed Carntynehall Road building “watertight” and “preserve its historic fabric”.  The kirk, built in 1932, has also been given  a £7,500 Wolfson Fabric Repair Grant from the Wolfson Foundation on the recommendation of the National Churches Trust. It was one of nearly 60 ac...

A BELOVED church in a South Oxfordshire village will get share in a near half a million funding payout from the National Churches Trust.

St Edmund's, Hargrave Church has been saved from potential collapse - Credit: St Edmund's, Hargrave Church A beloved ancient church which faced a "race against time" for survival has been saved - after villagers rallied round to stop the "tragedy" of its collapse.  Cracks first began to appear between the east chancel wall and the remainder of the building at St Edmund's, Hargrave Church, near Bury St Edmunds, in 2014 - not long after parishioners had fixed a leaking roof. A three-inch crack in the wall of the St Edmund's, Hargrave Church put its future in doubt - Credit: St Edmund's, Har...

The Maid of the Loch THE charity which runs the Maid of the Loch is celebrating after being thrown a financial lifeline by the Wolfson Foundation. The organisation has made a £35,000 donation to the paddle steamer’s owners, the Loch Lomond Steamship Company, to help it through the Covid-19 restrictions. The Maid is currently closed for the winter, but the charity’s chairman, John Beveridge, says the foundation’s support will help it bridge the gap left by a significant fall in revenue due to the pandemic. Mr Beveridge said: “This is wonderful news, and we are most grateful to...