Vandals smash two graves marking Bristol burial site of African slave and scrawl ‘put Colston’s statue back’ on paving nearby – 10 days after toppling of city’s controversial memorial to 17th century trader The headstones mark the burial place of African slave Scipio Africanus Chalk message in the churchyard suggested the vandalism was in revenge … Read more
Hundreds of mass graves have been dug in Brazil as the country recorded 21,116 deaths from coronavirus yesterday. Brazil has had more than 330,000 coronavirus infections, making it the third worst affected country in the world and the worst affected in South America. It briefly overtook Russia as the world’s number two hotspot for Covid-19 … Read more
Wendy Williams puts daytime chat show on hold as she deals with health issues related to Graves’ disease By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 23:27 BST, 18 May 2020 | Updated: 23:27 BST, 18 May 2020 She’s been filming episodes of her daytime chat show from her New York home during the coronavirus pandemic. But … Read more
Harrowing new photographs from New York City show body bags being placed into refrigerated trucks that will serve as mobile morgues and workers dressed in hazmat suits burying caskets in mass graves on Thursday as the city’s death toll hits 4,778. The Big Apple’s coronavirus outbreak continues to stagger with 87,725 cases – a rise … Read more
Workers wearing hazmat suits and other protective gear have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New York’s Hart Island amid speculation coronavirus victims are now being buried there – as the number of burials quadruples and the city’s death roll rises to more than 4,200. A dozen contracted laborers were seen digging … Read more
Prisoners wearing hazmat suits and other protective gear have been spotted burying caskets in a mass grave on New York’s Hart Island amid speculation coronavirus victims are now being buried there. About a dozen prisoners were seen digging and burying the caskets on Thursday as at least one refrigerated truck was brought onto the island. … Read more
Satellite images from Iran shows how mass graves have been hurriedly dug to accommodate the spiralling number of coronavirus victims, experts believe. Aerial photos appear to show a cemetery in the holy city of Qom being expanded after the outbreak began there in mid-February. Experts who spoke to the Washington Post say there are signs that … Read more
Church of England to launch a ‘Google Maps for graves’ within five years enabling family historians to search for burial records and locations in an online database Church of England project will upload images of millions of burials Database will feature maps and photographs alongside burial records Project will go live in the next five years … Read more