Other News In Brief

Funeral Held For Grandmother Palmira Silva

The funeral has taken place of Palmira Silva, who was found decapitated in her back garden in north London earlier this month.

Police found the body of 82-year-old grandmother in her garden after being called to reports that an animal had been attacked.

25-year-old Nicholas Salvador, from Enfield, has been charged with Ms Silva's murder.

The funeral procession paused outside Ms Silva's cafe on Church Street in Edmonton.

Deborah Mitford Dies Aged 94

The Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, Deborah Mitford, has died aged 94.

A statement released by her son, the Duke of Devonshire, confirmed that she had died at Chatsworth House.

Deborah was the last surviving of the Mitford sisters, who had fascinated British society in the 1940s.

Unity Mitford was famously a friend of Hitler, Diana married British fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, and Jessica Mitford had been a left-wing polemicist

The statement from her son said: "It is with great sadness that I have to inform you that Deborah, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, has passed away peacefully this morning."

It added that an announcement about funeral arrangements will be made shortly.

BFI Launch Appeal For Lost Sherlock Holmes Film

The British Film Institute (BFI) National Archives have made an appeal for help in finding the first film to feature Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet.

The silent film was made in 1914, but there are no known copies in existence and is on the BFI's most wanted list of 75 missing British films.

A spokesperson said the film was one of the "top titles" it wanted to locate to add to its archive.

(MH/CD)