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Fakenham Christmas Tree Festival
Church Christmas festival is year’s highlight
The highlight of the church year in Fakenham, its renowned Christmas Tree Festival, starts today (December 1) from 10am to 8pm until December 8.
Fakenham Xmas tree FestivalThe Festival, which attracted over 18,000 people last year, lights up the church with 90 Christmas trees, each decorated for one of the 78 charities taking part.
Entrance is free, but organizers suggest you take a bag of coins so that you can donate money at your favourite charity trees. Charities include Wells Community Hospital Trust, Cancer Research UK, St John Ambulance, Royal British Legion, The Salvation Army and the EDP We Care Appeal.
Doctors will have to draw up individual ‘death plans’
Doctors and carers told the dying ‘must be given religious support’ in new NHS guidelines
By Jenny Hope
Last updated at 10:52 AM on 30th November 2011
Doctors and care workers have been told to ensure dying patients are given religious support and care at any time of day or night.
More staff needed on older persons wards at weekends
Hospital patients ‘more likely to die at weekends’
By Nick Triggle Health correspondent, BBC News
Being admitted to hospital in England at the weekend is risky, experts say.