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From their bizarre belief that Jesus Christ visited the Native Americans to their well-known fondness for polygamy, Mormons haven't always made it easy for others to warm to them. Women like Taylor Frankie Paul, therefore, must have seemed like a godsend to the eccentric American sect. Young, perky and wholesome, she lived in a mansion in Utah 's Salt Lake City with her equally photogenic husband Tate and their three adorable children. The videos Taylor relentlessly posted online - showing the family getting dressed for church, washing up dozens of baby-feeding bottles or dancing around her spacious home -- made the life of a conventional young Mormon woman (who generally marry young and rear large families) fascinating to millions.

If there is one thing the British do well and are very passionate about, it is the mighty garden shed.   Cuprinol has announced the winners of the 2024 Shed Of The Year awards - and the victors are far from disappointing.  'Sheddies' - people who are really passionate about sheds - across the country have been competing over the past months in pursuit of the prestigious prize. Pictured, from L: The Bar With No Name, The Handsome Devil's Club, Coconut Bar, Kitchen Cabin. Inset is overall winner Wayne Dawber with his Wrinkly, Rusty and Retro shed.

Moon's Rare Books is more than a bookstore; it's a time capsule disguised as a shop. Reid Moon, the store's encyclopedic owner, curator, and historian, breathes life into ordinary objects. His passion for storytelling transforms the shop into a living, thousand-year-old library amidst the modern allure of The Shops at Riverwoods in Provo, Utah .

Alyssa Grenfell, 31, has built a following of hundreds of thousands over the past few years as she's shared her story, from being raised in a devout Mormon family to her decision to leave the church as a young adult, along with her now-former-Mormon husband. Often delving into the many idiosyncrasies of growing up Mormon, Alyssa has most recently revealed - and performed - a number of songs she was taught in her religious school from childhood.

Alyssa Grenfell, 31, graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, in 2016. By the end of 2017. she'd left the Mormon church and moved from Utah to New York City with her husband, and now works as a content creator focusing on growing up in the Mormon church and her decision to leave it. Her alma matter boasts a 99 per cent Mormon student body and campus life is heavily dictated by a series of hyper-strict rules, banning everything from coffee and alcohol to premarital sex to male facial hair - and much much more. Delving into BYU's culture, she took to YouTube to share an exhaustive explanation of what life at the ultra-religious institution was like.

Alyssa Grenfell, who left the ultra religious cult when she was in her late 20s, has shared insight into how her voice has changed since leaving the religious sect. In a recent clip posted to her popular YouTube channel, Alyssa rewatched an interview from when she was was still entrenched in the religion and had just come back from a missionary in Colorado - admitting she barely recognized herself.

Alyssa Grenfell, 31, regularly shares tidbits from her past Mormon life to social media, documenting her journey from active church participant in the ultra-religious sect to finally leaving the group. In a recent YouTube video, Alyssa, who now lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband and two kids, shared the list of rules she was forced to follow when she was a member of the church. 'I did not drink coffee until I was 23,' the mom-of-two shared in the clip. 'Because I thought that if I drank coffee God would not let me through the Pearly Gates.'

Carrie Sheffield, a Fox TV political pundit, explains how she came from Harvard with a master's degree after an abusive childhood under the thumb of a Mormon fundamentalist father, who forced his family of ten to live as 'vagabonds' in tents and sheds around America. When busking in parks and public street corners to make ends meet, Sheffield and her seven siblings played instruments (inset).

Joseph Smith (left), who owns Smokin' Joe's in Guisborough, North Yorkshire, pioneered the 'unique' marketing tactic in revenge for his poor feedback. The 33-year-old claims he is attacking trolls who he doesn't believe have been to visit and claims that the majority of clients endorse their marketing tactic. After two people allegedly trolled his company online, the owner allegedly named the weekly burger specials 'The Dustin' and 'The Michael.' On Friday, the restaurant hosted a food tasting competition but people kept telling it it was "impossible" and a "waste of food."

Celeste Burgess, 19, a 19-year-old girl, cried in jail after being sentenced to the cells in handcuffs for removing, concealing, and abandoning a dead body. She pleaded guilty at the Madison County District Court in May. On Thursday, she was sentenced to 90 days in prison for the unlawful late-term abortion. Jessica Burgess, the woman's mother, was reportedly aided by the teen, who was then 17, to abort the baby almost six months into her pregnancy, and the 42-year-old has since been charged with felony offences. Celeste was at least 23 weeks pregnant when she took an abortion pill to cause a stillbirth in April last year, when the legal limit for abortion in Nebraska was reduced to 12 weeks. According to News Channel Nebraska, the teen's medical records showed she was 23 weeks pregnant at the time, with a due date of July 3. Tanner Barnhill, 22, was charged with assisting the pair in removing the fetus. Officials also discovered Facebook messages between the mother-daughter pair in which they were discussing abortion pills during their investigation.

The Kansas hunter who was found dead after a dog mistakenly killed his rifle by pressing the trigger was described as a musician, plumber, and family man. Joseph Smith, 32, of Wichita, was discovered near Geuda Springs, 50 miles south of Wichita, and home to 194 people just north of the Oklahoma border. He died around 9:40 a.m., according to police. According to the sheriff's office, a canine belonging to the pickup's owner stepped on the rifle, causing the weapon to discharging.' The passenger was killed as a result of his injury on scene and was shot at by a shotgun.'

The teen's at-home abortion conversation between a Nebraska mother and her 17-year-old daughter became a focus on Facebook. According to legal records, Meta, the social media behemoth, turned over the direct messages as part of an investigation into the teen's unlawful abortion. Following police reports that Jessica Burgess obtained and gave abortion pills to her daughter, Celeste Burgess, the probe was launched in April, before the Supreme Court reversed Roe vs. Wade. Celeste was pregnant for 23 weeks, a violation of state law. The mother-daughter pair allegedly burned the fetus and buried it. Meta'regularly turns over user information that has been requested by US law enforcement,' according to legal experts, who also stated that this activity was 'not unusual.' "Nothing in the valid warrants received by local law enforcement mentioned abortion," Facebook says, instead, officials were investigating the "case of a stillborn baby who was burned and buried." The litigation highlights pro-choice campaigners' concerns over the use of social media to sue women who want abortions in the aftermath of the Roe decision.

After the mother allegedly helped her daughter abort, burn, and bury her fetus, a Nebraska mother and her 17-year-old daughter are facing felony charges. Celeste Burgess was reportedly nearly six months pregnant when her mother, Jessica Burgess, helped her perform an abortion. Celeste, then 17, mistakenly had a stillbirth in the shower before deciding to burn it on a property north of Norfolk. Jessica, 41, was charged with five felonies relating to the shooting. Three charges were levied against the celeste, who is being tried as an adult. Both women have pleaded not guilty. Tanner Barnhill, 22, was charged with assisting the pair in getting rid of the fetus. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and will be convicted later this month.