On top of the hill the old man and his wife were standing next to the altar they had made, muttering words into the smoke.

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A SPANIARD who had one of the world’s first face transplants appeared in public yesterday to thank the donor and surgeons who operated on him.

The Osbournes' former housekeeper has been charged with grand theft after being accused of stealing their underwear.