Heather Mosher’s vows to Dave Mosher at Saint Francis Hospital in Connecticut were one of her last words on 22nd December, 2017.

The couple had originally planned their wedding 30th December 2017, but the bride-to-be’s triple-negative breast cancer was proving to be aggressive.

 

The ceremony in the hospital’s chapel was documented on Instagram by Heather’s best friend and bridesmaid, Christina Karas.

She said she knew those were Heather’s “final moments” and highlighted how God had helped Heather during the stage four cancer journey.

 

“The amount of strength her mom showed could only be possible because of her unwavering faith in God, despite the certainty she would lose her only daughter on this earth,” she said.

“Her outpouring of selfless love reminded me of Heather’s reaction to tragedy in other’s lives. Heather has shown me this same care when I was in a very dark and hopeless place.

“She learned this language of love from her family and was able to comfort others in this same way.”

Heather was told she had a lump in her breast on 26th December 2016, the same day she got engaged.

The Moshers’ original wedding date turned out to be the day of Heather’s funeral at Plantsville Congregational Church. The church was also where they had planned on having the wedding ceremony.

Blackpool Council reiterated its stance on the organisation of public events, in response to calls that the evangelist’s Festival of Hope be shelved over claims he has encouraged prejudice.

Councillor Maria Kirkland, said: “If matters are brought to our attention, that could constitute incitement to hatred, we will forward these to the relevant public authorities and should this be proved we will not hesitate to terminate this booking.”

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, of which Franklin Graham is the chief executive officer, is joining Lancashire churches in holding the event at the Blackpool Winter Gardens between Friday 21st and Sunday 23rd September.

But thousands of people have signed a petition calling on the UK Government to bar the evangelist entry to the UK, saying he has homophobic and Islamophobic views and is “likely to promote prejudice and hatred”.

Blackpool Council said concerns raised about the Festival of Hope have been “explored very carefully” and the authority’s opposition to discrimination is “robust and clear”.

The authority also said it was forwarding concerns about Franklin Graham to the Home Office, which would be in the position to decide whether his conduct contravenes UK law.

Explaining the council’s current plan to honour the venue booking, Maria Kirkland added: “We will have a contractual obligation to The Billy Graham Evangelistic organisation, over their booking at the…

The vessel, known as the VerhalenArk – or Ark of Noah – struck yachts and other boats when it came free from its mooring at Urk in the Netherlands.

Owner, Aad Peters, told local radio station Omroep Flevoland: “We have been on the road for years and have experienced many storms, but this has never happened before.”

en daar gaat de ark @weermanrobert @OmroepFlevoland #storm pic.twitter.com/SAwDDZawgF

— wildrik stoffer (@WildrikS) January 3, 2018

Several people on board the four-story vessel, which measures 70 metres long and ten metres wide, had to be rescued by emergency services.

Gusts of more than 110 kilometres-per-hour were recorded in parts of the Netherlands on Wednesday as Storm Eleanor swept across continental Europe with deadly force.

Thousands of people were disrupted when hundreds of flights were cancelled at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam, while several major roads and railways were shut.

Marketed as Europe’s “first floating Bible museum”, the exhibit opened to the public at the November and was due to stay in Urk until the end of next month.

This year’s event, which is run in partnership with the National Trust, has been advertised on merchandise in supermarkets as the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt.

The chocolate maker, now owned by Mondelez International, was criticised last year by public figures including the Prime Minister for referring to the family activity simply as the Cadbury Egg Hunt.

Giving his reaction to the apparent u-turn, Christian and author on the relationship between society and religion, Symon Hill told Premier: “Of course, it’s good when powerful institutions… listen to people’s concerns, though I suspect they may just be avoiding controversy; it doesn’t really cost them anything to do this.”

Last April, Theresa May condemned the decision to drop the word Easter from the egg search as “absolutely ridiculous”, while Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu accused the firm of “spitting on the grave” of its Christian founder, John Cadbury.

A Cadbury spokesperson said: “We have used the word Easter in our marketing and communications for over 100 years and continue to do so in our current Easter campaign and National Trust partnership.

“Each year, we review our campaign materials and Easter products and make changes to keep them fresh and exciting and reflect what we know our consumers want.

“Part of this includes the naming of our Easter Egg hunt as the Cadbury Easter Egg Hunt – something we know is important to our…