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Three generations of one Sheffield United family have flown 10,000 miles from Australia to watch their team's Championship play-off final.

Tony Donnellan, along with his dad Tom and son Jack, touched down at Heathrow on Thursday, ahead of the Blades' match against Sunderland at Wembley on Saturday.

Tom emigrated from South Yorkshire to Perth in 1982 when Tony was aged just eight.

But the family always kept in touch with their roots and remained Sheffield United supporters down under.

While 76-year-old Tom managed to get to a game at Bramall Lane two years ago, Tony has not been back to the UK for 43 years. Jack, who is 23, is visiting his dad's native country for the first time.

Tony, 51, said: "I'm just buzzing. It's unbelievable to be here and we can't wait for the game.

"We always said if we made it to a final at Wembley we'd come back for it. My old man thought he'd missed the boat, but when we got to the final I said to him, "get packing".

"The first pub we got into in London was full of Sunderland fans so we had to bail out of that one pretty quickly! It was all red-and-white, but the wrong sort of red-and-white!"

Tony Donnellan

Tom, who was a welder by trade, took his family to Australia as industry in Sheffield hit hard times in the early 1980s.

Tony then followed his dad into welding and even ended up becoming his father's boss.

Although following their team's results was hard in the early years after they emigrated, the internet and technological advances made it easier more recently.

"When we first went to Australia we obviously couldn't watch any of the games, but now we can get SUTV (Sheffield United's in house TV channel) over there," Tony added.

"I've started to follow the (Sheffield United-supporting) Blades Ramble podcast in the last couple of years and you feel a bit more engaged with it now, because you're part of a community rather than just watching games by yourself at three o'clock in the morning.

"My old man lives in a part of Perth called Little England and he goes drinking with some of the Pommie couples who live around there, so we still feel connected to England."

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A one-year-old girl has suffered life-changing injuries to her face and two adults have been seriously hurt after a dog attack in Greater Manchester.

Air ambulance crews attended after the incident in Baslow Road, Denton, at about 17:50 BST on Thursday.

All three victims, including a 21-year-old woman and a 53-year-old man, had been taken to hospital where they were receiving treatment for injuries that were not believed to life-threatening, police said.

The dog had been seized by officers and "humanely destroyed", Greater Manchester Police said.

The force has launched an investigation.

Det Supt Gareth Jenkins said: "This was an awful attack that has left a one-year-old girl with serious and life-changing injuries.

"Her family are understandably incredibly distressed by what happened here last night."

They are appealing for information and footage from anyone in the area.

Train passengers heading to see two West Country rugby teams play in Cardiff are being urged to allow extra time for their journeys.

Bristol Bears will take on Bath Rugby at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.

Great Western Railway (GWR) said an extra 10,000 train seats had been provided as a result.

GWR Director of Operations Richard Rowland said the service is expected to be busy despite services being reservation only.

"We advise people to travel early and check before you travel. A queueing system will also be in place at Cardiff station after the game, ensuring people can board their train safely," he added.

Tributes will be paid to Wolves fans who have died over the past year during the club's match against Tottenham Hotspur.

More than 200 friends and family members will appear on the Molineux's screens at half-time and in Sunday's matchday programme.

Among those being remembered is Steve Plant, who died from a heart attack last year and raised thousands of pounds for charity.

The popular fan was known for collecting Wolves memorabilia, converting his garage into a museum and described by the club as "one of our own".

Football coach Chris Gill, who died aged 56 from a cardiac arrest, will also be remembered during the game.

Mr Gill's wife Sharon and son Harry raised more than £4,700 for defibrillators after they were told by medics he may have survived if life-saving equipment was available nearby.

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Wolves advised that those who wished to watch the montage video should remain in their seats during half-time.

"This memorial is a way for the club and fans to remember and celebrate the lives of members of the Wolves family who are no longer with us," a spokesperson for the club said.

The Vatican has released the order of service ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday in St Peter's Square.

The booklet, published on the Vatican's website, is 87 pages long and contains the service in English, Italian and Latin.

There are also sections in several other languages including French and Portuguese.

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Thousands of mourners have been queuing to say a final goodbye before the service takes place at 10:00 local time (09:00 BST).

Below is the full English version of the published text.

Vatican website

THE INTRODUCTORY RITES

Entrance Antiphon

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him.

Praise is due to you in Sion, O God. To you we pay our vows in Jerusalem.

You who hear our prayer. To you all flesh will come.

Our evil deeds are too heavy for us, but only you can pardon our transgressions.

Blessed the one whom you choose and call to dwell in your courts.

We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple.

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Peace be with you.

And with your spirit.

Penitential Act

Brethren, let us acknowledge our sins,

and so prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries.

I confess to almighty God and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have greatly sinned, in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done and in what I have failed to do, through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault; therefore I ask blessed Mary ever-Virgin, all the Angels and Saints, and you, my brothers and sisters, to pray for me to the Lord our God.

May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.

Collect

Let us pray.

O God, immortal shepherd of souls, look on your people's prayers and grant that your servant Pope Francis, who presided over your Church in charity, may, with the flock entrusted to his care, receive from your mercy the reward of a faithful steward.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.

THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

First Reading

'He is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.'

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

In those days:

Peter opened his mouth and said:

'Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,

but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right

is acceptable to him.

As for the word that he sent to Israel,

preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ –

he is Lord of all –

you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea,

beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed:

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth

with the Holy Spirit and with power.

He went about doing good

and healing all who were oppressed by the devil,

for God was with him.

And we are witnesses of all that he did

both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.

They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,

but God raised him on the third day and caused him to appear,

not to all the people

but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses,

who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

And he commanded us to preach to the people

and to testify that he is the one appointed by God

to be judge of the living and the dead.

To him all the prophets bear witness

that everyone who believes in him

receives forgiveness of sins through his name.'

The word of the lord.

Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm

The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Fresh and green are the pastures where he gives me repose.

Near restful waters he leads me; he revives my soul.

He guides me along the right path,

for the sake of his name.

Though I should walk in the valley of the

shadow of death, no evil would I fear, for you are with me.

Your crook and your staff will give me comfort.

You have prepared a table before me in the sight of my foes.

My head you have anointed with oil;

my cup is over flowing.

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow

me all the days of my life.

In the Lord's own house shall I dwell for

length of days unending.

Second Reading

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians

Brothers and sisters,

our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

The word of the Lord.

Thanks be to God.

Acclamation before the Gospel

This is the will of my Father, says the Lord, everyone who believes in the Son should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Gospel

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John.

Glory to you, O Lord.

When Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?' He said to him, 'Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.' He said to him, 'Feed my lambs.'

He said to him a second time, 'Simon son of John, do you love me?' He said to him, 'Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.' He said to him, 'Tend my sheep.'

He said to him the third time, 'Simon, son of John, do you love me?' Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, 'Do you love me?' and he said to him, 'Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.' Jesus said to him, 'Feed my sheep. Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you used to dress yourself and walk wherever you wanted but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and carry you where you do not want to go.' (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.)

And after saying this he said to him, 'Follow me.'

The Gospel of the Lord.

Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Homily

Universal Prayer or Prayer of the Faithful

Brothers and sisters,

let us pray to God our Father,

who today brings us together

to commemorate the Paschal Mystery of his only-begotten Son

as we celebrate the funeral of the Pastor of the universal Church.

May he welcome him into his peace

and bestow every blessing upon the Church and the whole world.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For the late Pope Francis,

that the Chief Shepherd,

who eternally lives to intercede for us,

may welcome him into his kingdom of light and peace.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For the holy Church of God,

that in fidelity to her mandate,

she may be, in Christ,

a leaven of renewal in our human family.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For all peoples and nations,

that by the tireless pursuit of justice,

they may be ever united in fraternal love

and persevere in seeking the path of peace.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For the souls of the deceased Roman Pontiffs

and of all those who in the Church

proclaimed the Gospel and exercised the

priestly ministry, that they may come to

share in the heavenly liturgy.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For all the faithful departed, that they

may be granted entrance into the

kingdom of heaven.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

For us gathered here, that having celebrated

the sacred mysteries, we may

one day be called by Christ to enter his

glorious kingdom.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, hear our prayer.

God, our salvation, hear us as we make

our prayer in union with the Blessed

Virgin Mary and all the Saints:

welcome into the assembly of your elect

the soul of your servant and our Pope

Francis, who put his trust in the prayer

of the Church.

Through Christ our Lord.

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

Offertory Chant

Give light to my eyes lest I fall asleep in death; lest my enemy say, 'I have prevailed over him'.

Pray, brethren,

that my sacrifice and

yours may be acceptable to God, the almighty Father.

May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands

for the praise and glory of his name,

for our good and the good of all

his holy Church.

Prayer over the Offerings

Look with favour, we pray, O Lord, on

the peaceful offering of your people,

with which we confidently commit to

your mercy the soul of your servant Pope

Francis, and grant, we pray, that, having

been, in the midst of the human family,

an instrument of your charity and peace,

he may merit to delight in the same, for

ever with all your Saints.

Through Christ our Lord.

EUCHARISTIC PRAYER III

Preface

The Lord be with you.

And with your spirit.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them up to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right and just.

It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation,

always and everywhere to give you thanks,

Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,

through Christ our lord.

In him the hope of blessed resurrection has dawned,

that those saddened by the

certainty of dying might be consoled

by the promise of immortality to come.

Indeed for your faithful, Lord, life is

changed not ended, and, when this earthly

dwelling turns to dust, an eternal dwelling

is made ready for them in heaven.

And so, with Angels and Archangels,

with Thrones and Dominions, and with

all the hosts and Powers of heaven, we

sing the hymn of your glory, as without

end we acclaim:

You are indeed Holy, O Lord, and all you

have created rightly gives you praise,

for through your Son our Lord Jesus

Christ, by the power and working of the

Holy Spirit, you give life to all things and

make them holy, and you never cease to

gather a people to yourself, so that from

the rising of the sun to its setting a pure

sacrifice may be offered to your name.

Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore

you: by the same Spirit graciously make

holy these gifts we have brought to you

for consecration, that they may become

the Body and Blood of your Son our

Lord Jesus Christ, at whose command

we celebrate these mysteries.

For on the night he was betrayed he him-

self took bread, and giving you thanks,

he said the blessing, broke the bread and

gave it to his disciples, saying:

Take this, all of you, and eat of it,

for this is my Body, which will be

given up for you.

In a similar way, when supper was ended,

he took the chalice, and giving you

thanks, he said the blessing, and gave the

chalice to his disciples, saying:

Take this, all of you, and drink

from it, for this is the chalice of

my Blood, the Blood of the new

and eternal covenant, which will

be poured out for you and for

many for the forgiveness of sins.

Do this in memory of me.

The mystery of faith.

We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and

profess your Resurrection until you

come again.

Therefore, O Lord, as we celebrate the

memorial of the saving Passion of your

Son, his wondrous Resurrection and

Ascension into heaven, and as we look

forward to his second coming, we offer

you in thanksgiving this holy and living

sacrifice.

Look, we pray, upon the oblation of your

Church and, recognizing the sacrificial

Victim by whose death you willed to

reconcile us to yourself, grant that we,

who are nourished by the Body and

Blood of your Son and filled with his

Holy Spirit, may become on body, one

spirit in Christ.

May he make of us an eternal offering

to you, so that we may obtain an inheritance

with your elect, especially with

the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother

of God, with blessed Joseph, her Spouse,

with your blessed Apostles and glorious Martyrs,

and with all the Saints,

on whose constant intercession in your

presence we rely for unfailing help.

May this Sacrifice of our reconciliation,

we pray, O Lord, advance the peace and

salvation of all the world. Be pleased to

confirm in faith and charity your pilgrim

Church on earth, with the Order

of Bishops, all the clergy, and the entire

people you have gained for your own.

Listen graciously to the prayers of this

family, whom you have summoned before you:

in your compassion, O merciful Father,

gather to yourself all your

children scattered throughout the world.

Remember your servant Pope Francis

whom you have called from this world to

yourself. Grant that he who was united

with your Son in a death like his, may

also be one with him in his Resurrection,

when from the earth he will raise up in

the flesh those who have died, and transform

our lowly body after the pattern of

his own glorious body. To our departed

brothers and sisters, too, and to all who

were pleasing to you at their passing

from this life, give kind admittance to

your kingdom. There we hope to enjoy

for ever the fullness of your glory, when

you will wipe away every tear from our

eyes. For seeing you, our God, as you are,

we shall be like you for all the ages and

praise you without end, through Christ

our Lord, through whom you bestow on

the world all that is good.

Through him, and with him, and in him,

O God, almighty Father, in the unity of

the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor is

yours, for ever and ever.

THE COMMUNION RITE

At the Saviour's command and formed

by divine teaching, we dare to say:

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed

be thy name; thy kingdom come, thy will

be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give

us this day our daily bread, and forgive

us our trespasses, as we forgive those

who trespass against us; and lead us not

into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every

evil, graciously grant our peace in our days,

that, by the help of your mercy, we may

be always free from sin and safe from all

distress, as we await the blessed hope and

the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.

For the kingdom, the power and the

glory are yours now and for ever.

Lord Jesus Christ, who said to your Apostles:

Peace I leave you, my peace I give you,

look not on our sins, but on the faith

of your Church, and graciously grant her

peace and unity in accordance with your

will.

Who live and reign for ever and ever.

The peace of the Lord be with you always.

And with your spirit.

Let us offer each other the sign of peace.

Behold the Lamb of God, behold him who takes away the sins of the world.

Blessed are those called to the supper of the Lamb.

Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof,

but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.

Communion Antiphon

Let perpetual light shine upon him, with

your Saints for ever, for you are merciful.

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord;

Lord, hear my voice!

O let your ears be attentive to the sound

of my pleadings.

If you O Lord, should mark iniquities,

Lord, who could stand?

But with you is found forgiveness, that

you may be revered.

I long for you, O Lord, my soul longs for

his word.

My soul awaits the Lord more than

watchmen for daybreak

More than watchmen for daybreak,

let Israel hope for the Lord.

For with the Lord there is mercy, in him

is plentiful redemption

It is he who will redeem Israel from all

its iniquities.

Like the deer that yearns for running streams,

so my soul is yearning for you, my God.

My soul is thirsting for God, the living God;

when can I enter and appear before the face of God?

My tears have become my bread, by night, by day,

as I hear it said all the day long: 'Where is your God?'

Prayer after Communion

Let us pray.

As we come to the table of your eternal banquet,

we humbly beg your mercy, Lord, for the soul of your departed servant

Pope Francis, that he may rejoice at

last in possession of the truth in which

he faithfully confirmed your people.

Through Christ our Lord.

FINAL COMMENDATION AND FAREWELL

Introduction

Dear brothers and sisters,

let us commend to God's tender mercy the soul of Pope Francis,

Bishop of the Catholic Church,

who confirmed his brothers and

sisters in the faith of the resurrection.

Let us pray to God our Father through

Jesus Christ and in the Holy Spirit; may

he deliver him from death, welcome

him to eternal peace and raise up him

on the last day.

Through the intercession of the Blessed

Virgin Mary, Queen of Apostles and

Protectress of the Roman people, may

God reveal to our Pope the face of his

beloved Son and console the Church

with the light of the resurrection.

Prayer of the Church in Rome

Holy Mary, pray for him.

Holy Mother of God, pray for him.

Mother of the Church, pray for him.

Protectress of the Roman People, pray for him.

Saint Michael, Saint Gabriel and Saint Raphael, pray for him.

All holy Angels, pray for him.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for him.

Saint Joseph, pray for him.

All holy Patriarchs and Prophets, pray for him.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul, pray for him.

Saint Andrew, pray for him.

Saint John and Saint James, pray for him.

Saint Thomas, pray for him.

Saint Matthew, pray for him.

Saint Matthias, pray for him.

Saint Luke, pray for him.

Saint Mark, pray for him.

All holy apostles and evangelists, pray for him.

Saint Barnabas, pray for him.

Saint Mary Magdalene, pray for him.

All holy disciples of the Lord, pray for him.

Saint Clement (I), pray for him.

Saint Callistus (I), pray for him.

Saint Pontian, pray for him.

Saint Fabian, pray for him.

Saint Cornelius, pray for him.

Saint Sixtus (II), pray for him.

Saint Sylvester (I), pray for him.

Saint Damasus (I), pray for him.

Saint John (I), pray for him.

Saint Martin (I), pray for him.

Saint Leo the Great, pray for him.

Saint Gregory the Great, pray for him.

Saint Gregory (VII, pray for him.

Saint Pius (V), pray for him.

Saint Pius (X), pray for him.

Saint John (XXIII), pray for him.

Saint Paul (VI), pray for him.

Saint John Paul (II), pray for him.

All holy Roman Pontiffs, pray for him.

Saint Stephen, pray for him.

Holy First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church, pray for him.

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, pray for him.

Saint Justin and Saint Apollonius, pray for him.

Saint Hippolytus, pray for him.

Saint Tarcisius, pray for him.

Saint Lawrence, pray for him.

Saint Sebastian, pray for him.

Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicity, pray for him.

Saint Sabina, pray for him.

Saint Agnes, pray for him.

Saint Cecilia, pray for him.

Saint Eugenia, pray for him.

Saint Maria (Goretti, pray for him.

All martyrs of Christ, pray for him.

Saint Ambrose, pray for him.

Saint Jerome, pray for him.

Saint Augustine, pray for him.

Saint Athanasius, pray for him.

Saint Basil and Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, pray for him.

Saint John Chrysostom, pray for him.

Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius, pray for him.

Saint Bernard, pray for him.

Saint Charles (Borromeo), pray for him.

Saint Catherine of Siena, pray for him.

Saint Teresa of Jesus, pray for him.

Saint Benedict, pray for him.

Saint Francis and Saint Dominic, pray for him.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola, pray for him.

Saint Francis (Xavier), pray for him.

Saint Philip (Neri), pray for him.

Saint Gaspar (del Bufalo), pray for him.

Saint Vincent (Pallotti), pray for him.

Saint John Mary (Vianney), pray for him.

Saint Frances of Rome, pray for him.

Saint Paula, pray for him.

Saint Marcella, pray for him.

All holy men and women, saints of God, pray for him.

Christ, hear us. Christ, hear us.

Christ, graciously hear us. Christ, graciously hear us.

O God, faithful rewarder of souls, grant

that your departed servant and our

Bishop, Pope Francis, whom you made

successor of Peter and shepherd of your

Church, may happily enjoy for ever in

your presence in heaven the mysteries

of your grace and compassion, which he

faithfully ministered on earth.

Through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Prayer of the Eastern Churches

(from the Funeral Office of the Byzantine Liturgy)

God of our salvation, grant rest to the soul of your servant. Lover of mankind, lead him, with the souls of the just, to the blessings of eternal life in your presence.

Guide the soul of your servant to the place of your rest, Lord, where your Saints repose, you who alone are immortal.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. You are our Saviour, our God, who descended into hell and freed those imprisoned there from its pains; now grant repose to the soul of your servant.

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. Amen.

May the Blessed Virgin Mary, most pure and immaculate, who without loss to her virginity became the Mother of God, pray for the salvation of the soul of your

servant.

Have mercy on us, O God, in your great kindness; we beseech you, hear us and be

merciful.

Lord, have mercy.

Again, let us pray for the repose of the soul of this departed servant of God

Francis, Bishop, that he may be forgiven his every sin and failing.

Lord, have mercy.

May the Lord God lead his soul to the resting place of the righteous. Let us ask

Christ, our immortal King and God, to bestow on him the divine mercy, the

kingdom of heaven, and the forgiveness of his sins.

Hear us, Lord.

Let us pray to the Lord.

Lord, have mercy.

God of souls and of all flesh, who tram pled death underfoot, vanquished the devil and gave life to the world, grant repose to the soul of your departed Servant Francis, Bishop, in a place of light and joy, a verdant place, a place of blessedness, where suffering, pain and sorrow are no more.

Forgive every sin he committed in thought, word or deed, for you are a gracious God and a friend to mankind. No one who lives is without sin; you alone are sinless, your righteousness is eternal and your word is truth.

For you, O Christ our God, are the resurrection, the life and the repose of your Servant Francis, Bishop, who has fallen asleep. We give you glory, with your eternal Father and your Holy Spirit, who is gracious and the giver of life, now and forever.

Amen.

May your remembrance be eternal, dear brother, worthy of blessedness, never to be forgotten.

Amen.

Responsory

I know that my Redeemer lives:

on the last day I shall rise again.

And in my flesh I shall see God my saviour.

I shall see him myself, face to face and

my own eyes shall behold him.

And in my flesh I shall see God my saviour.

Within my heart this hope I cherish:

That in my flesh I shall see God my saviour.

Gracious Father, we commend to your

mercy our Pope Francis whom you

made Successor of Peter and Shepherd

of the Church, a fearless preacher of

your Word and a faithful minister of the

divine mysteries.

Welcome him, we pray, into your heavenly dwelling place,

to enjoy eternal glory with all your chosen ones.

We give you thanks, Lord,

for all the blessings that in

your goodness you bestowed upon him

for the good of your people.

Grant us the comfort of faith and the

strength of hope.

To you Father, source of life, through

Christ, the conqueror of death, in the

life-giving Spirit, be all honour and glory

for ever and ever.

Antiphons

May the angels lead you into paradise;

may the martyrs come and welcome you

and take you to the holy city, the new and

eternal Jerusalem.

May choirs of angels welcome you and

with Lazarus, who is poor no longer,

may you have eternal rest.

Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Lk 1: 46-55

My soul magnifies the Lord,

and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,

for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.

For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;

for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.

And his mercy is for those who fear him from

generation to generation.

He has shown strength with his arm;

he has scattered the proud in the thoughts

of their hearts;

he has brought down the mighty from

their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;

he has filled the hungry with good things,

and the rich he has sent away empty.

He has helped his servant Israel,

in remembrance of his mercy,

as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham

and to his offspring for ever.

Glory be to the Father and to the Son and

to the Holy Spirit,

as it was in the beginning, is now, and

ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

A rare postcard written and sent by the nurse Edith Cavell to her mother is to be sold at auction.

The postcard is addressed to Mrs Cavell at 24 College Road, Norwich, and reads in pencil: "Mundesley much changed & much grown."

Cavell is celebrated for her compassion during World War One, treating soldiers from both sides without discrimination and helping some 200 Allied soldiers escape German-occupied Belgium. She was executed in 1915.

The postcard is due to go under the hammer on 18 June and is expected to exceed an opening bid set at 1,000 euros.

The auctioneers, International Autograph Auctions Europe S.L in Malaga, Spain, say the postcard most likely dates from around the time of the outbreak of World War One.

The note has "some extremely minor, light age wear" and the image is of the chapel on Mundesley High Street, Norfolk.

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Cavell was born in Swardeston, near Norwich, where her father was the local reverend.

She returned to Norfolk when her father became unwell and helped nurse him back to health, which is what inspired her to become a nurse.

In 1907, she travelled to Brussels to help run a new nursing school. She helped hundreds of soldiers escape as part of the Belgian underground resistance.

Cavell was executed by a German firing squad for treason on 12 October 1915 at the age of 49, and her body was later returned to her home county.

She is buried within the grounds of Norwich Cathedral at Life's Green, next to the cathedral's St Saviour's Chapel, built as a memorial to Norfolk's fallen in World War One.

Featuring in the autograph letters, manuscripts and historical documents auction, the postcard has been listed alongside autographs by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Laurence Olivier.

The most expensive item in the auction is a Pierre-Esprit Radisson manuscript, dating back to the 17th Century, which is estimated to sell for up to 90,000 euros.

A new cinema is set to open in May, replacing a former Cineworld.

An Odeon Luxe will operate from Sixfields Leisure in Weedon Road, Northampton.

According to its website, an Odeon Luxe has "fully-reclining seats that have three times the standard legroom and more personal space".

There are also built-in tables, 4K screens and the latest audio technology to "experience films the way they were meant to be seen".

The Cineworld closure on 19 January was part of a wider shake-up within the Cineworld group, which saw six locations shut as landlords opted to reclaim the properties during the company's restructuring process.

An Odeon spokesperson previously stated: "We are excited to open our newly refurbished cinema in Northampton later in the year and welcome guests through our doors."

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A petition to keep the Cineworld open attracted more than 800 signatures, with locals describing the closure as "another important staple of our town being taken away".

At the time, a Cineworld spokesperson said: "We're humbled by the loyalty of our Northampton customers and understand the affection they have for Cineworld Sixfields."

A separate petition to save the Odeon in Kettering gathered over 2,000 signatures, but the site was approved for demolition by North Northamptonshire Council.

Among the first films expected to screen at the new Odeon Luxe are the latest instalment of the Mission: Impossible franchise and a live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch.

Lydia says her upbringing was "really tough at times".

"I love my family and they did the best they could but I fell into really dark relationships during my teenage years, so my life got really off track," she explains.

Lydia worked as a full-time carer and says she gave everything to the job and "the other bit of me I gave into my relationships, so I wasn't anyone really".

Feeling a loss of identity after having Casper, Lydia says she became unwell.

"When you have a baby, it really sucks, but you do lose some of your personality – your identity becomes the child because you put everything into them."

'Fru is Casper's godmum'

During her three-month stay at the mental health unit, Lydia was diagnosed with complex post traumatic stress disorder and was recommended to stay with Fru and her family.

She says: "The concept of giving pretty much full rein to another family and not knowing what you're walking into, it's hard.

"Now we come every Sunday for lunch, which is really lovely and we get to spend time with the whole family, because they are my family now – we've been basically adopted without the official things and Fru is also Casper's godmum."

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Dorset Council hopes to have at least five parent and child foster carers in the region.

Fru says that to offer this support you "just have to have a spare room and a heart".

"The most important thing it you're authentic, you're quite open about the way you live," she adds.

"I think it's really important you don't over-promise to someone who has difficulties trusting, otherwise you let them down and then you're just in the same category as everyone else who ever let them down."

Members of reggae group UB40 – Birmingham's working class band that went on to become global superstars – have spoken out in support of the city's striking bin workers.

Robin Campbell and Jimmy Brown told Ed James on BBC WM workers should be paid what they deserved.

The musicians, from the band that became aligned with left-wing ideals and was named after the government's unemployment benefit form, said they were proud of their home city, even after negative headlines over its stacked-up bin bags in recent weeks.

Birmingham City Council is in a pay dispute with the union, Unite, and said it had made a fair offer – but UB40 star Campbell said the authority had not.

"Being a binman is a dirty job but someone has to do it," he said, "and I think they should get paid whatever they're worth."

He said: "Isn't that what everybody says when they're negotiating a wage – we've made a fair offer? They haven't, have they?"

Campbell said: "People need to get behind their unions. It's how they got a fair living in the first place, and it's how they're going to get a fair living in the future.

"Support your union, stand up for your rights, otherwise you get trampled on."

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Brown, meanwhile, claimed the working class wage had "flatlined" since the 1970s. He said: "People with unions get paid better wages, shock, horror. That's how it's supposed to work."

Back in the 1970s, when the band was formed, the group became synonymous with social justice campaigns.

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The UB40 website describes how their political convictions were cemented in place while attending marches protesting against the National Front and rallies organised by Rock Against Racism.

Campbell said they had come from a section of society that had its living standards raised to "reasonable" by the strength of unions, as Brown recalled how his father had worked at BSA (Birmingham Small Arms Company), which made firearms, bicycles and motorcycles, at its Small Heath factory.

He said: "He managed to raise three kids, buy his own house, run a car, have a holiday every year. We were not deprived and that was on one factory wage."

Campbell added: "There was a time when normal working people could do that. Isn't that amazing that that was actually possible a few decades ago? Now it isn't."

After discussions about the effect of the bin strike on Birmingham's reputation, both band members agreed they could "never" be embarrassed by the city.

Brown described how they grew up in an inner city 1960s "multicultural melting pot", adding: "On your doorstep, you could see the four corners of the world go by, and that was a better education than you could possibly have from any school."

He described it as having been a privilege to have grown up in Birmingham and said that's what the city gave people, a multicultural environment that expanded everybody's minds.

"Anybody from Birmingham should count themselves privileged," he said.

Campbell described it as "absolutely what produced UB40".

He said: "We couldn't exist as we are now, without having come from Birmingham.

"It produced us culturally, musically. In every way we're a product of Birmingham. Why wouldn't we be proud of that?"

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A West Yorkshire art gallery is attempting to raise sufficient funds to purchase a Dame Barbara Hepworth sculpture "for the nation".

The Hepworth Wakefield wants to buy Sculpture With Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue And Red, created in the 1940s, in order for it to go on permanent public display.

The oval-shaped piece, which sold for more than £3.5m in 2024, was later given a temporary export bar preventing it from leaving the country – providing a UK gallery the chance to acquire it.

The Art Fund charity has offered £750,000 towards the cost, however a further £2.9m is required before a 27 August deadline.

If the target was not met, the sculpture by the Wakefield-born artist would go to a private buyer and be taken overseas.

The appeal is backed by artists and creatives including Sir Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor, Jonathan Anderson, Richard Deacon, Katy Hessel, Veronica Ryan, Joanna Scanlan and Dame Rachel Whiteread.

The piece is one of only a handful of wooden carvings made by the artist during the 1940s, when she lived in St Ives, Cornwall, with her young family.

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If bought, the Hepworth said it would be a "star piece" in its collection.

The gallery also planned to lend it to other museums and galleries across the UK, "opening up access for people everywhere".

Simon Wallis, gallery director, said: "We established The Hepworth Wakefield 14 years ago to celebrate, explore and build on Barbara Hepworth's legacy.

"This sculpture is the missing piece, a masterpiece which deserves to be on display in the town where Hepworth was born."

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Sir Antony said: "Barbara Hepworth's work remains a luminary example of both an engagement with modernism and a return to direct carving.

"The opportunity for the museum named after her to acquire this important work is precious and should be supported."

The gallery is home to Wakefield's art collection, including significant works by Dame Barbara but excluding her finished works from the 1940s.

Jenny Waldman, Art Fund director, said: "This rare and significant sculpture should be on public display in the UK now and for generations to come.

"Every museum should have the power to secure landmark works of art but in today's challenging funding climate they simply cannot compete with the prices demanded on the open market."

She added: "We applaud The Hepworth Wakefield for the huge ambition of their bid to bring this Hepworth home."

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