8 March

 10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 8 March:

1. This date in 1859 saw the birth of Kenneth Grahame, author of The Wind in the Willows. He also wrote The Reluctant Dragon, which was made into a Disney film.
2. On this date in 1987 Harriet Holmes's great-great-great grandchild was born, making Harriet, at the age of 88 years and 50 days, the world’s youngest living great-great-great grandmother.
3. In 1941, Sherwood Anderson, aged 64, an American writer, died from peritonitis resulting from swallowing a Toothpick along with an hors d'oeuvre at a cocktail party. He died in Colon, Panama.
4. Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was first broadcast on BBC radio on this date in 1978.
5. In 1979, the first extraterrestrial volcano was discovered on Jupiter's moon Io, by Voyager 1.
6. The first pilot's licences were issued on this date in 1910, to an Englishman, J T C Moore Brabazon, and a Frenchwoman, Baronne Raymonde de Laroche, the first licensed woman pilot.
7. International Women's Day was first observed on this date in 1945. 8 March was chosen because it was on this date in 1908 that thousands of workers in the New York needle trade, primarily women, demonstrated and began a strike for higher wages, shorter working days and an end to child labour.
8. In 1994, 36 hours after leaving hospital after a kidney operation, Carol Matthews of Australia was bitten by a brown Snake which was caught in a redback spider's web – and then the Spider bit her as well. Doctors said it was almost a miracle that she survived this ‘‘double whammy’’.
9. In 1966, London gangster Ronnie Kray shot rival gangster George Cornell through the head in the Blind Beggar Pub, Whitechapel.
10. In 1985, John McPherson of Newcastle set a new Guinness world record when he kissed 4,444 women in eight hours. 

The Power of Love

Willow believes in crystal healing, cosmic  ordering  and the significance of chance  encounters. She believes there's a spiritual  explanation for everything. Except she struggles to find a reason why she can turn herself into  mist and create a wave of energy which can slam a would-be mugger into a wall. Or why the love of  her life left her for a mysterious woman in sunglasses, who then disappeared without trace.  

A chance encounter with Firebolt, leader of the Freedom League superhero team, in a Glastonbury coffee shop, does turn out to be significant. He offers her a new start and the chance to use her powers for good.

Servant is a Christian who has joined the Freedom League in order to use his teleporting power to serve God. He and Willow clash from the start, yet they are drawn inexorably to one another.

When Willow leaves the team abruptly for reasons unknown, Servant knows he must put her out of his mind and find a nice Christian girl to settle down with. He is about to propose to devout and straight-laced Ruth, when Willow returns and turns his entire world upside down.

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