The remains of a missing model whose body was discovered in a secret mass grave with six other bodies in northern Mexico last month, has been identified. Yessenia Alvarado, 24, a mom-of-one who worked as a model in Mexico, was shopping in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, on August 18 when a several armed men wearing masks … Read more
Macabre 5,000-year-old mass grave containing the remains of five decapitated Siberians belonged to an ancient population of ‘head cultists’, expert claims Cultists severed their victims’ heads after death and then kept them for worship The burial at site in Novosibirsk region contained three adults and two teenagers Also found was a miniature clay figurine on the … Read more
His most famous creation was James Bond, but even 007’s global fame has proved unable to protect Ian Fleming’s grave from vandalism. The grave, at St James’ Church, Sevenhampton, in Wiltshire, is the final resting place not just of Fleming, who died from a heart attack in 1964 aged 56, but also of his wife, … Read more
Mother launches £75,000 legal battle after finding out her son’s grave has been empty for 45 years after he died at just one week old Lydia Reid’s son Gary Paton died at an Edinburgh hospital aged one week in 1975 She has been fighting to find out what happened to his body for 45 years … Read more
An extraordinary 2,500-year-old grave of an ancient warrior couple has been found in Siberia. The pair are believed to have died in their 30s and were buried with a baby and an ‘elderly’ servant woman, archaeologists say. The elderly woman was likely in her 60s when she died and was entombed in a crumpled position under the … Read more
His heart-warming memoirs of life as a vet in Yorkshire are winning another generation of fans thanks to the new TV adaptation of All Creatures Great And Small. But James Herriot would ‘turn in his grave’ if he could see British farming today, according to his son. Jim Wight said his father would be championing … Read more
Tucked away in an ivy-clad corner of the car park of the Cock Hotel in Worsley, near Salford, is a small, intricately-carved headstone. It is inscribed as follows: In memory of Polly, mother of 200 pigs. Died December 23, 1904, aged 15½ years. For more than a century since, men, women and children have enjoyed … Read more
A newlywed who died after a two-year cancer battle has posted a tragic Facebook message from beyond the grave – stunning her family and the husband she married on her deathbed. In the heartbreaking post, body building queen Gemma Sisson, 39, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, said she hoped her death would serve as a warning … Read more
A bride who lost a two year battle with cancer has shared a heartbreaking Facebook message from beyond the grave with her family and the husband she wed on her deathbed. Body building queen Gemma Sisson, 39, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, wrote how she hopes her death will serve as a warning to other sufferers … Read more
Kenneth Frazier, Merck’s CEO, warned that progress on prototype vaccines may be overhyped as it’s not yet clear how effective they are (file) COVID-19 vaccines under development are not guaranteed to work and people who say to expect a vaccine before year-end are doing a ‘grave disservice to the public,’ drugmaker Merck’s chief executive officer … Read more