UK woman marries herself!
London: A woman in the UK who was fed up of being single got married to herself in a full wedding ceremony attended by 50 guests. Grace Gelder, a photographer by profession, said that after being single for six years she had built up a brilliant relationship with herself – and creating that bond with someone else seemed like too much hard work.
Gelder even ‘proposed’ to herself on a park bench in Parliament Hill, London, last November and walked solo down the aisle in mid-March this year, ‘mirror.co.uk’ reported. Gelder bought a dress, a ring, rehearsed vows and eventually wed in a farmhouse in rural Devon watched by her sister and friends – sealing the deal by planting a kiss on a mirror.
“A few did comment, in a light-hearted way, that it was a bit narcissistic,” Gelder said. “Obviously, if you have just announced you’re marrying yourself, it is plainly a statement of self-love, and I was under no illusion how self-indulgent that might appear.
“But I was completely comfortable with my motivations. I’d been on a journey of personal development using meditation, dance and performance to increase my self-awareness,” Gelder told the Guardian. Although the wedding holds no legal ground, Gelder is glad she is no longer a ‘single’ lady. (PTI)
51 held in China for telecom fraud
Beijing: Fifty-one suspects have been detained in China in connection with a telecom fraud case which made about 300 people invest in a gold business that incurred them a loss of more than USD 1.6 million. One member of the gang, which is led by a suspect surnamed Zhang, is on the run.
The gang registered a company in the eastern province of Anhui and tried to trick citizens into investing in a gold business through online platforms or telephone between March and September, police in the Shanxi provincial capital said.
More than 300 citizens in 18 provinces or cities were cheated out of more than 10 million yuan (USD 1.6 million) in the case, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Telecom-based fraud, in which suspects cheat people through telecommunication channels, is a growing crime in China. In recent years, Chinese police have cracked several large transnational telecom fraud gangs. (PTI)
Paleolithic relics unearthed in China
Bejing: Chinese archaeologists have discovered over 2,000 relics dating back to the Paleolithic period, the media reported on Sunday. The new findings in Hebei Province proved again the existence of human beings since ancient times in Nihewan area along the banks of the Sanggan river, Xinhua reported.
The Paleolithic ruins include mammal bone pieces, three ash sites, stone tools and burnt bones which were evidence of human activity dating back more than 13,000 years, said Guan Ying, the head of an excavation team. Ancient people may have lived in the area some 1.9 million years ago, said Guan, an expert with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Since the 1920s, both Chinese and foreign archaeologists have conducted in-depth studies on Nihewan culture ruins which have led to a series of important discoveries. (IANS)
Huge haul of cannabis in Ireland
Dublin: A huge haul of cannabis, estimated to be valued at 600,000 euros, has been seized in Ireland. A sniffer dog of the customs service discovered the 30 kg of cannabis in Dublin Port, Xinhua reported Saturday. The shipment had from Spain. The customs service did not give further details. Last month, a cocaine shipment was seized on board a yacht off Ireland’s southwest coast. (IANS)