BBC News
By Helen Briggs
A mystery 19th-Century botanist has been found, thanks to sleuthing work by the public.
Isabella Anne Allen had been known only by the secrets she left behind, tucked between the pages of an old book.
But following an appeal for information, on the BBC News website, she has now been traced to the village of Madresfield, Worcestershire.
Her story came to light when clues such as pressed flowers, poems and doodles were found inside The English Flora.
Donated to the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) decades ago, the botanical text was rediscovered by staff sorting through boxes ahead of a move to a new library.
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1 million Covid vaccines sit in freezers as Washingtonians hunt for doses
State health officials say the major sticking point in the vaccine rollout is supply: How many doses the federal government has sent to Washington.
âThe biggest challenge that we have is vaccine supply,â Dr. Umair Shah, state health secretary, said last Wednesday. âWe canât do much about that.â
But what about the doses here already â that havenât been given to the millions of Washington state residents yet to get a single shot? At least 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been delivered to providers in Washington state but never reported as having been given to a patient.
WUORI TOWNSHIP â A Babbitt woman suffered non-life threatening injuries Friday morning when the car she was riding in veered onto the shoulder and struck the guardrail on Highway 169 in Wuori Township, a Minnesota State Patrol report said.
The 2005 Buick Lesabre driven by David Arthur Johnson of Babbitt was southbound at the time. David Johnson, who was wearing a seatbelt, was not injured in the 8:30 a.m. accident.
Passenger Pauline Mae Johnson, 77, was taken to Essentia Health Virginia. She was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
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MCKINLEY â Two women suffered non-life threatening injuries around 2:30 p.m. Friday after two vehicles collided on Highway 135 at Heritage Trail, according to the State Patrol. The vehicles came together and had a front to side impact.